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Last week, WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal and Associate Director Jamie McEvoy traveled to Hermosillo, the capital of the Mexican state of Sonora, to participate in a Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP) workshop.

The University of Arizona (U of A) Water Resources Research Center is bidding farewell to Simone Williams, WRRC Graduate Research Associate and newly minted PhD in Arid Lands Resource Sciences

The Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to support our stakeholder outreach and engagement efforts.

The Accelnet PEER2PEER program is seeking graduate students, postdocs, and researchers to complete Fellowships focused on transboundary water resource management in fall 2024 through spring 2025.

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has formed a working group to consider opportunities and challenges related to our understanding and stewardship of America’s groundwater.

The third installment of the international conference, Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture, was held in Burlingame, California, on June 17–20, 2024. The conference delivered on its promise to link science and policy, with a lineup of workshops and diverse speakers that delved into issues of groundwater management, water quality, and agricultural irrigation and productivity.

The UArizona Eller College of Management hosted an insightful “Breakfast with the Economists” event, which provided rich data and context for business leaders, decision-makers, and anyone curious about the latest trends in Arizona’s economy and the future of Arizona water resources.

Arizona's economy has been booming since the COVID-19 pandemic began to slow. Low unemployment, growing wages and increasing population have persisted for years, but so have less positive indicators like inflation and skyrocketing housing prices.

For the first time in decades, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added new chemicals to the list of substances regulated by drinking water standards and updated the Superfund law, targeting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).