WRRC Graduate Research Assistants to Present at Managed Aquifer Recharge Conference

WRRC Graduate Assistants Rebecca Bernat (Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Science) and Mary Belle Cruz Ayala (Ph.D. Candidate in Arid Lands Resource Science) will be presenting their research at the 17th Biennial Symposium on Managed Aquifer Recharge (BSMAR17). The conference will be held virtually on October 5-9, 2020 and is open to the public. BSMAR17 is jointly sponsored by the Arizona Hydrological Society and the Groundwater Resources Association of California. The conference will feature technical workshops, a plenary session focused on Managed Aquifer Recharge in California, and technical sessions about water resources management, governance, and more.

 

On October 7, Bernat will be presenting her analysis of Arizona's water credit transactions in a talk entitled “Long-Term Storage Credits: Analyzing Market-based Transactions for Achieving Water Management Goals in Central Arizona,” based on an article published with co-authors Dr. Sharon Megdal and Dr. Susanna Eden. On October 9, Cruz Ayala will be presenting “Managed Aquifer Recharge in Mexico and Science-Policy Interactions,” highlighting her new work, also with Dr. Megdal, examining the role that researchers and other actors have played in implementing recharge projects.