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Linking the Supermassive Black Hole Growth with the Megamaser Emission

High-resolution observations of the central few 100 pc of the galactic nuclear environments remain prohibitive for large statistical samples, which are crucial for tracing the links between central black hole formation, galaxy formation and AGN activity over cosmic time. With this contribution, we present novel ways of connecting the physics of black hole accretion with its immediate environs via a new quantitative evaluation of the degree to which the strength and spatial configuration of the water maser emission is associated with the nuclear nebular galactic activity. We discuss possible evolutionary/causal connections between these two types of emission, together with criteria that could dramatically enhance our search for mega-maser systems in nearby galactic centers. These are timely results given the interest in combining high-resolution observations with extremely large optical telescopes and large arrays that start to conquer the sub-millimeter window.