Weekly Wave: Reflections: A Reexamination of Past Water Wishes

Prior to beginning my series of Reflections essays, I published a column in each issue of the now-discontinued WRRC Arizona Water Resource newsletter. Because these short columns addressed relevant current-day water issues, I ask students in my graduate class, Water Policy in Arizona and Semi-arid Regions, to read the 75 columns I wrote between 2002 and 2018 and prepare some questions for discussion. In reviewing the columns before our first class meeting on January 15, I was reminded of my “15 Water Wishes for 2015” from six years ago. I decided to revisit these wishes and look at whether they were fulfilled. The column can be found in the compendium available on the WRRC website. Below, I reproduce my 15 wishes and provide brief updates and/or commentary on each.