- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The Water Quality, Quantity and Security Strategic Initiative has scheduled its first conference for Nov. 14–15 at the ARC at UC Davis, announced Doug Parker, initiative leader. Please hold these dates on your calendar.
Details about the conference, its agenda and the initiative plan will follow in future announcements. Updates and conference registration information also will be posted on the initiative website http://ucanr.org/sites/water.
UC program teams and workgroups will have an opportunity to meet at the conference to coordinate team efforts and plan activities. To reserve space for program team and workgroup activities, please fill out a brief survey at...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
The advisory panel for the water strategic initiative has been appointed, announced Doug Parker, initiative leader and director of the California Institute for Water Resources.
Members of the water panel are
Rob Atwill, professor and CE specialist, Veterinary Medicine Extension, director of the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security, UC Davis
Allan Fulton, irrigation and water resources advisor, Tehama, Colusa, Glenn and Shasta counties
Jay Gan, professor of...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
After a nationwide search, we are pleased to announce that Doug Parker has been selected to serve as the inaugural director of the California Water Resources Research Institute (CWRRI), effective Oct. 1. He will also serve as leader for the Water Quality, Quantity and Security strategic initiative.
Parker is currently director of the Mid-Atlantic Water Program, an associate professor of agricultural & resource economics and Cooperative Extension specialist at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on environmental economics, economics of non-point source water pollution control, and economics of regulation and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Before joining the University of Maryland in 1997, Parker...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
National call for water research proposals
The U.S. Geological Survey and the National Institutes for Water Resources are requesting proposals for matching grants to support research on the topic of improving and enhancing the nation’s water supply.
The topic includes, and is not limited to, enhancement of water supply infrastructure, development and evaluation of warning systems for extreme hydrological events, integrated management of ground and surface waters, and the resilience of public water supplies. Proposals are sought in not only the physical dimensions of supply, but also the role of economics and institutions in water supply and in coping with extreme hydrologic conditions.
Any...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
To address the very important strategic initiative of water, ANR has created the California Water Resources Research Institute (CWRRI). Aligned with other state water institutes supported in part by the federal Water Resources Research Act, the CWRRI will be the California part of the National Institute for Water Research (NIWR) and will support research and extension activities that contribute to the quality, quantity, reliability and efficient management of California’s water resources.
ANR has begun recruitment for an inaugural director who can provide leadership and operational management for the CWRRI and serve as ANR’s strategic initiative leader for Water Quality, Quantity and Security.
We are looking for a leader...
