Local Events & Meetings Calendar   Conference December 1-5, 2008: International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management Responses, at UC Irvine. Convened by UNESCO, UC Irvine and USGS. More details to come! Conference January 29, 2009: State of the Santa Ana River Watershed: Overcoming Boundaries hosted by SAWPA at the Ontario Convention Center as part of the "One Water, One Watershed" planning process.