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Media Calendar: Egyptian Leader Discusses Global Water Challenges

Oct. 2, Tuesday, 4:10-5 p.m. -- Future water-scarcity challenges in Egypt and around the world will be discussed during a free, public talk by Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, president of the World Water Council and Egyptian minister of water resources and irrigation. He will focus on Egypt's current reform policy and national water resources plan. Abu-Zeid earned his master's degree and doctoral degree in engineering from ºÙºÙÊÓƵ. He has conducted research on water resources, irrigation, drainage, groundwater and the environment, and contributed to the development of practical solutions for water use in the Nile River basin and the greater Middle East. His talk will be presented in room 3001 of the Plant and Environmental Sciences Building, just north of ºÙºÙÊÓƵ' Memorial Union. Contact: Rick Snyder, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, (530) 752-4628, rlsnyder@ucdavis.edu, or John Stumbos, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, (530) 754-4979, jdstumbos@ucdavis.edu.

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Pat Bailey, Research news (emphasis: agricultural and nutritional sciences, and veterinary medicine), 530-219-9640, pjbailey@ucdavis.edu

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