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8 Ariz. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1 (2017-2018)
Water Exchanges: Arizona's Most Recent Innovation in Water Law and Policy

handle is hein.journals/arijel8 and id is 172 raw text is: Arizona Journal of Environmental Law & Policy Volume 8 Summer 2018 Issue 3 Foreword Water Exchanges: Arizona's Most Recent Innovation in Water Law and Policy Robert Glennon' Abstract The words Arizona and progressive are seldom used in the same sentence but, when it comes to water, Arizona has a distinguished record of innovation in water law and policy. This article explores novel solutions to water shortages recently developed by Arizona water lawyers and managers. It draws on presentations at an Arizona Water Law conference hosted by the Arizona College of Law Rogers College of Law in December 2017. The recurring tool is water exchanges, that is, the substitution of one type of water for another, such as Colorado River water delivered through the Central Arizona Project for groundwater. Exchanges have become a reliable and valuable tool to solve seemingly intractable engineering challenges. Lest I be perceived as simply a shill for my adopted State, I'll also critique some foibles and missteps in water management. Arizona water managers are chasing a rainbow in pursuing augmentation in the form of desalination from ocean water off the coast of California or Mexico. Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Challenges III. Necessity is the Mother of Invention IV The Innovation Continues V Failures 1 Regents' Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law. I am enormously grateful to Katherine Henrichs and Alex Erwin, both students at the College and Sol Resnick Fellows, for terrific editorial suggestions. And I want to give special thanks to Katherine for converting my motley file of references into footnotes. [ Portions of this Foreward were published in the Arizona Republic in a series on Managing Arizona's Water. See Robert Glennon, Does Arizona have enough water?, ARIZONA REPUBLIC (Apr. 8, 2018), https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2018/04/08/does-arizona-have-enough-water- glennon/484149002/; Robert Glennon, 6 innovative water policies that helpedArizona grow during a drought, ARIZONA REPUBLIC (Apr. 10, 2018), https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op- ed/2018/04/10/arizona-water-policy-innovative-groundwater-conservation-glennon/499898002 ; Robert Glennon, 2 not-so-smart things Arizona has done in the name ofwater, ARIZONA REPUBLIC(Apr. 18, 2018), https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2018/04/18/arizona-water-supply-desalination- desert-rivers-glennon/501468002/.