About SWES
Statement of Mission and Goals
The Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science (SWES), with comprehensive expertise in Environmental and Soil Sciences, is and will continue to be an invaluable resource for Arizona in the areas of water quality and sustainable land and water management. It is our central mission to provide:- Training and education
in the area of critical zone science to the future generation of scientists, land and water resource managers, engineers, and policy makers.
- Relevant
and innovative information to aid in sustainable management and decision-making
of our increasingly stressed land (soil) and water supplies.
- Technical expertise for addressing critical zone and water quality issues in rural (agriculture), urban centers. and the rapidly changing interfaces between them.
Critical zone science and water quality, along with their relation to sustainable land (soil) and water management, will continue to be the primary focal areas for training, research, and service/extension/outreach activities of the Department.
last updated 04/2011