Summary of remarks by Margaret Bowman, Walton Family Foundation At the Environmental and Energy Study Institute briefing regarding managing climate risks in the southwest

Margaret Bowman of the Walton Family Foundation outlines a vision for water resilience in the Colorado River basin to address a projected gap of 3.2 million acre feet between water supply and demand by 2060. The proposed strategy relies on three primary pillars: upgrading agricultural irrigation to save an estimated one million acre feet, implementing urban water efficiency programs to save another one million acre feet, and utilizing wastewater and stormwater recycling to gain 1.2 million acre feet. Bowman advocates for market-based water banking and targeted augmentation over large-scale water import schemes. She emphasizes the interdependence of urban and agricultural sectors and highlights the 2012 international agreement between the United States and Mexico as a model for cooperation, citing a recent pulse flow experiment in the Colorado River delta as an example of ecological and social co-benefits.

• A U.S. Department of Interior study indicates that by 2060, the gap between water supply and demand in the Colorado River basin will exceed 3.2 million acre feet.

APA

Bowman, M. (2014). Summary of remarks by Margaret Bowman, Walton Family Foundation At the Environmental and Energy Study Institute briefing regarding managing climate risks in the southwest. Environmental and Energy Study Institute. https://www.eesi.org/files/MargaretBowman040214.pdf

Chicago

Bowman, Margaret. Summary of remarks by Margaret Bowman, Walton Family Foundation At the Environmental and Energy Study Institute briefing regarding managing climate risks in the southwest. Environmental and Energy Study Institute, 2014. https://www.eesi.org/files/MargaretBowman040214.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{bowman2014summary, author = {Bowman, Margaret}, title = {{Summary of remarks by Margaret Bowman, Walton Family Foundation At the Environmental and Energy Study Institute briefing regarding managing climate risks in the southwest}}, institution = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2014}, month = mar, url = {https://www.eesi.org/files/MargaretBowman040214.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }