Greetings!  

Happy December! As we enter into this wish-filled season, AWRA staff wanted to share with you some of our wishes:

• Ken Reid, Executive Vice President: I'm thankful for a loving family, an outstanding, dedicated and caring Board of Directors, and the best and most terrific association staff in our business.
• Mike Kowalski, Director of Operations: I will strive to be the person my dog thinks I am.
• Dick Engberg, Technical Director: To survive another year and remain healthy and productive.
• Pat Reid, Program Coordinator: I wish for good health for everyone, 4-leggeds and 2-leggeds.
• Jacque Towner, Office Manager: I wish that people everywhere (but especially Washington, DC) would embrace cooperation as the virtue that it is.
• Ken Lanfear, JAWRA Editor: I will strive to not be the person my cat thinks I am. (Felines are not big on uncritical acceptance.)
• Christine McCrehin, Membership Services Manager:
  I wish to look at hiking, playing barbies and texting with the same enthusiasm as my family members.  

What is your wish during this holiday season? Maybe you wish you could discuss a pressing water issue with experts from several fields. Maybe you wish to share your research with others. Maybe you wish to further your education in water resources management.  

Until next time,
Christine McCrehin
Membership Services Manager, AWRA
christine@awra.org

 

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Donna Kaluzniak, a certified environmental professional with over 30 years experience attended and reported on AWRA's 2012 Annual Conference in Jacksonville, FL, with a piece published on examiner.com. Read the article. View the 2012 conference proceedings abstracts here.

The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) is seeking the participation in their efforts to conduct industry research on water monitoring and data management. Needs Assessment Survey: Translating Research into Practice. As a practitioner, you know that there is a critical need to improve the use and management of water resources as society faces the dual challenges of population growth and climate change. Hydrologic research is essential to such improvement. As a thank you for your time, after completing the survey, you can enter to win a new iPad using the link provided at the end of the survey.

 

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MOVIES and VIDEOS
WaterWorld Weekly Newscast
Jackson, MI, settles CWAviolations with EPA; Biogas to power Microsoft data center research project; Fancy fountain encourages drinking tap water; Tension over water resources grows in central Asia

The Cherokee Word for Water
Background on the Bell Waterline Project that is

The Cherokee Word for Water - Background Video

the inspiration for the feature film the Cherokee Word for Water. The project took place in Bell, a rural settlement of approximately 300 people, almost all of whom where bilingual Cherokee people.The Bell community eventually built a 16-mile water line, rehabilitated 20 houses and built 25 new houses using volunteer labor.

How We Feel About Water Reuse in America
Despite the "ick factor"

Survey Results & Panel Discussion - Water Reuse

often associated with recycled water, two thirds of Americans (66 percent) feel positive about water reuse, The survey reports that Americans also think that industry and government should play a stronger role in making water reuse a priority.

• Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity (fee)
• Policy Implications of Warming Permafrost 
• NWRI and California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

  Drought Response Workshop Presentations Available Online

•  National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Report to Congress 2011
• EPA Recommends New Recreational Water Quality Criteria to Better Protect Public Health
• GAO Report on Shale Resources, Oil and Gas, and Risks
• From Storage to Retention: Expanding California's Options for Meeting Its Water Needs
• Evaluating the Energy Consumed for Water Use in the United States  

BOOKS

WEBSITES

• Redesigned Flood Risk Management Program website
• Updated USDA Energy Website 

WATER RELATED APPS

• WeTAP --With the WeTap app, smartphone users quickly and easily add or modify information about public drinking water fountains, with information on location, condition, and quality - and even add comments and upload a photo.

Reminder about JAWRA
Delivery Change for 2013

Starting in 2013, primary delivery of JAWRA will be online. Upon request, members may continue to receive print copies for an annual printing fee of $25.00. AWRA has begun to email Renewal Notices for the 2013 membership year. Please watch for this option when renewing your membership.   

 

Be sure to sign up for email table-of-contents alerts, as you may no longer have the reminder of the physical journal in your mailbox.  

• If you are already a registered user on Wiley Online Library, please click here, log in, and choose the Get New Content Alerts link under Journal Tools in the upper left corner of the page. The alert will automatically be added to your profile.      
• If you are not a registered user on Wiley Online Library, please register here. Then, log in, choose the Get New Content Alerts link under Journal Tools in the upper left corner of the page. The alert will automatically be added to your profile.  

Current AWRA members may access JAWRA by logging in to the AWRA site and then following the link to JAWRA online (from the Publications drop down menu, roll over JAWRA and down to JAWRA Online and click.)

 

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