Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to Attend International Water Conference in Israel

Sept. 25, 2015
Next month, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey is heading to Israel to attend the Water Technology & Environment Control (WATEC) Exhibition & Conference, Oct. 13-15. WATEC 2015 will bring together Israeli and international business executives, water utility engineers, political decisions makers, and leading researchers to showcase the most advanced technologies and water-use solutions from Israel and around the world. This year's theme is "Wisdom in Every Drop." 
 
Governor Ducey will be accompanied by Arizona Department of Water Resources Director (ADWR) Tom Buschatzke and is scheduled to speak during the opening ceremonies on October 13.

Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) Director, Sharon B. Megdal, will speak later that day about "Efforts to Close the Gap between Water Supply and Demand in the Colorado River Basin in the Western United States." Dr. Megdal will also be speaking on "Mechanisms for Transboundary Cooperation at the United States-Mexico Border" at the Pre-WATEC Special Water Issues Conference, Oct. 12.

Two other speakers from Arizona will give talks the second day of the 2015 WATEC. Clinton Williams, lead research soil scientist for USDA Agricultural Research Service in Maricopa, AZ, will talk about "Reclaimed Municipal Wastewater: New water in the Western United States" and Trevor Hill, CEO of FATHOM, a software as-a-service company in Phoenix, AZ, will talk about "Smart Cities: From Risk to Opportunity."