HomeVideo Archive2021-10-09 Forum on Critical Water Issues Invites Your Questions

Where does water for the Quad Cities come from, how is this limited resource managed and how do housing development and climate change impact our water future? The Citizens Water Advocacy Group (CWAG) invited the audience to bring questions about water to this Zoom Webinar, where a panel of CWAG scientists provided science-based answers and addressed some common misconceptions.

The webinar, hosted by CWAG president Gary Beverly, Science Committee Chair Peter Kroopnick and Board member Ed Wolfe began with a discussion of some common misconceptions and then the panel took audience questions on water-related topics including water adequacy, water quality and water law.

Gary Beverly holds a PhD degree in Physical Chemistry from the University of California. He joined CWAG in 2010 and previously taught physical science and alternative energy at Yavapai College and also worked as a farmer, contractor, and businessman.

Dr. Peter Kroopnick joined CWAG in 2009. Before retiring, he was a practicing hydrogeologist for a major engineering company and an instructor in hydrogeology at Arizona State University.

Ed Wolfe, Ph.D., is a geologist, retired from the U.S. Geological Survey and a founding member of CWAG. He is a former chairman of the Verde Watershed Association, former chairman of the Verde River Basin Partnership’s Technical Advisory Group and former chairman of the Partnership’s Board of Directors.

You may wish to also see our September 2021 program: "The Future of Water for the Quad Cities," which also deals with the myth that we have plenty of water and shows 500 failing wells primairly at the edges of the aquifer.

DAILY DROPLET

  • "Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
    Mark Udall

  • "Water is the driver of Nature."
    Leonardo da Vinci

  • "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water."
    Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

  • "...and since flow of information is to spirit what water is to life, we'd best think about how to keep the pipes free and unclogged."
    Raphie Frank

  • "In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference."
    Rachel Carson

  • "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
    Jacques Yves Cousteau

  • "Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

  • "Water is everywhere and in all living things; we cannot be separated from water. No water, no life. Period..."
    Robert Fulghum

  • "It's the water. Everything is driven by the water."
    Mike Thompson

  • "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
    Mark Twain