Water and Energy Utilities Discuss: The Water Energy Nexus

Water UCI Colloquium Series: Water and Energy Utilities Discuss: The Water Energy Nexus Water and energy systems are closely linked and provide synergistic opportunities for resource management.  Four leaders join together to discuss the challenges and opportunities for water and energy synergies with a focus on Southern California. Featured: Paul Weghorst, Executive Director of Water…Continue Reading Water and Energy Utilities Discuss: The Water Energy Nexus

Communicating Water Science Creatively: Taking Knowledge From the Lab to Classrooms and Communities

Featuring John Christensen, founder of the Laboratory of Environmental Narrative Strategies at UCLA and Sandra Tsing Oh,  host of daily science segment, “The Loh Down of Science” Water UCI Colloquium Series: Communicating Water Science Creatively: Taking Knowledge From the Lab to Classrooms and Communities Click here to view the event recording.          …Continue Reading Communicating Water Science Creatively: Taking Knowledge From the Lab to Classrooms and Communities

From cattle farms to surfers, environmental antibiotic resistance in California and role of environmental education in the carbon footprint of student dietary choices

Jennifer Jay, Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of California Los Angeles.  Water UCI Colloquium Series: From cattle farms to surfers, environmental antibiotic resistance in California and role of environmental education in the carbon footprint of student dietary choices This talk will cover two research areas in the Jay Lab:…Continue Reading From cattle farms to surfers, environmental antibiotic resistance in California and role of environmental education in the carbon footprint of student dietary choices

Will direct potable reuse make drinking water safe?

Dr. Kara Nelson is a Professor of Environmental Engineering and Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion in the College of Engineering at U.C. Berkeley. Water UCI Colloquium Series: Will direct potable reuse make drinking water safe? Piped water systems have enabled billions of people around the globe to gain access to improved drinking water over…Continue Reading Will direct potable reuse make drinking water safe?

The Local Water Transition for California Cities

Dr. David Sedlak is a Plato Malozemoff Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Co-Director of the Berkeley Water Center, and Deputy Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Reinventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt). Water UCI Colloquium Series: The Local Water Transition for California Cities Click here to view the event recording. California’s…Continue Reading The Local Water Transition for California Cities

InSAR Measurements of Subsidence in the Central Valley, California from 2007-2017

Tom G Farr, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Water UCI Colloquium Series: InSAR Measurements of Subsidence in the Central Valley, California from 2007-2017 Click here to view the event recording. Subsidence caused by groundwater pumping in the rich agricultural area of California’s Central Valley has been a problem for decades. Over the last few years, interferometric synthetic…Continue Reading InSAR Measurements of Subsidence in the Central Valley, California from 2007-2017