School hosts water expert in seminar

UCI’s second annual Women in Water seminar will welcome a water expert from Nevada to speak about the West’s ability to adapt to climate change.

Pat Mulroy, who oversees Las Vegas’ 340,000 water district customers, will speak on “Climate Change and the American West: Can We Adapt?” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at UCI’s Arnold & Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering building.

Mulroy serves on the Assn. of Metropolitan Water Agencies and National Water Resources Assn. boards of directors. She’s also a trustee on a water research foundation board. The event will feature women in water-related fields and is hosted by the university’s Urban Water Research Center.

The event is free and open to the public, and reservations are encouraged. For more information, call (949) 824-3442.

— Joseph Serna