Chris Kuzdas, representing the Environmental Defense Action Fund, reviewed local community efforts that seek local control and self-determination over groundwater supplies across rural Arizona over the last several years, and the barriers communities face in our state legislature. The presentation featured stories from across the state. He also discussed specific water bills and what we can do moving forward.

Chris Kuzdas, PhD is the Arizona Water Program Director for the Environmental Defense Action Fund. He is originally from Northern Arizona and still lives there with his family. EDF Action is a public interest group with 90,000 Arizona members. EDF Action’s mission is water security for all people.{source}<iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/1074981879?h=db97e76d3b" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>{/source}

We had some audio problems: the sound dropped out at 8:54 and returned at 9:46 in the video.  The sound from short videos our speaker showed (30:00 to 37:21) was not recorded. 

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