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American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Newsletter

 

Greetings!  

Happy 2013!   

Wow, resolution time is here again! Have you made your water resolutions for the year? Use less? Conserve more? Educate yourself on integrated water resources management? Collaborate with other water resource management professionals on water resources management, education or research?  

 

For the first two, we recommend a visit to the  Water Use it Wisely website. Their list of 100+ Ways to Conserve will give you some great ideas and resources. 

 

For the last two, we recommend the following:

AWRA can help you keep your water resolutions. In everything we do, AWRA works to bring together the thought leaders in water resource management, research and education. You can be a part of everything we do. What better way to keep your water resolutions? Join us!    

 

Until next time,
Christine McCrehin
Editor, Connections
Membership Services Manager, AWRA
[email protected]

 

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AWRA President Speaks at Renewable Natural Resources Foundation Congress 
AWRA President Carol Collier speaks at Renewable Natural Resources Foundation (RNRF) 2012 Congress
Washington, DC--AWRA President and Executive Director of the Delaware River Basin Carol Collier recently addressed the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation (RNRF) 2012 Congress. (At the time of the Congress, Collier was AWRA president-elect.)

      

Via the topic of "How the Delaware River Basin Commission has been coping in these financially challenging times," Collier touched on her organization's experiences with many of the challenges faced by her fellow speakers and attendees. Held December 13-14, 2012, speakers were invited to address questions like "What programs, services, ecological assets and environmental infrastructure are most essential?" AWRA Technical Director Richard Engberg and JAWRA Editor Kenneth Lanfear also attended the meeting.     

 

RNRF is a consortium of organizations concerned with renewable resources. AWRA is a member organization. Richard Engberg is a member of the RNRF Executive Board, Vice Chair of RNRF and chaired most of the 2012 Congress.

AWRA Featured in U.S. Water Partnership Member Spotlight
A recent issue of the U.S. Water Partnership (USWP) Newsflash e-newsletter featured a piece on AWRA titled "AWRA Recommends National Move to IWRM." Read the piece...

The next USWP Quarterly Newsletter (due out in late January) will also showcase a case study summary from AWRA's recently released IWRM report.

A joint effort of both public and private sectors in the U.S., the U.S. Water Partnership is supported by government agencies, academic organizations, water coalitions, NGOs and the private sector. AWRA has been a partner for the last year.
AWRA Representatives Participate in ICIWaRM Meeting
Richard Engberg and Michael Campana pose during a break at the ICIWaRM meeting.

Washington, DC--AWRA Past President Michael Campana and Technical Director Richard Engberg attended a December 4, 2012, meeting of the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM), headquartered at the Institute of Water Resources of the Army Corps of Engineers in Alexandria, VA. The purposes of the meeting were to discuss the ICIWaRM role within the UNESCO-IHP program, to review the accomplishments of ICIWaRM since its inception in 2009, and to determine a strategy for moving ahead. AWRA is an ICIWaRM member organization. 

Media of Water 
WaterWorld Weekly: Jan. 7, 2013
WaterWorld Weekly: Jan. 7, 2013

MOVIES and VIDEOS

WaterWorld Weekly Newscast
This week's headlines:NWRI "Water From Water" Video Series
Desalination & Recycling: New Century, New Sources - Program 1 of
Desalination & Recycling: New Century, New Sources - Program 1 of "Water from Water" Series

The "Water From Water" video series was developed by NWRI to enable the general public, decision makers, and water industry professionals to gain a broader understanding of issues in water science and technology.

WEBINARS
REPORTS, etc. 
BOOKS

WEBSITES

Do you know of any new publications, reports, websites or other resources that our readers should know about? Email them to  [email protected]. 

AWRA is Active in Social Media!

If you haven't connected to AWRA on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest or our blog, the you are missing some of the most interesting water resource conversations and news available.

 

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AWRA HQ Announcements

AWRAConferencesAWRA 2013 Conference Deadlines Update
   
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Sign-up for JAWRA TOC Alerts 

Starting in 2013, primary delivery of JAWRA will be online. 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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AWRA State Section and Student Chapter News 

 

AWRA State Section and Student Chapter Directories

Interested in joining an AWRA  State Section or  Student Chapter? Click the respective link to find a listing of all sections and chapters. The directories also list all available section and chapter websites.   

 

Email AWRA Section and Chapter Events to Connections!

Did your section or chapter host an event, or are you planning to? We'd like to let the world know about the great things being done by AWRA sections and chapters every day. Submit your event briefs to Christine McCrehin.
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Volunteer to Help Survivors of  Sandy
Helping the Survivors of Hurricane Sandy

Recovery lasts a lot longer than the media attention, and there will be volunteer needs for many months. The Corporation for National and Community Service can help you find volunteer opportunities at Serve.gov.

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AWRA State Section and Student Chapter News
AWRA Events
Online Resources
Water Awareness Calendar
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January 2012 IMPACT

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CONFERENCES 

March 2013
2013 Spring Specialty Conference "Agricultural Hydrology and Water Quality II"
St. Louis, MO

June 2013
2013 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference Environmental Flows
Abstract Deadline: February 8, 2013
Hartford, CT

2013 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference Healthy Forests = Health Water
Abstract Deadline: February 8, 2013
Hartford, CT

September 2013
 2013 Water for Mega Cities - Challenges and Solutions International Specialty Conference: AWRA and Beijing Hydraulic Engineering Society 
Beijing, China
Abstract Deadline:
March 11, 2013

November 2013
2013 AWRA Annual Conference
Portland, OR
Special Session
Proposal Deadline: January 21, 2013
Online Resources
Water Awareness Calendar
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2013

Groundwater Awareness Week

March 10-13 

 

World Water Day

 March 22

 

 Drinking Water Week 

May 5-11

 

National Protect Your Groundwater Day
September 11

World Toilet Day
November 19

Know of any other national events for the calendar?
Non-AWRA Events and Education Opportunities

  

CONFERENCES

    

  IECA Annual Conference  

 San Diego, CA

 February 10-13, 2013

 

Geothermal Conclave I: Systems Design, Installation and Operations 

 Muncie, IN   

February 11-13, 2013 

 

Annual Salinity Summit  Las Vegas, Nevada 

February 14-15, 2013  

 

 2013 Stormwater & Urban Water Systems Modeling Conference 

Toronto, ON, Canada

February 21-22, 2013

 

2013 Membrane Technology Conference and Exposition 

 San Antonio, TX

February 25-28, 2013 

 

 CWRA BC Branch Annual Conference
Vancouver, BC

March 5-7, 2013

  

  Transboundary Water Management Across Borders and Interfaces: Present and Future Challenges 

Aviero, Portugal

March 16-20, 2013

 

Connecting Water Resources 2013: Changing the Water Paradigm 

Ottawa, ON 

March 18-21, 2013 

 

Ozone and Related Oxidants in: Safe water along its cycle 

 Berlin, Germany

April 24-25, 2013 

 

2013 NGWA Summit - The National and International Conference on Groundwater 

San Antonio, TX

April 28- May 2, 2013 

 

CWRA-CGU-CMOS Joint Scientific Congress  

Saskatoon, SK, Canada 

May 26-30, 2013

      

  2013 National Hydrologic Warning Council
Ponte Vedra, Florida  June 3-6, 2013  

 

StormConThe North American Surface Water Quality Conference

Myrtle Beach, FL

August 18-22, 2013

   

Desert Technology 11 International Conference

San Antonio, TX

November 19-22, 2013 

  

Do you know of any events, conferences, or other educational opportunities that our readers should know about? Email them to  [email protected].  

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