Introduction

Peter Zine: The Southwest has a history of mass extinction and civilizational breakdown events that have time descended into cannibalism. He says the last state to build out its infrastructure to tap the waterway network was Arizona, which only finished the central Arizona project in the late 60s and into the 70s. And when there was a dispute over water a few years ago, Arizona and California ended up in court," he said. "Arizona is at the bottom of the stack of junior water rights"