Daniel Salzler No. 1192
EnviroInsight.org Ten Items March 10, 2023
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1. The Arizona Department of Water Resources Kicks Off Water Awareness Month
Date and time: Sat, April 1, 2023, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM MST
Location: Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza 1700 West Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 United States
2. Do You Know The Meaning Of This Word? “Tellurian”
a. A resident of Telluride, CO
b. A person that is on the world wide web for the majority of the day, every day
c. An inhabitant of Earth
d. A person who writes science-based astronomy articles
Answer at the end of the newsletter
3. Clean Up Papago! Join in and make a difference
Date and time: Sat, March 25, 2023, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM MST
Location: 1000 N College Ave 1000 North College Avenue Tempe, AZ 85281
Come join us for a morning of Community and trash pick up! This is our monthly clean up event and we will also be treating you to breakfast on site!
Meet us at Papago Park, 1000 N College Ave, Tempe, AZ 85281 at 9 AM and get out in the Preserve. Fill up your trash bucket and come build community under the ramada!
Our organization is donation based, if you cannot attend but still want to contribute, you can donate directly on our website. All donations for this event support our future initiatives in the Papago Park Preserve!
Who are we?
Clean Up Papago (C.U.P) is a young Non-Profit organization dedicated to the preservation of Papago Park and its surroundings. We are hikers, mountain bikers and outdoor enthusiasts who love giving back to the community. At C.U.P, we thrive to keep our Preserve clean, maintain and improve existing trail systems in partnership with the City of Tempe.
Want to learn more?
Visit us at www.cleanuppapago.org
4. Scientists Discover New PFAS Cleanup Method Wastewater Digest Dec. 16, 2022
A patent-pending process reported by the University of California Riverside infuses contaminated water with hydrogen before blasting it with ultraviolet light, breaking down PFAS at high rates.
Chemical engineering and environmental scientists recently published new methods to break up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into smaller compounds that are essentially harmless, according to a press release from the University of California Riverside (UCR) by David Danelski.
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The patent-pending process infuses contaminated water with hydrogen, then blasts the water with high-energy, short-wavelength ultraviolet light. The hydrogen polarizes water molecules to make them more reactive, while the light catalyzes chemical reactions that destroy the pollutants.
This one-two punch breaks the strong fluorine-to-carbon chemicals bonds that make these pollutants so persistent and accumulative in the environment. In fact, the molecular destruction of PFAS increased from 10 percent to nearly 100 percent when compared to other ultravioletwater-treatment methods, while no other undesirable by-products or impurities are generated, the scientists reported in a paper recently published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters.
“After the interaction, hydrogen will become water. The advantage of this technology is that it is very sustainable,” says Haizhou Liu, an associate professor in UCR’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering and author of the paper.
5. Preparing For The Picnic Season. As the spring temperatures warm and thought go towards picnics on the blanketed grass, stay alert for ants.
Did you realize there are approximately 10,000 species of ants in the world. They can be found on every continent except Antarctica.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences estimates n 20 quadrillion ants roam the Earth at any given time. Ants are critical to the health of almost every ecosystem: They aerate the soil with their tunnels, they disperse native plant seeds, and the even accelerate the decomposition of organic waste and the dead animals. The Conservationist
6.SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES EXPO 2023 AND DISCOUNTED SMART IRRIGATION CONTROLLER – The 4th annual Sustainable Landscapes Expo, hosted by the Pima County Smartscape program, will be held Saturday, March 11, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The free expo is a family-friendly event with more than 40 exhibits to increase knowledge on efficient water use and sustainable landscaping in the Southern Arizona desert. There will be hands-on activities for adults and kids, raffles, giveaways, food, and more. Brad Lancaster will be speaking; Mr. Nature will have his Little Leafs, Roots and Jams; and Vice Mayor Steve Kozachik will exhibit the plastics recycling program. For the first time, Tucson Water will offer a limited number of discounted smart irrigation controllers that customers will be able to purchase online and pickup at the event or a later date. Customers will be required to take a class on how to use this controller before taking it home. Classes will be offered virtually. The controllers will be available for $100 (plus sales tax), discounted from the $528 retail price. To learn more, follow the links below.
Discounted smart controller request form Pima County Smartscape
7. WRRC Hosts Webinar On Clean Water For Tribal Communities. On February 22, Anne Castle and Heather Tanana gave a joint presentation titled “Universal Access to Clean Water for Tribal Communities.” Anne Castle, JD, is a senior fellow at the Gretchen-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources at the University of Colorado Law School and is currently the US Commissioner for the Upper Colorado River Commission, appointed by President Biden. Heather Tanana, JD, is a member of the Navajo Nation and Assistant Professor and Wallace Stegner Center Fellow at the SJ Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah. Tanana began the presentation by giving an overview of how Federal Indian policies have caused generations of tribal members to live without access to clean water. As a result, the Colorado River Water & Tribes Initiative and the Universal Clean Water Access Initiative were developed in partnership with the 30 federally recognized Tribes along the Colorado River. The initiatives released a comprehensive report highlighting the disparities faced by Tribes through education, support, and solutions. At the end of their presentation, Castle and Tanana stated they would continue to push legislation to fund and support access to clean water on Tribal lands.
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8. WRRC Seminar Series: Water in Cochise County: Challenges and Solutions Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Arizona Time Location: Webinar Only
Speakers:
Mark Apel, Environmental Projects Coordinator, Cochise County Engineering and Natural Resources
Mary Ann Capehart, UA Water Wise Program, Retired
Taylor Simmon, WRRC Outreach Assistant & MS EHS student
Water scarcity challenges in Cochise County have spurred various water management solutions and collaborative efforts over time. In 2022, the WRRC partnered with Cochise County Cooperative Extension to develop a Water Factsheet that helped to distill major challenges and solutions, as well as lay out the basics of water supplies and demands. We are excited to follow up and partner with presentations from the local experts to share the expanded stories of Cochise County water. This WRRC Seminar Series presentation will begin with a discussion about the historic election that was held on November 8, 2022, on whether to designate the Douglas Groundwater Basin as an Active Management Area (AMA), yielding the first citizen-initiated AMA designated on December 1, 2022. Digging into some of the factors that led to the new Douglas AMA, including high rates of land subsidence, there are many unknowns about the future of the AMA to be determined by ADWR with input from local stakeholders. The second story will focus on exemplary and longstanding water management efforts within the county, specifically the Cochise Conservation and Recharge Network (CCRN). This collaborative partnership was established to implement tangible water management projects that will increase water availability to meet current and future water demands in the region. Local and federal partners have joined forces to develop innovative projects for a resilient water supply for both people and nature along the San Pedro River. These projects are designed to work together to help sustain San Pedro River flows and the groundwater on which our local communities and the river depend.
9. The Oak Creek Watershed Council Is Inviting You To Be A Part Of Something Great.
Join other volunteers on:
Thursday, March 23 – Sunset Park & Carroll Canyon in West Sedona Join Oak Creek Watershed Council as we pick-up litter around Sunset Park and Carroll Canyon—a hidden gem hiking trail with Sedona’s city limits.
Friday, March 24 – Oak Creek Spring Forum at the Sedona Public Library
Oak Creek Watershed Council will welcome friends from Keep Sedona Beautiful, and Northern
Arizona Audubon Society during our 1st Annual Oak Creek Spring Forum. We’ll share updates about our litter clean-up, pet waste, and water quality projects. Attendees will learn about the birds of Oak Creek Canyon and learn about ongoing advocacy for environmental protection in Sedona.
10. Daylight Saving’s Time Arrives March 12. Mar 12, 2023 – Daylight Saving Time Starts
When local standard time is about to reach
Sunday, March 12, 2023, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour to
Sunday, March 12, 2023, 3:00:00 am local daylight time instead.
Example: New York 3:00 pm., 12:00 p.m. AZ, California 12:00 noon . There will be more light in the evening.
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