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The 2009 Call for Nominations for AWRA Awards is now open. Each year, AWRA provides the water resources community with many opportunities to recognize the outstanding individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the field in several areas. A complete list of awards and nomination form at the link. Nominations are due May 4, 2009.
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The Media of Water:
Stories of general interest about water and water issues in the media.
Always new posts here. Also a few other water blogs have entered the scene:
by Elizabeth Royte
by Alex Basilevsky
by Gabriel Eckstein
by Peter Gleick
Five ways to make water do magical things, from www.cracked.com.
Sin Aqua Non
The Economist's take on why water shortages are a growing problem.
Frontline's look at the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound decades after the Clean Water Act. |
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| Check Out AWRA's
Virtual Exhibit Hall! |
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AWRA Associate Members, conference sponsors and exhibitors are featured in AWRA's new Virtual Exhibit Hall. One of the many membership benefits of the new Associate membership category is visible presence on the AWRA website and an extensive listing in the AWRA Virtual Exhibit Hall. If your company would like to be included in the AWRA Virtual Exhibit Hall, information is here.
Visitors can ramble the virtual halls of the exhibit hall without leaving the comfort of their homes or offices! Use the alphabetical listing, or do a keyword search to find what you need. |
| AWRA Job Awareness Program
Where the Water Resources Jobs Are |
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Post a Job
AWRA Associate Members receive a significant discount on this invaluable service!
With more than 20,000 hits this month, you can be sure your position is being seen by the right people.
If you have position you'd like to have featured in this column with a link to your posting on the AWRA Job Awareness Program, send me an email.
View Open Positions
A wide variety of disciplines representing open positions in the private sector, governmental agencies, and educational institutions. If you're a water resources professional looking for a new job, start here.
Available to AWRA Members at no charge!
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AWRA Member News Here are a few items of particular interest to AWRA members:
There's Still Time to Renew for 2009
If you haven't renewed yet for 2009, your login to online member benefits has been turned off, but you can still renew:
or
If you are a current AWRA Regular member, and you want to maintain your AWRA membership but are experiencing an economic hardship, contact me. We might be able to assist.
Thank you for your continued membership in AWRA!
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Connections
The E-Newsletter of the
American Water Resources Association
Keeping You Connected
April 2009 |
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"Climate change is so big that people who study it.. and many do.. need to speak to it. They must present scientific papers, they must appear in public, they must speak to the media and we must hear their voices. In order to get policy right, policymakers.. governments.. need to make decisions based on sound science."
Peter Garrett, lead singer of Midnight Oil and Australian Minister of the Environment, Heritage and the Arts
We couldn't agree more with this has-been rock star and rising-star Australian politician! AWRA is on it:
Our 2009 Spring Specialty Conference is on Managing Water Resources in a Changing Climate, and in a few days it will be underway in Anchorage, Alaska. There's still time to participate, but you'll have to register onsite at this point. See below for links and details.
Our 2009 Summer Specialty Conference on Adaptive Management of Water Resources (Snowbird, UT - June 29-July 1, 2009) has a large batch of climate change issues being presented as well. The preliminary program has just been posted. Check it out below and plan to attend!
Terry Meyer
AWRA
P.S. Here are a couple of apropos links regarding Alaska and climate change
Beautifully eerie pics of Mt. Redoubt erupting (boston.com)
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2009 AWRA Spring Specialty Conference
Anchorage Marriott Downtown * Anchorage, AK
May 4-6, 2009
Keynote Speaker
John Walsh, Ph.D.
President's Professor of Climate Change & Chief Scientist
International Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
Post-Conference Field Trips & Workshops
(Thursday, May 7, 2009)
Conference Info:
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BREAKING NEWS!
Preliminary Program Just Posted Online!
No time to elaborate and meet deadline,
but the links will tell you what you need!
2009 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference
Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort * Snowbird UT
June 29-July 1, 2009
Earlybird Registration Deadline:
June 8, 2009
Not sure what Adaptive Management is?
Registration
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Call for Abstracts Online!
Red Lion Hotel * Seattle, WA
November 9-12, 2009
Submit Your Abstract by May 22, 2009
The 2009 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference will provide a forum for participants to explore the many multidisciplinary aspects of water resources. In addition to the diverse mix of technical sessions offered at all AWRA conferences, we will focus attention on a broad range of technical, social and legal topics that are of national and international interest, including:
- conflicts over water and efforts to resolve them
- recent advances in water resource monitoring
- modeling and analysis
- effects and responses to drought, floods, and other natural calamities
- collaborative efforts to address transboundary and international water issues
Regional topics will highlight efforts to protect and clean up Puget Sound, and address emerging issues on the Columbia River, salmon recovery and stormwater management. Of special interest to AWRA members, the 2009 conference will comprise many special topic sessions, including a presentation and panel discussion of the findings of AWRA's ongoing "Water Resources Concerns in the Next Decade" project, an in-depth survey of AWRA members by IMPACT editors that will elucidate the most important water-related issues facing our country, and identify actions necessary to address them.
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Water Resources Information
The US Geological Survey announces a Public Lecture Series on topics under the general heading of "Science in Action". The lectures will be held at 7:00pm to 8:00pm at the Dallas L. Peck Memorial Auditorium of the Reston, VA headquarters office location. Upcoming lectures include:
May 6, 2009 - Our Changing Climate
June 6, 2009 - The River That Swallows All
Visit the link for more information. Handbook on Integrated Water Resources
Management in Basins
The Global Water Partnership and the International Network of Basin Organizations combined their effots to write a "Handbook on IWRM in Basins," which was presented at the World Water Forum in Istanbul. It is now available for download at the link.
The Center for Watershed Protection announces a new webcast series, which will debut with a webcast on Municipal Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping. If your community is wondering how to manage municipal operations to better protect water quality, then this webcast is for you. |
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Idaho State Section Organizes 
AWRA President Jerry Sehlke speaks at the first organizational meeting of Idaho State Section on April 23. Here Jerry is greeted by Rob Richardson of GeoEngineers. If you are interested in becoming involved in this newly forming section, please contact Kathy Peter.
Oregon State Section Organizes
A group of water resources professionals is working on organizing an AWRA State Section in Oregon. If you are interested in joining the effort, please contact Michael Campana.
Indiana State Section
Holiday Inn Conference Center * Columbus, IN
May 6-8, 2009
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Calls for Abstracts |
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Norman, OK
October 26-27, 2009
Submit Abstracts by:
May 1, 2009
Chattanooga, TN
October 29-30, 2009
Submit Abstracts by:
May 15, 2009
Portland, OR
October 18-21, 2009
Submit Abstract by:
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Parmelia Hilton * Perth, Western Australia
May 5-9, 2009
Capital Hilton Hotel * Washington, DC
May 11-13, 2009
Portland, OR
May 11-14, 2009
Kansas City Marriott Downtown * Kansas City, MO
May 17-21, 2009
Prague, Czechoslovakia
June 22-26, 2009 International Hydropower Association 2009 Congress
Reykjavik, Iceland June 23-26, 2009
Utah State University
July 13-17, 2009
Texas A&M University * College Station, TX
August 2-4, 2009
Utah State University
August 10-14, 2009
Sagehen Creek Field Station * Truckee, CA
August 17-21, 2009
Grenoble, France
August 26-28, 2009
North Carolina State University * Raleigh, NC
September 12-14, 2009
Westin Crown Center * Kansas City, MO
September 14-16, 2009
Halifx Marriott * Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canad
September 20-24, 2009
Walt Disney Resort Hotel * Orlando, FL
October 4-8, 2009
Norman, OK
October 26-27, 2009
Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil
November 23-24, 2009
Manila, Philippines
Ronald Reagan Building * Washington, DC
January 20-22, 2010 |
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