HomeVideo Archive2023-04-08 Water Legislation Roundup with Sen. Bennett and Rep. Bliss

What water bills have passed in the Legislature, what bills are pending, and how will they impact the Prescott region? AZ Sen. Ken Bennett and Rep. Selina Bliss, both representing Legislative District 1, discussed the status of current water and water-related bills in the Legislature. After summaries from our legislators, CWAG moderated a conversation with some prepared questions, and then took questions from the audience.

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Dr. Selena Bliss has been a member of CWAG since 2020 and was elected in 2022 to serve as one of three state representatives for Arizona’s Legislative District 1 (Prescott area). Dr. Bliss grew up in Prescott and graduated from Prescott High School. She has a doctorate in nursing education and has served as a nurse educator and expert witness/advocate regarding health care. Prior to that she worked as staff nurse at Yavapai Regional Medical Center for over 30 years.

Ken Bennett, who was elected to his current seat in the State Senate in 2022, is a businessman with a long history of public service in Arizona. He grew up in Prescott where he helped run his family business, Bennett Oil Company, and was CEO for over 20 years. He served for four years on the Prescott City Council (1985-1989) and then went on to serve in the Arizona Senate from 1999 to 2007 and was Senate President from 2003 to 2007. He was then appointed to complete Jan Brewer’s secretary of state term in 2009 and was elected to the position in 2010, serving until 2015. Sen. Bennett is an Arizona native and graduate of ASU and is active in many community organizations.

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