Newsha K. Ajami is the director of Urban Water Policy with Stanford University’s Water in the West and NSF-ReNUWIt initiatives. She is a hydrologist specializing in sustainable water resource management, water policy, the water-energy-food nexus, and advancing uncertainty assessment techniques impacting hydrological predictions. Dr. Ajami received her Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of California, Irvine, an M.S. in hydrology and water resources from the University of Arizona, and a B.S. in civil and environmental engineering from Tehran Polytechnic. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/newsha-k-ajami/rss en Innovation Management & Supply Mon, 04 Jul 2016 03:58:47 +0000 Newsha K. Ajami https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/07/04/how-california-could-reinvent-the-water-sector https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/07/04/how-california-could-reinvent-the-water-sector The state has an opportunity to be a real leader but would need devote more resources to funding innovation and research, and diversifying its portfolio with more water reuse, greywater, stormwater capture, efficiency and conservation.