HomeVideo Archive2021-06-26 CWAG Water Issues Candidate Forum

What are our most important water issues? Are the candidates prepared to set water management policy?

The Citizens Water Advocacy Group hosted its 17th annual forum on water issues on June 26 via Zoom. This year the forum was for Prescott's mayor and 3 seats on city council.

Forum participants discussed a variety of topics including long-range water sustainability, the need for a regional conservation plan, providing city water without annexation, the proposed Big Chino pipeline and its impact on the upper Verde River.  CWAG prepared questions and sent them to the candidates in advance.

CWAG is a local citizens group advocating for a sustainable water future for Prescott and central Yavapai County and for the protection of the upper Verde River. For more information, call 445-4218, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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