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is sponsoring a survey to find out. We invite you to give us your opinion!
It won't take long -- 10 minutes, tops -- and the results will not only provide fodder for upcoming Water Resource IMPACT issues, they will also be the basis for a stimulating panel discussion at the AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference in Seattle.
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The Media of Water:
Stories of general interest about water and water issues in the media.
Winners of water vacation contest, and posts about water policy, potty-mouth campaigns for sanitation ... you know, the usual stuff ...
Unquenchable
Robert Glennon's new book, Unquenchable, has been garnering some mainstream attention. Check out Glennon's appearance on The Daily Show.
PRI International
Interview with Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker correspondent and author of Field Notes of a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change. Also, check out the PRI International report on Water & Cooperation in the Middle East. Both have additional links of interest you can check out while you're listening.
It's time to visit this website again. We mentioned it here when it was first launching. It has since taken off. You'll want to bookmark this one ... and go back often. |
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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 Member News
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Wiley-Blackwell Extends Discount Offer to AWRA Members In addition to the recently announced 25% discount on all of their entire catalog of products, Wiley-Blackwell is now offering a 30% discount on dozens of water resources titles and products. To take advantage of either of these discounts:
first, login
and grab the appropriate discount code, then go visit:
Not yet a member? Read on!
************** Half-Year Member Campaign Underway
& simply enter
OFFER CODE HY809
to join as a half-year member.
You'll save on your AWRA Annual Conference registration and you'll have online access to the AWRA publications you've missed from the beginning of the year until now, too! View some sample content by clicking on the images below:
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| 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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Connections
The E-Newsletter of the
American Water Resources Association
Keeping You Connected
July 2009 |
Dear :
"No one needs a vacation more than the person who just had one." -- unknown
So, this is especially true if you're going anywhere recommended by a Connections reader! I have learned about so many wonderful, active vacation spots across the United States (and beyond). I have also learned that when you folks vacation, you do not spend a lot of time sitting back with your feet up.
Thanks to everyone who submitted ideas for my long September weekend. It was practically impossible to choose from among the regular haunts and surprising selections that you shared with me, but someone had to win, so ...
The winners of my impromptu Water Vacation Contest are
Congratulations!
Read more about the contest, and check out virtually all of the entries on the AWRA Water Blog! Or go straight to the summary. I've illustrated the 50 or so suggestions with photos of my family vacations, and you can find enough ideas for 20 years worth of fabulous vacations. If you missed participating last month, you can add your own best water vacation in the comments area.
Terry Meyer
AWRA
P.S. If you like this audience participation stuff, please take a few minutes a complete this brief survey on the Water Resources Challenges of the Next Decade, sponsored by Water Resources IMPACT. You can read more about it over in the left column, but I thought it might catch your eye over here, too! |
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Preliminary Program Online Next Week!
Red Lion Hotel * Seattle, WA
November 9-12, 2009
Breaking Conference News!
- PROGRAM Will be Posted Next Week! In the meantime:
Room Rate REDUCED! Red Lion Hotel reduced the room rate for the AWRA Conference to $149/night single/double. (It was $165/night!)
Registration is OPEN! Register early for the best registration rates. Better yet, join now, then register and save even more.
Exhibit Hall is FILLING! Don't wait until the last minute to reserve your booth. The AWRA Exhibit Hall hosts all of the refreshment breaks, and we limit the number of booths to insure lots of face-to-face interaction. And, your reservation gets you a listing in the AWRA Virtual Exhibit Hall.
Join the Growing List of Sponsors! Information and sponsorship application are here.
Make plans today to join us in Seattle, WA for
Community Conversation Connections
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Call for Abstracts Online!
GIS & Water Resources VI
Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel * Orlando, FL
March 29-31, 2010
Submit Abstracts by: October 9, 2009
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become a fundamental tool for the analysis, planning and management of environmental and water resources systems. This Specialty Conference continues the AWRA biennial tradition of surveying the state of knowledge in the field, following the 2004 conference in Nashville, 2006 conference in Houston and 2008 conference in San Mateo. Because of its interdisciplinary approach to water resource opportunities and problems, AWRA provides an excellent professional home for the most comprehensive forum on the application of GIS to water resources engineering and sciences.
Both the breadth and depth of GIS application areas in water resources and the number and variety of GIS software tools to support such efforts have expanded dramatically in recent years. Hence it is expected that this conference will include presentations and topics on a number of exciting new developments and research findings at the intersection of GIS and water resources engineering and sciences. Researchers, practitioners, and students working in this field are encouraged to attend, keeping in mind that GIS includes commercial or open source software, custom geospatial modeling solutions, virtual worlds, web-based mapping, and more! Conference Home |
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Mark your Calendars! 
The Delaware and New Jersey State Sections
of the American Water Resources Association
Loews Philadelphia Hotel * Philadelphia, PA
November 1-4, 2010
The conference committee aims to provide a conference that explores a wide range of water resources research, policy, management and other technical topics. We invite you to present your research, planning and implementation projects in this unique, multidisciplinary setting.
In addition to the broad range of topics AWRA always encourages, the conference organizers will look submissions on special topics, including those of local interest with broader implications. Special topics may include:
- Managing water resources to adapt to climate change
- Health of Saltwater Marshes
- Hydrophilanthropy
- Use of stimulus funding for water resources projects - results and outcomes
- Stormwater utilities
- Drought/flooding - managing water extremes on the Delaware River
- Energy/water nexus
- Dam removal
- Social marketing
The Call for Abstracts be online February 2010.
Put it in your calendar
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Water Resources Information
A Chemical Reaction, is a documentary scheduled for release in 2009 (possibly at the Toronto Film Festival) that tells the story of one of the most powerful and effective community initiatives in the history of North America: Hudson v. Spraytech & ChemLawn in 2000-2001 and what has happened in Canada since that time with regard to bans on lawn chemicals and protecting the environment. Watch the trailer at the link, then plan to see it in when it reaches the theaters. Aquapedia
Aquapedia is a virtual world of reliable, relevant, and readily available water information and wisdom collected and synthesized by users and producers of explicit (water information) and tacit (water wisdom) knowledge. The transformative and collaborative power of AquaPedia will make water a flexible and expandable resource. AquaPedia was developed at Tufts, and the initial content consists of case studies drawn from the Tufts Fall 2008 University Seminar on Water and Diplomacy: Integration of Science, Engineering, and Negotiations. EPA Water Quality Video Contest Winners
In March 2009 EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds launched a Water Quality Video Contest to inspire environmental stewardship and educate the public on ways individuals can improve water quality in their community. More than 250 video submissions were received, and the winners were recently announced. Click on the link to view the winning videos. |
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Water Planning in a Time of Uncertainty
Isleta Casino and Resort * Isleta, NM
October 14 - 16, 2009
Pennsylvania State Section
Lycoming College * Williamsport, PA
October 22 -23
Oregon & Idaho State Sections Official
At its recent Board of Directors meeting, the AWRA Board approved the establishment of the Oregon and Idaho AWRA State Sections. It's official!! If you are interested in joining the effort, please contact Michael Campana for Oregon, or Kathy Peter for Idaho.
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Portland, OR
October 18-21, 2009
Submit Abstract by:
August 11, 2009
Madison, WI
August 23-27, 2010
Submit Abstracts by: August 12, 2009
Hilton Head Island, SC
February 21-25, 2010
Submit Proposal for Oral & Poster Presentations:
September 15, 2009
Denver, CO
April 25-29, 2010
Submit Abstract by:
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January 8, 2010
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Other Water Resources Conferences
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
Westin Kierland Resort & Spa * Scottsdale, AZ
August 30-September 2, 2009
September 8-11, 2009
Second International Conference on Forests & Water in a Changing Environment
North Carolina State University * Raleigh, NC
September 12-14, 2009
and the Future of Resevoirs
Westin Crown Center * Kansas City, MO
September 14-16, 2009
Halifx Marriott * Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canad
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
September 24-25, 2009
Walter E. Washington Convention Center * Washington, DC
September 29 - October 1, 2009
Walt Disney Resort Hotel * Orlando, FL
October 4-8, 2009
CSIR International Convention Center * Pretoria, South Africa
October 19-23, 2009
International Water Prize Ceremony
Norman, OK
October 26-27, 2009
October 29-30, 2009
Wuhan, China
November 1-5, 2009
The Grand Hyatt * Seattle, WA
November 4-6, 2009
Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil
November 23-24, 2009
Manila, Philippines
November 23-27, 2009
The New Green Economy: Aligning Science, Education, and Markets
Ronald Reagan Building * Washington, DC
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International African Water and Sanitation Exhibition and Congress
Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort * Kampala, Uganda
March 15-18, 2010
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