We are excited to announce that University of Arizona President Dr. Robert C. Robbins will offer a welcome address at the WRRC annual conference, next Friday, February 1st in Phoenix. This year's conference, Arizona Runs on Water: Scarcity, Challenges, and Community-based Solutions, takes a close look at how Arizona communities are working to ensure they have sufficient water to meet their future needs. This subject is of great importance to the University, where more than 300 researchers work on water-related topics. It has also long been a focus for the Water Resources Research Center. In fact, in 2003, WRRC Director Sharon Megdal and Research Specialist Jacqueline Moxley published an article in the Arizona Review, entitled, "Managing to Avoid Crisis: A Look at Water Management Efforts in Rural Arizona." The article examines water management processes and highlights watershed efforts throughout the state that were addressing topics such as growth, exempt wells, water quality, conservation, and environmental flows over 16 years ago. It is remarkable to look back in time and see how many of these same challenges face our communities today.