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The Media of Water:
Stories of general interest about
water and water issues in the media.
AWRA dips its toe into the
blogosphere. In addition to posts from several
AWRA cognoscenti, you'll find links to other water blogs
and water
websites. |
| Top Ten
Weird Weather Occurances
Ice bombs, blue moons and red rain ....
"Provide access to clean water" makes the list of
top 14 engineering challenges for the 21st century
identified by the National Academy of
Engineering.
Winter storms reveal ghost forests, shipwrecks, and
rock formations.
Photo essay and article about kelp from The Nature
Conservancy magazine. Who knew kelp was so
beautiful?
Science Friday report on the State of the
Ocean. Includes links to many other water-related
stories.
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Have you seen something in the news that
we should share? Email me the
link. |
| AWRA
Job Awareness Program
Where the Water Resources Jobs
Are |
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If you have a water resources position to
fill or if you're in the market for a new position
and want a new challenge or opportunity, visit the AWRA
Job Awareness Program and get
connected!
Post a Job
AWRA Associate Members
receive a significant discount on this invaluable
service!
With more than 20,000 hits this month, you can be
sure your position is being seen by the right
people.
If you have position you'd like to have featured in
this column with a link to your posting on the AWRA Job
Awareness Program, send me an email.
View Open Positions
A wide variety of disciplines
representing open positions in the private sector,
governmental agencies, and educational
institutions. If you're a water resources
professional looking for a new job, start
here.
Available to AWRA
Members at no charge!
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| AWRA Opens
Virtual Exhibit Hall |
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AWRA Associate Members are featured in
AWRA's new Virtual Exhibit
Hall. One of the many membership
benefits of the new Associate membership
category is visible presence on the AWRA website
and an extensive listing in the AWRA Virtual Exhibit
Hall. What you'll see at the link above is
our beta version, and will be improved upon over the
course of the year. If your company would like to
be included in the AWRA Virtual Exhibit Hall,
information is here.
Visitors can ramble the virtual halls
of the exhibit hall without leaving the comfort of your
home or office! Use the alphabetical listing, or
do a keyword search to find what you
need. |
| Calls
for Abstracts |
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Univ of California,
Irvine
August 27-29, 2008
Student Paper
Contest
Submit Papers
by:
March 15,
2008
Cuiba, Mato Grosso,
Brazil
July 20-25, 2008
Submit Abstracts
by:
Port Elizabeth, South
Africa
February 23-26, 2008
Submit Abstracts
by:
June 30,
2008
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AWRA Member
News Here are a few
items of particular interest to AWRA members:
If you have not
already yet renewed for 2008, you can renew easily
and efficiently by logging into the members-only area
using your new login. Please
let me
know if you
missed the notification, if you need assistance
logging in, or if you need an invoice sent to you for
your 2008 dues. Your prompt renewal keeps your
member benefits going without interruption and saves
AWRA money, time, and paper!
2008 Aquarius
Club
AWRA's
Member-Get-a-Member program is underway! Talk to
your colleagues about AWRA, and be rewarded! Info
at the link.
AWRA Board of Directors Call for
Nominations Underway
Nominations are being accepted for open positions
on the AWRA Board of Directors for terms beginning
January 1, 2009. Nomination form at the
link.
Deadline: April 7,
2008
AWRA's scholarship program for one undegrad and one
graduate student is accepting applications for the
2008-2009 academic year. Info at the link.
Current Corporate and
Institutional members recently received notification of
this change to the membership categories resulting from
the bylaws change this summer. Contact Terry
Meyer if
you have questions about the new category, or aren't
sure what your options are for the 2008 membership
year. You can read about the benefits at the
link.
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Connections
The
E-Newsletter of the
American
Water Resources Association
Keeping
You Connected
February
2008 |
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| "That was
fun!"
Thanks for all the feedback from my last
newsletter column in which I proposed a month's
worth of films of/about/in water. I learned
a lot from all of you, and I certainly got enough
input to offer up a couple of movie suggestions a
month for the rest of the year. Your
enthusiasm for this non-technical topic is causing
us to think about creating a blog where
non-technical conversations about how water
impacts life can continue unfettered.
While we work those details out, I'd
like to share just a few of your ideas about great
water-themed movies:
CHINATOWN
(1974, Roman Polanski)
Only about a million of you
reminded me of this classic movie about water
disputes in L.A. Good catch, one and
all. I can't believe I left it off my list
-- it's one of my faves.
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Grapes of
Wrath (1940, John Ford)
Suggested by
Robert Mohler. Not much water in this movie, but
that's the point.
O Brother
Where Art Thou (2000, Joel Coen)
Jack Jordan
recommended this one. He reminded me not only of
baptism scene and the scene with the Sirens, but also of
the dam-burst. Great soundtrack, too, with many
songs about water!
So, keep those movie
suggestions coming. I'm
keeping a list and will share a few them each month --
at least until we've got the WaterDance
blog up and running! And, thanks for taking some
of the dreary out of February for me!
Best,
Terry Meyer
AWRA Marketing Director
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AWRA continues its series on Geographic
Information Systems and Water Resources with its fifth
specialty conference on the topic. GIS
has become a necessary component in the planning and
management of water resources, and the natural and human
systems affected by water resources.
2008 AWRA Spring Specialty
Conference
GIS and Water Resources
V
San Mateo Marriott Hotel *
San Mateo, CA
March 17-19, 2008
cyber-infrastructure, floodplain
mapping,
watershed management, water quality,
biologic analysis,
NHD databases, ARC/Hydro stream stats,
runoff & case studies
remote sensing applications &
vegetation,
HIS modeling, data solutions, web
publishing
landuse classifications, assessments
& applications
Plenary Speaker Dr. Robert
Twiss
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Planning
University of California, Berkeley
CUAHSI
Hydrologic Information System
Tour of the Bay Model
Poster Session
Networking
Opportunities
Student Paper
Competition
and
much more ...
The
Exhibit Hall is Full!
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2008 AWRA Summer Specialty
Conference Riparian Ecosystems and
Buffers:
Working at the Water's
Edge
Founders Inn & Spa *
Virginia Beach, VA
June 30 - July 2, 2008
The conference committee is busy pulling
together an outstanding program from the slew of
abstracts submitted in response to our call.
Watch for the preliminary program to be posted
shortly.
In the meantime, here are a few highlights:
36 Scientific Sessions & 43
Scientific Posters
on everything riparian -- complete program posted
soon!
Keynote Speakers
Film Screening
WaterDance goes on the road with
RiverWebs, an inspirational and
true story of river ecologists
Field Trip with Four
Stops
VA Tech Hampton Roads Agricultural Research
Center
VA DCR's Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area
Preserve
VIMS Wachapreague Field Station
Boat trip to Barrier Island
Make your plans to
join us in Virginia Beach today!
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Water Resources Information
The American Water Resources Association
annually recognizes outstanding individuals in the water
resources profession. You do not have to be an
AWRA member to nominate or receive an AWRA Award (except
for the Fellow Member Award).
Fellow
Member Award
Honorary
Member Award
Mary
H. Marsh Medal
Sandor
C. Csallany Award
Icko
Iben Award
William
C. Ackermann Medal
Henry
P. Caulfield, Jr., Medal
A.
Ivan Johnson Award
Specifics regarding eligibility, criteria, and
purpose for each award are available at the
link. If you would like to nominate an individual
for one of these awards, please complete the 2008 Award
Nomination Form and submit it
no later than May 6, 2008.
Global Water
Challenge
Proposals due March 26,
2008 The GWC is an initiative to provide
safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene education to
people who lack these basic services. Launched by a
diverse coalition of corporations, foundations, and aid
organizations, the GWC is a unique partnership to build
healthy communities and provide sustainable solutions to
ensure the availability of potable water for those in
need. The goal of the GWC is to bring safe water and
sanitation to millions by identifying and multiplying
the solutions that
work.
Global Public
Policy Network Requests Stakeholder Input on UN
Commission CSD-16
The Global Public Policy
Network (GPPN) on Water Management is a co-ordinating mechanism to
rationalise, clarify and focus preparations for the
sixteenth session of the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD-16) in May 2008.
The
GPPN is calling for water and sanitation stakeholders -
including all nine major groups (women,
children and youth, indigenous people, NGOs, local
authorities, workers & trade unions, business &
industry, scientific & technological communities,
farmers ) to
provide their inputs to contribute to the water and
sanitation review at the 16th session of the Commission
for Sustainable Development (link to
CSD-16).
Feedback
Requested
Academic Accreditation
for Geosciences
GSA invites you to participate in a survey
being conducted by a consortium of geoscience
societies.
The purposes of the survey are to determine the level
of interest in establishing some form of academic
accreditation for undergraduate programs in the U.S.,
and determine the characteristics of such a program that
are most desirable.
The survey will be open from 19
February through 17 March 2008. The survey is
quite short, but you will be asked to consider and rate
characteristics of five different models of
accreditation.
Note:
As the survey is being distributed by a number of
societies independently of one another, you may receive
more than one invitation to participate. Please disregard
duplicate requests. Survey at the
link. . |
| AWRA
State Section Activities
Wisconsin AWRA
Section
Brookfield,
WI
March 6-7, 2008
Florida AWRA
Section
White Springs,
FL
March 14,
2008
Mt. Vernon Country Club, Golden
CO
April
18,
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Other Water Resources
Conferences
Orange County Convention
Center * Orlando, FL
Capital Hilton Hotel
* Washington, DC
April
13-16, 2008
Athens Hilton * Athens,
Greece
May 5-7, 2008
International Conference on Ozone &
Related Oxidants in Advanced Treatment of Water for Human
Health and Environment
Protection
Brussels, Belgium
May 15-16, 2008
Reno-Sparks, NV
May 18-23, 2008
Albena Resort * Bulgaria
June 16-20, 2008
June 23-27, 2008
University of Alaska/Fairbanks * Fairbanks,
AK
June 29 - July 3, 2008
Sacramento,
CA
July 14-18, 2008
Fourth IWA Young Professionals Conference
Berkeley, CA
July 16-18, 2008
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada
September 21-24,
2008
WaterSmart08
Las Vegas,
NV
October 8-10, 2008
Rhode Island Convention Center * Providence,
RI
Houston, TX
October 19-21,
2008
Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar Convention &
Exhibition Centre * Istanbul,
Turkey
March 16-22, 2009
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