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Water Resources Research Center
Feb. 12, 2016 / Volume 4, Issue 5
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Hunter Moore, Natural Resources Policy Advisor to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, to Provide Keynote Address at WRRC Annual Conference
Hunter Moore, Natural Resources Policy Advisor to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, will be providing a luncheon keynote presentation at the WRRC Annual Conference at the University of Arizona on March 21. Since his appointment in 2014, Hunter Moore has been advising the Governor on aspects of soil, water, and environmental management in Arizona. At the WRRC Annual Conference, he will speak on Governor Ducey's water policies, including the objectives of the recently appointed Water Augmentation Council, a 29-member panel made up of Arizona water resource experts, watershed groups, local government, and industry leaders in agriculture, mining, and homebuilding.
Please check our agenda here
Only one week remains at the early bird registration rate of $100!
Last call for poster abstracts - due Monday, February 15 !
Submit poster abstracts here
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Brown Bag Seminar - International Transboundary Water Assessment
Feb. 25, 2016
Speaker: Randy Hanson, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center, San Diego, CA. Time/Location: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. / WRRC Sol Resnick Conference Room (350 N. Campbell).
Randy Hanson, Hydrologist with the U.S Geological Survey California Water Science Center, will speak on contributions to the ISARM (Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management) and TWAP (Transboundary Waters Assessment Program) Assessment with ISARM Americas Program examples from the Mexico-United States border.
Note: This presentation will also be webcast live via GotoWebinar.
For a complete list of upcoming Brown Bag seminars click here
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Speaker: George Frisvold, Professor and Extension Specialist, Department of Ag & Resource Economics
Time/Location: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. / WRRC Sol Resnick Conference Room (350 N. Campbell).
Prof. Frisvold will address the economic aspects of water use and efficiency of Yuma agriculture as reported in A Case Study in Efficiency-Agriculture and Water Use in the Yuma, Arizona Area published by the Yuma County Agriculture Coalition in February 2015.
Note: This presentation will also be webcast live via GotoWebinar.
For a complete list of upcoming Brown Bag seminars click here
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Brown Bag Seminar -
Water Banking and Arizona's Framework for Groundwater Recharge and Recovery
March 10, 2016
Speakers: Sharon B. Megdal, PhD, Director, Water Resources Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona and Ken Seasholes, Manager, Resource Planning and Analysis, Central Arizona ProjectTime/Location: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. / WRRC Sol Resnick Conference Room (350 N. Campbell).
WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal and Kenneth Seasholes, Central Arizona Project Resource Planning and Analysis Manager, will join forces to discuss Arizona's groundwater recharge and recovery rules and the state's unique form of water banking. This presentation is part of the nationwide observance of National Groundwater Awareness Week, March 6-12, 2016.
Note: This presentation will also be webcast live via GotoWebinar.
For a complete list of upcoming Brown Bag seminars click here
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IBWC Publishes San Pedro River Aquifer Binational Report
A binational group of organizations, including the University of Sonora Geology Department, CONAGUA (Mexico's federal water department), the WRRC, and the U.S. Geological Survey, performed geophysical, geological, hydrological, hydrochemical, governance, and socio-economic analyses to define the general framework of the Binational San Pedro River Aquifer. Water does not have boundaries but there is no binational coordination or treaty governing the management of groundwater. This binational report compiles scientific databases from both Mexico and the United States, and identifies information needed for future groundwater binational studies.
The study was carried out, and the report developed, by the United States and Mexico in accordance with Resolution 6 of Minute 242 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (IBWC). The report was released by the IBWC on January 31, 2016.
You can read the report here
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Story in The Vail Voice Features McLain Lab
The recent events in Flint, Michigan have brought drinking water quality issues to the forefront of U.S. news. Most Americans depend on their local utilities to provide water quality reports. However, many rural Arizonans rely on private wells for their drinking water and homeowners served by a single well often do not have the resources required for periodic water testing.
When Trent Thomas, a reporter for The Vail Voice, contacted WRRC Associate Director Jean McLain to discuss the concerns of rural Vail residents, McLain agreed to assess the microbiological quality of five well water samples. The results indicated that the well water was free of detectable coliform bacteria. Good news for Vail well owners!
Read more of this story here These data represent only a single time point, and repeated sampling by a certified water testing laboratory is suggested to ensure the continued quality of well water for potable uses.
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Students Become Environmental Scientists at STEM Symposium
Students develop and refine their position on environmental issues through a year of engagement in Arizona Project WET's Water Investigations Program (WIP). Teachers prepare by attending an 8-hour professional development session covering how to instruct their students in reflection and synthesizing a year of learning about water. Students are charged with building relationships between five big WIP topics: water management, the Southwest's water cycle, human water use, water resources, and riparian areas. In culmination of their year with WIP, they share their insights, reflections, and recommendations at a STEM Symposium, an event modeled after professional scientific conferences. This year the WIP will provide these learning opportunities to 1500 middle and high school students.
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Call for IWSN Undergraduate Project Award Applications
The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy offers a $750 International Water Security Network Undergraduate Project Award in Water Security.
Students will conduct a local project that highlights issues affecting water security in the Western US, such as water harvesting, water reuse, landscaping, water-related engineering works, computer and software applications, and more... The activity can be a video essay, conversations with policy makers, community art survey, a school activity, or similar projects. The deadline to apply is March 4, 2016.
For more on the IWSN Award, click here
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WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER
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The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) - A unit of the University of Arizona, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Arizona Cooperative Extension - promotes understanding of critical state and regional water management and policy issues through research, community outreach and engagement, and public education.
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