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WRRC Weekly Wave
October 4, 2013
Volume 1, Issue 3
In This Issue:
- Annual Conference Call for Poster Abstracts
- Oct. 10 Brown Bag: Dr. Benjamin Ruddell (ASU)
- Sharon B. Megdal Featured on Ariz. Illustrated Science
- New-Look AWR Out Soon
... And much more!
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 Call for Poster Abstracts
The WRRC is now accepting abstracts for the poster session at its April 8, 2014 Annual Conference, "Closing the Gap Between Water Supply and Demand," co-organized with the Arizona Dept. of Water Resources (ADWR). The deadline for submitting is Monday, Feb. 3, 2014. Interested students, researchers and practitioners are welcome to submit a poster abstract (students strongly encouraged to participate!). Click here for more information.
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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.
Note: The WRRC Brown Bag seminar scheduled for Oct. 25 has been postponed until the Spring.
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WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal Featured on Arizona Illustrated Science
Sharon B. Megdal, Director of the Water Resources Research Center, was featured this week on KUAT's Arizona Illustrated Science.
Dr. Megdal sat down with Arizona Public Media's Georgia Davis to discuss rainwater harvesting and the future of water in Arizona and the desert Southwest.
Watch the segment, which aired Monday night on KUAT, here.
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More Than 660 Students Attend Arizona Project WET Flagstaff Water Festival
Arizona Project WET's (APW) second annual Water Festival in Flagstaff last week drew more than 660 students and 26 teachers. With support from SCA Tissues, the City of Flagstaff, Northern Arizona University and volunteers, the Water Festival showed teachers how to encourage water-focused critical thinking and problem solving. Students learned about watersheds, the water cycle, groundwater flow and conservation. Read the full story here.
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WRRC in the News
Science Daily: A preview of WRRC Assoc. Director Jean McLain's upcoming talk in Tampa, Fla., "Antibiotic Resistance in Agriculture: A Call to Action."
Arizona Illustrated Nature:
WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal Talks Water with Georgia Davis on water harvesting and the future of Arizona water.
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EnWaP's Kelly Mott Lacroix to Speak at Gila Watershed Partnership
Kelly Mott Lacroix, Research Analyst for the Connecting the Environment to Arizona Water Planning (EnWaP) Program, will give a presentation on Oct. 9 at the Gila Watershed Partnership.
She will give a talk titled "Understanding the Upper Gila River Watershed Resources for Today and Tomorrow" at 7 p.m. at the Graham County General Services Building in Safford, Ariz. For more information on the EnWaP program, click here.
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New Study Examines Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Indigenous People
A special issue of the journal Climate Change features a newly released study, "Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Impacts, Experiences and Actions." This collaborative effort from more than 50 authors representing tribes, governments, academia and NGOs explores how climate change is affecting U.S. tribal communities, including loss of traditional foods, water, knowledge, ecosystems and more.
Read the complete report here.
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Coming Soon: New Look for Arizona Water Resource Newsletter
The upcoming Fall 2013 issue of the WRRC's quarterly newsletter, Arizona Water Resource (AWR), will debut a new, more streamlined look when it hits inboxes later this month.
The Fall issue will cover urban waterways, local habitat revitalization through C2E grants and much more, and will include WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal's Public Policy Review column. To sign up to receive the AWR and other WRRC publications, click here.
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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).
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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.
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