Monday, August 2, 2010
Maite Guardiola Wins Best Student PResnetation at Fall AGU 2009
Maite Guardiola-Claramonte recently received her PhD in Hydrology under the advising of Dr. peter Troch. At the 2009 Fall AGU meeting she also received a an award for best student presentation for her oral presentation Regional vegetation die-off alters hydrological partitioning.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Jim Shuttleworth on UA front page
A great video clip on Jim Shuttleworth's research was just posted on the UA web page. Video does a great job of showing Jim for his genius and humanity.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Dr. McIntosh Research - Bacteria Turn Coal and Oil Into Renewable Energy
Jennifer McIntosh's research was recently featured in Discovery News for work she has done with the USGS on microbial methane production in coal beds. Congratulations on the press coverage Dr. McIntosh.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Another Successful year for HWR
As always Terrie Thompson has compiled the long list of awards to students, faculty and staff in the Hydrology and Water Resources Department.
Enjoy perusing the list.
Enjoy perusing the list.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Great Economist Special Issue on Water
The Economist recently had a really good special issue on Water. The special report outlines the man of the the major issues facing water resources management today.
The report starts off with a thorough plea that water needs to be managed in order to properly address ongoing and worsening water shortages around the world. This is followed by good coverage of the problems of sanitation and the significant gains in human well being and economic growth that could come from better access to toilets and basic sanitation. There is then a deft side step to the public versus private utility debate wherein the author argues that the need is for responsive utilities sometimes these are public sometimes they are private. There is then a somewhat muddled coverage of the need for better farm water management that touches on groundwater management as well. There is a decent profile on Singapore with an allusion to how better water resources management has led to a clean water industry in Singapore.
The report then moves to a discussion of the efforts to improve water "efficiency" in China but notes that drives towards efficiency often have the counter intuitive result that efficiency often times does not actually "save" water. Following the concundrum of efficiency the authors focus on the fact that often times small dams are more useful and profitable than big dams but that politicians like big projects because no-ones names a rainwater cistern after anyone. This problem rings true to anyone who has read Sol Resnick's Irrigating India.... Next is a rather deft essay on the importance of a proper price on water to make its use efficient and also allow realistic production of tradeable commodities where water is most available.
No coverage of water would be complete in the modern media without coverage of water wars and this report is no exception it covers ongoing international disputes well. It goes further and posits that water disputes are generally resolvable when conflicting parties find ways to maximize benefits among the participants. The report finishes with a plea for reasonable pricing of water, better management and a continued drive for efficient use of water.
The report starts off with a thorough plea that water needs to be managed in order to properly address ongoing and worsening water shortages around the world. This is followed by good coverage of the problems of sanitation and the significant gains in human well being and economic growth that could come from better access to toilets and basic sanitation. There is then a deft side step to the public versus private utility debate wherein the author argues that the need is for responsive utilities sometimes these are public sometimes they are private. There is then a somewhat muddled coverage of the need for better farm water management that touches on groundwater management as well. There is a decent profile on Singapore with an allusion to how better water resources management has led to a clean water industry in Singapore.
The report then moves to a discussion of the efforts to improve water "efficiency" in China but notes that drives towards efficiency often have the counter intuitive result that efficiency often times does not actually "save" water. Following the concundrum of efficiency the authors focus on the fact that often times small dams are more useful and profitable than big dams but that politicians like big projects because no-ones names a rainwater cistern after anyone. This problem rings true to anyone who has read Sol Resnick's Irrigating India.... Next is a rather deft essay on the importance of a proper price on water to make its use efficient and also allow realistic production of tradeable commodities where water is most available.
No coverage of water would be complete in the modern media without coverage of water wars and this report is no exception it covers ongoing international disputes well. It goes further and posits that water disputes are generally resolvable when conflicting parties find ways to maximize benefits among the participants. The report finishes with a plea for reasonable pricing of water, better management and a continued drive for efficient use of water.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday Blogs and Posts on Water
Occasionally on Fridays I like to highlight some valuable content out there on internet that might be of interest to people connected to the department.
Today I highlight these 4-
1) From the New York Times affiliated blog Green. We have a nice post about New York City's Water Resources Poetry contest. Some nice lines for public talks in the future.
My Favorite-
Treatment at wastewater plants must be quite quick,
To remove the pollutants so you don’t get sick.
In a mere seven hours, the job is complete,
Compared to weeks in nature to perform the same feat!
2) From American Rivers a concern that the recently introduced Kerry-Lieberman Climate
Bill does not do enough to provide resources to cities, towns and states to adapt to the climate change that is highly likely over the next 30-50 years.
3) From an HWR alum - Michael Campana on his storied blog WaterWired, today brings us a nice entry on Peter Gleick's new book on Bottled Water - Bottled and Sold.
4) Another Alum- Bob Sobczak runs a great blog about the water resources issues and variable hydrology of southwest Florida.
Today I highlight these 4-
1) From the New York Times affiliated blog Green. We have a nice post about New York City's Water Resources Poetry contest. Some nice lines for public talks in the future.
My Favorite-
Treatment at wastewater plants must be quite quick,
To remove the pollutants so you don’t get sick.
In a mere seven hours, the job is complete,
Compared to weeks in nature to perform the same feat!
2) From American Rivers a concern that the recently introduced Kerry-Lieberman Climate
Bill does not do enough to provide resources to cities, towns and states to adapt to the climate change that is highly likely over the next 30-50 years.
3) From an HWR alum - Michael Campana on his storied blog WaterWired, today brings us a nice entry on Peter Gleick's new book on Bottled Water - Bottled and Sold.
4) Another Alum- Bob Sobczak runs a great blog about the water resources issues and variable hydrology of southwest Florida.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
ADWR and ADEQ cuts profiled in Arizona Republic
Due to the severe budget situation in Arizona many areas of the state budget have taken severe hits. Among the agencies hardest hit has been the two resource agencies for water and the environment. Cuts to Arizona Department of Water Resources and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality profiled in Arizona Republic today May 4th, 2010. The article does a good job of going over the hit this action will cause to robust monitoring of water resources and the environment in the state.
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