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Sharon B. Megdal, Ph.D. is Director of The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), a Cooperative Extension center and a research unit in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Other primary titles are Professor and Specialist in the Department of Environmental Science, C.W. & Modene Neely Endowed Professor, and Distinguished Outreach Professor. Sharon Megdal aims to bridge the academic, practitioner, and civil society communities through water policy and management research, education, and engagement programs. The geographic scope of Dr. Megdal’s work ranges from local to international. Applied research projects include analysis of water management, policy, and governance in water-scarce regions, groundwater recharge, and transboundary aquifer assessment. Key engagement initiatives are Indigenous Water Dialogues and Diversifying Voices in Water Resources. She is the lead editor of the book, Shared Borders, Shared Waters: Israeli-Palestinian and Colorado River Basin Water Challenges and she has guest edited several special journal issues. Her policy columns and Reflections essays can be found here. Dr. Megdal teaches the multi-disciplinary graduate course “Water Policy in Arizona and Semi-arid Regions”. In 2020, she was awarded the Warren A. Hall Medal for lifetime achievement in water resources research and education by the Universities Council on Water Resources. Sharon Megdal serves as on the Board of the American Water Resources Association and is an ex officio member of the Leadership Team for the Colorado River Basin Water & Tribes Initiative. Recent professional service includes serving for 12 years as a popularly elected Director for the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, also known as the Central Arizona Project (CAP), and Board President for the International Arid Lands Consortium. Dr. Megdal has served on numerous Arizona boards and commissions, including the Arizona Corporation Commission, the State Transportation Board, and the Arizona Medical Board. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University.

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    Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP): Arizona Water Resources Research Center Effort

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $166.7K
    Active
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    State Water Resources Research Institute Program Fiscal Year 2021 Request for Applications

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $258.8K
    Active
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    Sustaining Groundwater and Irrigated Agriculture in the Southwestern United States Under a Changing Climate

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $212.3K
    Active
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    Building Water Scenarios to Support Community Planning in Rural Arizona Through Collaborative Stakeholder Engagement Process Design

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2019

    $146.2K
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    Joint Program Agreement with Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2019

    $45.0K
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    Exploratory Program Development and Follow-up for Land and Water in Arizona

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2019

    $18.8K
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    Stakeholder-Driven Water Supply and Demand Analysis as a Foundation for Collaborative Planning in Cobre Valley, AZ

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2018

    $43.2K
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    Tracing the Footprint of Private Water and the Colorado River Basin

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2018

    $40.0K
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    Sky Island Waters: Changing the Way that Water is Valued, Used, and Managed

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2018

    $20.0K
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    Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program: Arizona Water Resources Research Center Effort

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2017

    $833.3K
Technologies / Patents
      Books
      • Special Issue of Water on Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management

        2016

      • Callegary et al 2016 San Pedro River Binational Report

        2016

      • Policy and Economics of Managed Aquifer Recharge and Water Banking

        2015

      • Arizona water policy: Management innovations in an urbanizing, arid region

        2006

      News
      • Cascading Colorado River cuts bring focus to future of Arizona agriculture

        2022

      • Tech On Tap: UA Inventors Address World Water Woes

        2019

      • Four Questions: UA Experts Discuss Drought Contingency Plan

        2019

      • Cape Town's Water Crisis: Could It Happen in Arizona?

        2018

      • For Desert Dwellers, a Life in Balance

        2018

      • 'Beyond the Mirage' Water Documentary Wins Regional Emmy

        2017

      • Documentary on West's Water Issues to Premiere

        2016

      • UA Researchers Take a Closer Look at the Future of Desalination

        2016

      • Water Conference to Focus on Indigenous Perspectives

        2015

      • UA Conference to Focus on Closing Water Supply Gap in Arizona

        2014

      • UA Program Promotes Smart Water Use in Arizona and Beyond

        2014

      • UA Water Experts Speak at United Nations Event

        2013

      • UA's Megdal Elected President of National Institute

        2013

      • UA to Host Water Security Experts at Annual Conference

        2013

      • New Book Explores Water Management Solutions Across International Borders

        2013

      • Statewide Water Experts Meet Tuesday at UA

        2012

      • Innovation Day Celebrates Entrepreneurship on Campus

        2012

      • Cutting-Edge Research Showcased at UA Innovation Day

        2012

      • UA Innovation Day to Celebrate Tech Development

        2012

      • Faculty, Students Honored at Pillars of Excellence Reception

        2011

      • Student-Run Journals Encourage Scholarship, Creative Endeavors

        2010

      • Vanishing Water and Shifting Climate

        2010

      • UA to Celebrate Winter Commencement

        2010

      • Commencement Awards to Honor Outreach, Alumni Achievement

        2010

      • Defining Arizona's Environmental Leadership Goal of UA Conference

        2010

      • Four to Receive Honorary Degrees at Commencement

        2010

      • Maricopa County Brown Bag Lecture Series Features Water Experts

        2009

      • The Drought Detectives

        2009

      • U.S. Interior Department Honors UA Researchers

        2009

      • New Publication Examines Water Availability for Agriculture

        2009

      • Water Conference Focus on Planning, Future

        2009

      • Israeli and Palestinian Leaders to Discuss Water Management, in Arizona

        2009

      • Water Researcher Sharon Megdal Awarded Endowed Professorship

        2008

      • UA Study: Tucsonans Favor Long-Range Planning for Water Use

        2008

      • Water Expert to Lecture in Tucson

        2007

      • Report Analyzes Role of Businesses in Growth, Water Supplies

        2006

      • UA Co-sponsors Forum on Transportation Initiatives

        2003

      Publications (130)
      Recent
      • Advances in Transboundary Aquifer Assessment

        2023

      • Stakeholder Opinions on the Issues of the Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District and Policy Alternatives

        2023

      • Assessing Groundwater Withdrawal Sustainability in the Mexican Portion of the Transboundary Santa Cruz River Aquifer

        2022

      • Managed Aquifer Recharge as a tool to improve water security and resilience

        2022

      • Drought and groundwater management: Interconnections, challenges, and policyresponses

        2022

      • Groundwater and drought management: Recent advances and challenges

        2022

      • Binational reflections on pathways to groundwater security in the Mexico ndash;United States borderlands

        2021

      • Considerations for Water Resources Planning and Management, in Managed Aquifer Recharge: Overview and Governance

        2021

      • The U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program as a Model for Transborder Groundwater Collaboration

        2021

      • Special Issue Advances in Transboundary Aquifer Assessment

        2021

      • Reaching Groundwater Agreements on the Border Between Mexico and the United States: Science and Policy Fundamentals

        2021

      • Science and Binational Cooperation: Bidirectionality in the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program in the Arizona-Sonora Border Region

        2021

      • IMPACT Issue on Wicked Water Problems

        2021

      • Take-aways from the 2020 AWRA Annual Conference Panel on Wicked Water Problems

        2021

      • A Review of Climate Change Impacts on the USA-Mexico Transboundary Santa Cruz River Basin

        2021

      • Binational Reflections on Pathways to Groundwater Security in the Mexico-United States Borderlands

        2021

      • Long-Term Storage Credits: Analyzing Market-based Transactions to Achieve Arizona Water Policy Objectives

        2020

      • In a changing climate, Arizona is uniquely positioned to succeed

        2020

      • Reflections: Relevance Today of Comments on Arizona’s Future from 1987

        2020

      • Reflections: On Wicked Water Problems

        2020

      • Reflections: Time to Retire the Water Buffalo Symbol?

        2020

      • Analysis of the 2020 WOTUS rule policy implications for ephemeral washes in Arizona

        2020

      • Guest Editor for Special Issue of Water entitled Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience

        2020

      • Hydrodiplomacy and adaptive governance at the U.S.-Mexico border: 75 years of tradition innovation in transboundary water management.

        2020

      • End of 2020 Reflections

        2020

      • Reflections: The Importance of Dialogue, Process, and Participation

        2020

      • Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience (Editorial paper)

        2020

      • Reflections: Singapore – A Model for Integrated Water Management

        2020

      • Reflections: Spring 2020 and COVID-19 – The Work Must Go On

        2020

      • Reflections: Varying Views on My Water Buffalo Symbol Question

        2020

      • Reflections: Being on Sabbatical During the COVID-19 Pandemic

        2020

      • Editors’ foreword, Special issue, The OECD Principles on Water Governance: from policy standards to practice

        2019

      • Reflections on the 10th Anniversary of the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program and the Importance of its Joint Cooperative Process

        2019

      • Impacts of Variable Climate and Effluent Flows on the Transboundary Santa Cruz Aquifer

        2019

      • Reflections on Spring as a Time for Growth

        2019

      • World Water Day Reflections

        2019

      • Use of Managed Aquifer Recharge to Improve Water Management in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Mexico (Extended Abstract)

        2019

      • Reflections on a Successful Israeli Conference Experience

        2019

      • Reflections on Earth Day 2019

        2019

      • Megdal, S.B. (2018) Reflections on Water Policy: Collected Columns from Arizona Water Resource, 2002-2018. Compiled and Published October 2018. https://wrrc.arizona.edu/sites/wrrc.arizona.edu/files/pdfs/PPR-compendium-2018_0.pdf

        2018

      • Critical Issues Affecting Groundwater Quality Governance and Management in the United States, Water

        2018

      • Findings and lessons learned from the assessment of the Mexico-United States transboundary San Pedro and Santa Cruz aquifers: The utility of social science in applied hydrologic research

        2018

      • Unraveling transboundary water security in the arid Americas

        2018

      • The Business of Water is Everyone’s Business,

        2018

      • Cutting-Edge Solutions to Wicked Water Problems – International Conference Recap

        2018

      • Paginated published version: Influence of Grey water on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Mortar and Concrete Mixes

        2018

      • Learning About Water Policy

        2018

      • The Cooperative Framework for the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program: A Model for Collaborative Transboundary Studies

        2018

      • Editors rsquo; foreword

        2018

      • Reflections on Change and Continuity in WRRC Outreach, Arizona Water Resource

        2018

      • Invisible Water: The Importance of Good Groundwater Governance and Management

        2018

      • Decentralized groundwater governance and water nexus issues in the United States

        2018

      • Evaluating Gravity-Flow Irrigation with Lessons from Yuma, Arizona

        2018

      • Looking Back . . . Past Columns Shed Light on Current Issues

        2018

      • Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management

        2017

      • Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management, Editorial paper for Special Issue of the Same Title

        2017

      • Innovative Approaches to Collaborative Groundwater Governance in the United States: Case Studies from Three High-growth Regions in the Sun Belt

        2017

      • Transboundary Groundwater Resources: Sustainable Management and Conflict Resolution

        2017

      • Conserve2Enhance: Helping Communities Take Action for Water and the Environment

        2017

      • Building Common Ground for Environmental Flows using Traditional Techniques and Novel Engagement Approaches.

        2016

      • Desalination and water security in the US ndash;Mexico border region: assessing the social, environmental and political impacts

        2016

      • Connecting Israeli Water Management and Technological Innovations to Arizona

        2016

      • Influence of Grey water on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Mortar and Concrete Mixes

        2016

      • Modes and Approaches of Groundwater Governance: A Survey of Lessons Learned from Selected Cases across the Globe

        2016

      • Potable Reuse of Water: A View from Arizona

        2016

      • Modes, approaches, and lessons learned: A survey of selected cases of groundwater governance across the globe

        2016

      • Explore, Synthesize, and Repeat: Unraveling Complex Water Management Issues Through the Stakeholder Engagement Wheel

        2016

      • Special Issue of Water on Water Governance, Stakeholder Engagement, and Sustainable Water Resources Management

        2016

      • Climate change and water resources management in the Upper Santa Cruz River

        2015

      • Special Issue on Policy and Economics of Managed Aquifer Recharge and Water Banking

        2015

      • How a drought-resilient water delivery system rose out of the desert: The case of Tucson Water

        2015

      • Policy and economics of managed aquifer recharge and water banking. Water 7(2), pp. 592-598. .

        2015

      • Water resource management challenges in a time of changing climate

        2015

      • Groundwater governance in the United States: Common priorities and challenges

        2015

      • Performance of Grey Water Pilot Plant Using a Multi-Layer Filter of natural Materials for Agricultural Purposes in the Jordan Valley

        2015

      • Climate change and water resources management in the Upper Santa Cruz River, Arizona

        2015

      • A Tale of Two Rivers: Pathways for improving water management in the Jordan and Colorado River Basins

        2015

      • Building Common Ground for Environmental Flows using Traditional Techniques and Novel Engagement Approaches

        2015

      • Special Issue on the Fourth Drylands Deserts and Desertification “DDD” Conference

        2015

      • Desalination and water security in the U.S.-Mexico border region: The social, environmental, and political context

        2015

      • Regional water management collaboration

        2014

      • Roadmap for Considering Water for Arizona’s Natural Areas

        2014

      • Using Watershed Assessments to Inform Planning for Rural Watersheds

        2014

      • Performance of a Grey Water Pilot Plant Using a Multi-Layer Filter for Agricultural Purposes in the Jordan Valley: Performance of a Grey Water Pilot Plant Using a Multi-Layer Filter

        2014

      • Synthesizing Environmental Flow Needs Data for Water Management in a Water-Scarce State: The Arizona Environmental Water Demands Database: ENVIRONMENTAL WATER DEMANDS DATABASE

        2014

      • Water banks: Using managed aquifer recharge to meet water policy objectives

        2014

      • Using Scenario Planning to Prepare for Uncertainty in Rural Watersheds

        2014

      • Synthesizing environmental flow needs data for water management in a water-scarce state: The Arizona environmental water demands database

        2014

      • Water resources vulnerability to climate change in the Upper Santa Cruz River, Arizona

        2014

      • Evaluating economic effects of semiconductor manufacturing in water-limited regions

        2012

      • Grey water reuse for agricultural purposes in the Jordan valley: Household survey results in Deir Alla

        2012

      • Evaluating Economic Impacts of Semiconductor Manufacturing in Water-Limited Regions

        2012

      • Desalination Technology in a Binational Context: Systemic Implications for Water, Society, Energy, and Environment in the Arizona-Sonora portion of the U.S.-Mexico Border

        2012

      • Arizona Groundwater Management

        2012

      • Climate change and population growth impacts on the transboundary Santa Cruz aquifer

        2012

      • The Role of the Public and Private Sectors in Water Provision in Arizona USA

        2012

      • The role of the public and private sectors in water provision in Arizona, USA

        2012

      • Arizona s Blue Ribbon Panel on Water Sustainability

        2012

      • Grey Water Reuse for Agricultural Purposes in the Jordan Valley: Household Survey Results in DeirAlla

        2012

      • The Forgotten Sector: Arizona Water Law and the Environment

        2011

      • Inspiring water conservation for environmental enhancement

        2011

      • Water-energy interdependencies and the Central Arizona Project

        2011

      • The Importance of Institutional Asymmetries to the Development of Binational Aquifer Assessment Programs: The Arizona-Sonora Experience

        2011

      • Determinants of environmental noncompliance by public water systems

        2010

      • Securing Water for Environmental Purposes: Establishing Pilot Programs

        2009

      • Conserve to Enhance - Voluntary municipal water conservation to support environmental restoration

        2008

      • Front-row view of federal water lawmaking shows process works-U.S.-Mexico transboundary aquifer assessment act pondered, passed, and signed

        2008

      • Municipal water reuse in Tucson, Arizona, USA

        2007

      • Water planning for the tucson region

        2006

      • Maximum contaminant level regulation and its violation: An econometric analysis of drinking water systems in Arizona

        2006

      • Sex differences in the academic labor market in the affirmative action era

        1993

      • On Regulation, Deregulation, and Economics

        1989

      • The Flypaper Effect Revisited: An Econometric Explanation

        1987

      • The econometrics of piecewise-linear budget constraints: A monte carlo study

        1987

      • COMPARABLE WORTH: SOME ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION

        1986

      • Estimating a public school expenditure model under binding spending limitations

        1986

      • A note on estimating school district expenditure functions under conditions of closed-end matching aid : Closed-end matching aid in the context of a two-part tariff

        1985

      • Rethinking Comparable Worth: Do All Roads Lead to Equity?.

        1985

      • A model of local demand for education

        1984

      • Equalization of Expenditures and the Demand for Local Public Education: The Case of New Jersey

        1983

      • The determination of local public expenditures and the principal and agent relation: A case study

        1983

      • CONTROL OF LARGE-SCALE NONLINEAR ECONOMETRIC SYSTEMS.

        1978

      • The control of large-scale nonlinear econometric systems

        1978

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