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

摘要提案编号：OISE-0941166首席研究员：沙龙Megdal机构：亚利桑那大学标题：亚利桑那州，以色列，巴勒斯坦水资源管理和政策研讨会：经济，环境和社区的影响，扩大再利用和海水淡化为未来供水水的供应和管理越来越重要的问题，在干旱和半干旱的土地，如亚利桑那州，以色列和巴勒斯坦。水再利用和海水淡化是每个地区的重要组成部分？在气候变化和持续干旱的情况下，确保未来水供应的战略。该讲习班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门知识。它的目的是（1）通过教育介绍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）制定有针对性的国际合作研究计划，解决研究差距和机会。全体会议上的发言是一个重要的前奏，因为它们使来自不同区域的水资源专业人员和学者对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种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提案提供了必要的基础。该计划召集水资源管理人员，非政府组织代表，学生和来自经济学，工程学，生物学，地理学和法律等一系列学科的学者，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，水定价，环境用水需求和共享供水的管理。 工作坊将于2009年8月31日至9月2日举行。 就更广泛的影响而言，这些成果将普遍惠及面临水资源短缺、水质差和治理不力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的合作努力。 它通过允许时间建设性地确定研究需求和国际合作研究计划的发展来做到这一点。这个项目？水对每个地区的繁荣至关重要，邀请专家进行和平合作，为重点地区内外的社区制定可行的长期解决方案，可以发挥作用。 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.