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Peter Kroopnick, Science Committee Chair

KroopnickDr. Peter Kroopnick retired to Prescott in 2009 and promptly joined CWAG. He is currently serving as head of the Science Committee and a member of the Board of Directors. Before his retirement, he was a practicing hydrogeologist for a major engineering company and an instructor in Hydrogeology at Arizona State University. He specializes in groundwater modeling and environmental chemistry.
Pete earned his PhD from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, went on to teach and conduct research at the University of Hawaii before leaving academia for private practice at Exxon Production Research and several large engineering companies active in groundwater contamination and resource exploration.
He has served as President of the Arizona Hydrological Society and is currently active in both this organization as well as Prescott Creeks. For pleasure he works as a volunteer Park Ranger for the City of Prescott and can be found most days biking on one of the many excellent single track trails in the Prescott National Forest.

DAILY DROPLET

  • "Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners."
    Mark Udall

  • "Water is the driver of Nature."
    Leonardo da Vinci

  • "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water."
    Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1746

  • "...and since flow of information is to spirit what water is to life, we'd best think about how to keep the pipes free and unclogged."
    Raphie Frank

  • "In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference."
    Rachel Carson

  • "We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
    Jacques Yves Cousteau

  • "Water is life's matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water."
    Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine

  • "Water is everywhere and in all living things; we cannot be separated from water. No water, no life. Period..."
    Robert Fulghum

  • "It's the water. Everything is driven by the water."
    Mike Thompson

  • "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over."
    Mark Twain