SABBATICAL REPORT
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
This report lists the activities and work completed during a Type B sabbatical leave taken Fall 2007.
HYDROLOGIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF IRRIGATION
- Ponce, V. M. 2007. Hydrologic and environmental impact of the irrigations of La Joya and San Isidro-La Cano on the Victor valley, Arequipa, Peru. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/vitor_hydrologic_impact_01.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2008. What to do about the Vitor valley slides? http://ponce.sdsu.edu/slides_vitor.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2007. Impacto hidrológico y ambiental de las irrigaciones de La Joya y San Isidro-La Cano en el valle de Vítor, Arequipa, Perú. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/vitor_impacto_hidrologico_01.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2008. ¿Qué hacer acerca de los deslizamientos del valle de Vítor? http://ponce.sdsu.edu/vitor_deslizamientos.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2008. The facts about San Joaquin valley drainage. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_facts_about_san_joaquin_valley_drainage.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2008. The price to pay for agricultural sustainability. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_price_to_pay.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2008. To drain or not to drain: That is the question http://ponce.sdsu.edu/to_drain_or_not_to_drain.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2008. Sustainable irrigation: Can it be done? http://ponce.sdsu.edu/sustainable_irrigation.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2008. A case of drainage: The story of Wellton-Mohawk. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/wellton_mohawk.html
- Ponce, V. M., 2008. The resource dilemma: The settlement of less-than-optimal lands. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_resource_dilemma.html
Copies of these reports have been posted on the web and are also attached.
Plans are underway to incorporate the content of these reports into CIV E 633 Environmental Hydrology. This graduate course will be taught in Fall 2008.
RELATED TRAVEL AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
During the summer 2007, Dr. Ponce visited the Central valley, in California, to learn first-hand about the salinity and drainage problems besetting this valley. He also visited the Wellton-Mohawk irrigation project, in Wellton, Arizona, to learn about its salinity management programs.
Dr. Ponce spent the Fall 2007 semester in Arequipa, Peru, performing field studies and becoming acquainted with the salinity and related geotechnical problems of the neighboring Vitor valley. On occasion, he guest-lectured in the civil engineering department at the Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria (UCSM), in Arequipa. He was instrumental in developing a cooperative agreement between SDSU and UCSM to carry out interdisciplinary research in the Vitor valley.