“The fact of the matter is, it's important for us to conserve water in Tucson or anywhere out here, because we live in a desert, and water is the first limiting factor ... The way the laws are structured now, the agreements have to be reopened and renegotiated entirely again in 2026, so that's why this in an interim resolution to help us deal with the conservation necessary on the Colorado River."
– Jeffrey Silvertooth, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Specialist in Agronomy and Soil Science