RIZONA GWATERSRESOURCES EWS GBULLFFIN NEWS BULLETIN 75-1 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1975 INFORMATION DISSEMINATION: Arizona Water Commission to demonstrate computer-aided STATUS REPORT techniques of groundwater data dissemination to local and State planners having need of such data. For the past five years the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), University of Arizona, aas been coordinating In addition to the above methods of disseminating informa- a program of Information Dissemination and Technology tion, two computer-oriented programs for access to water Transfer. The purpose of the project is to present research and information and data areavailable and currently under other water-related information and findings to the public, and development. various governmental agencies and organizations, for practical 1. ArizonaWaterInformationSystem(AWlS):The application and use in planning and decision making. Arizona Water Information System (AWlS) is a name synon- At the present time three major methods of disseminating ymous with water dissemination activities at the University of information are being utilized: Arizona.Initiallyfunded throughthe Water Resources Newsletter and Project Bulletins:The Arizona Water Research Center, AWLS now enjoys partial funding from Commission, the Office of Arid Lands Studies, and the WRRC Arizona State agencies. jointly publish the Arizona Water Resources News Bulletin It was developed by the Office of Arid Lands Studies to bimonthly.The purpose of the publicationisto keep provide Arizonans a mechanism whereby up-to-date informa- Arizonans informed about water-related publications, research, tion relating to water activities of the various agencies within and activities. theState can be monitored. To accomplish this task a The Project Information Bulletin is also published approx- computerized storage-and-retrieval system has been devised to imately six times a year as research projects are completed. place water projects on call for retrieval by various means: by Each Bulletin gives a summary and results of an individual specifying keywords, counties, river basins, etc., or by request- project. ing water projects by the agency performing the task. To date The WRRC is presently trying to update the News Bulletin over 1,000 projects from 60 different agencies are available on to better serve our readers. News contacts throughout the computer file. Frequent use of the file results from back- State who can supply water-related information from their ground information needed prior to proposed new research; area, such as water problems, research needs, water-related routine questions regarding water supply in a region; and a meetings or conferences, are needed. Anyone having such need-to-know of related water activities by other institutions information is encouraged to contact one of the editors. within the State. The latest development within the AWLS mandate, sup- Personal Contacts:In the past six months the number of Arizonans receiving the Newsletter has expanded to include ported by the Arizona Water Commission (AWC), is a data almost 1,000 readers. This recent expansion has been partly storage and terminal retrieval system on the University of due to personal contacts made through presentations to Arizona DEC-10 computer for AWC test data sets currently residing in AWLS. The DEC-10 system offers a solution to the variousorganizationsandgroupsregardingtheWater Resources Research Center and itscapability to supply problem of delay in delivery of output by mail by allowing information concerning water resources in Arizona and the real-time access to the data sets via a remote terminal hookup to existing telephone lines from Phoenix or from other remote Southwest. points within the State. The expansion of AWlS capability for Seminars, Workshops, and Conferences:The Water remote access of hydrologic data will facilitate the AWC's Resources Research Center cosponsors conferences on water- efforts to evaluate the efficiency of a water information related topics of interest to Arizonans (see Upcoming Events). system for State government. Such a development will enable Future workshops are plannedin cooperation with the ARIZONA WATER COMMISSION WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER OFFICE OF ARID LANDS STUDIES anyone with an appropriate terminal, as well as the Commis- technical sessionswill be held at the Braniff Place, 180 sion, to answer on a pilot study basis, routine questions W. Broadway, Tucson, on May 8-9, 1975. relating to Arizona's water resources, easily, economically, and Preliminary programs further detailing the symposium and on short notice. registration instructions have been mailed to our readers. The following topics and speakers are included in the 2. RECON:RECONisacomputerized information retrieval system, designed to allow the user to search large files program: of document citations. Information such as titles, authors, keywords, and abstracts for literature articles and research projects can be accessed from RECON at the University of Session I : Overview of Energy Arizona,fromtheEnergyResearch and Development and Water Requirements Administration's Oak Ridge National Laboratory computer Outlook for Lower Colorado Basin Energy Supply and facility. Retrievals are made in real-time with a local printing Demand - Mr. Jack Horton, Assistant Secretary for Land capabilityfor rapid user access to the information. Itis and Water Resources, U.S. Department of the Interior, anticipated that users of RECON wifi include the academic Washington, D.C. community, government agencies, private firms and others. Overview of Water Requirements for Electric Power Genera- RECON accesses a variety of information bases including tion - Dr. Gordon Jacoby, Lake Powell Research Project, Nuclear Science Abstracts, Energy Data Base, Energy R&D Institute of Geophysics, University of California at Los Projects, Power Reactor Dockets, Coal Gasification Research, Angeles. Water Use As a Factor in Meeting Electric Power Needs - Mr. Water Resources Abstracts, and specific data bases covering Dick Durning, Staff Consultant, Salt River Project, Phoenix. Toxic Materials, Heated Effluents, Superconductors, Magneto- Water forEnergy As Related to Water Rights in Colorado River hydrodynamics,Thermonuclear,Radioisotopes,Nuclear Basin - Mr. Wes Steiner, Executive Director, Arizona Water Isotopes, Ores, and Nuclear Safety Information. Commission, Phoenix. Of particular importance to our readers are the Water Resources Abstracts. This bibliographic data base is prepared Session Il: Water and Energy Required to Develop New Fuel Sources and maintained by the Water Resources Scientific Information Center, Department of the Interior. The information covers Water and Energy Requirements for an Oil Shale Industry - water-related aspects of the life, Physical, and Social Sciences, Dr. Lynn Rophfeld, Atlantic-Richfield, Los Angeles. Water and Energy Requirements for Developing Geothermal as well as the engineering and legal aspects of the character- Energy, Problems of Residual Disposal, Geopressured Zones istics, conservation, control, use, and management of water As Water Resources - Dr. Dennis Norton, Department of resources. Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson. The fileof over 80,000 entries beginning in 1968 is Water and Energy Required to Operate Coal Gasification available for retrieval by personal author, index terms (key- Facilities and Waste Water Treatment Requirements - Mr. words), or WRSIC category code. The index terms used come Howard L. Holder, Manager, Chemical Engineering Division, from the Water Resources Thesaurus, Second Edition, and a El Paso Natural Gas, El Paso. copy of this thesaurus is available for consultation at the Water and Energy Requirements to Mine,Process, and Office of Arid Lands Studies or the Water Resources Research Reprocess Nuclear Fuels - Dr. Robert Seale, Department Center. of Nuclear Energy, University of Arizona, Tucson. Water and Energy Requirements in the Mining and Processing The University of Arizona facility serves the states of Including Land Reclamation - Mr. Eugene Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, of Coal, Neihaus, Peabody Coal Company, St. Louis. Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington. To date Water and Energy Requirements for Solar Energy - Dr. approximately five search requests are being received perdy. Howard T. Odum and Mr. Mark Brown, University of Florida, Gainesville. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA SPONSORS Session Ill: Treatment, Reuse and REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES SYMPOSIUM Environmental Impact Environmental Effects of Solar Farms - Dm. Aden B. and The University of Arizona has announced plans for a Marjorie Memel, Optical Sciences Center, University of regional Water Resources symposium entitled "Water Require- Arizona, Tucson. ments for Lower Colorado River Basin Energy Needs." Advanced Processes: WaterDesaltingand Reuse - Dr. Raymond Cosponsors of the symposium include the Arizona State Fuel A. Sierka, Department of Civil Engineering, University of and Energy Office, and the University of Arizona Water Arizona, Tucson. Resources Research Center, Department of Chemical Engineer- The Potential for Aquaculture Utilizing Waste Heat from ing, Department of Geosciences, Department of Nuclear Power Plants - Mr. Neal Hicks, Environmental Research Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson. Engineering, and the Office of Arid Lands Studies. Water Consumption in Po wer Plant Heat Reduction - Dr. Rocco The objectives of this symposium are to provide the