Don't miss the remaining webinars in this series based on the IWRM cased studies report. This series and subsequent archive is offered free to all AWRA members and costs $50.00 per webinar (includes archive) for non-AWRA members. 

AWRA is pleased to announce that our Board of Directors has  approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the Florida Earth Foundation (FEF).  

In light of this new relationship and on behalf of the FEF, AWRA also wanted to make members aware of the upcoming meeting sponsored by FEF: US-Netherlands Connection Project's (USNC) Professional Team Program, in the Netherlands May 13-17. FEF would like to fill slots with AWRA members. Academics, in particular, are welcome as FEF is using this team to develop a new academic component to USNC and establishing a knowledge exchange platform in water infrastructure as it relates to sea-level rise adaptation and resilience, using a collaboration of many US university institutes and their counterparts in the Netherlands. Over 50 universities are currently working with FEF on this project.  

For more information about the Florida Earth Foundation and their programs, visit their website at www.floridaearth.org.

Media of Water

WaterWorld Weekly - May 6, 2013

MOVIES and VIDEOS
WaterWorld Weekly Newscast, May 6, 2013, headlines: Everglades funding plan unveiled; Badger to assume Elster meter lines; Leak halts Palisades nuke plant; Restoration projects announced under BP agreement; Mora adopts nation's first countywide drilling ban.

SEACAP Introduction

SARP and The Nature Conservancy recently launched theSoutheast Aquatic Connectivity Assessment Project, or SEACAP
The project aims to help identify which dams in the South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative's region have the greatest adverse impact on aquatic connectivity. This information can be used by managers to identify which dams would provide the most ecological benefit if fish passage were re-established through barrier removal or other passage facilities.

WEBINARS/CONTINUING EDUCATION/TOOLS

• AWRA IWRM Webinar Series 
• MetEd is a free collection of online learning resources for the geoscience community     
• EPA Releases Marine Beach Sanitary Survey Tools
• Stormwater Forcast  

INTERESTING BLOG POSTS 

• Water Challenge - a blog by Peter Brabeck-Letmathe: Development goals, water resources management and the role of the private sector 
• Significant Figures by Peter Gleick: Three iconic graphs showing the climate fix we're in. 

REPORTS 

• Sanitation: A Global Estimate of Sewerage Connections without Treatment and the Resulting Impact on MDG Progress (pdf)
• The Economic Value of Moving Toward a More Water Secure World (pdf)
• Engineering in the time of cholera: overcoming institutional and political challenges to rebuild Zimbabwe's water and sanitation infrastructure in the aftermath of the 2008 cholera epidemic 

• USGS core science systems strategy: characterizing, synthesizing, understanding critical zone thru modular science framework   
• USGS Energy and Minerals science strategy--a resource lifecycle approach   
• USGS natural hazards science strategy: promoting safety,security & economic well-being of the nation 
• USGS environmental health science strategy: providing environmental health science for a changing world  
• USGS Ecosystems science strategy--advancing discovery and application through collaboration  
• USGS Water science strategy-observing, understanding, predicting & delivering water science to the nation 
• USGS climate & land use change science strategy: framework for understanding & responding to global change 
• The Economic Value of Moving Toward a More Water Secure World (pdf)
• Comparative Research on River Basin Management in Korea and Japan (pdf)

 WEBSITES/APPS

• EPA Water Research website 
• TEDX's Critical Windows of Development Website Tool  

REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT

• EPA's Federal Register Request for Information to Inform Hydraulic Fracturing Research Related to Drinking Water Resources has been extended until November 15, 2013 to provide the public with more of an opportunity to provide feedback to the Agency.
• Rainwater Catchment System Design Standard Available for Public Comment  

Do you know of any new publications, reports, websites or other resources that our readers should know about? Email them to  christine@awra.org. 

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