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Contents Viewpoint:
Barbarians at the Gate Arizona Science and Engineering fair Water Project Awards Herman Bouwer Intern Scholarship 2010 Symposium Planning Committee Southern Arizona regional Science and Engineering fair
Water Project Awards Leonard Halpenny Intern Scholarship – Extended Deadline! WRRC Brown Bag Seminars: April 2010 Flagstaff Chapter 2010 Intern Scholarship – Info for
Employers Gurgling creeks may be saying our short-term drought is
over You can nominate green locations in Old Pueblo for map For parched state, wet winter means quenched thirst Former Interior Secretary Udall dead at 90 Rarely
have I been so totally appalled by the degree of stupidity of the Arizona
State Legislature as I am now. Right
now there are people working to dismantle every protection for water that has
been developed by Arizona over the last 30 years. They want to cripple the agencies that
protect our water supply and its quality and repeal through back-door methods
the underlying laws that created the Arizona Departments of Water Resources
and Environmental Quality. The Groundwater
Management Act and the Environmental Quality Act, along with agency rules,
provide us with a stable regulatory framework in which change is
non-precipitous and usually only accomplished with stakeholder input. While the burden of compliance with ADWR
and ADEQ can often seem onerous, consulting firms labor diligently to ensure
their clients do not run afoul of the relevant laws. We are all better off
for having these agencies. You
all should know by now how badly the two agencies (plus many others) fared in
the budget battles. The only thing
left to both agencies is to raise money through increased fees for
applications. In the current budget
reconciliation process, an emergency rule-making authority was granted to
both agencies for one year to raise fees.
Now in special session, there is an attempt to amend that emergency
rule-making authority to two years, but—and here is the kicker—after two
years every statutory authority to collect money and carry out those programs
would be automatically repealed. Each
agency would also have to justify its programs and existence. That amounts to a sunset review. And maybe the Legislature would vote to
restore the agencies’ authority to raise money via fees and carry out their
programs. And maybe not. An
automatic repeal of agency authority to charge fees and carry out programs
for the protection of water would in effect totally gut both the Groundwater
Management Act and the Environmental Quality Act. There are those who are gleeful at the
prospect of ADWR and ADEQ withering away, and they are striking now while
state government is at its weakest.
And some legislators are listening.
Hopefully sanity will prevail, and this proposal will go down in
flames. AHS
is not a lobbying organization. But
individual members who care about survival of the Groundwater Management Act
and the Environmental Quality Act can watch their senators and
representatives in the Arizona Legislature to make sure they do no damage to
the laws that have successfully protected our water resources for so many
years. I know
I will. Alan Dulaney, AHS
Corporate Board President, 2010 Splat! That was the sound of ADWR hitting the
wall. In
the General Fund appropriation for Fiscal Year 2011, ADWR only got $7
million, plus they got temporary rule-making authority to set fees to raise
another $5.6 million, assuming anyone actually submits an application for
anything. But just a few years ago, it
took $24 million to fully staff the agency, and even after serious cutbacks,
this year’s budget was $18 million. Drastic
changes must occur. ADWR has already
or is planning to close all the outlying Active Management Area offices in
Tucson, Nogales, Prescott, and Casa Grande.
The Phoenix AMA will be closed, and all AMA work will be handled at
the main office by—who? We don’t know
yet. Overall layoffs will take ADWR
down to about 60-70 employees, maybe less.
The entire agency is being consolidated onto two floors at their
current address. There is serious talk
of giving ADWR some space in the ADEQ building to save money, even though
rent at any building managed by ADOA would be much more expensive. But
that probably won’t be enough. Unlike
ADEQ with its various pots of Federal money, ADWR is mostly based on General
Fund appropriations—now cut back to $7 million. The only independent sources of money are
fees for NOIs and Assured Water Supply applications. Now ADWR upper management is scrambling to
set up a fee structure for all applications that would make the agency
partially self-funding. But the
agency’s survival will depend on a steady cash flow from applications, and
that is unlikely to happen right away, and the $7 million from the General
Fund won’t be enough to bridge the gap.
They are looking at operating on only $9 million for FY 2011. I
think ADWR needs to restructure everything.
In 1980 separate Hydrology, Legal, and other divisions made sense for
the agency. However, thirty years have
passed, and rigid division of responsibility between functionally discrete
divisions no longer makes sense. ADWR
should move towards an organizational structure centered on program teams, in
which multiple functions are assumed by fewer employees. ADWR should fundamentally restructure how
its employees accomplish the various missions of ADWR, with the goal of
eliminating lower priority non-core tasks.
Layers of management should be considerably flattened and reduced in
order to shift resources to the work that actually needs to be done. So far ADWR has laid off lower-paid staff;
greater savings can be achieved by loping off higher-paid managers and
lawyers. This would leave mostly
hydrologists, who should be managing core programs instead of maintaining a
false isolation from the real work of processing applications. So I think, from the outside and looking
back. I
don’t know what is happening at ADEQ yet, but when I find out, it will appear
in your Newsletter. Alan Dulaney, AHS
Corporate Board President, 2010 April Dinner Meeting Please join us Tuesday,
April 13th at the SunUp Brewery near downtown Phoenix to have a beverage,
share business cards, and talk water.
RSVP with Kirk Creswick at kcreswick@eecphx.com or 602-248-7702. Hope to see you there! Marvin Glotfelty’s presentation
on Evaluation
and Rehabilitation of Water Wells, will cover the following topics: ·
Aquifer hydraulics ·
Video survey analysis ·
Flow profile analysis techniques (both
spinner log and dye tracer methods) ·
Structural modification of wells ·
Case studies ·
Post-rehabilitation analysis Marvin F. Glotfelty R.G., has over 20 years
of experience unmatched in Arizona and co-founded Clear Creek Associates in September,
1999. His expertise is in conducting studies of groundwater systems for water
purveyors and other entities having particular groundwater-related problem
where he brings a complete understanding of the problem to be solved and a
strong sense of the hydrogeological sciences that must be used to resolve the
problem. He specializes in the design, assessment, and rehabilitation of
water wells, and in unveiling the mysteries of groundwater systems and
relating that information to well design. March
Dinner Meeting Summary The Phoenix Chapter thanks the ASU GeoClub for hosting and
sponsoring a very successful Student/Professional Informal Meet and Greet,
where students were able to ask Hydrology and Geoscience professionals
questions on a wide range of topics. More than 20 professionals from all
areas of geoscience and environmental consulting and engineering mingled with
students and gave personal insights into their work experiences and answered
questions. Special thanks go to Vicki Mills, GeoClub president and
the event coordinator - It was a fun evening! 2012 Symposium Planning Underway Ted Lehman, Christie O’Day, and
Mike Hulst have been scoping out possible venues for the 2012 AHS Symposium and
hope to have a decision made by April.
If you are interested in helping them with the early stages of the
planning for 2012, please contact 2012 symposium planning chair, Ted Lehman,
at ted@jefuller.com or
480-222-5709. Future Event Calendar (see also calendar on www.azhydrosoc.org) ·
April 6th
– AEG-AHS Student Night, ASU Memorial Union ·
April 17th
– Earth Fissure Tour sponsored and hosted by the ASU GeoClub, with members
from AEG and ADWR leading the tour. Contact Vicki
Mills, GeoClub president, for more
information. ·
May 11th
– Dinner meeting, “SRPs reservoirs and Salt River releases,” Charlie Ester, Salt
River Project ·
June-Dec Dinner
meetings – How ‘bout you? Contact Keith
Ross if you’re interested in speaking! The Phoenix
Chapter with the support of the Central Arizona Project once again judged and
gave awards at the Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF). Based on our
review of the projects at this year’s AzSEF, the AHS and CAP were pleased to
confer the following awards to students whose projects demonstrate excellence
in hydrology or environmental science: Senior Division: $200 1st Place to Kelsey
Waite, for her project: S-EV-10
AzSEF-455: Determining the Location
and Spreading of the Salt Water-Fresh water Interface in Wells Using Simple
Resistance Measurements $50 for 2nd Place to Jenna
Wild, for her project: S-MI-10-AzSEF-460:
Ampicillin Resistant Bacteria in Wastewater Effluent $50 for 2nd Place to Jonah
Rucker, for his project: S-EA-10-AzSEF-1029: Is It Possible to Predict Catastrophic
Earthquakes by Using Short-Term Observation and Fractal Mathematics? Junior High Division:
$50 1st Place to Catrina
Letterman, for her project: J-EA-10-AzSEF-848: The Earth’s Miracle Water – The Water Cycle Honorable mention to Alexis
O’Neil, for her project: J-EV-10-AzSEF-818: Rocky Secrets Honorable mention to Adrianna
Nicolay, for her project: J-EA-10-AzSEF-939: Diatreme or Volcanic Plug? Elementary Division: $50 for 1st Place to Dylan
Shamy, for his project: E-EV-10-AzSEF-506: Pumping Power – “Oil Cleanup” $50 for 1st Place to Logan
Oliver, for his project: E-EV-10-AzSEF-654: Geothermal Heating and Cooling – Does it
Work? Honorable Mention to Cooper
Payne, for his project: E-EA-10-AzSEF-1122: Oceans Conveyor Belt Honorable Mention to Christie
Shepard and Angelica Moreno, for their project: E-EV-10-AzSEF-1068: Lead Alert Honorable Mention to Mariel
Letterman, for her project: E-EV-10-AzSEF-1068: The Earth’s Miracle Water – The Water Cycle Special
thanks go to Paul Plato for his continued commitment to the AzSEF and
coordinating the judges and awards. We’d also like to thank DeAnne Rietz of
SWCA and Matt Frailey of Clear Creek Associates for their help in judging
this year’s competition. Generally,
the projects this year were better than last year, with more choices and some
very outstanding students. This year
marks the 11th year the Phoenix Chapter will solicit applications for the
Herman Bouwer Internship Program! The Herman Bouwer Intern Scholarship gives
students enrolled in a hydrology-related discipline at any We are still accepting Organizations interested in hosting the intern scholarship recipient. Please email Steve Acquafredda at acqua@dswa.net by April 23, 2010. Check out the AHS website if you would like more information about the Herman Bouwer Intern Scholarship Program and to download forms. April Meeting Announcement The next Tucson chapter
meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 13th. Location: Offices of Montgomery & Associates 1550 E Prince Rd Tucson, AZ 85719 Event: Building a Global Data Network in
the Geosciences presented
by Lee Allison, State Geologist and Director of the Arizona Geological Survey Date: Tuesday, April 11,
2010, 6:00 pm Time: Social half-hour
begins at 6:00 pm; Talk begins at 6:30 Food and beverages
provided Lee
Allison was
appointed State Geologist and Director of the Arizona Geological Survey in December, 2005. Previously, he
served as State Geologist in Utah (1989-1999) and Kansas (1999-2004). During
2004-2005, he was Policy Advisor for Science and Energy to Gov. Kathleen
Sebelius of Kansas. He holds BA (University of California, Riverside), MS
(San Diego State University), and PhD (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
degrees in geology. He blogs at "Arizona Geology," www.arizonageology.blogspot.com. March
2010 Meeting Summary - Shane T Clark, Tucson Chapter Secretary (2010):
U.A Watershed Hydrology Some Recent Advances in Hydrologic Scaling Theory and
Methodology On March 10th, the Tucson Chapter hosted a special
guest lecturer on the campus of the University of Arizona’s Hydrology Department. This talk was abundantly attended by 35
people. The meeting presenter was Dr.
Shlomo Neuman who is a Regents’ Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at
the University of Arizona. Dr. Neuman
is one of the world’s leading groundwater hydrologists. He has received
numerous honors and distinctions for his contributions in the area of
subsurface water flow and contaminant transport Here is a brief summary of his lecture for those
AHS members unable to attend. Space-time fluctuations in hydrologic variables
generally depend on scale. There has been a growing tendency to treat such
variables as samples from self-affine (monofractal) or multifractal random
fields (or processes) with spatial (or temporal) increments having exceedance
probability tails that decay as powers of -δ945; where, in most reported
cases, 1 < δ945; δδ8804; 2. The literature considers
self-affine and multifractal modes of scaling to be fundamentally different,
the first arising from additive and the second from multiplicative phenomena.
Among recent advances is a theoretical
demonstration that samples from additive fractional Brownian motion (fBm,
δ945; = 2) yield square (or absolute) increments which behave as if the
field was multifractal when in fact it is monofractal. Samples from additive
fractional Lévy motions (fLm, 1 < δ945; < 2) tend to exhibit
spurious multifractality. Deviations from apparent multifractal behavior at
small and large lags are due to nonzero data support and finite domain size,
unrelated to noise or undersampling (causes cited for such behavior in the
literature). These findings are based on an earlier advance,
the formal decomposition of anisotropic fLm (fBm when δ945; = 2) into a
continuous hierarchy of statistically independent and homogeneous random fields,
or modes, which captures the above behavior in terms of only E + 3 parameters
where E is Euclidean dimension. The decomposition has precise spectral and
wavelet analogues. It has been used successfully to elucidate the reason why
apparent autocorrelation scales of many variables increase with domain size;
explain why apparent longitudinal dispersivities of subsurface tracer plumes
increase with mean travel distance or time; provide a reason as to why the
rate of this increase diminishes with increased resolution of plume details;
derive expressions for scale-dependent effective permeability’s of
self-affine geologic media; recognize and quantify the uncertain nature of
such effective parameters; develop multiscale relationships between length
scales, apertures, densities and permeability’s of natural rock fractures;
derive ensemble analogues of Horton’s scaling laws for river networks; relate
statistical moments of river network attributes to arbitrary lower and upper
cutoff scales that may (but need not) be taken to represent data support and
maximum watershed size; provide a theoretical basis for the previously
unexplained observation that transverse fluctuations of basin boundaries and
main channels, having a common Hurst scaling exponent, are larger in the
former than in the latter; upscale and downscale statistics of data collected
on disparate support scales; provide a way to condition these statistics on
data measured at specific space-time locations; and create a blueprint for
the propagation of corresponding data and parameter uncertainties through
hydrologic models. These broad interpretive and analytical powers of
the approach are sure to expand in the future! The AHS Tucson Chapter extends a very warm thanks
to Dr. Shlomo Neuman for his informative presentation! The
AHS Symposium Planning Committee met on March 3, 2010 at the USGS Arizona
Water Science. Items discussed included: ·
Abstracts due
April 2, 2010 ·
Sponsorship
or exhibitors materials available on web page ·
Technical
sessions: Talked about the format of how to organize o
List of
potential speakers o
Technical
Program and Speaker suggestions welcome from AHS members ·
Charles
Hutchinson has been booked as a plenary speaker ·
Need
additional volunteers and field trip ideas A
planning meeting also occurred on March 24, 2010. Please contact Shane
Clark or Al
Wynant for details. The
next AHS Symposium Planning Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday
April 14, 2010 at 6:00 pm at the USGS Arizona Water Science Center
located on the U of A campus, 520 North Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ. Please contact Shane
Clark or Al
Wynant for details. 2010 Awards for the Tucson Chapter of the Arizona
Hydrological Society at the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering
Fair (SARSEF): Canyon View
Elementary School: Vishakk Rajendran, Jeremy Wang: Are
We Drinking Pure Water? And Jeremy
Wang, Vishakk Rajendran: Which Liquid Has More Conductivity? Sunrise Drive
Elementary School: Lara Alavi: Can
Well Water Make Witches? International School Of Tucson: Isaac Erickson: What Kind Of Bridge Is The Strongest? Tucson High Magnet School: Kelsey Waite: Determining The Location And Spreading Of The Salt
Water- Fresh Water Interface In Wells Using Simple Resistivity Methods Pistor Gate Middle School: Kayley Manuel, Zari Hunter: When Flash Floods Attack! Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School: Whole Class Project: The Water Around Tucson Fruchthendler
Elementary School: Andy Zhou: Got
Water? Do Water Plants Slow Water Water Loss? Oetter Home School:
Nick Silveira, Tim Oetter: Time To
Cool Off Twin Peaks
Elementary School: Hailey Simpson: Plop, Plop, Fizz,
Fizz - Oh What A Relief It Is! Manzanita School: Zoe Holtzman: Water Vs. Water Richard B.
Wilson Jr School - Elem: Lilyann Dean:
Thirsty Cactus Sonoran Science Academy - Broadway: Rudrakshi Dasika: Solar Desalination Many thanks to
our judges Dick Thompson - Tucson Water, Gary Burchard – Metro Water, and
especially Marla Odom – Montgomery & Associates for her ongoing
commitment to SARSEF and coordination of judges and awards. Leonard Halpenny Intern Scholarship – Extended Deadline!
The
deadline for Student Applications has been extended to 5:00 PM, April 9, 2010! Information for Interested Students The Leonard Halpenny Intern
Scholarship is open to graduate and undergraduate students in the fields of
hydrology, geology, civil, environmental and geologic engineering, renewable
natural resources, wastewater management, soil and water science, and other
hydrology-related studies. Students from the U of A, ASU, NAU, Pima College,
and other Arizona colleges can apply to participate in the program. The
scholarship provides an opportunity to gain practical experience at multiple
hydrological work environments in Tucson. The scholar will be required to
complete 200 hours of work in 2010. The scholarship carries a stipend in the
amount of $3,000. The student will be required to keep and submit a record of
hours worked. Upon completion of the intern scholarship, the candidate will
be required to submit an article summarizing his or her own experience that
will be published in the AHS newsletter. Those
who wish to apply should obtain an application form from our web site: http://www.azhydrosoc.org/internship_Halpenny.html. Interviews are slated to occur the week of
April 19th. Candidates must be willing to sign liability and
confidentiality waivers for participating organizations prior to commencing
their intern scholarship. E-mail modom@elmontgomery.com
for more information about the Leonard Halpenny Intern Scholarship Program. Information for Interested Employers The
Tucson Chapter is seeking employers from government, private industry,
non-profit agencies and environmental consulting firms to host the Leonard
Halpenny Intern Scholar and provide practical hydrological experience to a
student pursuing a degree in hydrology, geology, environmental science, civil
and environmental engineering, or other hydrology related fields. The
Halpenny selection committee will interview qualified candidates the week of
April 12th, 2010, and will announce the selection of the Intern
Scholar by April 30, 2010. The Intern must complete 200 hours of service by
December 31, 2010 with at least 40 hours service at each participating
organization. Interested organizations who wish to
apply should obtain an application form from our web site: www.azhydrosoc.org., and send it to the
committee by April 12, 2010. Leonard Halpenny Intern Scholarship Committee WRRC Event: Arizona
v. California and the Colorado River Basin. A book signing will follow the
seminar. (Note: later start time for
seminar) Speaker: Jack
August, Executive Director, Barry Goldwater Center for the Southwest Location: Sol
Resnick Conference Room Water Resources Research Center 350 N. Campbell Ave. Date:
April 8, 2010 Time:
4:15 to 5:30 PM Many 20th Century court cases could be considered
"the case of the century" from Fatty Arbuckle's murder trial in the
1920s to the Scopes Monkey Trial to Brown v. Board of Education. But these
cases pale in comparison to Arizona v. California – the longest Supreme Court
case in American history – a Hurculean legal and political battle for an
equitable share of the Colorado River and its tributaries. The interstate and international
contentions stretched back over a century and the implications of Arizona v.
California are being played out to this day. WSP Event: When
Will the Reservoirs Run Dry: The looming water crisis in the Southwest (Note: later start time and location) Speaker: Brad Udall, Director, CU-NOAA Western Water Assessment,
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, and the University of Colorado at
Boulder Location: University of Arizona Integrated Learning Center
(ILC) Room 140 (near main library) Date: April 15, 2010 Time:
4:00 to 5:00 PM Hosted by the Water Resources Research Center, School of
Earth and Environment Sciences, and the Department of Geosciences (Note:
later start time and location for the seminar). WRRC Event: City/County Water Study Phase II Report &
Implementation Status Speakers: Melaney Seacat, Pima County Project Coordinator Nicole Ewing-Gavin, Assistant to the
City Manager at City of Tucson – Tucson Pima Water Study Location: Sol Resnick Conference
Room Water Resources Research Center 350 N. Campbell Ave. Date:
April 21, 2010 Time: 12:00 to 1:30 PM The City of Tucson and Pima County have completed an
intensive, two-year study of water and wastewater sustainability that
involved hundreds of hours in public meetings and dozens of technical
reports. This presentation will highlight the results of this effort focusing
on the recommendations in the final Phase II Report and the status of their
implementation. WRRC Event: Hot
Topics in Water & Climate Policy Speakers: Ben Grumbles, Director, Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Location: Sol Resnick Conference
Room Water Resources Research Center 350 N. Campbell Ave. Date:
April 28, 2010 Time: 12:00 to 1:30 PM Among Arizona’s most pressing environmental challenges
today is finding innovative ways to address water sustainability and rising
greenhouse gas emissions, a key driver affecting climate change. Communities
and ecosystems depend on a sustainable supply of clean and safe water, and a
current focus of ADEQ’s mission is to explore and implement ways to reduce
water waste, encourage its reuse, and restore critical watersheds. We also
recognize the nexus between water and energy – connecting the drops with the
watts! Advancing clean, renewable energy is crucial to resolving other
critical environmental concerns, from clean air to climate change. Together with Arizona businesses and communities, ADEQ is striving
for pragmatic, pro-active approaches to climate change mitigation and
adaptation by advancing clean renewable energy, smart growth, fuel efficient
transportation and energy efficiency policies and practices that make sense
for Arizona. I look forward to telling you about our efforts and hearing your
views on these important and timely topics. Information for additional seminars can be found on the WRRC web site: www.cals.arizona.edu/azwater April Chapter Meeting Announcement: Location: Casa Bonita 1551 South Milton Road Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Date: Wednesday,
March 24, 2010 Time: 6:00 PM Food
and beverages provided March
2010 Meeting Summary- Flagstaff -
Dana Downs Hienes, CH2M Hill The Flagstaff Chapter would like to thank Charlie Ester from the
Salt River Project for a providing an interesting and compelling talk at the
March 24 chapter meeting. The
following is an overview of his presentation. The SRP delivers water to nearly 250,000 acres in the Phoenix
area using a combination of groundwater and surface water supplies. Many of the groundwater wells were
originally constructed for agriculture.
However, as urban/residential development has progressed throughout
Phoenix, many of these wells have become unable to contribute to their
overall supply. Those which could be
discharged to nearby canals for wheeling to areas of demand are of increasing
importance.. Charlie presented several plans and studies SRP is utilizing to
forecast and manage water supplies along the Verde and Salt River systems in
light of the recent drought which significantly impacted reservoir
storage. A Reservoir Operation Plan
was developed which contains many components, including the impacts of
weather and drought. Looking at the
historic record, SRP has used information regarding the drought from
1898-1904 to develop storage operation planning. The most recent weather data indicate the
recent drought was similar to the 1950s drought. Tree-ring data also suggest at least 8
other droughts were as severe or more severe, and that longer droughts have
occurred. Two significant droughts
were noted; the mega drought which occurred in 1575-1585 and the SRP Planning
Drought of Record, which occurred 1898-1904. However, tree ring studies completed by U of
A indicate there have not been individual drought years going back to 1300 AD
that were as severe as the 1996 and 2002. The possibility of a longer and
more severe drought provided incentive for SRP to model combined storage and
groundwater pumping scenarios to determine a point at which the SRP reservoir
system is unable to meet any demand.
SRP is exploring options to augment the storage supply before storage
reaches a critical level, which allows the supply to be sustained for a
longer period of time to preclude the complete loss of storage. Also, this approach of developing a more
robust operations model will be applicable should a shift to a warmer, drier
Arizona occur, as global warming/climate change predictions suggest. SRPs current operations management uses the
1575-1585 tree ring drought as the new Planning Drought of Record and a
conservative 950,000 acre feet demand.
If needed, reservoir shortages could be addressed through increased
groundwater pumping, reduced allocation to customers, agreements with Central
Arizona Project, lease options with Indian and non-Indian agriculture,
recovery of long term underground storage credits, conservation, watershed
management and increased water-use efficiency. Additionally, Charlie
presented 2009-2010 El Nino winter precipitation summaries and
statistics. Lakes along the Salt River
have reached capacity, and are releasing water, while lakes along the Verde
are very near capacity (much of the snowmelt from the northwestern portion of
Verde watershed has just begun). Data from SNOTEL sites located in the SRP
watershed indicate snowpack levels are much greater than what has been
received in recent history. The SNOTEL
information is being used to estimate future SRP reservoir inflow. While precipitation from the 2009-2010
winter will not resolve the long term regional drought, storage reservoirs
have rebounded, and forests/watersheds have received some much needed moisture
and relief. Flagstaff Chapter 2010 Intern Scholarship
– Info for Employers
Could
your northern Arizona based company or agency use an intern this summer? This
is your opportunity to influence a college student and introduce them to the
profession of hydrology! The student will choose three companies or agencies
with which they will spend at least 40 hours. The student is paid by AHS. The
one page Employer Interest Survey Form for companies and agencies must be
filled out and submitted by April 21. For more information please visit the Flagstaff
Intern Scholarship page from the main AHS Website. Feel free to
contact Erin Young at eyoung@flusol.com for
information or for the Employer
Survey Form. AHS
Flagstaff Intern Scholarship Program Erin Young Phone: (928) 606-8422 E-mail: eyoung@flusol.com We can thank Jan., Feb. rains, but long-term dry spell persists The
Tucson region got so much rain in January and February - about two-thirds
more than normal - that National Weather Service officials are close to
saying the area's short-term drought is over. http://azstarnet.com/news/science/environment/article_c9e6c5ad-b2ef-554e-a853-a994a7930347.html Makers of
a map that spots Tucson's green locations need your help to complete the
project by the end of the month. To
nominate a place for inclusion on the Green Pueblo Map, go to www.greenpueblomap.org. The deadline is April 1 for
inclusion in the printed map. Winter
storms plastered Arizona's high country with snow and soaked the lower
deserts with rain until the ground was almost sloshing, but that was just the
first half of an increasingly wet story. As
temperatures rise this week, the snow will start to melt, gushing down
streams and rivers into reservoirs that, in many cases, are already full. The
overflow on the Salt and Verde rivers alone could exceed a year's supply of
water for Valley residents. The
runoff will ease drought conditions across much of the state, rejuvenating
parched forests and rangelands and replenishing groundwater aquifers. Whether
the winter has ended the drought, now more than a decade old, probably won't
be known for another year or more. It's already clear that drought conditions
will persist on the Colorado River. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/03/16/20100316water-winter0317.html SANTA
FE, N.M. - Stewart Udall, a former Arizona congressman who sowed the seeds of
the modern environmental movement as secretary of the interior during the
1960s and later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the
government's Cold War nuclear programs, died Saturday. He was 90. A
statement from Udall's family, released through the office of his son, Sen.
Tom Udall, D-N.M., said he died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe,
surrounded by his children and their families. Udall,
brother of the late 15-term congressman Morris Udall, served six years in
Congress as a Democrat from Arizona, and then headed the Interior Department
for eight years under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. His son Tom and nephew
Mark also became congressmen, then both were elected to the Senate in 2008. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/03/20/20100320stewart-udall-dies-ON.html Are we
ruining our own weekends? With rain in the forecast for a third consecutive
Saturday and Sunday, some folks are starting to grumble about the snide turn
nature seems to have taken in lining up storms on the cosmic playlist. A few
soggy pals, watching the weeds sprout after rainy weekends, have muttered
some not so nice words about Whoever is in Charge Around Here, casting evil
eyes in this direction, as if we at Waterblogged World Headquarters could
control the weather -- which we can't, as far as you know. Or can
we? Find the rest of the story,
associated links, and other timely water blogs on Shaun McKinnon’s Arizona
Republic site – Waterblogged – http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/ShaunMcKinnon For more information about
the Arizona Hydrological Society, or to view current job listings and
announcements, please visit our web site at: http://www.azhydrosoc.org/ Your membership may be
renewed for 2010 by credit card through the AHS website or by mailing a check
to the Arizona Hydrological Society, c/o Christie O'Day, 3317 S. Higley Road,
Suite #114, Box 120, Gilbert, Arizona 85297. Dues remain at $45.00 year for
regular membership and $15.00 for students. Looking forward to a great 2010
with your continuing support. For those who attended the 2009 Water
Symposium, be reminded that membership dues for 2010 were included in the
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