Water, Washington and the World: Ensuring Economically and Environmentally Sustainable Water Resources

Welcome to the proceedings of our Fifth Annual Symposium, “Water, Washington and the World.” Water is vitally important to the people, wildlife, vegetation and landscape of Washington state. Climate change impacts water and all the services we derive from it—municipal water supplies, hydropower, irrigation for agriculture, and flood control. This year’s symposium presents an expansive view of water—from global perspectives to case studies of individual local crops. As we go to press, the nation is facing the loss and devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. The information and data that the speakers bring forth aid in our understanding of climate change and what we can do about it.