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WRRC Summer Wave
August 21, 2015
Volume 3, Issue 24
In This Issue:
- WSP Announces 2015/16 Graduate Fellowship Award Recipients
- Reclamation Report Confirms No Shortage in 2016
- Weekly Wave e-News Digest to Return Aug. 28
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The UA Water Sustainability Program Announces 2015/2016 Graduate Fellowship Award Recipients
The University of Arizona (UA) Water Sustainability Program (WSP) is pleased to announce its 2015/16 Graduate Fellowship Award recipients. These five outstanding UA PhD candidates are conducting research on water resource topics relevant to issues in the state:
- David Hogan: Remediating Contaminated Waste Water Using Ion Flotation with Biosurfactant Collector. Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science (SWES). - Shanshan Hou: Coordinated Planning and Operations of Water Systems with Renewable Energy Integration. Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering.
- Timothy Lahmers: Optimizing Flood Forecasting in the Southwest Contiguous U.S.: A Hydrologic and Atmospheric Modeling Framework. Department of Atmospheric Science.
- Guangbin Li: Improving the Reliability of Novel Nutrient Nitrogen Removal Technology: Attenuation of Nitrite Inhibition to Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox). Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering.
- Bradley Schmitz: Wastewater Virus Removal: A Comparison of the State-of-the-art Bardenpho Process with Conventional Activated Sludge and Trickling Filter Processes. SWES.
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Water RAPIDS Presents Upper Gila Watershed Scenario Report to Local Officials
The Water RAPIDS (Water Research and Planning Innovations for Dryland Systems) team recently bookmarked over two years of work in the Upper Gila Watershed with presentations to local governments about the final results of scenario planning for the region. Completed in Fall 2014, the report Scenarios for the Upper Gila Watershed incorporated extensive research and stakeholder input to assess the future of the watershed and discuss how communities will plan for uncertainty and change. Over the summer months, the team traveled throughout the watershed to present the scenario report to local officials and discuss the next steps in the watershed planning process. For their attention and hospitality, thanks goes to: Town of Pima, Town of Thatcher, Town of Duncan, Town of Clifton, City of Safford, Graham County, and Greenlee County. A subsequent two-year project, with funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, will build on this previous work in order to conduct a Water Supply and Demand Study for the region.
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APW/SRP 2015 STEM Academy "Water Solutions: Past, Present and Future"
This August, third through six grade teachers from across Arizona learned about the Salt River Valley water supply during a five day workshop, "Water Solutions: Past, Present and Future," sponsored by Arizona Project WET (APW) and Salt River Project (SRP). The educators learned about the history of water diversion in the Salt River Valley, watershed health, water distribution management, water chemistry, and more. The workshop aimed to educate teachers, impacting hundreds of students every year, about the state's water management and issues. Learn more here.
APW develops water stewardship and STEM literacy by providing teacher professional development focused on 21st century skills, direct student outreach that delivers or extends classroom learning, and community engagement. Learn more about APW here.
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CAP: Reclamation Report Confirms No Shortage in 2016
According to a recent press release by the Central Arizona Project (CAP), in August 2015, the Bureau of Reclamation announced that the Department of the Interior will not be declaring a shortage on the Colorado River in 2016, following the release of Reclamation's 24-month study. A shortage declaration in 2017 is also unlikely (15% chance).
The report shows the unusually wet month of May and conservation efforts by CAP and its partners contributed to Lake Mead's level staying above 1,075 feet, the trigger for a shortage declaration on the lower Colorado River.
In a letter to the Central Arizona Water Conservation District board, constituents and employees, CAP Interim General Manager Ted Cooke thanks CAP and its partners for this achievement and calls for more hard work to keep CAP supply even more resilient.
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CO Mine Spill and Possible Effect on Arizona's Water
In a recent Arizona Week video by Arizona Public Media, UA Professor Raina Maier and Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist Karletta Chief from the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences weigh in on what the current Colorado mine spill means for Arizona's water supply. Additional perspective on potential long-term ground- and surface water contamination was provided by Professor Tom Meixner of the UA Department of Hydrology and Water Resources.
The spill occurred when the United States Environmental Protection Agency caused a dam burst in one of Colorado's abandoned mines. Three million gallons of wastewater, containing arsenic and lead, entered the Animas River, which feeds to the Colorado River at Lake Powell.
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WRRC Weekly Wave e-News Digest to Return September 28
Keep an eye on your inbox on Friday, August 28, for the return of the WRRC Weekly Wave! During the Fall months, the Weekly Wave will arrive in inboxes every Friday.
The Weekly Wave features weekly updates on the WRRC's ongoing Brown Bag Seminar Series - informal water-focused presentations open to the public - as well as information on the WRRC Annual Conference.
You'll also find helpful information on WRRC programs, on the center's many outreach efforts, updates on research projects, social media news, and links to our press appearances.
If you've missed out on a past issue of the Weekly Wave, check out the Wave Archive here.
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UA College of Law: Environmental Breakfast Club 2015-16 Schedule
The James E. Rogers College of Law has released the schedule for its 2015-2016 Environmental Breakfast Club presentations. The Environmental Breakfast Club is a diverse group of faculty from various departments, programs and colleges on the campus who meet monthly at Arizona Law to discuss works in progress on the environment and natural resources.
The forum enhances communication between departments and colleges and covers a wide range of topics throughout the year. All presentations will be on the first Friday of each month (except January), from 8:30 - 9:45 a.m., in the Law College Faculty Lounge (Room 237). View Schedule here.
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Call for Abstracts: Arizona Riparian Council 28th Annual Meeting
The Arizona Riparian Council (ARC) is holding its 2015 Annual meeting on October 15-16, 2015 at the 1899 Ballroom, High Country Conference Center in Flagstaff, AZ. The meeting theme is Tools and Techniques for Assessing and Restoring Riparian Habitats. Invited speakers will share their expertise in the tools they use to understand riparian ecology, genetic approaches to restoration, monitoring irrigation and soil properties, and LIDAR imagery to assess habitat suitability.
ARC is soliciting abstracts for papers and posters for a technical presentation or a poster session on tools and techniques used to assess riparian habitats. Abstracts are due Aug. 24, 2015. Learn more here.
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