From South Australia to southern Arizona, water is life. Communities, businesses, and wildlife all depend on scarce water supplies in a tenuous balance between deficit and prosperity. On April 2-3, the WRRC and Sky Island Alliance will co-convene the Desert Waters International Symposium in partnership with the University of Adelaide, Australia in order to pool ideas around what works for providing water to natural areas. These areas - including the plants and animals that rely on the presence of water - are still considered to be the "forgotten sector" of Arizona water law and regulation. Many ideas and potential lessons learned from our international neighbors can help Arizona reframe the link between healthy watersheds and healthy, thriving businesses and communities. The program includes a series of panels with perspectives from a range of backgrounds in the Colorado River Basin in the U.S. and Mexico and the Murray-Darling River Basin in Australia. Join us for an action-oriented discussion of how to balance social and economic water demands, while considering and providing water for natural areas.