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DECEMBER 2013
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American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Newsletter

 

Greetings!
 
It has come to our attention that some of the links in last week's issue of AWRA Connections were not valid. All links in this updated version have been corrected. Please accept our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience.
 
December Connections Highlights:

Until Next Month, Happy Holidays! 

Christine McCrehin

Membership Services Manager, AWRA 

 

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FDReportAWRA Releases Flood and Drought Management Report, Offers Recommendations and Webinar Series

 
Download Report 

Proactive Flood and Drought Management: A Selection of Applied Strategies & Lessons Learned from around the United States, the newest report in an ongoing series from the AWRA Policy Committee, makes several policy and strategy recommendations on how to enable, design and implement proactive flood and drought management efforts.  

 

Webinar dates and topics remaining:    

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:00 PM EST Droughts - San Antonio, TX, State of Hawaii and National Drought Mitigation Center
Presenters: Karen Guz, San Antonio TX; Neal Fujii, State of Hawaii; Mike Hayes, National Drought Mitigation Center 
Moderator: Michael Campana

AWRA Member: Free   Non-Member: $25  

Register 

 

This three-part webinar series is also available in AWRA's OnDemand Archive. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

MediaofWaterMedia of Water

WaterWorld Weekly, December 9, 2014
Jefferson County emerges from bankruptcy with sewer bond; Unilever fined $1M in wastewater incident; CDM selected for Monterey desal proposal; Texas wastewater case alleges 'underground trespassing' 
  
This Week at Interior, December 6, 2013  
This week: Secretary Jewell helps unveil a plan dedicating $627 million Gulf restoration projects, water rights issues in the Klamath Basin area see real progress, and we get a peek at Lythronax argestes (A.K.A., "The King of Gore of the Southwest"). 

    

H2Omx    H2Omx
A rallying cry for government and collective action, "H2Omx" is a good-looking, well-researched and smartly assembled documentary that makes a persuasive case that the time is nigh to remedy the status of water management in the Valley of Mexico.   

  

ConfPresentationsCONTINUING EDUCATION 
WEBINARS 

GRANTS, FUNDING  

REPORTS 

More than 500 attendees participated in the educational and networking opportunities offered by AWRA during its 2013 Annual Water Resources Conference in Portland, OR.

Highlights include the opening plenary with Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Steve Stockton and his discussion on managing transboundary water conflict (photo above); a series of sessions on IWRM tools and a symposium on collaborative modeling, all of which were recorded and will be made available to both attendees and non-attendees of the conference. Watch your email inbox for more information!

In the meantime, take a look at the final program (Note: Powerpoint slides are now linked to presentations where provided by authors.) and some great photos.
AWRAHQAWRA HQ News
Renewal invoices were mailed to all current AWRA members in November. If you did not receive an invoice and need one, email [email protected]. Don't want to wait? Renew Today.

Not an AWRA member, but want to be? Join Today.
    
QueensboroAWRA Partners with Queensboro Shirts for Online Store, Offers Holiday Discount 
Looking for a unique Christmas gift? AWRA's new online store offers jackets, shirts, hats and more! All available with either the standard AWRA logo or our new (offered for a limited time only) 50th Anniversary logo!  Shop our new online store now and get a 20% discount with no minimum order size! Click here to take advantage of this deal or use coupon code SF3B27 when you checkout. Regardless of your order size, every item will be discounted by 20%!

  

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AWRA Section and 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.    

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November 2013 IMPACT
  
The November issue of IMPACT is now available. Read the TOC for the current and back issues.
JAWRADecember 2013 JAWRA

JAWRA's December issue is now available
 in print and online.  

Read TOC for all issues.

AWRA Members:
Access JAWRA online
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AWRA Events

23rd Tennessee Water Resources Symposium
Burns, TN
November 3-6, 2013

2014 Spring Specialty Conference on GIS & Water Resources VIII
Salt Lake City, UT
May 12-14, 2014
Call for Abstracts Deadline: November 18, 2013

 2014 Summer Specialty Conference on  Integrated Water Resources Management: From Theory to Application
  Reno, NV
June 30- July 2, 2014

2014 Annual Water Resources Conference and AWRA 50th Anniversary Celebration
Vienna, VA
November 3-6, 2014
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

 

Water Management Conference

Vail, CO

January 25-29, 2014  

email: [email protected]   

 

2014 CWRA Board of Directors Mid-term Meeting and Workshop

Winnipeg, Manitoba

January 31-February 1, 2014

 

7th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration 

Washington, DC

November 1-4, 2014 

     

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


AWRA HQ Staff

Kenneth D. Reid, CAE
Executive Vice President
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Michael J. Kowalski, CAE
Director of Operations
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Richard A. Engberg
Technical Director
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Patricia A. Reid
Program Coordinator
[email protected]

Christine McCrehin
Membership Services Manager
[email protected]

Jacque Towner
Office Manager
[email protected]

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Renewal notices were mailed to all current AWRA members in November. Contact [email protected] if you didn't get yours.
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