COMING UP NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON:" NEW RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES INVOLVING ARIZONA'S HOUSING CRISIS.

ALSO TONIGHT: WHY DOCTORS ARE CONCERNED OVER THE USE OF NEW WEIGHT-LOSS AND DIABETES MEDICATIONS.

AND, A LOOK AT HOW ARIZONA RESIDENTS CAN HELP IMPROVE WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

TED: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

DAY 3 OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IS SET TO INCLUDE A PRIME-TIME SPEECH TONIGHT FROM MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALLZ WHO WILL FORMALLY ACCEPT THE PARTY'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI AND TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG ARE ALSO SCHEDULED TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

MESA MAYOR JOHN GILES, A REPUBLICAN, WAS AMONG THE SPEAKERS AT THE "DEMOCRATIC" CONVENTION LAST NIGHT.

>> GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE.

I AM A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN.

SO I FEEL A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE TONIGHT, BUT I FEEL AT HOME HERE THAN IN TODAY'S REPUBLICAN PARTY.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] THE GRAND OLE PARTY HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY EXTREMIST AND EVOLVED INTO A CULT, THE CULT OF DONALD TRUMP.

TRUMP DOESN'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE, LIKE A CHILD, HE ACTS PURELY OUT OF SELF INTEREST.

WE ALL NEED AN ADULT IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ONE.

TED: THE APPEARANCE BY GILES CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF ARIZONA SENATOR MARK KELLY, WHO SPOKE TO CNN EARLIER TODAY.

>> REPUBLICAN MAYOR FROM MESA, ARIZONA, WAS ON THAT STAGE, TALKING ABOUT WHY REPUBLICANS DO NOT HAVE TO BE BEHOLD TON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TODAY, AND IN ARIZONA, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS JOHN McCAIN'S REPUBLICAN PARTY, UNTIL AROUND 2020 UNTIL DONALD TRUMP OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD IN THE WHITE HOUSING DESTROYED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND WHICH IS REALLY A SAD THING, I MEAN JOHN McCAIN IS A HERO OF MINE.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOR OUR DEMOCRACY, TO HAVE TWO STABLE NORMAL PARTIES, AND THAT IS NOT TRUE FOR THE REPUBLICANS ANY MORE.

THAT IS WHY WE SEE PEOPLE LIKE MAYOR GILES THERE AND OTHER REPUBLICANS I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.

TED: OTHER HEADLINES: THE U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT TODAY ISSUED REVISED JOB FIGURES FOR THE 12 MONTHS THRU MARCH.

THE NEW NUMBERS SHOW THAT THE U.S. ADDED 818INITIALLY REPORTED.

THAT'S A DOWNWARD REVISION OF 28 PERCENT, WHICH IS UNUSUALLY HIGH, AND IT PUTS JOB GROWTH NUMBERS MORE IN LINE WITH OTHER STUDIES THAT ALSO INDICATE A COOLING IN THE LABOR MARKET.

A NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT BABY BOOMERS AND GEN-XERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE SHORTFALLS IN THEIR RETIREMENT WHEN COMPARED TO THEIR MILLENIAL AND GEN-Z COUNTERPARTS.

THE REASON IS THE SHIFT AWAY FROM PENSION SYSTEMS IN WHICH EMPLOYERS FULLY FUND FIXED-CHECKS PAID IN RETIREMENT AND THE MOVE TOWARD A DEFINED "CONTRIBUTION" SYSTEM, IN WHICH WORKERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING AWAY AND INVESTING MOST OF THEIR MONEY.

IT'S LEFT BOOMERS AND GEN-XERS WITH LESS TIME TO ACCUMULATE SAVINGS.

THE OLDEST GEN-XERS ARE WITHIN A DECADE OF RETIREMENT AGE.

THE YOUNGEST "BOOMERS" ARE ALREADY IN THEIR EARLY 60S.

AND ONE MORE NOTE: A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS THAT AGING GRACEFULLY IS EASIER TO DO IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE.

AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR MEN.

THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MARRIED MEN OVER THE AGE OF 60 WERE UP TO FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING COMPARED TO "SINGLE" MEN OF THE SAME AGE.

AS FOR WOMEN, THE STUDY FOUND THAT OLDER WOMEN WHO TRANSITIONED FROM MARRIED TO UNMARRIED THROUGH DIVORCE OR DEATH WERE LESS LIKELY TO AGE OPTIMALLY THAN THEIR NEVER-MARRIED PEERS.

A NEW REPORT FROM THE NEWLY-LAUNCHED ARIZONA RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOUSING, OR ARCHES, LOOKS AT THE STATE OF HOUSING IN ARIZONA, WITH A FOCUS ON HOME OWNERSHIP, RENTAL HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS ACROSS THE STATE.

JOINING US NOW IS THE CO-DIRECTOR OF ARCHES, ALISON COOK-DAVIS, AND ALSO WITH US IS KENNY WONG FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA'S DRACHMAN INSTITUTE.

GOOD TO YOU HAVE BOTH HERE.

THANK YOU FOR DRIVING UP FROM TUCSON.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

WITH THAT, WE'LL START WITH YOU, KENNY.

LET'S TALK WITH THE STATE OF HOUSING IN ARIZONA JUST IN GENERAL?

>> WELL, I WON GET INTO DETAILS OF THE REPORT, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO LAUNCH THE CENTER AND MAKE IT PUBLIC.

IT IS A GREAT COLLABORATION ACROSS FOUR UNIVERSITIES FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

ALL FOUR INSTITUTIONS ARE ASU, U OF A, AND NAU, SO ALL THREE OF THE BOARD OF UNIVERSITIES, AND COLLABORATION THAT EXTENDS THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO.

SO WE ARE EXCITED IN.

THIS REPORT IS THE FIRST OF OUR PRODUCTS, THE COLLABORATION ACROSS THE INSTITUTES AND, YEAH, YEAH, REALLY BRINGING THE FOCUS TO ARIZONA AND WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR HOUSING.

>> LET'S GET TO THE REPORT AGAIN.

THE QUESTION IS, THE STATE OF HOUSING IN ARIZONA, WHERE ARE WE?

>> WELL, WE WANTED TO TAKE, BASICALLY, PUBLIC AVAILABLE AND PROVIDE TRENDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE AT AS A STATE THEN BRING THROUGH THE SPECTRUM HOUSING FROM HOMEOWNERSHIP TO THE UNHOUSED, SO REALLY STARTING WITH THE REPORT, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE CONTEXT.

WE KNEE ARIZONA IS GROWING AND CAN CONTINUE TO FRO.

WE KNOW THAT THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS LOOK LIKE WE ARE GOING TO GROW UP TO DO 12MILLION BY 2060.

SO WE KNOW THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE HOUSING MARKET, AND SO TO START WITH, JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOMEOWNER SHIP.

THE GOOD NEWS THAT IS PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY IN HOMES ARE ACTUALLY SEEING A BENEFIT.

THERE IS ACTUALLY A DECREASE IN THE ANNUAL COST OF HOMEOWNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 2010 TO 2022, WHAT WE ARE SEEN ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO GET IN BEFORE 2020 OR WHO ARE ABLE TO REFINANCE IN 2020-2021, ARE SEEING BENEFITS OF HOMEOWNERSHIP BUT HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO HOMEOWNERSHIP BECAUSE WE HAVE THE HIGH INTEREST RATES AND HIGH COST OF HOUSING, SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THE MORTGAGE RATES ARE MORTGAGE COSTS LIKE ANNUAL MORTGAGE COSTS DOUBLE FROM 2019 TO 2024.

>> ALSO IN TERMS OF HOUSING SUPPLIES, IT SOUNDS LIKE HOUSING SUPPLY IS UP, BUT STILL NOT ENOUGH.

THE SEEMS TO SAY THAT, CORRECT?

RESEARCH SHOWS THE POPULATION HAS GROWN AND OUTPASSIONED THE NUMBER OF UPS THAT WE ARE BUILDING, SO WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT ACCUMULATION, FROM YEAR TO YEAR, THERE IS A REAL CONSTRAINT ON SUP MY, AND TO, WE GOT DIFFERENT TOOLS WE NEED TO BE EXPLORING TO HELP BOOST THIS SUPPLY.

>> WHAT KIND OF TOOLS?

WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN FIND?

>> THINKING ABOUT POLICY, YOU KNOW, OUR REPORT LOOKS AT SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS AROUND A DU'S.

SOME OF THE RECENT LEGISLATION ACROSS THE STATE, TO HELP STREAMLINE SOME OF THE PROCESSES, FOR PERMITTING AND EVEN LOOKING AT REZONING RATES TO UP LOCK MORE A AS CAPACITY FOR BUILDING TO HAPPEN.

>> INDEED, INCREASED, ANOTHER REPORT LOOKED AT RENTS AS WELL, RENTS UP 72% FROM 2010 TO 2022 THEN NEARLY HALF OF ALL RENTERS WERE COST BURDENED.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> SO COST BURDENED OR SPENDING 90 OR MORE OF THE HOUSING COSTS, AND SO WE ARE SEEING THIS HIGH INCREASE IN COST AMONG RENTERS.

IN FACT, THE ANNUAL COST OF RENT ARE ABOUT$3,000 MORE THAN THE ANNUAL COST OF OWNING A HOME.

>> WOW.

>> IN 2023 THEN AND WHAT IS REALLY AMAZING, THAT RENTERS ACTUALLY ARE ON AVERAGE MAKING$33,000 LESS THAN HOMEOWNERS.

>> WAS THIS A SURPRISE TO YOU?

>> IT WAS LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE, BUT WE KNEE YOU HAVE TO DELVE INTO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS.

LIKE STATEWIDE, ACROSS THE DIFFERENT TENURED RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE HOMEOWNERS TEND TO HAVE HIGHER INCOMES AND TO START WITH.

>> YEAH.

THE REPORTS OF MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS HAVE TO WORK 6 HOURS A WEEK FOR TWO-BEDROOM HOME.

THAT IS NOT HAPPENING IN.

SO COST BURDENED.

>> CORRECT.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BREAK SURE, YOU KNOW, TO FINNED A PLACE, TO LIVE, TO CARRY OUT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND SO, SO, YEAH.

>> AS FAR AS STATE AND LOCAL POLICIES.

MIDDLE HOUSING, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

WHAT DOES THE REPORT FIND OUT ABOUT THOSE THING AS?

WELL, YEAH.

IT IS IN ENCOURAGING WAY THAT THE STATE IS PUTTING SOME THING ON THE TABLE, RIGHT?

CITIES SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS.

THE MOST RECENT LEGISLATION MUNICIPALITIES OVER 75,000.

THEY UNTIL THE TO IMPLEMENT WAYS TO BUILD PATH WAYS FOR MENTAL HOUSING, BY 2025 AND SO, SO, YEAH.

CITIES WILL BE LOOKING AT ABOUT HOW TO MAKE ROOM, HOW TO ALLOW THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS TO BE BUILD.

>> I THINK IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT I THINK THAT THE NUMBER OF PERMITS FOR DUPLEXES IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AS A RECORD HIGH SENSE LIKEN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN MORE PERMITS FOR DUPLEXES ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO LIKE SENSE I THINK 2014 SO THOSE PERMITS, OBVIOUSLY, ARE SORT OF IN PROGRESS, WE WILL START TO SEE I THINK THAT LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE HOUSING THEN THIS LEGISLATION, WE MAY SEE MORE.

>> YES.

THE IMPACT OF THE HOUSING SITUATION, SOME CALL IT CRISIS.

WE CALL THE HOUSING SITUATION ON HOMELESSNESS.

WHAT DOES THE REPORT FIND?

WELL, ONE THING THAT IS NOTABLE IS WITH THE HIGH COSTS OF RENT, WE HAVE SEEN A RECORD NUMBER OF EVICTIONS, AND SO, SO, WHERE AS ARIZONA WAS ON AVERAGE HAVING A ANNUAL RATE OF I THINK 80,000.

BY 2023, IT WAS AT 7,000.

SO WE ARE SEEING RECORD NUMBERS OF EVICTIONS WHICH IS REALLY INTEGRATOR OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO NEXT.

SO WE ARE SEEING RECORD NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AND SO, SO, FOR ARIZONA, IT IS, I THINK THE LAST COUNT WAS ABOUT 16,000 IN A SINGLE NIGHT, RIGHT.

PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, SO SORT OF PERCENTAGE WISE, ARIZONA HAS SHOWN THE HIGHEST NUMBERS, OF STATES THAT HAVE UNHOUSED UNSHELTERED.

>> WHAT DO YOU WAN FOLKS TO TAKE FROM THIS REPORT?

IT IS COMPREHENSIVE.

THERE IS A LOT IN HERE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOLKS TO TAKE FROM IT?

>> YEAH.

A SORT OF A BASELINE FOR US.

WE HOPE TO ISSUE ANNUALLY AND VIEW THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN AND TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, DIVERSIFYING THE HOUSING STOCK AND THE MONEY SUPPORTING THE CITIES IN THEIR EFFORTS, AND, I HOPE, PROVIDING REALLY SOLID DATA FOR WHY THIS IS NEED.

A ALL RIGHT.

VERY FOOD.

ALISON COOK-DAVIS, KENNY WONG, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

TED: THERE'S INCREASING CONCERN THAT THE USE OF WEIGHT LOSS AND DIABETES MEDICATIONS SUCH AS WEGOVY, OZEMPIC, AND ZEPBOUND ARE BEING USED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THEY'RE LEADING TO A SIGNIFCANT LOSS OF MUSCLE MASS.WE LEARN MORE FROM DR. AMIT SHAH, OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE AT MAYO CLINIC ARIZONA.

FROM, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

BASICALLY, FIRST OF ALL, THESE PARTICULAR DRUGS.

WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY DO?

>> YEAH.

SO THESE MEDICATIONS WERE INITIALLY INVENTED AS DIABETES MEDICATIONS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL.

THERE WERE OLDER ONES THAT WERE MODESTLY EFFECTIVE BUT THE NEW ONES TIRZEPATIDE, THESE ARE GENERIC NAMES ARE VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING WEIGHT LOSS AND HELPING DIABETES OUT.

ONCE THEY NOTICED ARE REDUCING MEDICATIONS ARE NOW BEING USE FOR WEIGHT LOSS IN NONDIABETIC PATIENTS.

TED: WHAT DO THEY DO TO THE PANCREAS AND INSULIN TO BE EFFECTIVE?

>> YEAH.

SO THEY IMPROVE.

THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF MECHANISMS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM TWO MEDICATIONS BUT THEY IMPROVE ONE OF THE HORMONES THAT HELPS YOUR BODY TO PROCESS INSULIN A LITTLE BIT BETTER INTERNALS OF INSULIN SENSITIVITY.

IT ALSO SLOWS DOWN THE GUT.

SLOWS DOWN DIGRESSION WHICH IS PART OF THE SIDE EFFECTS WHICH CAN BE LIKE CONSTIPATION OR INABILITY FOR YOUR STOMACH TO WORK PROPERLY.

AND, AND, SO, SO, IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL FULL LONGER AND THE POUNDS KIND OF MELT OFF AS THE PATIENCE LIKE TO SAY.

YEAH.

THEY MELT OFF TO THE POINT NOW THERE IS A CONCERN THEY ARE MELTING OFF TOO MUCH HERE.

LOSS OF MUSCLE MASS.

AGAIN, HOW DOES THAT EQUATION WORK BETWEEN THE MEDICATION AND LOSS OF MUGS CELL MASS.

>> YEAH.

EVERYBODY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MEDICATIONS THAT WOULD ONLY TAKE AWAY FAT AND NOTHING ELSE, RIGHT?

KEEPING US AS STRONG, VIBRANT AS WE ARE, BUT ALL YOU WOULD LOSE IS FAT AND LOOK GREAT, RIGHT?

THE PROBLEM IS, THAT ALL THE MEDICATION YOU LOSE NONFAT MASS ALSO.

SO THINGS LIKE SKELETAL MUGS CELL, OTHER SHALL TISSUES, ET CETERA, AND THE WORRY IS, THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH STUDIES PARTICULARLY SINCE I AM DIETITIAN IN OLDER PATIENTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE LOSE MUSCLE MASS.

25% MUSCLE LASS LOSS AND 40 TO 60% OF THAT NONFAT MASS IS LOST AS MUSCLE.

COMPARE THAT TO GET ON A BOATER DIET, DO MORE EXERCISE.

IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN YOU USE THESE MEDICATIONS IT HAPPENS A LOT QUICKER.

>> IT IS FASTER AND DOING IT WITHOUT DOING EXERCISE AND ALL ARE DOING IS REALLY REDUCING THE CALORIC INTAKE IT IS LIKE STARVING YOURSELF.

THE BODY STARTS BREAKING DOWN MUSCLE AND FAT BOTH TO GET CALORIES AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY WHO IS WORK ON DIET ALONG WITH EXERCISING NOW THAT EXERCISE IS KEEPING THE MUSCLES GOING AND HOPEFULLY, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE LESS MUSCLE MASS.

TED: 2308KS ARE USING THESE MEDICATIONS TO LOSE WEIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, AND TO BETTER THEIR BMI'S.

LET'S TALK ABOUT BODY MASS INDEX.

I HEARD PEOPLE SAY IT IS A SHAM, DON'T GO FOR IT.

OTHER PEOPLE SAY IT IS A GREAT BAROMETER.

>> IT IS NOT PERFECT, RIGHT IT?

IS A FORMULA THAT CORRECTS YOUR WAIT FOR THE HEIGHT.

NOTHING MORE.

NOTHING LESS THAN THAT.

THERE ARE MORE SOPHISTICATED WAYS OF LOOKING AT ACTUAL BODY COMPOSITION.

ANYBODY CAN CALCULATE WITH THE HEIGHT AND THE SCALE.

AND SO, THERE IS, PEOPLE WHOLE ARE MUSCULAR, OLYMPIC ATHLETES, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE HIGH BMI BUT BE ALL MUSCLE, VERY HEALTHY, RATING?

IT IS NOT PERFECT, BUT IN GENERAL, IT IS NOT BAD.

PEOPLE DO, DO FIXATE ON IT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IS IS RIGHT THERE.

>> WHEN THEY FIXATE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY GET A HYBRID OR SOMETHING AND MANY AS YOU CAN.

THEY WANT TO TAKE THE MEDICATIONS TO GET LOWER AS POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER TRUCK TO GET WHATEVER THE OTHER DRUG IS GOING TO MITIGATE THAT TO A CERTAINTY FREE.

>> THERE ARE PEOPLE LOOKING AT THAT.

COULD YOU COMBINE MEDICATIONS THAT WOULD REDUCING THE MUSCLE MASS, THEN MAYBE YOU JUST LOSE ONLY FAT MASS, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT, BUT I THINK, THE CHALLENGE THAT I AM SEEING IN THE CLINIC, THERE-- IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN SOMEBODY WAS 400POUNDS RECOVER WEIGHT AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE DIABETES AND SLEEP APNEA.

IT IS AMAZING MEDICATION FOR PEOPLE LOSING 60-70POUNDS WHEN THEY WERE 400POUNDS OVER WEIGHT AND SEEING PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERED NORMAL WEIGHT BY THE BODY MASS INDEX AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR THE MEDICATIONS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET EVEN SKINNIER.

RIGHT?

>> AND ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?

THAT IS WHERE I AM WORRIED THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START LOSING GOOD WAIT, MUSCLE WEIGHT, THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AS A GERIATRICIAN TO FOOD FUNCTION.

TED: ARE THERE OTHER SIDE EFFECTS TO THESE DRUGS?

>> YEAH.

BECAUSE OF THE GI EFFECTS OF THESE MEDICATIONS, THINGS LIKE CONSTIPATION, NAUSEA, ARE VERY, VERY COMMON, AND OFTENTIMES THE REASON WHY PEOPLE MAY STOP THE MEDICATIONS UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU TOP, THE WEIGHT TO COME BACK FOR ALMOST ALL I HAVE SEEN.

>> DOES IT COME BACK AS QUICKLY AS IT WENT?

YEAH.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW, A FEW PATIENTS ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES IF YOUR KNEES HURT FROM HAVING ACCESS WEIGHT AND NOW GETTING BACK TO EXERCISE AND MADE THE LIFESTYLE CHANGES BUT FOR THE VAST MAJORITY THEY GAIN THE WEIGHT RIGHT BACK THEN THE JURY IS OUT.

ARE YOU GAINING FAT BACK OR GAIN MUSCLE AND FAT BACK?

>> WE GOT 30 SECONDS LEFT HERE.

DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK TWICE ABOUT PRESCRIBING THE THINGS >> IT DOES.

WE WILL PRESCRIBE THEM FOR PEOPLE WHOLE HAVE DIABETES OR BMI LET'S SAY OVER 35 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IF YOUR BODY MASS INDEX ITS IN REASONABLE RANGE.

YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT TWICE.

ASK THE DOCTOR.

DON'T GO TO THE WEIGHT LOSS CENTERS.

CERTAINLY DON'T GET IT ARE THE PERSON WHO IS SELLING IT FROM THE SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THAT SAYS OZEMPIC$200 CALL THAT NUMBER.

TED: PLEASE HOLY SMOKES.

ALL RIGHT.

DR.AMIT SHAH, GOOD INFORMATION.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ TED: THE CENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF ARIZONA PARTNERED WITH THE GALLUP ORGANIZATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SHARED PRIORITIES OF ARIZONANS AND AFFECT CHANGE ON A LOCAL AND STATEWIDE LEVEL.

EACH MONTH WE WILL SHARE "STORIES" OF THE SEVEN SHARED PUBLIC "VALUES" THAT MOST AFFECT ARIZONANS' EVERYDAY LIVES.

TONIGHT, A LOOK AT HOW TO MEET THE DEMANDS ON OUR DWINDLING WATER SUPPLY.

PRODUCER SHANA FISCHER AND PHOTOGRAPHER RON BRUCE SHOW US WHAT'S BEING DONE TO HELP ENSURE THAT ARIZONA DOESN'T DRY UP.

>> FROM FAUCETS TO FARMS TO POOLS AND GOLF COURSE, ARIZONA IS A WATER WORLD.

>> WATER REALLY IS IN THE DRIVER OF OUR WELL-BEING AND OUR ECONOMY AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

IT IS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL THING.

>> ARIZONA HAS FOUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF WATER, GROUNDWATER MAKES UP 41%.

THE COLORADO RIVER IS SECOND WITH 35.

IN STATE RIVERS LIKE THE SALT AND VERDE ACCOUNTABLE FOR 18% AND RECLAIMED WATER IS ABOUT FIVE PER CENT.

ACCORDING TO SARAH PORTER THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE KYLE CENTER FOR WATER POLICY, THE MOST IMMEDIATE CHALLENGE TO OUR WATER SUPPLIES THE COLORADO RIVER.

HE VEIN STATES IN 20 TRIBES SHARE WATER RIGHTS THERE ARE SEVERAL DRIVERS CAUSING DIMINISHED SUPPLIES.

THE RIVER WAS LOCATED AT THE BEGINNING.

IT COULD NEVER PRODUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT PEOPLE HOLD ENTITLEMENTS TO.

WE NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR THE EVAPORATION THAT, THAT COMES OFF OF BIG RESERVOIRS THEN THE WEAR LOST WHEN YOU MOVE WATER THROUGH A SYSTEM, SOB THIS IS A PROBLEM CALLED THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER.

THEN, FINALLY, CLIMATE CHANGE APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING AND CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WINDS UP FLOWING THROUGH THE COLORADO RIVER.

>> THE SECOND MAJOR THREAT TO ARIZONA'S WATER SUPPLY IS OVERRELIANCE ON GROUND WATER.

GROUNDWATER IS A COMBINATION OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW FOUND DEEP UNDER GROUND IN SPACES CALLED AQUIFERS GIANT PUMPS BRING THAT WATER TO THE SURFACE AND THEN IT IS DELIVERED TO HOMES, BUSINESS AND FARMS.

THE BIG CHALLENGE AROUND GROUND WATER IS THAT IT IS NON RENEWING WATER SUPPLY, WE DON'T GET THAT MUCH PRECIPITATION IN THE SOUTHWEST, WHEN WE TAKE GROUND WATER OUT OF THE GROUND WE ARE MINING THAT WATER OUT, SO IT IS NOT BEING REPLENISHED BY NATURE AS FAST AS WE ARE ABLE TO WITHDRAW IT.

>> SO IMAGINING A GROUNDWATER IS CRUCIAL.

THAT IS DONE PARTLY THROUGH A 1980 LAW CALLED THE GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT ACT.

ONE OF THE PREVISIONS STATES HOME SUB DIVISION DEVELOPERS CANNOT BREAK GROUND UNTIL THEY PROVE A 100 YEAR WATER SUPPLY ACTUALLY EXISTS ON THE LAND.

THE ISSUE FOR CITIES IS NOT TO RUN OUT TO FUND MORE WATER SUPPLIES SO WE CAN HAVE GROWTH, IT IS TO MANAGE WHAT WATER SUPPLIES IN A WAY, THAT ENABLES GROWTH AND ALSO, ALSO, KEEPS THE CITIES NICE PLACES TO LIVE.

>> BUT IT IS NOT ALL BAD NEWS, DESPITE THE MASSIVE GROWTH IN ARIZONA'S POPULATION OVER THE LAST SIX DECADES DATA SHOWS THE STATE'S WATER OUTAGE HAS GONE UP 16%.

PORTER SAYS THAT IS A SHIFT IN HOW WE THINK ABOUT WATER IN OUR EVERY DAY LIFE.

WE HAVE BEEN MOVING TO MER AND MORE EFFICIENT USES OF WATER.

THE BEST THING WE CAN DO INDIVIDUALLY IS TO HELP IS TO USE LESS WATER OUTSIDE.

THAT IS WATER THAT CANNOT BE RECLAIMED AND REUSED.

THAT US SOMETHING THE CITY OF MESA IS ASKING ITS RESIDENTS TO DO.

THE CITY OF MESA OFFERS A RESIDENTIAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

THE IDEA IS THAT WE LAKE TO REMOVE LIVING GAGS AND REPLACE WITH IT A ZERO SCAPE.

BECKY IS A CONSERVATION COORDINATOR WITH THE CITY.

HER DEPARTMENT HELPINGS RESIDENTS PLAN THEIR ZERO SCAPE PROJECTS.

IF YOU HAVE 500 TO 99 SQUARE FEET, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO POTENTIALLY FOR A$750 INCENTIVE IF YOU HAVE 1,000 SQUARE FEET OF LIVINGS WERE.

YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO RECEIVE OUR INCENTIVE FOR$1,000.

IF YOU ADD ONE ADDITIONAL LOW WATER USE, YOU GET ADDITIONAL$50.

IF YOU ADD TWO, YOU GET ADDITIONAL$100.

ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED THE CITY DOES INSPECTION AND SENDS REGS DENT A CHECK.

BEFORE YOU THINK ZERO SCAPE MEANS BORING, THEY SAY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

>> ZERO SCAPE IS NOT JUST ROCK AND CACTUS.

ZERO SCAPE IS INCORPORATING SHADE, COLOR, COLOR, SEASONALITY.

>> THEY ESTIMATE AT LEAST 600 HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE PROGRAM SINCE THE END EXCEPTION IN 2007 THE SAVINGS ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

ABOUT 50PERCENT LESS WATER IS USED ON ZERO SCAPE YARDS VERSUS GRASS.

>> AS ARIZONA CONTINUES TO GROW AND SO DO WATER SUPPLY ISSUES.

IT IS UP TO ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP THE WATER FLOWING.

>> WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER RIGHT NOW.

THINK IT IS REALLY GOOD FOR INDIVIDUALS TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO-ARE AND RESPECT THE RESOURCE.

I USING WATER EVERYDAY.

YOU USE WATER EVERY TA.

WE CAN CHOOSE HOW WE USE WATER.

WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT.

IF EVERYBODY SAVED TEN GALLONS A DAY.

THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT.

IT IS VERY MUCH IN THE HANDS OF EVERYONE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WATER IN ARIZONA, CHECK OUT THE KYLE CENTER FOR WATER POLICIES ARIZONA WATER BLUE PRINT JUST HEAD TO THE WEBSITE SEEN THERE ON THE EVENT.

THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I AM TED SIMONS THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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