Green Valley Opinion: Colorado River needs long-term solution

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Green Valley Opinion: Colorado River needs long-term solution
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OPINION: 'Our description of growth and land use criteria must change to develop more realization of the benefits, and beauty, of our desert,' writes Ronald Nowicki, a Green Valley resident and former water official in Washington state.

I want to thank the Star for the excellent coverage given to our water problems, including Tony Davis’ front page article this Sunday. As a transplant from much wetter Washington State where I served for 16 years as a Water and Sewer Commissioner, I have followed the series with interest.

There are many reasons for the present situation that must be addressed from different perspectives, which can only be properly addressed by an informed citizenry. The allocation of river resources has been premised on inadequate and outdated information. We now have the technology to provide, not real-time, but better time, information on expected river flows. We must allocate the river resources to re-fill the reservoirs first and then supply needs.

Industrial and agricultural users are very important to the local and regional economy. We need to establish guidelines for their use and longevity. “First-in-time; First-in-right” water rights legislation does not represent effective or efficient allocation of a very limited resource. But the question of what would make a better allocation is subject to much necessary debate.

With this brief listing of some of the major areas of concern I am still encouraged that we will reach an agreement. Throughout the news coverage I have not seen any of the purely political adversarial posturing or blaming. There is more than enough blame to go around. The ongoing negotiations and discussions must be resolved. It is in all of our interests to reach a better long-term solution.

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