The winners of the WRRC’s 2024 Photo Contest were announced yesterday at our 21st Annual Chocolate Fest, held on February 13, 2025. (We will provide a recap of the Chocolate Fest next week.) Because there were so many incredible submissions, the selection process was both a pleasure and a challenge. Garry Forger, Project Manager of the Condon Research Group at the U of A Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences, captured a breathtaking image of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim and won this year’s "Best in Show" category.
WRRC Hosts GRIC Water History Book Event
Last Friday, February 7, 2025, the WRRC hosted a hybrid author talk and book signing event featuring Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project Director David DeJong’s latest book, Damming the Gila: The Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Irrigation Project, 1900–1942.
Transboundary Assessment Framework Published in MDPI Water Journal
The February 2025 issue of the journal Water features an article by Professor Elia M. Tapia-Villaseñor of the Universidad de Sonora Departamento de Geología, WRRC Director Sharon B. Megdal, and Hydrologic Research Center Chief Research Scientist Eylon Shamir. The article examines the use of shared groundwater along the US-Mexico border and outlines the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP).
NGWA 2025 Darcy Lecture Considers Ancient Groundwater
Did you know that most of the Earth’s groundwater is over 12,000 years old? The WRRC and the U of A Department of Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences co-sponsored a Darcy Lecture on Living Fossils: Ancient Groundwaters in the Anthropocene, given by Grant Ferguson on February 5, 2025.