Wildfire Disturbances to Source Water Quality and Drinking Water Treatment Abstract: The recent rise in wildfire activity has raised concerns among water utilities that rely on forested watersheds, vulnerable to wildfire and strained by climatic pressures. Wildfire can quickly transform forest floors, char vegetation and soils, and create a landscape susceptible to post-fire erosion and […]
The Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee (PBAC) is pleased to announce that the invited speaker this year is Sandra Postel, the director and founder of the Global Water Policy Project, co-creator of Change the Course, and a National Geographic Society Fellow. Her new book, Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity, would be great to […]
Healing the Enlightenment Rift: Rationality, Spirituality, and Shared Waters Abstract: Water management is, by definition, conflict management: Whether in the Western US or internationally, competing stakeholder interests include domestic users, agriculturalists, hydropower generators, recreators, and environmentalists – any two of which are regularly at odds, and the complexity of finding mutually acceptable solutions increases exponentially as more stakeholders are involved. Add international […]
Last Call at the Oasis is “From Academy Award®-winning director Jessica Yu (Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien) and Academy Award®-nominated producer Elise Pearlstein (Food, Inc.) LAST CALL AT THE OASIS sheds light on the vital role water plays in our lives, exposes the defects in the current system, shows communities already […]
Come learn about the WRSM Certificate and get your questions answered. Also, Engineers Without Borders will talk about their drinking water development project in Panama and will be looking for students who might be interested in participating. Snacks will be provided. Location: TBD
Dave Bollinger is an environmental and materials engineer with experience in the applied research and development of technologies for wastewater treatment and groundwater remediation, including supercritical water oxidation, electrically conductive antifouling membranes, controlled release permanganates, and anaerobic bioreactors.
Laura Condon, University of Arizona Laura is interested in large-scale water sustainability and the dynamic behavior of managed hydrologic systems in the context of past development and future climate change. Studies have demonstrated connections between groundwater depth, soil moisture, land energy fluxes, and large-scale weather patterns; yet few have considered the effect management has on […]