Fall, 2009
Arizona Water Resource,
Joe Gelt
ed.,
vol.
17,
no.
4,
12
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
Fall,
2009
A community program that included keynote addresses rounded out the day's events on Sept. 1. University of Arizona's President Robert Shelton greeted about 225 people attending the community event. Ben Grumbles, director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, further extended the welcome.
The keynote speakers were Uri Shani, director general of the Israeli Water Authority, and Shaddad Attili, chairman of the Palestinian Water Authority. Attili, who was unable to attend the event in person, provided his message via DVD. Ayman Jarrar, director general for the regulatory and water control directorates of the Palestinian Water Authority, joined Shani at the podium to answer questions... more
Table of Contents:
Features
- Public Participated in Session on Israeli-Palestinian Water Challenges
- Identifying Topics for Collaborative Research is Task on Final Day
- AzIP Workshop, a Forum to Discuss Issues in Water-scare Regions
- UA Center for Middle Eastern Studies, a Workshop Partner
- Arizona, Israeli, and Palestinian Water Management and Policy Workshop
- Common Concerns of Arizona, Isreal and Palestinian Territories Prompt Coopertive Efforts
- Israel's Public Ownership of Water Said to Offer Advantages Over Prior Appropriation
- Arizona, Middle East Water Issues Focus of WRRC Workshop
- Water Allocation, a Potential Source of Conflict, Can Promote Peace - Water Wars are an unlikely prospect