Advanced Water Education Workshop for Valley Educators

July 17-19, 2006
Decision Center for a Desert City
Brickyard Orchid House
21 E. 6th St., Ste. 126B, Tempe

AGENDA
Thanks to the assistance of Salt River Project, Central Arizona Project, and the National Science Foundation for sponsoring this workshop.

Goals of the workshop

• Participants will be able to enhance their knowledge of water in Arizona and more specifically in the Phoenix area.

• Participants will be able to describe the complexity of the impact population growth has on water demand and what that means for water users in the Valley.

• Participants will have a baseline knowledge of the following issues:

  • Urban Heat Island

  • Drought

  • Water management in the Valley - historical to present day (CAP, desalinization, reclaimed water, water banking)

• Participants will be able to design opportunities to educate the public about current water issues.

The workshop was packed with lots of information and a wide variety of guest speakers. To assist educators in bringing their experience to their audiences, many of the presentations from the workshop are below so that they can be used to enhance water education programs.

• Tim Skarupa
  Senior Hydrologist, Salt River Project
  Arizona Water History

• Chuck Cullom
  Hydrologist, Central Arizona Project
  Central Arizona Project

• Carol Erwin
  Area Manager, Phoenix Area Office, Lower Colorado Region, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
  Desalinization

• John Bodenchuk
  Manager of the Recharge Program, Arizona Department of Water Resources
  Water Banking, Recharge and Recovery

• Brad Hill
  Water Resources Manager, City of Peoria
  Reclaimed Water

• Charlene Saltz
  Water Sustainability Program Coordinator; Maricopa County Extension Office (UofA)
  People's Perceptions of Water in the Valley

• Anthony Brazel
  Professor, ASU School of Geographical Sciences
  Drought and the Urban Heat Island

• Gregg Garfin
  Project manager, UofA Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS)
  Drought and Climate Change

• Katie Hirschboeck
  Professor, UofA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
  Drought Indicators

• Rita Maguire
  President and CEO. ThinkAZ
  Water Sustainability - Where are we going?

To help you prepare for the workshop, we would like you to review the following article titled: "Managing for sustainability in an arid climate: lessons learned from 20 years of groundwater management in Arizona" by Katherine Jacobs and James Holway from the Hydrogeology Journal (2004) 12:52-65. You can find the article at the following web page: Articles

As you read through the paper, please write down any questions that you may have or terms you would like clarified. For further reading, we suggest links from the Discussion Paper and Appendices from the following web site: links