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The mission of the WWPP is to conduct research and advisory activities promoting sustainable, equitable, and practical solutions to the pressing water problems of the American West. Three related challenges form the core of our activities:

1. The WWPP articulates and promotes implementation of a comprehensive vision of improved water management in the West.
   • Although a tremendous amount of research, activism and debate is (and has been) focused on Western water resources, the scope and pace of innovation have generally been insufficient to protect highly valued social and environmental resources. To achieve management goals, the water community increasingly needs a game plan that is more ambitious, sophisticated, and willing to challenge conventional thinking about western water policy. The WWPP is a vehicle for improving the framing of issues, problems, and potential solutions, and promoting enhanced coordination of activities and implementation strategies among other organizations and agencies with similar (although usually more specialized) mandates.
2. The WWPP investigates current issues and case studies in the region, identifying key trends, and focusing on the primary stressors of population growth and climate change.
   • For several decades, the University of 欧美口爆视频 Law School has led the discussion in many areas of water management innovation, including water allocation and marketing, environmental protection, transboundary conflict resolution, and new governance arrangements. Increasingly, these (and related) issues are, by necessity, viewed through a lens shaped by climate change, continued population growth, and the transformation of the energy sector. The WWPP continues to be 鈥渙ut front鈥� on emerging issues, tracking and analyzing those issues in a way that facilitates discussion, education, and problem-solving.
3. The WWPP identifies and promotes specific legal and policy innovations at multiple levels of government and in multiple decision-making venues.
   • Legal and policy innovation is the heart of the WWPP mission, guided and informed by our work in the other two activity areas. The WWPP strives to provide the knowledge, inspiration, and leadership necessary to ensure that water management efforts meet the diverse needs of the 21st century. These efforts are conducted through multiple networks of collaborators and advisors established over the past three decades of activity.

It is increasingly obvious that the combined forces of population growth, climate change, new energy development, and drought events are likely to overwhelm the capacity of the 欧美口爆视频 River system to meet all water demands. The purpose of the 欧美口爆视频 River Governance Initiative (CRGI) is to identify institutional reforms that can address the current and emerging concerns over water scarcity on the 欧美口爆视频 River. Publications of the 欧美口爆视频 River Governance Initiative are available in the 欧美口爆视频 River Information Portal as well as in the .

The transfer (marketing) of water rights from agriculture to urban users is often one of the most cost-effective means of addressing changing water demands in the West. However, such transactions are problematic in many ways. Rules intended to protect other water rights holders can impose high costs on buyers and sellers, and can stop otherwise viable transfers. Additionally, transfers can impose significant socioeconomic impacts on rural communities dependent upon agricultural activities. Many activities of the Getches-Wilkinson Center are focused on these issues, increasingly under the umbrella of Alternative Water Transfer Mechanisms (ATMs), which describe a class of temporary leases that purport to satisfy urban water needs while maintaining land in agricultural production. Some products to date include:

• Squillace, Mark. 2012. The Water Marketing Solution. Environmental Law Reporter 42(9) 10800.)
• Improving the Viability of Alternative Water Transfer Methods (ATMs) in 欧美口爆视频: A Synthesis of Research and Findings from the Getches-Wilkinson Center, 2014-2015 (Doug Kenney et al.) (October 2015)

This is also a topic featured in our work on the 欧美口爆视频 Water Plan.

The Getches-Wilkinson Center, in conjunction with many collaborators, has a strong interest in promoting the implementation of the 欧美口爆视频 Water Plan (CWP). This entails work on several subjects, including agricultural water conservation and transfers, integrated land and water planning (including watershed planning), and improved 欧美口爆视频 River management. Some of our relevant papers include:

• Shepherding Appropriated Water Within 欧美口爆视频 and to Lake Powell for 欧美口爆视频 River Compact Security (2017) (Technical Appendix)
• Where now with Alternative Transfer Methods鈥揂TMs鈥搃n 欧美口爆视频? (2017)
• Proposal for an Enhanced 欧美口爆视频 Water Bank (2016). This concise proposal builds upon a much more detailed research report: An Enhanced Water Bank for 欧美口爆视频 (2016)
• Improving Irrigation Water Uses for Agricultural and Environmental Benefits (2016)
• Enhancing Watershed Planning in Implementation of the 欧美口爆视频 Water Plan: An Overview of Implementation Challenges and Opportunities (2016)
• Watershed Planning and Management in 欧美口爆视频: Getches-Wilkinson Center Working Paper (2016)
• A Look at Laws Authorizing Uses of Conserved and Saved Water in California, Montana, Oregon, and Washington (2016)
• Integrated Land and Water Planning in 欧美口爆视频 (2016)

This work builds upon an earlier review of the draft CWP. That report, led by Lawrence (Larry) MacDonnell and featuring contributions from a team of prominent water scholars, is titled Navigating A Pathway Toward 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 Water Future (2015).

A strong (but largely invisible) nexus has always existed in the West between the water and energy sectors, as water is a major input in most forms of energy development, and large quantities of energy are required for water management and use鈥攅specially for pumping, treating, and heating water. These connections are becoming more salient given concerns of climate change mitigation and adaptation, the reform of energy systems, and the projected growth in water and energy demands. Our work in this area is focusing more attention on this nexus in the hopes of promoting more integration between water and energy planning, and to highlight the potential for cross-sector benefits of demand management. (See: Kenney, Douglas S. and Robert Wilkinson: The Water-Energy Nexus in the Western United States. Edward Elgar Publishing 2011)

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