Arizona’s infrastructure needs to expand exponentially during the next decade with significantly more energy and water — a big challenge in the desert. But some technological innovations are pointing the way forward, and the state needs to act now, according to a member of Congress who spoke at ASU last week.

Nuclear energy will play an important role in meeting the state’s future needs, but no expansion of its generating capacity is planned until 2040.

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“That’s 15 years; hence, we will lose all of our potential market driving force and leadership,” said Andy Biggs , who has served as the U.S. representative for Arizona’s 5th Congressional

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