Water Values Podcast Is Demand Management the Answer on the Colorado River?
Oct 19, 2021
42:12
James Eklund returns to The Water Values Podcast for a third time to provide an argument for why demand management is critical to the future of the Colorado River.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
- What James has been up to since his last podcast appearance
- A brief history of the Colorado River Compact
- How the Upper Basin and Lower Basin came to be
- How climate change has impacted the Colorado River Compact
- What demand management is
- How demand management and water banking worked in the Lower Basin
- The creation of the water banking account in the Upper Basin
- Why demand management represents a viable solution for Upper Basin States
- How demand management can stem the proliferation of “buy and dry”
- Why demand management hasn’t taken off in the Upper Basin
- Why only sovereigns can “bank” water & the lawsuit behind it
- James’ thoughts on where we go from here on the Colorado River
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
- James’ LinkedIn Page
- Eklund Hanlon’s website
- Saving the Colorado River: How Demand Management Can Save the Colorado River, article by James Eklund
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