SEPTEMBER 2015
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2015-16 Scholarship Winners (l to r): Alice Alonso, Jacqueline Gerson and Anna Radke.












AWRA is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2015-16 Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarship Fund awards. Considered by AWRA and our members to be one of the organization's greatest accomplishments, the scholarship fund, established in 1980, has helped 47 students continue with their studies in water resources management. More...
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Water quality is monitored by volunteers with the Monday Creek Restoration Project. Photo Courtesy USDA
History of Water Quality Monitoring and  Assessment in the United States 
OCT 6, 2015 | 1pm ET
 
Speaker: Donna Myers, Chief, Office of Water Quality, USGS   

Over the last two centuries, major technical and scientific advances have been made in the analysis and interpretation of data produced by water quality monitoring and assessment in the U.S. Join us to discuss the impacts this information has had on drinking water and recreational standards, water quality criteria and laws for the safe disposal of solid and liquid wastes. Q&A to follow. PDH credit available. 
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Annual Water Resources Conference  

Call for Lightning Talks Deadline: September 30, 2014 

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Grand Hyatt Denver, Denver, Colorado

November 16 - 19, 2015

Water - Energy - Environment
Sheraton Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
April 25-27, 2016

2016 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference: GIS and Water Resources

Sacramento West Hotel, Sacramento, CA
July 11-13, 2016

 
The May issue of Water Resources IMPACT magazine features not only the 2014 AWRA IWRM Award winner - One Water, One Watershed Program from the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority - but also highlights eight other projects nominated for the award "in a contest that was almost too close to call," according to selection committee members. The issue is has been opened for public download for a limited time. 
From the AWRA Blog

September 2015 President's Column, Water Resources IMPACT  

Lately, I have been thinking quite a bit about the measurement and use of water resources data, and the need to develop, maintain, and make accessible water data sets that can aid in managing a wide range of hydroservices. I believe this can be summed up in a ...»

 

Disclosure notice: I did not receive a free copy of this book. The SNWA sent me a copy, but I forwarded it to the City of Phoenix with my condolences. It was returned, stamped 'No Longer at This Address'. Along with fellow WaterWonks John Fleck, Charles Fishman, and John Orr, I'm in the acknowledgments. Thanks! [Note: Sentences 2 and 3 ...»

 

August 2015 President's Column, Water Resources IMPACT One of the advantages of serving as President of the American Water Resources Association is that you receive invitations to a number of activities and events, many of which I may not have even heard of, let along participated in, as part of my job that pays the ...»

 

Are you looking for a meaningful way to have an impact on water resources management? The Webinar Task Force is currently seeking proposals for AWRA's 2016 Webinar Calendar. We will be scheduling at least one webinar per month, February through October 2016. We are open to format suggestions (one/multiple presenters; a panel discussion; etc.) but ...»
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Stanford researchers look to stormwater as a solution for semiarid regions - Stanford researchers are working with local and federal agencies in Los Angeles, Sonoma and other drought-stricken California cities in an unprecedented effort to capture and reuse stormwater. The approach could be part of a solution  to water shortages and run-off laced with pesticides and other chemicals. Read more: http://stanford.io/1Kehbom 


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Oct 1, 5:30-7:00PM | USC - School of Public Policy
Caren Trgovcich, Chief Deputy Director at the State Water Resources Control Board, will be presenting an overview of the State's system of surface water rights and will highlight how the drought has demonstrated its strengths and exposed areas for improvement.  This talk will be of special interest to those whose organizations or clients are addressing water supply challenges and would like to gain some insight on how to best work within our current legal framework to address those challenges. Click here for more information and to register.

This event is part of the AWRA NorCal State Section Evening Seminar Series on California Water Issues and is co-hosted by the Sacramento Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration. 
PA-AWRA State Section Hosts Conference  
October 9, 2015 | Penn State Campus - University Park
The PA-AWRA Annual Conference will be held October 9, 2015 in State College at the Days Inn - Penn State. The Board of Directors is assembling a roster of speakers featuring regional and statewide water resource professionals discussing a broad range of interesting and timely topics in the areas of: Watershed planning, Stream restoration and Water quality improvements and initiatives. Click her for or more information and to register. 
October 22, 2015 | Seattle, WA 
This year's conference will focus on the latest understanding of impacts of climate change to water resources in Washington State and potential strategies for adapting to these changes. The warm winter of 2015, perhaps a typical year in future decades, provides an interesting backdrop for discussing climate change impacts.
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2015 AWRA Washington Annual State Conference
October 22, 2015
Seattle, WA 

2015 Water and Health Conference
October 26-30, 2015
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Evaluation and Remediation Techniques for Contaminated Soil and Groundwater Workshop
October 28-30, 2015
Johannesburg, South Africa 

AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference
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