ORWSC Director gives opening remarks at the January 2026 Water Workforce Career Workshop. The workshop, hosted by the UPP, was attended by more than 50 representatives from universities, federal and state agencies, and municipal water providers to collaborate on the future of Oregon’s water workforce.  The Oregon Water Science Center (ORWSC) received Portland State University’s (PSU) 2026 Public Impact Partner Award. This award recognizes external partners whose collaboration with PSU has generated outstanding public impact through research, education, and community engagement. The award recognizes the nearly two decades of close collaboration in the USGS-PSU Partnership (UPP).   Formally established in 2007, and sustained by successive five-year Cooperative Research Agreements, the UPP enables collaborative research on water supply, water quality, hydrologic hazards, and hydro-biological resources that are critical to residents of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.…