November/ December 2015
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Sue Lowry of Wyoming speaks during one of the interactive sessions
at the inaugural workshop of the AWRA National Leadership Institute.
Eighteen state officials from 14 different states met over a three-day-period in November 2015 to participate in the AWRA National Leadership Institute, a gathering place for peer groups of water professionals to share and learn from each others experiences in face-to-face venues.  
AWRA Annual Conference Hosts
Record Number of Attendees 
Opening Plenary of AWRA 2015 Annual Water Resources Conference, Denver, CO.
AWRA's 2015 Annual Water Resources Conference attracted a record number of attendees from November 16-19 in Denver, CO. Drawn in by more than 80 concurrent and 30+ poster sessions, attendees participated in four days of AWRA's signature community, conversations and connections.
AWRA Webinar
New Orleans 17th Street Canal flooding due to Hurricane Katrina. Photo via Flickr.
AWRA Offers Free Registration for First Webinar of 2016    
To kick-off the 2016 webinar schedule, AWRA is offering the first webinar of our 2016 schedule (Climate Change Adaptation: Flood | Feb. 3, 1pm ET) to both members and nonmembers of AWRA at no cost.* As always, PDH credit is available to all who attend the webinar.

AWRA will start the 2016 Webinar Schedule with a series of three webinars on Climate Change Adaptation featuring Flood, Drought and Wastewater Infrastructure. Following this series, AWRA will offer one webinar per month. The remaining schedule is still being set, but will feature webinars presented by 2015 AWRA IWRM Award winner the Oregon Water Resources Department and IWRM Special Recognition Award winner ONE DROP's Project Burkina Faso, in addition to other water resources management topics. 
Webinar software provided by: MWH Global 
*All national AWRA members receive access to webinars as a benefit of membership. 
AWRA Conferences








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

Call for Abstracts Deadline: February 22, 2016 
Sacramento West Hotel, Sacramento, CA
July 11-13, 2016
 
Florida has some of the most amazing and unique water resources in the world. The Conference Planning Committee is organizing field trips and would like to hear from you! Help choose the conference field trip(s) by taking a brief survey.
Call for Special Sessions and Abstracts: Coming Soon!
Florida Hotel & Conference Center, Orlando, FL
November 14-17, 2016  
From the AWRA Blog

State Officials Invited to Inaugural Workshop Brenda Bateman and Tom Cech Eighteen state officials from 14 different states met over a three-day-period in November 2015 to participate in the AWRA National Leadership Institute, a gathering place for peer groups of water professionals to share and learn from each other's experiences in face-to-face venues. The 2015 ...»

 

 Dr. Sharon B. Megdal is Director of the Arizona Water Resources Research Center and one of the sharpest knives in the drawer when it comes to water resources. I am fond of calling her the 'Groundwater Governance Goddess' simply because I don't know anyone who knows more that she on that topic. She's also a good friend, and has asked me if I ...»

 

More stream-of-consciousness from yours truly, this time flying at 35,000 feet to Washington, DC. The thin air is having an effect... Apologies to the Peaceful Valley folks for my unauthorized use of their logo. They have not endorsed my post. Can 'peace in the valley' - the absence of conflict in a place - be valued in ...»

 

HIGHLIGHTS - In two companion papers, one by Domagalski and Saleh and the other by Saleh and Domagalski, the authors use SPARROW models to simulate annual phosphorus loads and concentrations and to evaluate the spatial distribution of total nitrogen sources, loads, and watershed yields of streams in California and adjacent states. Pendergrass ...»

 

The Paper You've got to check out this paper: Tom Gleeson, Kevin M. Befus, Scott Jasechko, Elco Luijendijk & M. Bayan Cardenas, The Global Volume and Distribution of Modern Groundwater. Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2590 Download Ngeo2590 Click on the graphics to enlarge them, or see the paper. Abstract Groundwater is important for energy and food security, human health and ecosystems. The ...»
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Clackamas Complete Reintroduction of the Bull Trout
Published on Nov 18, 2015
Watch this stunning video on the reintroduction of bull trout into the Clackamas River of Oregon. The video was produced by Freshwaters Illustrated in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.



WaterWorld Weekly Newscast - Dec. 14, 2015
Researchers develop sensor to detect multiple explosives in wastewater; New process speeds up purification of mining water; Rapid prediction of harmful algal blooms feasible in Ohio; Uranium contamination in Central Valley water causes concern.




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