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The Media of Water:
Stories of general interest about water and water issues in the media.
Always something new on the AWRA Water Blog.
Have you put your two cents in on AWRA's interactive dialogue on whether or not we need a national water vision? Time's running out!
H2O Uncertain Resource
The 2009 Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College this past October focused on WATER. |
| Where America Stands on Water
CBS report on water supply & demand.
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A Recovery Built on Water
NY Times OpEd by Steven Solomon, author of "Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization." In rebuilding Haiti's water systems, it is imperative to focus on simple and affordable local projects that communities can take responsibility for. Also here's Solomon being interviewed on NPR.
USGS's website of satellite images of earth from a distance. LOVE this.
Have you seen something in the news that we should share? Email me the link. |
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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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2010 Renewal Invoices Are in the Mail!
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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:
and grab the appropriate discount code, then go visit:
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Connections
The E-Newsletter of the
American Water Resources Association
Keeping You Connected
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"What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise - although the philosophers generally call it 'recognition'!" ~ William James
Recognition is in the air! The AWRA Call for Nominations for the 2010 AWRA Awards is online now. AWRA is also accepting nominations for the 2011 AWRA Board of Directors. AWRA State Sections and Student Chapters may submit their entries for AWRA Outstanding State Section and Student Chapter Awards. AND, information about AWRA's Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarships has been posted on our website, too. Here are the relevant links for more information:
More information about AWRA's awards can be found here.
Remembering that, as the Latin proverb goes ... " It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of praise," take a few minutes to check out all the opportunities for recognition, think of your colleagues and how they have advanced water resources over the course of their careers, and submit a nomination in the appropriate category. And, forward the scholarship information to the students you know.
For our part, we celebrate every membership renewal and every new member here at AWRA! So, if you're a member and need to renew, renew here. If you're not yet a member, join here.
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Preliminary Program Online!
Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel * Orlando, FL
March 29-31, 2010
Keynote Speaker
Jack Dangermond, Founder, ESRI
The keynote address will be followed by a plenary panel discussion on strategic information technologies for water resources. The Plenary Panel includes Jack Dangermond; Carol Wehle, Executive Director of South Florida Water Management District; Katherine Lins, Chief of the USGS WRD Office of Water Information; David Maidment, UT Austin; and Catharine Van Ingen, Microsoft Research. These leaders from government, industry and academia will set the tone for our best GIS conference yet.
(Room Rate REDUCED to $139 single/double!)
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Call for Abstracts Online!
2010 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference
International Specialty Conference & Eighth Caribbean Islands Water Resources Congress on T ropical Hydrology & Sustainable Water Resources in a Changing Climate
San Juan, Puerto Rico * August 30 - September 1, 2010
Submit Abstracts by: April 12, 2010
An AWRA Specialty Conference on tropical hydrology was last held in 1998, and it's time to focus our attention on this important issue once again. This conference on Tropical Hydrology & Sustainable Water Resources in a Changing Climate will build on previous conferences to discuss the topic in light of a changing climate. We will consider issues such as water supply, sustainable water planning, water quality, alternative water supplies, and coastal ecosystems.
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Call for Abstracts Coming Soon! 
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!),
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Water Resources Information
The Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) is looking for an Associate Editor for Riparian Ecology and Management. Responsibilities fall into two areas: reviews and subject development. Associate Editorships are volunteer positions, with a term typically lasting 3 years, often extended by mutual agreement. There is no payment, but AE's are listed on the inside cover of JAWRA, are invited to an Associate Editors' Luncheon at the AWRA Annual Conference, and receive our heartfelt thanks. Interested candidates should send their CV to the Editor. The Editor is happy to answer questions by email or in phone calls arranged via email.
USGS Public Lecture Series
"Passing Strange - The Secret Life of Clarence King"
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 7:00pm Noted author Martha Sandweiss will share the amazing story of the secret life of Clarence King, the first USGS director. While he was well-known as a brilliant scientist and architect of the great surveys that mapped the West after the Civil War, he held a deep secret that was not revealed until decades later. Come hear this fascinating account of a man who by day socialized with the upper reaches of society and by night lived secretly as a black man. Not even his family knew his secret.
Submit Entries by April 5, 2010 The 2010 Thacher Environmental Research Contest, an activity of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, awards cash prizes to secondary school students (grades 9-12) whose projects demonstrate the best use of satellites and other geospatial technologies or data to study Earth. Three cash awards will be given: 1st place -- $2,000; 2nd place -- $1,000; and 3rd place -- $500. Entries can be submitted by individuals or teams. In the case of team entries, the cash award will be split equally among the winning team members. |
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Madison Marriott West * Madison, WI March 4-5, 2010
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October 18-21, 2010
Submit abstracts by: February 5, 2010.
UNESCO * Paris, France
December 6-8, 2010
Submit Abstracts by: March 30, 2010
Holiday Inn * West Yellowstone, MT
September 28-30, 2010
Submit Abstracts by April 1, 2010
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Hilton Head Island, SC
February 21-25, 2010
Portland, OR
February 22-26, 2010
Bloemfontein, South Africa
March 1-5, 2010
Boston Marriott Cambridge * Boston, MA
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International African Water and Sanitation Exhibition and Congress
Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort * Kampala, Uganda
March 15-18, 2010
"Recovering from the Storms: Floodplain Management in Post-Flood Georgia"
Lake Lanier Island Resort | Lake Lanier Islands, Georgia
March 22-25, 2010
Cape Breton University | Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
September 5 - 9, 2010
Holiday Inn * West Yellowstone, MT
September 28-30, 2010
The Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor * Baltimore, MD
November 14-17, 2010
UNESCO * Paris, France
December 6-8, 2010
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