국제적인 가뭄 전문가이며 지속가능성과 환경기관인 UCLA 책임자인 Glen MacDonald는 6월 24-26일 캘리포니아에서 개최되는 Whole Water Conference의 기조연설을 했다.

MacDonald의 기조 연설에서 "최근 가뭄, 21세기 초기 가뭄과 캘리포니아 물의 미래"가 타이틀이며 이틀동안 진행될 수자원 계획, 통합적인 재활용수, 폭우, 담수화, 지하수 관리, 환경 보호와 복원의 좋은 사례에 대한 기술과 정책 프레젠테이션을 소개했다.

Drought expert to open CA's Whole Water Conference in June
 
Dr. Glen MacDonald, director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and an international expert on drought, will deliver the opening keynote to the Whole Water Conference, held June 24-26, 2014, in Monterey, Calif.

MacDonald's opening speech, titled "Current Drought, Early 21st Century Drought, and California's Water Future," will set the stage for over two days of technical and policy presentations about best practices in water resource planning, integrating recycled water, stormwater, desalination, and groundwater management, with environmental protection and restoration.

MacDonald's research focus is climatic and environmental change and the impact of such changes on ecosystems and human populations. Using a wide variety of methods to study past climate and environmental change, he has published over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and received numerous awards and honors. Further, his research covers many parts of the earth and has been supported by numerous scientific research grants.

In 2010, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) published a special sustainability issue on southwest drought and water sustainability that MacDonald organized and edited. Widely sought as an expert on climate and environmental change, MacDonald has been interviewed by news organizations ranging from NBC National News, NPR and BBC to the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Online. He has testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee and spoken to local, state and national policy makers in the U.S. and Canada.

Rounding out the opening session of the conference, Paul R. Brown will address lessons learned from a career in water planning and will moderate a panel of water agency leaders discussing local approaches to sustainable water resources. Brown is the co-author of Water Centric Sustainable Communities (2010) and a contributing author or editor of other books on progressive urban planning.

Confirmed panelists include Celeste Cantu, executive director of the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority; Marsi Steirer, deputy director of San Diego Public Utilities; and Dave Stoldt, general manager of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. Luncheon speakers will be Frances Spivy-Weber, vice chair of California's State Water Resources Control Board on May 24, and local historian emeritus from Cabrillo College, Sandy Lydon will speak on May 25 on "High and Dry: How Monterey Got Stuck in History's Spider Web."

[출처 = Water World / 2014년 5월 14일]