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

建议编号：OISE-0941166主要研究员：Sharon Megdal研究所：亚利桑那州-以色列-巴勒斯坦大学标题：亚利桑那州-以色列-巴勒斯坦水管理和政策研讨会：为未来的供水扩大再利用和海水淡化的经济、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土地上，水的规划和管理日益成为关键问题。水的再利用和海水淡化是每个地区的重要组成部分？S在面对气候变化和持续干旱的情况下，制定了确保未来水资源供应的战略。研讨会汇集了应对每个区域面临的水管理复杂挑战所需的广泛的跨学科专业知识。它的目的是(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、再利用和海水淡化有关的紧迫水问题(2)制定一个有针对性的国际合作研究计划，以解决研究差距和机会。全体会议的介绍是一个重要的前奏，因为它们为来自不同地区的水专业人士和学者提供了关于提供足够质量和数量的水以满足半干旱地区日益增长的多重需求的关键问题的共同理解。这一共识为制定强有力的资助研究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、地理学和法学等一系列学科的水资源管理者、非政府组织代表、学生和学者，以研究改善水处理、扩大再利用和海水淡化、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，其结果通常将使干旱和半干旱地区受益，这些地区正在与缺水、水质差和治理不力作斗争。由于巴勒斯坦人和以色列人共享地表水和地下水供应，研讨会有助于促进中东地区的合作努力。它通过为建设性地确定研究需求和开发国际合作研究计划留出时间来做到这一点。S：这个项目的意义在于水对每个地区繁荣的至高无上的重要性，以及受邀专家的和平合作在为重点地区和其他地区的社区设计可行的长期解决方案方面所能发挥的作用。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.