And these are water areas where water does not flow around all months and all days of the year, but only on a sort of episodic basis. Nevertheless, these are incredibly important to Arizona. So 97% of Arizona's surface water are actually ephemeral streams and waters. So with that restriction, in terms of the scope of the federal Clean Water act, you cut out a huge amount of Arizona's surface waters from protection. (26:34–26:43)
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