Summer Wave - Groundwater, Climate, and Stakeholder Engagement

An article by Susanna Eden, WRRC Assistant Director, Sharon B. Megdal, WRRC Director, Eylon Shamir, Hydrologic Research Center Hydrologic Engineer, Karletta Chief, Soil, Water and Environmental Science Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, and  Kelly Mott Lacroix, WRRC Sr. Research Analyst, has been published in a Special Issue of the on-line journal Water. The article, "Opening the Black Box: Using a Hydrological Model to Link Stakeholder Engagement with Groundwater Management", presents the project, entitled Groundwater, Climate, and Stakeholder Engagement (GCASE) as a case study of knowledge co-production. A hydrological model of the Upper Santa Cruz River basin near Nogales, AZ was the focal point of interactions between stakeholders and scientists to better understand the implications of climate uncertainty on managing groundwater in the basin.  

The Special Issue, "Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management," focuses on the relationship of water governance practices and stakeholder engagement approaches to the development, evaluation, and adoption of solutions to water management challenges.