Southwest Hydrology: The Resource of Semi-Arid Hydrology Volume 4 Number 2

• Description: Southwest Hydrology: The Resource of Semi-Arid Hydrology Volume 4 Number 2
• State: CO
• Date: 3/1/2005
• Title: Southwest Hydrology: The Resource of Semi-Arid Hydrology Volume 4 Number 2
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GSA Names 2005
Birdsall - Dreiss Lecturer
The Geological Society of America's
Hydrology Division recently announced
that William Woessner, geology professor
at the University of Montana, was selected
as the 2005 GSA Birdsall - Dreiss Lecturer.
A faculty member at the university since
1981, he teaches and conducts research
in applied hydrogeology, advanced
hydrogeology, groundwater modeling,
applied groundwater modeling, surface
water - groundwater interaction, and
groundwater remediation.
Woessner will offer two lectures in 2005:
• "Examining the Exchange of Ground
Water with the Stream/Floodplain
System: Physical, Thermal and
Geochemical Approaches with Ties to
Stream Renaturalization"
• "Occurrence, Transport and Fate of
Soil Site Conditions Analyses
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30 • March /April 2005 a Southwest Hydrology
Viruses and Pharmaceuticals in Ground
Water Impacted by Septic System
Effluent: The Hydrogeologists and
Human Health"
Abstracts of these talks were published in
the August 2004 issue of GSA Today.
To request a winter or full semester 2005 visit frvm
Woessner, contact him at 406 - 243 -5698, or send
email to william.woessner @umontana.edu. His
lecture schedule will be published at gsahydrodiv.unl.
edu/generaLlbirdsalldreiss.htm.
"California Dream" Awards
from the California Water Policy Conference
In November, the California Water Policy
Conference presented 2004 California
Dream Awards to recognize individuals
or groups that enliven and expand
the "California Dream" by pursuing
environmental justice while advancing
innovation, breakthrough technologies,
community and collaborative programs,
or new ways of thinking about water
in California.
Recipients of the 2004 awards were: the
City of Santa Barbara Creeks Restoration
and Water Quality Improvement Division,
for their Old Mission Creek Restoration
at Bohnett Park project; the San Diego
River Park Foundation, for their Reaching
All for Stewardship program; and the
Environmental Justice Water Coalition
for Water, a network of more than 50
grassroots groups formed to advance a
progressive, community- driven policy
agenda that addresses the water - related
issues, problems, and visions of low -
income communities and people of color
in California.
In addition, the conference also presented
the Carla Bard Advocacy Award, given in
memory of Carla Bard, a former chair of
the State Water Resources Control Board
and a former member of the California
Water Policy Conference planning
committee. It is given each year to
agencies and individuals who go beyond
the call of duty on a local level. The 2004
recipients were Frances Spivy- Weber,
Executive Director of the Mono Lake
Committee, and Sandra Meraz, with the
Committee for a Better Alpaugh.
Visit www.cawaterpolicy.org.
NWRA's Online Journal Debutes
The new online Journal of the Nevada
Water Resources Association debuted
last fall, edited by Michael Strobel of
the U.S. Geological Survey. The first
edition contains five articles covering
climate factors in streamflow forecasts,
precipitation distribution updates,
allometric responses in groundwater
surface water reservoir systems, estimation
of impervious cover using remote sensing
and GIS, and climate and barometric
influences on spring discharge.
In his introductory editorial, Strobel
states that the goals of the journal are
"to produce a quality web -based science
journal that addresses water issues
important to Nevadans, provides an outlet
for research reports that are of local or
regional interest, presents student papers
in a peer- reviewed publication, and keeps
readers abreast of recent developments
in scientific, political, and public- opinion
directions that potentially affect present
and future water management" in Nevada.
He emphasized the need to build bridges
among the various and often disparate
water groups and population sectors in the
state, and expressed hope that the journal
will provide such a mechanism.
The 103 -page journal is available as a pdf file at
nvwra .org /docsNVJWRAVolumel.pdf.
ACWA Presents Lifetime
Achievement Awards
from the Association of California Water
Agencies
In December, the Association of California
Water Agencies (ACWA) presented
Lifetime Achievement Awards to Tom
Clark, retiring general manager of Kern
County Water Agency (KCWA) and
Ronald Gastelum, retiring president and
CEO of the Metropolitan Water District