NEW GRADUATE STUDENT PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOP

Friday, September 9, 2016, 2:00pm – 6:00pm This Prestigious Fellowship workshop will lead participants through the process of applying to the top three national new graduate student fellowships- the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program http://www.nsfgrfp.org/ , The Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958 , and the National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship http://ndseg.asee.org/ […]

Human activities harm water quality, raise treatment costs

By Eric Sorensen, WSU science writer PULLMAN, Wash. – Julie Padowski, clinical assistant professor at Washington State University, has found that the loss of land cover around cities has increased pollution and raised the cost of water treatment. Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, she and coauthors say 90 percent of […]

WRC team wins the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s 2016 Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis

The State of Washington Water Research Center team led by WRC Director Jonathan Yoder won the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s  Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis of 2016 for their report “Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan Projects” and related outreach efforts (https://swwrc.wsu.edu/2014ybip).  The award was presented at the AAEA Annual […]

2016 AGU Fall Meeting

Grand Challenges in Earth System Modeling: Decadal Climate Variability and Change, Prediction and its Applications The deadline for abstract submissions is Wednesday, 3 August 23:59 EDT For more information

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Columbia River Long Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast Workshops

The Columbia River Long Term Water Supply and Demand Forecast project team is preparing an updated long-term water supply and demand forecast for the Washington Department of Ecology, Office of Columbia River and would like your feedback. The Forecast team includes researchers from Washington State University, University of Utah, Aspect Consulting, and the Washington Department […]

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Climate Impacts to Water Conference: Managing the Uncertainties of Water Supply and Quality in the Pacific Northwest

January 25-26, 2017 This conference will focus on: Regional projections of climate and water supply Multiple facets of agricultural water management Water conservation practices Water quality Water policy regulations and rights Regional water projects, research and tools Social science communication concerning water For more information