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Threats to our ocean, seas, lakes and drinking water, and opportunities to act.
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Oceans' carbon stores curb climate change: researchers. Scientists said Sunday they have uncovered how vast amounts of carbon are locked away in the depths of the Southern Ocean, a finding that boosts researchers ability to detect the impact of climate change. Among the discoveries are giant whirl-pools and ocean currents 1,000 km wide. Renewable Energy Water Use May Be Higher Than Conventional Method. The key concern is that emerging sources of energy worldwide, from tar sands to biofuels and CCS techno...
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About the Center
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Santa Cruz, CA 95064. The Center for Integrated Water Research. At UC Santa Cruz undertakes research to help provide society with safe and reliable supplies of fresh water. Stresses on fresh water supply in the early 21st century include growing demand from all categories of water users, aging infrastructure, declining water quality, and changing climate and groundcover that affect water availability and quality. How will we make good choices? Director of the Center. Brent M. Haddad, MA, MBA, Ph.D. Our m...
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Monterey Regional Water Supply Reliability Dialogue
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MONTEREY REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY DIALOGUE. The UC Santa Cruz Center for Integrated Water Research team facilitated the development of a regional water supply project in the Monterey region by working with the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA). Of the California Public Utilities Commission. About this ongoing effort to develop An Affordable and Sustainable Water Supply Solution. Formerly known as the REPOG or the Monterey Regional Plenary Oversight Group. Ldquo;By providing water to areas bo...
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People
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Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Brent Haddad, MBA, Ph.D. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of water and wastewater. In addition to leading the Center, he is Associate Dean of Engineering for Technology Management and Professor of Environmental Studies. File: PDF 24 KB. Professor Haddad teaches courses each year at UC Santa Cruz. He developed UCSC's first on-line course, called. Introduction to Fresh Water: Policy and Processes,. Environmental policy and economics. Bahman Sheikh, Ph.D., P.E. Dr Debrou...
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Projects
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Santa Cruz, CA 95064.
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Center for Integrated Water Research
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Santa Cruz, CA 95064. The Center for Integrated Water Research. At the University of California, Santa Cruz contributes to regional, state, and global dialogs on water engineering, policy, economics, and communications. We encourage student involvement in all of our projects, with the double goal of producing cutting edge research on issues of critical importance related to fresh water and training the next generation of water scholars and leaders. Water and Sustainability Conference, Girona, Spain.
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Center for Integrated Water Research Desalination Planning Project
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Is the process of separating salts from seawater and brackish water, thereby allowing the water to serve many useful purposes. Desalination technology has advanced to the point where desalination has become a relied-upon water source for many regions of the world, from the Middle East to the vacation islands of the Spanish Mediterranean. This project is funded by Proposition 50 funds and overseen by the State Department of Water Resources. The Bibliography of Desalination and Water Reuse. The intent behi...
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Projects
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Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Water Teaching and Research Laboratory: WaterLab. WaterLab is located at the Watsonville Water Resources Center. WaterLab consists of three programs:. Training program for students and professionals. There is a national and international need for professionals trained to use and manage state of the art water treatment technologies. WATERLAB will provide this training to UCSC students, other college students from the region, and water professionals. Facilitating the Development of a ...
