Centers
The Water Sustainability Program (WSP) at the University of Arizona provides science-based technical, economic, legal, and policy expertise necessary for water development, use, and conservation in a rapidly growing, increasingly urban state. WSP aims to strengthen research, outreach, and education efforts in the water resource area at the University of Arizona to help ensure a sustainable, high-quality water supply for economic development and enhanced quality of life for all of Arizona. The Water Sustainability Program is a university-wide collaboration of scientists and educators that is coordinated by five University of Arizona water centers. Stronger relationships across disciplines result in interdisciplinary research and innovative solutions to real-world problems in the state.
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The Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing is developing the science, technology, and educational methods needed to lead the semiconductor industry on environmental issues. |
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The Science and Technology Center for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas focuses on developing an integrating, multidisciplinary understanding of the hydrology of semi-arid regions. |
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The Superfund Research Program is a network of university grants that are designed to seek solutions to the complex health and environmental issues associated with the nation's hazardous waste sites. The research conducted by the SRP is a coordinated effort with the Environmental Protection Agency, which is the federal entity charged with cleaning up the worst hazardous waste sites in the country. |
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The Water & Environmental Technology Center focuses on immediate questions of potable water quality, undertaking research that spans water security, agricultural, commercial and industrial contaminants, wastewater and mining discharges, as well as issues surrounding potable water. |
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The Water Resources Research Center promotes understanding of critical state and regional water management and policy issues through research, community outreach and public education. |
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Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing (ERC)
The ERC, is sponsored by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and SEMATECH, is developing the science, technology and educational methods needed to lead the semiconductor industry on environmental issues. The UA leads this consortium of 14 universities (UA, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Cornell, Tufts,and Columbia Universities, ASU, and the Universities of Massachusetts, Washington, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wisconsin, and the University of Texas at Dallas in a unique interdisciplinary collaboration to develop environmentally friendly manufacturing processes and tools for the semiconductor industry.
Contact Farhang Shadman, Director,shadman@erc.arizona.edu, 520-621-6051 for more information about the ERC.
Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)
The vision of SAHRA, the Science and Technology Center for Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas, is to develop an integrated, multidisciplinary understanding of the hydrology of semi-arid regions, and to build partnerships with a broad spectrum of stakeholders (both public agencies and private organizations) so that this understanding is effectively applied to the management of water resources and to the rational implementation of public policy.
Contact Gary Woodard, Associate Director of Knowledge Transfer & International Activities, gwoodard@sahra.arizona.edu, 520-626-5399 for more information about SAHRA.
Superfund Research Program (SRP)
The mission of the SRP is to advance science and to apply the biomedical and environmental research conducted by our program for the improvement of human health and the environment. SRP investigates the hazardous waste and public health issues currently confronting the Southwestern region of the United States, specifically arsenic, chlorinated hydrocarbon, and mine tailings contamination. SRP is committed to an interdisciplinary approach to environmental research and education.
Superfund has established the Arizona Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants (ALEC) a state-of-the-art laboratory facility designed to advance the capability of UA to perform integrated studies of emerging and low-level contaminants in water beyond current analytical capabilities available anywhere in the Southwest. This will be a shared, interdisciplinary facility open to the three state universities and other state and regional entities.
Contact Raina Maier, Associate Director rmaier@ag.arizona.edu, 520-621-7231 for more information about the SRP.
Water & Environmental Technology Center (WET)
The WET Center, formerly the Water Quality Center (WQC), at the UA Environmental Research Lab (ERL) focuses on immediate questions of potable water quality, undertaking research that spans water security, agricultural, commercial and industrial contaminants, wastewater and mining discharges, as well as issues surrounding potable water. An interdisciplinary group of biologists, chemists, physicists, hydrologists, and engineers work together to address specific water quality issues with funding from the National Science Foundation and the corporate sector.
Contact Ian Pepper,Director, ipepper@ag.arizona.edu, 520-626-3328 for more information about the WET.
Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
Established in 1957, the WRRC is the Arizona component of a national network of state water institutes authorized by the 1964 Water Resources Research Act and as such administers the act's 104 grant program. Located within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, WRRC operates within the UA's land-grant tradition, working with public/private organizations as well as with individuals to provide education and information services through outreach, conferences and symposia, and a publications program. WRRC's missions also includes providing expertise on state and regional water management and policy and facilitating communications between water researchers and the research users.
Contact Sharon Megdal, Director, smegdal@ag.arizona.edu, 520-621-9591 for more information about WRRC.