How resilient is your state for anticipated climate change? How water efficient are they?

[FSogol]

The Alliance for Water Efficiency and the Environmental Law Institute have released a five-year update to the 2012 Water Efficiency and Conservation State Scorecard: An Assessment of Laws and Policies. As with the 2012 State Scorecard, the 2017 update reviewed, scored, graded states for laws supporting water conservation and efficiency. In addition, the 2017 report added a new component for climate resiliency planning and performed a parallel evaluation, scoring, and grading process.

http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/Resource-Library-2017StateScorecard.aspx

If you are interested in how the grades were formed, check out your state's scorecard at the link

[asiliveandbreathe]

1. Everyday I worry about water here in AZ....ever so slowly our water rates increase - year over

year..it is not because I use more water..it is because the rates increase..AZ checking in - dry - dry - dry -

https://www.drought.gov/drought/states/arizona

Abnormal dryness or drought are currently affecting approximately 6,393,000 people in Arizona, which is about 100% of the state's population.

[FSogol]

2. Without future tech or investment in water infrastructure and savings, places like Arizona won't

have the populations they have now. It really isn't sustainable without major changes.

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. Yep - just keep approving drilling for water on the golf courses...and

new development - although, there are regulations for developers - they need to prove 100 years of water supply...

We've sustained our way of life for so long because of three sources of water: the Colorado River; the Salt and Verde Rivers; and underground water. Plus, Arizona's water agencies won't approve any new development unless it can prove there will be enough water for the inhabitants for 100 years.

For the time being though, people are still struggling with the high temperatures, even at night.
"We are concerned about heat," says Selover, also a senior sustainability scientist in ASU's Global Institute of Sustainability. "Out here, heat is the biggest weather killer."

[mainer]

3. Seeing as Maine is rich in lakes, ponds, and has a healthy aquifer

I think it doesn't face nearly the urgent problem as other states.

In fact, we're EXPORTING water from the town of Poland Springs, which is ticking off some Mainers.

[FSogol]

4. Weaker winters won't replenish the aquifers as quick and the levels will go down over time.

Water conservation needs to be state policy even for water-rich places.