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RENEW TODAY! Seriously, AWRA Regular members who renew for 2010 by TODAY, September 30, can take $10 off their renewal. We are offering this renewal discount in recognition of the savings afforded by early electronic renewal. You can renew any of the following ways:
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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:
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Half-Year Member Campaign Underway
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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.
Extreme Ice Survey
The Extreme Ice Survey uses ground-based, real-time, time-lapse photography, conventional photography, and video to document the rapid changes now occurring on the Earth's glacial ice. The EIS team has installed 27 time-lapse cameras at 15 sites in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, and the Rocky Mountains. EIS supplements this ongoing record with annual repeat photography in Iceland, the Alps, and Bolivia. While your there, be sure to visit the photo galleries & time-lapse videos. Then watch James Balog present to TED. |
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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. |
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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
September 2009 |
Dear :
"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself." Jessamyn West
As I sit here on this final day of September, I cannot help but smile at the irony. I am pulling together this issue of Connections on the last day that I can possibly send you the September issue (and still call it the September issue) ... as I prepare to remind you, dear readers, of the perils of putting things off.
First, for AWRA members:
In recognition of the savings in paper, postage, time, and carbon emissions (not to mention paper cuts) we have been running a special membership renewal offer for AWRA Regular members who renew early and electronically. Take $10 off your 2010 dues if you renew by TODAY! Yes, today, September 30, 2009. (Most other membership categories save as well.) More info here. Have a question? Ask me today.
Second, for those thinking about GIS in the Springtime:
The deadline for abstract submittal for the 2010 AWRA Spring Specialty Conference on GIS & Water Resources is October 9, 2009. That's next Friday. If you're planning on submitting, why wait? More info here.
These are what I like to call "low-hanging fruit" opportunities. Easy pickin'. Grab one today.
Yours in irony,
Terry
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Need a Reason to Go?
Red Lion Hotel * Seattle, WA
November 9-12, 2009
Click here
for a handy-dandy list of the
by October 19 for the best rates
by October 16 for the lowest room rate
Make plans today to join us in Seattle, WA for
Community Conversation Connections |
Submit Abstracts by October 9
GIS & Water Resources VI
Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel * Orlando, FL
(Room Rate REDUCED to $139 single/double!)
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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 Call for Abstracts will be online Feb 2010.
Mark your calendar (and add it to your 2010 budget!),
bookmark this link, and watch this space for more info. |
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Water Resources Information
Water Quality Information Network
The Water Quality Information Network (WQIN) is a collaborative community for the purpose of Exchanging Water Quality Knowledge. With the exception of discussion lists, there are still limited resources that allow water professionals, researchers, agencies and stakeholders to disseminate other kinds of information that could benefit Water Quality Projects, such as methods, experiences, models, metadata, water quality assessments, opinions and any other relevant knowledge related to the field. In order to promote collaboration, there is a need for more efficient communication tools that will enable information, while keeping it reliable, to be published faster. The Water Quality Knowledge and Information Network was established to promote collaboration, providing an efficient communication tool enabling information to be disseminated faster. Click on the link for more information.
CSIS Report "Enhancing US Leadership on Drinking Water & Sanitation"
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) provides strategic insights and practical policy solutions to decisionmakers. CSIS conducts research and analysis and develops policy initiatives that look into the future and anticipate change. Their recently released report, "Enhancing US Leadership on Drinking Water and Sanitation: Opportunities Within Global Health Programs," focuses on the links among water, sanitation, and the health sector and identifies opportunities for greater U.S. engagement on water and sanitation as global health challenges. Download a copy at the link. Circle of Blue Waterviews:
Global Survey Shows Water Tops Global Priority List A comprehensive global public opinion survey on attitudes about fresh water sustainability, management, and conservation finds that people around the world view water issues as the planet's top environmental problem, greater than air pollution, depletion of natural resources, loss of habitat, and climate change. The poll surveyed 1,000 people in each of 15 countries and probed 500 in each of the following countries on specific questions: Canada, China, India, Mexico, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The results were released on August 18 in Stockholm as part of World Water Week. The independent survey was commissioned by Circle of Blue, the Michigan-based international network of leading journalists, scientists, and communicators and Pacific Institute affiliate focused on global water issues. Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP) supported the research, which was conducted by GlobeScan, a global survey research firm. View the report and complete results at the link. |
| AWRA State Section Activities
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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
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Calls for Abstracts |
"What is New in the 21st Century"
Vail, CO
January 17-20, 2010
Submit Abstracts by: October 1, 2009
Toronto, Ontario
February 18-19, 2010
Submit Abstract by: January 8, 2010
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Other Water Resources Conferences
Walt Disney Resort Hotel * Orlando, FL
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
Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil
November 23-24, 2009
Manila, Philippines
The New Green Economy: Aligning Science, Education, and Markets
Ronald Reagan Building * Washington, DC
January 20-22, 2010
Hilton Head Island, SC
February 21-25, 2010 |
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International African Water and Sanitation Exhibition and Congress
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