Check out WaterWise, our combined effort newsletter. This newsletter replaces the Soil Water and Irrigation Management Newsletter and PesticideWise Newletter. The intent of the publication is to disseminate summaries of research results and topics of interest to UC farm advisors, CE specialists, and UC faculty working in areas related to water management and environmental sciences. Our debut edition focuses on water issues. Each issue will address a current topic in water policy. The first two issues will look at the TMDL program from natural science, policy, and economic viewpoints. The TMDL program is a new approach to water regulation that is likely to significantly affect industry, agriculture, and government. The first edition discusses the TMDL approach and regulation, some recent legislative updates to the TMDL program, pesticide TMDLs, and the relationship between solid-waste application application and water quality.

David Crohn

• email: david.crohn@ucr.edu
• Associate Professor of Biosystems Engineering
• Extension Biosystems Engineering
• Research emphasizes composing, nutrient management of land applied wastes, and use of constructed wetlands to improve water quality.
• links:
  • Wetlands Project
  • Waste Management Workgroup (archive)
  • Waste Management summaries (June 2000)

Jay Gan

• email: jianying.gan@ucr.edu
• Professor of Environmental Chemistry
• Water Quality Specialist
• Research emphasizes environmental fate and transport of organic contaminants especially pesticide. His current focus is assessment and mitigation of pesticide pollution to surface and ground water sources.
• links:
  • Pesticide Wise
  • Newsletters

Bo Cutter

• email: bowman.cutter@ucr.edu
• Assistant Professor
• Assistant Cooperative Extension Water Resource Management Specialist
• Research focuses on cost-effective water pollution regulation and urban water supply and quality issues.

Laosheng Wu

• email: laosheng.wu@ucr.edu
• Professor of Soil Physics
• Cooperative Extension Water Management Specialist
• Associate Director, UC Center for Water Resources
• Research focuses on irrigation, water, and salinity management, water quality issues, and interaction of soil physical and chemical properties. He also serves as the Associate Director for the Water Resources Center.
• links:
  • Soil Water and Irrigation Management Newsletter
  • Vita
  • Publications
  • SWSC 107 Course outline
  • Training Handout
  • Environmental Sciences link

Jim Oster

• email: oster@mail.ucr.edu
• Extension Soil and Water Specialist (Emeriti)
• links:
  • Slphychm Notes
  • Resume
  • Self statement