Last month, the state’s top water official asked the state’s water users to visualize what the state would look like in 50 years, then decide whether they like that vision. Harris Sherman, director of the state Department of Natural Resources, then challenged those same leaders to make it better if they can. In the Lower Arkansas Valley, there are no less than eight footprints for pipelines that could be developed within the next 50 years  -  seven paths taking water to northern urban areas. Four of the pipelines eventually could be built, while the others are alternatives to identified projects.

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