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Water Resources Challenges Survey -- Take It!
The Media of Water
Check Out AWRA's Virtual Exhibit Hall
AWRA Half-Year Member Offer
2009 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference -- Preliminary Program Online
2010 AWRA Specialty Conference -- Call for Abstracts Online
2010 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference -- Mark Your Calendars
Water Resources Information
AWRA State Section Activities
Non-AWRA Calls for Abstracts
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What Water Resources Challenges Do We Face in the Next Decade?
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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.
  
 
The Media of Water:
Stories of general interest about water and water issues in the media.
 
Posts on Sustainable Water Planning, the ongoing saga of the ACF Basin, water policy & more.
 
 Oceans at Risk
 NPR series on threats to the health of ocean ecosystems.
 
It's just theoretical at this point, but I can't wait for this product to hit the market.
 
NPR story on the recent ruling in the tri-state water fight.
 
Have you seen something in the news that we should share?  Email me the link.
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 Member News
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 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:
 
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April Journal 
 
AWRA Job Awareness Program
Where the Water Resources Jobs Are
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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.
 
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Connections

The E-Newsletter of the

American Water Resources Association

Keeping You Connected

August 2009

Dear :
 
"Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that."
- Homer Simpson 
 
Homer's cynicism notwithstanding, we'd like to know what our community of water resources professionals thinks are the most challenging water resources issues facing us in the next decade.  The Water Resources IMPACT editorial staff has created a very brief survey on the matter, and we hope you'll take it. 
 
Those who complete the survey can enter to win one of the rare and beautiful AWRA t-shirts.  So, take it now!
 
The results of the survey will be shared during a panel presentation at the AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference, and will also help set the editorial agenda for IMPACT for upcoming issues.
 
Thanks for participating!
 
Terry
 
Terry Meyer
AWRA
 
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Preliminary Program Online!
Red Lion Hotel * Seattle, WA
November 9-12, 2009

Join the Growing List of Sponsors! Information and sponsorship application are here.

US EPA * AECOM  *  GEOEngineers * Black & Veatch 

Make plans today to join us in Seattle, WA for

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Call for Abstracts Online!
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GIS & Water Resources VI
Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel * Orlando, FL
March 29-31, 2010
Submit Abstracts by:  October 9, 2009
 
Recognizing that Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become a fundamental tool for the analysis, planning, and management of environmental and water resources systems, AWRA launched a series of biennial conferences on this increasingly important topic for water resources professionals.  The spring 2010 conference will be the sixth in this series. AWRA's GIS conferences have seen both the breadth and depth of GIS application areas in water resources and the variety of GIS software tools to support such efforts expand dramatically in recent years.  This sixth specialty 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 submit and abstract and plan 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 NEWS: 
Opening Plenary Speaker Set
 

 CONFERENCE LINKS: 
Conference Home

(Room Rate REDUCED to $139 single/double!)
 
Mark your Calendars! 
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The Delaware and New Jersey State Sections
of the American Water Resources Association
look forward to welcoming you to the
 
2010 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference
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.  In addition to the broad range of topics AWRA always encourages,  the conference organizers will look for 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 will be online Feb 2010.  
Put it in your calendar
(and in your 2010 budget plans!),
bookmark this link, and watch this space for more info.

Water Resources Information
 
US EPA Watershed Webcast
Introduction to Water Quality Standards
September 10, 2009  *  1-3pm Eastern 
Tune into this Webcast to learn about WQS, which are the foundation of the water quality-based pollution control program mandated by the CWA. The Webcast will highlight the three major components of state and tribal water quality standards e.g., designated uses, water quality criteria, antidegradation, and will include a case study of how one state is working to strengthen its WQS program. Future Webcasts will highlight other aspects of the CWA including monitoring and assessment, total maximum daily loads, programs for managing point sources and nonpoint sources, and wetland protection.
More information and an archive of other US EPA webcasts are available at the link. 

 Encyclopedia of Life
 The Encyclopedia of Life is a new online reference and database which seeks to catalogue all 1.8 million species currently known to science.  It plans to stay current by capturing information on newly discovered and formally described species. Each species pages provides information via a consistently structured template. Material on species pages has been authenticated (endorsed) by scientists who are experts on that species. Species pages will become richer as more information is authenticated and added. Information on how to contribute to the Encyclopedia of Life is available at the link.
The National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) provides an understanding of water-quality conditions; whether conditions are getting better or worse over time; and how natural features and human activities affect those conditions.  Visit the link for recent technical announcements, reports, interactive online mapping, and podcasts on topics like:
Prediction of Atrazine Concentrations
Water quality in the High Plains aquifer
Mercury in Fish, Water, and Sediment

USGS Public Lecture Series: Science in Action"Baked Alaska: What's Happening to the Glaciers in Alaska?"
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm
USGS National Center, Reston, VA
Join USGS scientist Dr. Bruce F. Molnia to explore the relationship between Alaska's glaciers, climate, and sea level. Visit a number of Alaskan landscapes and examine their changes on yearly, decadal, and century time scales. Glaciers are Earth's largest reservoir of freshwater. As they change, so does global sea level. Alaska has one of the largest accumulations of glaciers anywhere on Earth outside of the Polar regions. For most of the past half century, Alaska has experienced a significant increase in temperature that has profoundly impacted its glaciers. Free and open to the public.  More information about this as well as past and future free lectures is available at the link.

AWRA State Section Activities
National Capital Region State Section
Drs. Robert Hirsch, Ellen Douglas & Leonard Shabman
NAPA Building * Washington, DC
September 24, 2009
 
New Mexico State Section
54th Annual New Mexico Water Conference
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
Non-AWRA
Calls for Abstracts 
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: September 19, 2009
 
Vail, CO
 January 17-20, 2010
Submit Abstracts by: October 1, 2009
 
 Toronto, Ontario
 February 18-19, 2010
Submit Abstract by: January 8, 2010


 

Other Water Resources Conferences
  
 Floodplain Management Association Annual Conference
The Fairmont Hotel  * San Jose, CA
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
 
GeoHalifax2009
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 Symposium on Terminus Lakes: Preserving Endangered Lakes through Research
Joe Crowley Student Union * University of Nevada, Reno * Reno, NV
 October 26-29, 2009 
International Water Prize Ceremony
Norman, OK
October 26-27, 2009
 
First Southeastern Water Trails Forum
Chattanooga Marriott  *  Chattanooga, TN 
October 29-30, 2009
 
Wuhan, China
November 1-5, 2009
 
November 1-5, 2009
 
 Waterfront Place Hotel *  Morgantown, West Virginia.
November 3-5, 2009 

11th International Conference on Estuarine & Coastal Modeling
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 
January 20-22, 2010

International African Water and Sanitation Exhibition and Congress

Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort  *  Kampala, Uganda
March 15-18, 2010

 Watershed 2010 Management Conference
Madison, WI
August 23-27, 2010

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