Get Your Cameras Ready - WRRC Photo Contest Is Back! Sept. 3, 2019 The WRRC Annual Photo Contest is back and it's your chance to show us Arizona water in any way that your camera can capture. Read more Image
Finding Answers to Arizona Water Questions Aug. 9, 2019 Arizonans have questions about water and the Water Resources Research Center has a lot of experience answering them. At this year's University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Conference, h Read more Image
New USDA-Funded Arizona Project WET/WRRC Collaboration Starts With Intensive Training in UA Microbiology Lab July 26, 2019 During the week of July 22, the water quality laboratory of WRRC Research Scientist Jean McLain hosted the kickoff of a new USDA-funded project, "Bringing Microbiology and Water Quality into Arizona Classrooms Read more Image
Waiting for Monsoon Rains, Considering International Lessons for Desert Waters July 15, 2019 Wet/dry mapping typically documents the lowest stream flows of the year and signals impacts for the species that rely on these ribbons of green in the desert. Since wet/dry mapping wrapped up in Arizona this June, lessons from the April 2019 Desert Waters International Symposium are worth revisiting. Read more Image
Reviving the River July 1, 2019 Monday, June 24th was a day to celebrate the sight and sound of water flowing down the Santa Cruz River on a hot and cloudless day. Read more Image
Guest View - Tracking the summer monsoon June 27, 2019 he summer monsoon season is upon us again! The sun is high in the sky, temperatures have climbed to their highest levels of the year and the cicadas are buzzing. Read more Image
Arroyo 2019 - WATER, BUSINESS, AND THE BUSINESS OF WATER Now Available June 25, 2019 Few pairings provoke as passionate a response as the coupling of water and money; however, water is deeply rooted in our market economy. The newly published 2019 Arroyo, “Water, Business, and the Business of Water,” takes this truism as a jumping-off point for its survey of the ways in which water and business intersect. Read more Image
WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal featured as proud desert dweller on UA Website June 20, 2019 The home page of the University of Arizona website on June 20, 2019, shows a striking video of our beautiful landscape and states “Tucson’s summers are like no other. Breathtaking landscapes. Powerful monsoons. Read more Image
UA Receives Honors at National Water Resource Conference June 14, 2019 niversity of Arizona was well represented at the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) and The National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) annual conference held on June 11-13. Read more Image
WRRC Graduate Student Presents at International Conference May 31, 2019 Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is the intentional recharge (and storage) of water into an aquifer for future recovery or for environmental benefits. Mary Belle Cruz Ayala, a Ph.D. Student in Arid Lands Resource Sciences and a Graduate Research Assistant at the WRRC, recently presented her research on this topic at the 10th International Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (ISMAR10) in Madrid, Spain. Read more Image