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Sharon MegdalBiographySharon B. Megdal is Director of The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center and C.W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor. She is Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science and serves as Director of The University of Arizona Water Sustainability Program, which is funded by the Technology Research Initiative Fund (TRIF). Her work focuses on state and regional water resources management and policy, on which she writes and frequently speaks, and places particular emphasis on how to achieve desired policy objectives in terms of institutional structures and possible changes to them. She authors a water policy column for the WRRC’s bi-monthly newsletter. Current projects include study of artificial recharge and municipal water planning and use in growing, arid regions. Dr. Megdal teaches the multi-disciplinary graduate course Arizona Water Policy. In November 2008 she was elected to a six-year term as a member of the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board of Directors, which oversees the Central Arizona Project. Dr. Megdal has served on numerous state boards and commissions, including the Arizona Corporation Commission and the Arizona State Transportation Board. Sharon B. Megdal holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University. Research
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Agricultural Water to Municipal Use Published: December 15, 2008 An Introduction To The Central Arizona Ground Water Replenishment District Published: January 31, 2006 Arizona's Water Future: Challenges and Opportunities, 85th Arizona Town Hall Background Report Published: October 6, 2004 Artificial Recharge: A Multi-Purpose Water Management Tool Published: January 30, 2007 Conserve to Enhance: Voluntary municipal conservation to support environmental restoration Published: January 1, 2008 Environmental Restoration in Urban Arizona Published: July 30, 2005 Environmental Restoration Projects in Arizona: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Approach, Final Report, June 2005 Published: June 3, 2005 Evolution and Evaluation of the Active Management Area Management Plans Published: January 9, 2008 Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences Published: April 18, 2007 How Water Management in Tucson, Arizona Has Affected the Desert's Landscape Published: October 1, 2003 Managing to Avoid Crisis: A Look at Water Management Efforts in Rural Arizona Published: September 30, 2003 Securing Sustainable Water Supplies in Arizona Published: May 1, 2004 Securing Water for Environmental Purposes: Establishing Pilot Programs Published: June 30, 2009 The Importance of Water Storage and Recovery in Arizona Published: March 1, 2005 Tucson Regional Water Planning Perspectives Study Published: May 16, 2008 Water and Growth, Chapter 4, 88th Arizona Town Hall Background Report Published: April 1, 2006 Water Conservation Banking: Municipal Water Conservation to Support Environmental Enhancement Published: December 1, 2007 Water Resource Availability for the Tucson Metropolitan Area Published: July 1, 2006 | 
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