"Water will be the delivery mechanism of climate change in the West."
(From Kathy Jacobs, who once managed water for the Tucson area, and until now headed up the Arizona Water Institute, which unfortunately is going down to budget cuts. Its work was backed by the outgoing governor Janet Napolitano: When she left to become Secretary of Homeland Security, its funding was eliminated by the Legislature. Research into water issues by the researchers it funded will continue, but on an ad hoc basis, according to this story in the Arizona Daily Sun.)
Kit Stolz 