Water Rights and Water Wrongs: Rethinking Equity in California Legally-established water rights have long been a foundation for allocation and adjudication of access to water in California. They have also been a focus for controversy between various groups over whose needs and uses should prevail. This panel explores current issues in water rights including how…Continue Reading Water Rights and Water Wrongs: Rethinking Equity in California
Water UCI Colloquium Series: The Storm Before the Calm: Stormwater Capture as a Means of Addressing Racism and Environmental Injustice in LA | 03/29/23 at 12 PM
The Storm Before the Calm: Stormwater Capture as a Means of Addressing Racism and Environmental Injustice in LA America’s legacy of racist land use and housing policies affect how much impervious surface is in one’s neighborhood. This not only affects amounts of stormwater runoff generated, but also levels of greenery, temperature, and flooding. This research…Continue Reading Water UCI Colloquium Series: The Storm Before the Calm: Stormwater Capture as a Means of Addressing Racism and Environmental Injustice in LA | 03/29/23 at 12 PM
Water UCI Colloquium Series: Getting the Lead Out with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | 02/21/23 at 12 PM
Getting the Lead Out with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law This webinar will focus on NRDC’s work on the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law particularly around lead service line replacement, drinking water in California, and touch on NRDC’s drinking water work in Michigan and Illinois. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a once in a generation investment…Continue Reading Water UCI Colloquium Series: Getting the Lead Out with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law | 02/21/23 at 12 PM
2022 Water Works Career Expo (11/14/22)
2022 Water Works Career Expo SPONSORS: Discover the extraordinary range of career opportunities within the water sector! Meet employers who are looking for you! From humanities to law, STEM and beyond, students from all majors can find a satisfying career in water. Join us for a series of short talks from pioneers in the water…Continue Reading 2022 Water Works Career Expo (11/14/22)
October 22, 2020: Manageable or Wicked problems? COVID-19, Viral Contaminants, and Protection of our Water Supply
Date: October 22, 2020 Time: Noon – 1 p.m. Join Water UCI for its first panel discussion of the 2020/2021 academic year on the links between COVID-19 and our water systems, featuring experts in the field. The panelists include: Mark D. Sobsey, Research Professor of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at University of North Carolina at…Continue Reading October 22, 2020: Manageable or Wicked problems? COVID-19, Viral Contaminants, and Protection of our Water Supply
March 14, 2018: Jim Walsh
March 14, 2018: Jim Walsh Policy Analyst for Food & Water Watch A tidal wave of deregulation is sweeping across our nation’s waterways. After over 40 years of effective Clean Water Act control of many of our biggest sources of pollution, industries have finally found a way to evade meaningful and enforceable limits on their…Continue Reading March 14, 2018: Jim Walsh
April 19, 2018: Balancing on a Roller Coaster: Water Policy and planning in a Changing Climate
April 19, 2018: Balancing on a Roller Coaster: Water Policy and planning in a Changing Climate Kathleen Miller, National Center for Atmospheric Research Changes in the hydrosphere will play a large role in driving the impacts of anthropogenic climate change on human communities and natural systems. A growing likelihood of erratic shifts between extreme wet…Continue Reading April 19, 2018: Balancing on a Roller Coaster: Water Policy and planning in a Changing Climate
May 23, 2018: David Hochschild
May 23, 2018: David Hochschild Commissioner at California Energy Commission. David Hochschild was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in February 2013. He fills the environmental position on the five-member Commission where four of the five members by law are required to have professional training in specific areas – engineering or physical science, environmental protection, economics,…Continue Reading May 23, 2018: David Hochschild