WRRC Weekly Wave
September 27, 2013
Volume 1, Issue 2

In This Issue:
  • Oct. 10 Brown Bag: Dr. Benjamin Ruddell (ASU)
  • WRRC Annual Conference Video
  • APW Assistant Earns NASA Space Grant 
  • C2E Call for Volunteers: Atterbury Wash work day

... And much more!
Upcoming Events
Oct. 1
Oct. 2
Oct. 10
Oct. 11
Oct. 25
Nov. 6
Plant Sciences Lecture: Dr. Jean McLain (WRRC)   4th Annual UA Food Safety Conference (Omni Tucson National)
WRRC Brown Bag Seminar: Randy Hanson (USGS San Diego)WRRC Brown Bag Seminar: Dr. Katie Meehan (Univ. of Oregon)
WRRC Annual Conference Teaser
WRRC 2013 Annual Conference Video
Save the Date! 
April 8, 2014: 
Closing the Gap Between Water Supply and Demand
 
Co-organized with the Arizona Department of Water Resources. 
Oct. 10: Dr. Benjamin Ruddell (Arizona State University)
Water Resource Impacts Embedded in the Western U.S. Electrical Energy Trade (Current Patterns & Adaptations to Future Drought)
Location: WRRC Sol Resnick Conference Room (350 N. Campbell)
Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m.

  
Project WET Assistant Earns NASA Space Grant

 

Alex Prescott, Program Assistant for Arizona Project WET (APW), has been named a recipient of the UA Department of Hydrology and Water Resources' NASA Space Grant. The Department also recently named Prescott a UA Science Ambassador after a competitive selection process to evaluate excellence in academic, research and leadership endeavors. He will represent the Department at College of Science community outreach events. Prescott was also awarded the College of Science Dean's List with Distinction Award for 2012-2013. Read more about Prescott here.
  
Dr. Jean McLain to Speak at Pima County Brown Bag

 

Dr. Jean McLain, Associate Director of the WRRC, will give a presentation at the Pima County Flood District's monthly Brown Bag seminar at noon on Wed., Oct. 2 in downtown Tucson. 

 

McLain will give the presentation, "Antibiotic Resistance and Recycled Municipal Wastewater: Is There a Link?"

 

The Brown Bag will be held at 97 E. Congress St. (3rd Floor Conference Rooms A & B). Click here for more information. 
  
WRRC in the News

 

 

Arizona Public Media: Betsy Wilkening (Arizona Project WET) featured in "Teachers' Voices" video.

 

Arizona Daily Wildcat: UA Employee Among 14 Teachers Chosen to Explore Arctic.

 

Arizona Jewish Post: WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal featured in "To Israel and Back."

 

 

 
C2E Conservation Dashboard Coming Soon


The Conserve to Enhance (C2E) program will soon unveil a new tool for promoting and tracking water conservation. 

 

The upcoming Water Use Dashboard -- an online conservation tool -- is nearly complete. It was unveiled on Sept. 20 at the Arizona Hydrological Society's annual conference in Tucson, Ariz. The Dashboard will also be featured in a session at the WaterSmart Innovations 2013 Annual Conference on Oct. 3 in Las Vegas. 

APW Wraps Up West Valley STEM Workshop

Arizona Project WET (APW) recently completed its Phoenix West Valley STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Academy for teachers. Educators in attendance learned new teaching methods to help them apply STEM materials to real-world applications. Teachers designed a number of projects to help students better understand groundwater, including systems to store surface water, water fields, move stored water and more. Keep up with upcoming APW teacher workshops here.
null

9/28: Volunteers Needed for Atturbury Wash C2E Enhancements


Tucson's Conserve to Enhance (C2E) program will host a work day the morning of Saturday, Sept. 28 at Atturbury Wash, C2E's first riparian enhancement site (hosted by Tucson Audubon Society).

 

Stop by the Atturbury Wash work site in Lincoln Regional park Saturday morning and lend a hand, or just see how the site has changed. Click here for more information on how C2E is turning voluntary water savings into local habitat improvements.
null
 
Join the WRRC's Social Media Communities
 
The WRRC stays in touch with stakeholders through regular posts to our recently revamped Facebook and Twitter accounts. 
 
Keep up with WRRC events, news, photos, videos, awards and much more!
 
Click here to like us on Facebook.
 
Follow us on Twitter here (@AZWRRC). 

The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) - a unit within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) - promotes understanding of critical state and regional water management and policy issues through research, community outreach and public education. The WRRC works closely with Arizona Cooperative Extension, a CALS outreach organization that  provides a statewide network of knowledgeable faculty and staff that provides lifelong educational programs for all Arizonans. The WRRC is committed to: assisting communities in water management and policy; educating teachers, students and the public about water; and encouraging scientific research on state and  regional water issues. For more information, visit us at wrrc.arizona.edu.