​​​​​​​TUCSON, Ariz. (April 7, 2014) – Demand for water in Arizona may outpace supplies by a gap of 1 million acre-feet (nearly 326 billion gallons) by the year 2060 if no action is taken. At its April 8 conference, “Closing the Gap Between Water Supply and Demand,”

By the year 2060, water demand in Arizona may exceed renewable supplies by a margin that could grow to 1 million acre-feet. The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) – a unit within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Nine teams of high school students from around the state tested their environmental field skills March 21-22 at the University of Arizona’s research farm, the Maricopa Agricultural Center in the Town of Maricopa. 

Gilbert Council Member Jenn Daniels lauded the Town of Gilbert Water Conservation department at last week’s Town Council meeting. “Today, 800 fourth graders were taught about water and water conservation. It was a tremendous volunteer effort.” Daniels also attended the Water Festival and personally thanked volunteers.

The Water RAPIDS (Research And Planning Innovations for Dryland Systems) program at the University of Arizona is helping the water-stressed Upper Gila Watershed of southeastern Arizona plan for a sustainable future water supply.

Valerisa Joe, a Master’s Student in the Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Studies (SWES) working with WRRC Associate Director Jean McLain, is a co-author on a paper recently published in Nature Scientific Reports.

Booth-Fickett Science and Math Magnet School in Tucson is doing what no school has done before: It will implement Arizona Project WET’s School Water Audit Program (SWAP) by activating students at all grade levels.

TUCSON, Ariz. (Dec. 18, 2013) – The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) has received a one-year grant of $152,568 from the Walton Family Foundation to support continued development of the innovative Conserve to Enhance (C2E) program originally developed at the WRRC and piloted in Tucson, Ariz.

Arizona Project WET (APW) was recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust to support the Water Investigations Program (WIP) in the Phoenix Valley.

WRRC Associate Director Dr. Jean McLain recently spoke with WCHE Radio in Tampa, Fla. about her presentation at the Nov. 5 annual meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society International. Dr. McLain discussed her presentation