C2E Program Grants $31,000 to Four Tucson Neighborhoods for Urban Habitat Improvements

Tucson’s Conserve to Enhance (C2E) program – developed in partnership with UA’s Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) and the Sonoran Institute – has awarded $31,000 in grants to four local neighborhood improvement projects.

C2E links water conservation efforts with local restoration projects through its newly launched Community... Read More

Dr. Megdal elected president of the National Institutes for Water Resources

WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal has been elected President of the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) for 2014-15. NIWR is a national organization of Water Resources Research Institutes with 54 member institutions -- one in each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. Effective this October, Megdal will serve as President-Elect for a one-... Read More

Arroyo 2013: Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water

The Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) has just released its 2013 annual Arroyo – a 12-page newsletter devoted to a single topic of timely interest to Arizona. This year, the topic is “Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water,” a subject that has raised questions from the public and challenged water managers and regulators across the... Read More

News

WRRC Conference Featured on Arizona Week
More than 300 people attended the WRRC's 2013 Annual Conference, "Water Security: From the Gound Up" on March 5. “Arizona Week” host Michael Chihak covered the conference and spoke with WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal and speakers Elma Montana, Carly Jerla and Jim Leenhouts... more
The WRRC is now accepting applications for: The 2013 Montgomery & Associates Summer Writing Internship
The University of Arizona’s Water Resources Research Center is offering a summer internship to a student interested in gaining experience writing about environmental and water issues.  The internship is supported by Montgomery & Associates, an Arizona-based consulting firm... more
New Arizona Environmental Flows and Water Demand Bulletins
The Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) is happy to announce that all four regional bulletins on environmental flows and water demands are now available.  The series of bulletins cover the entire state in four regions: Central, Southeastern, North/Northeastern Arizona, and the Colorado... more

Upcoming Events

Wednesday
Jun 19 2013
12:00 pm
Speaker: Charles Flynn, Executive Director, Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area The Colorado River has always been a subject of contention and controversy. As water becomes... more