A new report by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows water use across the country reached its lowest recorded level in nearly 45 years. Water withdrawals in the United States in 2010 were estimated to be about 355 billion gallons per day (Bgal/d), which was 13 percent less than in 2005. 

Sharon B. Megdal, Director of the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), recently co-authored an article on the Colorado River and the Jordan River with Assaf Chen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel), Adam Abramson (Ben-Gurion University) and Nir Becker (Tel-Hai College, Israel), which was published Nov. 12 in the Journal of Arid Environments. 

Flagstaff, Ariz. (Sept. 25, 2014) -- Last week, 1,080 fourth graders from Flagstaff’s private, charter, and public schools gathered at the Flagstaff Water Festival at Foxglenn Park (4200 E. Butler Ave.) to learn about Arizona’s water resources and water on the earth system.

Sharon B. Megdal, Director of the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), has been elected President of the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) for 2014-15. Effective Oct. 1

When it rains in Tucson, rainwater flows off yards, parking lots and streets into storm drains and desert washes. Pima Association of Governments’ (PAG) “Clean Water Starts With Me!” outreach campaign arrives in Tucson each monsoon season, spreading the message that we can all help maintain healthy, pollutant-free stormwater in our community.
 

The WRRC is a co-sponsor for the Arizona State Museum's upcoming 2014 Native Eyes Film Showcase, "Honoring the Power of Coming Together," which includes three days of film events on Oct. 24 and 26, and Nov. 12.

Brittany Xiu, Coordinator for the WRRC's Conserve to Enhance (C2E) program, recently penned an article published in the Fall newsletter for Colorado WaterWise.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Freeport McMoRan’s Community Investment Fund has awarded the WRRC a $22,000 grant to develop an Arizona Water 101 educational program in Green Valley/Sahuarita, Ariz. The grant will fund an expansion of the Green Valley/Sahuarita Arizona Water Festival put on by Arizona Project WET

TUCSON, Ariz. (July 22, 2014) – The University of Arizona’s Conserve2Enhance™ (C2E) program has launched a free online water use tracker to help Tucson Water customers monitor and reduce wasteful home water use, lower their monthly bills, and help conserve Tucson’s water resources.

TUCSON, Ariz. (July 18, 2014) – How do Arizonans value water? Not only its price for consumers, but the myriad other ways users pay for water. The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) takes on this challenge in its newly released free publication, the 2014 Arroyo.