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<br />Bouwer Wins
<br />International Water Prize
<br />The Prince Sultan Research Center for
<br />Environment, Water and Desert at King
<br />Saud University in Saudi Arabia recently
<br />announced that Herman Bouwer of the
<br />USDA Water Salinity Laboratory in
<br />Phoenix is one of four winners of the
<br />Prince Sultan Bin AbdulAziz International
<br />Prize for Water. The prize recognizes and
<br />rewards researchers dedicated to solving the
<br />problems associated with the provision and
<br />preservation of adequate and sustainable
<br />water resources, particularly in and regions.
<br />The prize was to be awarded in five
<br />categories: surface water, groundwater,
<br />alternative water resources, water resources
<br />management, and protection of water
<br />resources.
<br />Herman Bouwer with Beth Proffitt and Dennis
<br />Shirley of AHS.
<br />Bouwer won in the groundwater category,
<br />in recognition of his lifetime of work
<br />studying groundwater recharge, subsidence,
<br />and a variety of impacts to groundwater
<br />from agricultural irrigation with surface
<br />water and sewage effluent. As he was
<br />unable to attend the award ceremony, the
<br />Arizona Hydrological Society presented
<br />the award to him in January. In addition to
<br />the award, he received 500,000 Saudi riyals
<br />(about $133,000). Bouwer was one of two
<br />U.S. recipients; other winners were from
<br />Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and one category
<br />was not awarded.
<br />Visit wwwpsipw.org/index.htm
<br />Campbell Elected GSA Fellow
<br />Michael D. Campbell, principal of M.D.
<br />Campbell and Associates in Houston,
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<br />was inducted recently as a Fellow during
<br />the November annual meeting of the
<br />Geological Society of America in Denver.
<br />In the 1970s, Campbell was the National
<br />Water Well Association's first director of
<br />research. During that time, he published
<br />Water Well Technology and other texts and
<br />reports while at Rice University.
<br />Campbell has nearly 40 years of experience
<br />in business and technical management
<br />in the environmental and mining fields,
<br />including environmental issues surrounding
<br />contamination resulting from oil and gas
<br />exploration, production, and distribution.
<br />He has traveled worldwide on projects
<br />for the United Nations and UNESCO to
<br />develop or improve groundwater supplies
<br />and other natural resources. In the 1990s,
<br />he helped to cross -train unemployed
<br />oil and gas geologists, engineers, and
<br />geophysicists for professional careers in
<br />the environmental field.
<br />For additional information, visit
<br />www.mdcampbell.com/.
<br />Harder to Head Flood
<br />Management at Cal DWR
<br />California Department of Water Resources
<br />(DWR) Director Lester Snow announced
<br />the selection of Les Harder as the new chief
<br />of the Division of Flood Management,
<br />effective November 2004.
<br />Harder, a DWR employee since 1976,
<br />has been the chief of the Division of
<br />Engineering for the last seven years. In
<br />addition, Harder has served on several
<br />joint state - federal boards and task forces
<br />on levee issues, as a consultant to several
<br />agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps
<br />of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of
<br />Reclamation, and has participated in
<br />several international post - earthquake
<br />reconnaissance investigations.
<br />He holds bachelor's and master's degrees
<br />in civil engineering from the University
<br />of California, Davis, and a doctorate
<br />in geotechnical engineering from the
<br />University of California, Berkeley.
<br />Visit www.dwrwaterca.gov.
<br />Ganster to Chair Transborder
<br />Advisory Board
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<br />Paul Ganster, social scientist and director
<br />of San Diego State University's (SDSU)
<br />Institute for Regional Studies of the
<br />Californias, assumed the chair of the federal
<br />Good Neighbor Environmental Board
<br />(GNEB) beginning Nov. 1, becoming the
<br />first academic to hold that position in the
<br />board's 12 -year history. Ganster was first
<br />appointed to the board in 2003.
<br />The GNEB is an independent federal
<br />advisory committee charged with making
<br />recommendations to the U.S. president
<br />and Congress on methods to improve
<br />environmental conditions along the U.S. -
<br />Mexico border. Members are appointed by
<br />the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
<br />administrator; chairs are appointed for one -
<br />year terms, but are generally re- appointed
<br />for up to four years.
<br />The board's advice to the federal and
<br />legislative branches takes the form of an
<br />annual report containing recommendations
<br />for action. The 2005 report will address
<br />issues of water quality and availability.
<br />Ganster is familiar with these issues
<br />through his work on the Tijuana River
<br />Watershed Binational Vision Project.
<br />Ganster came to SDSU from UCLA in
<br />1984. His efforts have been directed toward
<br />policy questions of the U.S.- Mexico border
<br />region and the comparative study of border
<br />regions around the world.
<br />Members of the GNEB represent public,
<br />private, and academic sectors as well as
<br />different geographical regions ranging from
<br />Southern California to the upper reaches of
<br />the Rio Grande in Texas. Representatives
<br />from the federal departments of State,
<br />Commerce, Interior, Transportation,
<br />Agriculture, Health and Human Services,
<br />and Housing and Urban Development also
<br />sit on the board. The previous chair was
<br />Placido dos Santos, border environmental
<br />manager for the Arizona Department of
<br />Environmental Quality.
<br />Visit www.sdsu.edu.
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