Kennith E. Foster. Professor and Director, Office of Arid Lands Studies. Ph.D., University of Arizona. Water conservation and reuse.

Water availability is a limiting factor to arid lands development worldwide. Current research centers on urban water conservation in the areas of greywater utilization, rooftop water catchment, and low water use landscaping.

Thurston, J.A., J.A. Falabi, C.P. Gerba, K.E. Foster, and M.M. Karpiscak. 1996. Fate of Indicator Organisms, Giardia and Cryptosporidium, in Two Constructed Wetlands. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Wetlands Systems for Water Pollution Control, International Association on Water Quality. Vienna, Austria, September 15-19, 1996. Water Science and Technology?

Karpiscak, M.M., C.P. Gerba, P.M. Watt, K.E. Foster, and J.A. Falabi. 1996. Multi-species Plant Systems for Wastewater Quality Improvement and Habitat Enhancement. International Association on Water Quality. Water Science and Technology 33:231-236.

Foster, K.E. and M.M. Karpiscak. 1995. Residential Water Conservation: An Appropriate Technology for the Rapidly Developing Arabian Peninsula. In Proceedings of the International conference on Water Resources Management in Arid Countries. March 12-16, 1995. Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Vol. 1:39-47.

Gerba, C.P., T.M. Straub, J.B. Rose, M.M. Karpiscak, K.E. Foster, R.G. Brittain. In Press. Water Quality Study of Greywater Treatment Systems. Water Resources Bulletin 31:109-116.

Karpiscak, M.M., S.B. Hopf, and K.E. Foster. 1995. Pima County Constructed Ecosystems Research Facility Annual Progress Report VI. Submitted to Pima County Wastewater Management Department, Contract No. 01-03-U-110343-0888.

Bancroft, J. and K.E. Foster. 1994. Deserts. Pages 135-138 in R.A. Eblen and W.R. Eblen, eds. The Encyclopedia of the Environment, Houghton Mifflin Co., N.Y.

Karpiscak, M.M., K.E. Foster, S.B. Hopf, J.M. Bancroft, and P.J. Warshall. 1994. Using Water Hyacinth to Treat Municipal Wastewater in the Desert Southwest. Water Resources Bulletin, 30(2):219-228.

Karpiscak, M.M., R.G. Brittain, and K.E. Foster. 1994. Desert House: A Demonstration/Experiment in Efficient Domestic Water Use. Water Resources Bulletin, 30: 329-334.

Karpiscak, M.M., K.E. Foster, S.B. Hopf, and G.W. France. 1993. ìTreating Municipal Effluent Using Constructed Wetlands Technology in the Sonora Desertî. May G. Wallace (ed.), Proceedings of the ìSymposium on Effluent Use Management and Abstracts. American Water Resources Association 29th Annual Conferenceî. August 29 - September 2. Tucson, Arizona. Pp. 45-53.

Karpiscak, M.M., R.G. Brittain, C.P. Gerba, and K.E. Foster. 1991. Demonstrating Residential Water Conservation and Reuse in the Sonoran Desert: Casa del Agua and Desert House. Water Science Technology. 24(9): 323-330.

Foster, K.E., M.M. Karpiscak and N.G. Wright. 1991. Resources and the Rural Economy. Pages 49-56 in R. , ed., Preserving Arizonaís Environmental Heritage. Briefing Book for the 59th Arizona Town Hall, Grand Canyon, Arizona. October 27-30.

Foster, K.E., M.M. Karpiscak and N.G. Wright. 1991. Agriculture in Arizona. Pages 57-65 in R. Varady, ed., Preserving Arizonaís Environmental Heritage. Briefing Book for the 59th Arizona Town Hall. Grand Canyon, Arizona, October 27-30.

Foster, K.E. and P. Warshall. 1991. A Water Hyacinth Wastewater Treatment System Design for Arid/Semi Arid Regions. Pages 129-138 in Desert Development, Part 1: Desert Agriculture, Ecology and Biology. Harwood Academic Publishers.

Karpiscak, M.M., K.E. Foster, and N. Schmidt. 1990. Residential water conservation: Casa del agua. Water Resources Bulletin. 26:1-10.

Foster, K.E., and M.M. Karpiscak. 1990. Greywater and Its Importance as a Water Supply. Proceedings of Conserv90. Pp. 1061-1062.

DeCook, K.J., K.E. Foster, and M.M. Karpiscak. 1988. The W-index for Residential Water Conservation. Water Resources Bulletin. 24:1295-1301.

Foster, K.E., M.M. Karpiscak, and R.G. Brittain. 1988. Casa del Agua: A Residential Water Conservation and Reuse Demonstration Project in Tucson, Arizona. Water Resources Bulletin. 24:1201-1206.

Foster, K.E., and K.J. DeCook. 1986. Impact of Urban Water Conservation in the Tucson area. Water Resources Bulletin. 22:753-757.