At the current AWRA summer conference in Reno/Sparks, Tony Willardson, the Sage of Salt Lake and the scholarly and gentlemanly Executive Director of the Western States Water Council, gave an excelent keynote presentation: Resilient Infrastructure: More than Grey or Green.
Here is a PDF of his presentation:
Download 2019 AWRA Willardson Reno 0618
The description:
Federal, state, tribal and local governments face significant challenges in addressing their infrastructure needs. Existing and future water projects need to be more resilient and capable of maximizing multiple societal objectives. Capital and institutional investments should support wise water development, use and protection. Water is an increasingly valuable resource to be used carefully and conserved. Further, uncontrolled, it also has devastating destructive potential. Water-related infrastructure investments must be evaluated based on risks to human health and safety, economic growth, and the environment. Moreover, resilient adaptation requires investments in more than grey or green infrastructure, but also in science, technology, observations, data analysis and visualization for decision support, as well as innovative institutional, legal and political governance. There is a growing and increasingly serious need for collaboration and leadership at all levels, both public and private, academic and operational, corporate and regulatory.
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“I am impressed with the need for the states of the West to look beyond sectional interests and to approach water resource development on a regional basis. Few endeavors offer more challenge…and greater potential for lasting benefit. Unless we are successful, lack of water will soon limit development throughout much of the West…. I am convinced that the best approach to westwideregional planning is through cooperative state action. I see no need, certainly at this time, for the states to look to Washington to act as a broker in this endeavor.” - former Gov. Ronald Reagan (thanks to Tony Willardson)
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