Water Resources
Water Resources Research Center (WRRC)
Florida's five water management districts, state agencies, the state university system, and federal agencies such as the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are all actively working to help provide sustainable water for the future. However, state-wide coordination is difficult to achieve. One of the major, long-term objectives of the WRRC, which is headed by Dr. Kirk Hatfield at the University of Florida, is to serve as a focus and point of coordination for applied water-resources research in Florida.
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Joshua Dickenson receives national recognition and is awarded First Place for UCOWR 2012 Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award. Please join us in congratulating Joshua Dickenson, a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Florida Environmental Engineering Sciences Department. Joshua has received national recognition and been awarded First Place for the 2012 UCOWR (Universities Council on Water Resources) Best Dissertation Award, for his dissertation entitled, "Urban Stormwater Particle and Disinfection Modeling." Joshua's Ph.D. supervisory committee chair was Dr. John Sansalone.
Treavor Boyer receives NSF CAREER Award: WRRC affiliate faculty member Dr. Treavor Boyer was awarded an NSF CAREER award which focuses on his vision for water treatment through innovative techniques of wastewater management and water recycling strategies.
James Heaney receives 2012 ASCE Julian Hinds Award: WRRC affiliate faculty member Dr. James Heaney has been awarded with the American Society of Civil Engineers Julian Hinds Award.
Joseph Delfino recognized as a Friend of UCOWR 2012: WRRC affiliate faculty member Dr. Joseph Delfino was named a Friend of UCOWR (Universities Council on Water Resources) "in recognition of his significant contributions toward the goals of UCOWR", as he has been an active Florida delegate to UCOWR and served on the UCOWR board.
Florida Water Resources Digital Library
The Center maintains a library of technical reports that have been published as a result of past research efforts (Dating back to 1966). Several of these publications are widely used resources for water policy and applied water resources research in the state of Florida and are also frequently requested by interested parties both nationally and internationally. As part of the WRRC information and technology transfer mission, the library was converted to digital form in 2010 and is provided free to the public through the WRRC Digital Library.