CONTENTS
FEATURE ARTICLES
8 Grit: An Element of Resiliency. Reflections of a Water Planner How is courage an element of resiliency? Sometimes it starts with the first few steps. Candice Hasenyager 11 Water Banking in Utah: Voluntary, Temporary and Local Utah’s growing population presents a number of opportunities and challenges. One daunting question is how one of the driest states in the country will supply water to a population that could nearly double by 2060? Nathan Bracken 13 The UtahWater Research Laboratory: Empowering Water and Environmental Research in Utah and Around the World Explore the Utah Water Research Laboratory from when the first water flow experiments took place in 1957 to today. Can you guess how much has changed? David Tarboton et al. 16 Great Salt Lake: To Be or Not to Be? Discover the challenges that Great Salt Lake is facing and how caretakers of the lake are striving to find a solution through collaboration. Nicholas von Stackelberg and Jake Vander Laan 20 Groundwater in the IntermountainWest: An Essential Resource Groundwater is an essential resource throughout the world. Learn how the Intermountain West has used, abused and improved in its management of this crucial supply. Delmas W. Johnson
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ABOUT THIS ISSUE Issue theme: Western Water Issues Collaboration Annual Conference Chair Guest Co-Editor: Candice Hasenyager, Assistant Director, Utah Division of Water Resources Guest Editor: Delmas W. Johnson, Sr. Project Manager, J-U-B Engineers, Inc. This issue of Water Resources IMPACT includes examples of the role of collaboration in various water management issues in the western United States. Because water touches so many interconnected systems and impacts multitudes of people, critical water decision making is much more effective in an environment of collaboration. The articles in this issue will touch on various sub-issues where working together is essential. The issue will commence with an introduction by Candice Hasenyager on the subject of collaboration in general water management practice. Nathan Bracken will then demonstrate how a new water policy of water banking is being accomplished through respectful collaboration. David Tarboton et al. will profile the role of the Utah Water Research Laboratory in accomplishing necessary research as part of the collaborative process. Nicholas von Stackelberg and Jake Vander Laan will address the terminal saline lake known as the Great Salt Lake and introduce impacts of concern. Finally, Delmas Johnson will address the essential role of groundwater in the Intermountain West in the context of lessons learns and improved management practices as a result of collaboration. Applications of the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Satellite Mission - Faisal Hossain, Margaret Srinivasan, Alice Andral and Ed Beighley 27 What’s Up With Water: Guarding Waters from Source to Sink: From Ancient Gods to the Clean Water Rule - Eric J. Fitch AWRA Business 6 July JAWRA Highlights President’s Message Lisa Beutler, AWRA President 23 AWRA – Herbert Scholarship Award Winners 36 AWRA Future Events Columns 25 Guest Article - Building Pathways to Societal
About the Cover: Massive red rock formations in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, Photo credit: Johnny Adolphson, iStock.com
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