Indigenous knowledge and methodologies are a missing component in water management in Australia. On this dry, flat, and ancient continent, Traditional Knowledge has been passed on from generation to generation for millennia (over 65,000 years). This is a profound reliance on knowledge of surface and groundwater, which has been critical to ensure the survival of Indigenous peoples in a dry landscape through the role of traditional knowledge in finding and protecting water places.
Water in the Community
Upcoming Events
Featured Event
Feb 1 3:00PM
Brown Bag
WRRC Brown Bag: Kamilaroi (Indigenous) Knowledge and Methodologies to Inform Water Management
Feb 10 3:30PM
Special Event
19th Annual WRRC Chocolate Fest
Please join us on Friday, February 10 from 3:30 to 5:00 PM for the WRRC’s Annual Chocolate Fest. This year, we are thrilled to be hosting this fun event in-person at the WRRC’s offices! The agenda this year is simple: gather with friends and colleagues, enjoy chocolaty treats, and see the winning photographs from our 2022 Annual Photo Contest. In keeping with tradition, this year’s celebration will be a chocolate potluck! Start thinking about what you would like to bake, concoct, purchase, or brew, then bring your favorite divine chocolate delectation to share.
WRRC Brown Bag Webinar: A Living River – The Santa Cruz Rive...
The Santa Cruz River has long been the backbone of the region’s natural and cultural heritage. Although the river has changed since humans first arrived in the region 12,000 years ago, the river still exists and is a “living” entity that continues to support wildlife and communities along its course. Throughout Arizona, the release of effluent maintains flows of many river reaches. The Santa Cruz River is fortunate to have three stretches with effluent flows—one near Nogales in Santa Cruz County and two near Tucson in Pima County.
Previous Events
Jan 26 12:00PM
Brown Bag
WRRC Brown Bag Webinar: Silent River: Adventure Swimming and Stories of Water
Silent River” is a short film following Matt Moseley, a world record-breaking long-distance swimmer, who attempts a 52-mile swim from Mineral Bottom, near Moab, down the Green River to the confluence with the Colorado River.
Jan 24 10:00AM
Special Event
Special Event: Arizona Stakeholders’ Meeting USDA - NIFA Project: Sustaining...
- In-person: Multi-purpose Room (Room 3), Maricopa Agricultural Center 37860 W Smith Enke Rd, Maricopa, AZ 85138
- Lunch will be provided
- Please RSVP and indicate if staying for lunch by January 19, 2023, to: Debankur Sanyal at dsanyal@arizona.edu
Jan 18 12:00PM
Brown Bag
WRRC Brown Bag Webinar: The 21st Century Water Quality Challenges for Managed...
The sustainability of groundwater is threatened by overexploitation and by pollution, exacerbated by perturbations of hydrological cycle stemming from climate change exerting poorly understood water quantity and quality risks with uncertain outcomes. A recent UNESCO publication on managed aquifer recharge (MAR) has provided unequivocal evidence that MAR is a sustainable nature-based engineering approach for enhancing climate resilience and other social, economic, and environmental benefits of groundwater.
Nov 30 12:00PM
Special Event
Native Voices in STEM Fall 2022 Seminar Series: An Indigenous Hydrogeochemist's...
Dr. Kato Tsosie Dee is a member of the Navajo Nation and is an Assistant Professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of Oklahoma with expertise in the areas of hydrology and environmental geochemistry.
Nov 29 11:00AM
Special Event
WRRC Co-Sponsored Event: Water and Agriculture: Chile-Arizona Experience?
The Agricultural Office of the Embassy of Chile in the US and the WRRC are co-hosting the webinar, “Water and Agriculture: Chile-Arizona Experience,” on November 29 from 11 to 1 pm Arizona time and 3 to 5 pm Chile time.
Nov 18 12:00PM
Brown Bag
WRRC Brown Bag Webinar: Watershed Collaboration in the Tucson Basin: Santa Cruz...
Since 2017, the Santa Cruz Watershed Collaborative (SCWC) has been providing forums for partner agencies and organizations to work toward better aligning their approaches to watershed management in the Tucson Basin of the Santa Cruz River watershed. SCWC is working toward the vision of people working together to ensure a healthy urban watershed with flowing rivers and streams.
Nov 10 12:00PM
Brown Bag
WRRC Brownbag Webinar - 104(b) Grant Program – Student Research Presentations
This WRRC Brown Bag presentation will cover research into the paleoclimate and past recharge rates of the Tucson Basin across the Holocene (past 12,000 years or so).
Oct 26 12:00PM
Special Event
Native Voices in STEM - Groundwater to Snow Science: My Research and Teaching Path...
Melissa Clutter is an Assistant Professor in the Geosciences Department at Fort Lewis College. Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as member of Cherokee Nation, she traveled west for college. She received her B.A. in Geosciences from Fort Lewis College, and during this time fell in love with Durango and the Four Corners region.
Oct 20 4:00PM
Special Event
WRRC Imagine a Day Without Water Special Event: THIRST FOR JUSTICE PANEL
In conjunction with Imagine a Day Without Water, a national day of action to support communities lacking access to clean water, the WRRC is pleased to announce a special panel discussion of Thirst for Justice, as well as free screening of the documentary for all event registrants.
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