Arizona-Israel-Palestine Water Management and Policy Workshop: Economic, Environmental, and Community Implications of Expanding Reuse and Desalination for Future Water Supplies

摘要提案号：ois0941166首席研究员：Sharon megdalinstitute机构：亚利桑那大学标题：亚利桑那-以色列-巴勒斯坦水管理和政策研讨会：扩大再利用和海水淡化对未来供水的经济、环境和社区影响在亚利桑那州、以色列和巴勒斯坦等干旱和半干旱地区，水的供应和管理日益成为关键问题。水再利用和海水淡化是每个地区的重要组成部分。这是美国在气候变化和持续干旱的情况下确保未来供水的战略。讲习班汇集了广泛的、跨学科的专门知识，以应对每个区域所面临的水管理的复杂挑战。它旨在(1)通过教育演讲和促进参与者之间的对话，确定与长期水可持续性、再利用和脱盐相关的紧迫水问题(2)制定有针对性的国际合作研究计划，以解决研究差距和机会。全体会议的报告是一个重要的前奏，因为它们使来自不同地区的水专业人士和学者对提供足够质量和数量的水以满足半干旱地区不断增长的多重需求的关键问题有了共同的理解。这种共同的理解为制定强有力的研究资助提案奠定了必要的基础。该项目召集了来自经济学、工程学、生物学、地理学和法学等不同学科的水资源管理人员、非政府组织代表、学生和学者，研究改善水处理、扩大再利用和脱盐、气候变化和干旱规划、水价、环境用水需求以及共享供水的管理。研讨会将于2009年8月31日至9月2日举行。就更广泛的影响而言，其结果通常将有利于与水资源短缺、水质差和治理不力作斗争的干旱和半干旱地区。由于巴勒斯坦人和以色列人共享地表水和地下水供应，讲习班有助于促进中东地区的合作努力。它允许有时间建设性地确定研究需求，并制定国际合作研究计划。这个程序吗?其重要性在于水对每个地区的繁荣至关重要，以及邀请专家进行和平合作在为重点地区及其他地区的社区制定可行的长期解决方案方面可以发挥的作用。该项目由CBET部门的环境工程项目共同资助。

AbstractProposal Number: OISE-0941166Principal Investigator: Sharon MegdalInstitution: University of ArizonaTitle: Arizona-Israel-Palestine Water Management and Policy Workshop: Economic, Environmental, and Community Implications of Expanding Reuse and Desalination for Future Water SuppliesProvision and management of water are increasingly critical issues in arid and semi-arid lands like Arizona, Israel, and Palestine. Water reuse and desalination comprise significant elements of each region?s strategy for assuring future water supplies in the face of climate change and persistent drought. The workshop assembles the broad, interdisciplinary expertise necessary to meet the complex challenges of water management faced by each region. It is designed to (1) identify pressing water issues related to long-term water sustainability, reuse, and desalination through educational presentations and facilitated dialogue among participants (2) develop a targeted, international collaborative research program that addresses research gaps and opportunities. The plenary presentations are an essential prelude as they provide water professionals and scholars from different regions with a common understanding of key issues underlying provision of water of sufficient quality and quantity to meet the multiple, growing demands of semi-arid regions. This shared understanding establishes the foundation necessary to formulate strong research proposals for funding. The program convenes water managers, nongovernmental organization representatives, students, and scholars from a range of disciplines, including economics, engineering, biology, geography, and law, to examine improving water treatment, expanding reuse and desalination, climate change and drought planning, water pricing, environmental water needs, and management of shared water supplies. The workshop will be held from August 31 to September 2, 2009. In terms of the broader impacts, the outcomes will generally benefit arid and semi-arid regions struggling with water shortages, poor water quality, and ineffective governance. Since Palestinians and Israelis share surface and groundwater supplies, the workshop serves to promote collaborative efforts in the Middle East. It does so by allowing time for constructive identification of research needs and development of an international, collaborative research program. This program?s significance rests on the paramount importance of water to the prosperity of each region and the role that peaceful collaboration by invited expertise can play in devising feasible, long-term solutions for communities in the regions of focus and beyond. This project was co-funded by the Environmental Engineering program in the CBET division.