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WRRC Weekly Wave
March 7, 2014
Volume 2, Issue 9
In This Issue:
- CANCELLED: March 13 Brown Bag Seminar
- WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal on KVOA
- WRRC Graduate Assistant Ling-Yee Huang Named CLIMAS Fellow
... And much more!
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Final 4 Days of Early Bird Registration for WRRC Annual Conference
Only four days remain to secure your seat for the April 8 WRRC Annual Conference at the special early bird registration rate.
Today through Monday, March 10, early bird registration is just $100 (after March 10, $125), and students are welcome to register for only $35. The conference will be held at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center in Tucson, Ariz.
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Presentation: Colorado River Simulation System (CRSS) - Overview and Use in Planning and Operation of the Colorado River
Rosalind Bark (CSIRO, Brisbane)
Presentation: A Water Update From Down Under
Speaker: Rosalind Bark (Resource Economist, Ecosystem Sciences Division, CSIRO [Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation])
Special Time: 3:30 - 5 p.m. Note: This presentation will be webcast live via Blackboard Collaborate. More info here.
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March 27& 28: WSP Program Hosts Water Policy Expert Aaron Wolf
The UA Water Sustainability Program will host Oregon State professor and water policy expert Aaron Wolf as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series. Wolf will give the presentation, "Shared Waters: Spirituality, Cooperation and Conflict," on Thurs., March 27 in room 216 of the Koffler Building. Wolf will also give a March 28 presentation, "Water and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process," co-sponsored by the School of Geography and Development and the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, from 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. in Harvill 404. Learn more here.
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KVOA News Interviews WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal
WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal was interviewed last week for KVOA-News4Tucson's piece, "Weekend rain won't solve long-term drought issues."
Following a weekend in which parts of Tucson received significant amounts of rain, Dr. Megdal told KVOA that one storm will not solve Arizona's long-term water supply issues. "We have to be good stewards of our water every day," she said.
Watch KVOA's complete video report here.
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Video Recap: Feb. 21 Brown Bag - Phoenix's Water Supply Resiliency
YouTube video coverage of the WRRC's Feb. 21 Brown Bag presentation featuring Kathryn Sorensen (Water Services Director, City of Phoenix) is now available. See the full presentation here:
 | | Brown Bag Seminar - Phoenix's Water Supply Resiliency |
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WRRC Graduate Research Assistant Named CLIMAS Fellow
WRRC Graduate Research Assistant Ling-Yee Huang has been named a 2014 UA CLIMAS (Climate Assessment for the Southwest) Fellow. Yee is an MS student in the UA's School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and holds a JD from the University of Florida and a BS from Rice University. Her CLIMAS Fellows project is "Achieving Scientific Literacy in the Classroom: A Climate Science and Law Curriculum." Read more about Yee's fellowship.
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Video Recap: WSP Distinguished Speaker Stanley Pollack
Video coverage of Stanley Pollack's Jan. 30 WSP Distinguished Speaker Series presentation is available here:
 | | Little Colorado River: Failure of the Settlement and the Triumph of Social Media |
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BSMAR 2014 Abstracts Due 3/21: Register Today for July Symposium
The Arizona Hydrological Society and the Groundwater Resources Association of California have teamed up to bring back the 14th Biennial Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (BSMAR 14) for the first time since 2007. The Symposium, for which the WRRC is a cooperating organization, will be held in Orange, Calif. from July 31 - Aug. 1. Abstracts are due by March 21. Explore the agenda, learn more and register for the Symposium here.
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