Decision Center for a Desert City
July 31-August 1, 2007
Decision Center for a Desert City
Brickyard Orchid House
21 E. 6th St., Ste. 126B, Tempe
AGENDA
Thanks to 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
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