President's Message

The 5th World Water Forum

I was just recently reminded just how big and how important an issue water resources management is and just how blessed were are to be able to work with wonderful people not only in our local, regional and national water resources communities, but also in the world water community at large. In March I was privileged to travel with a group of AWRA leaders and members to the 5th World Water Forum held March 16th – 22nd in Istanbul, Turkey. These included our Executive Vice President Ken Reid, President-Elect Ari Michelson, Board Members Michael Campana and Mary Theresa Flynn (and husband Bob), and long-time member David Moody (and wife Jean).

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AWRA News

AWRA is pleased to announce a new benefit for AWRA members! 

Wiley-Blackwell, our partners in publishing the Journal of the American Water Resources Association, has recently initiated a 25% discount for AWRA members on any Wiley-Blackwell journal, CD-Rom, reference, book, or … you name it.  Wiley-Blackwell has thousands of titles of interest to water resources professionals.  If you are looking to expand your library, or if you are just trying to keep current on the science in this broad and ever-expanding field, this discount will help you save!

First, login to the AWRA members-only page and make a note of the special discount code for AWRA members.  Then, visit www.wiley.com, make your selections, use the discount code at checkout, and 25% will be taken off your purchase.

Need help logging in?  Click here.  Not a member?  Join here.

The American Water Resources Association has been named to the 2009 Associations Advance America Honor Roll, a national awards competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives and the Center for Association Leadership in Washington, DC. 

AWRA received the award for its well-regarded National Water Policy Dialogue Series.

AWRA’s dialogue series, chaired by Past President Gerald Galloway and AWRA Technical Director Richard Engberg, addresses head-on the need for responsible and sustainable water resources policies in the United States.  By extension, AWRA provides leadership to other nations of the world to address similar global water resources policy issues.  AWRA’s commitment to these dialogues demonstrates to the American people that there is an organization that recognizes the status quo is unacceptable, and understands that something needs to be done to address critical water supply, environmental, and infrastructure needs either not being met or are inadequately addressed by current national water resources policies.

AWRA Members can access the results of all four of the dialogues by logging in and clicking on conference proceedings.  Not a member?  Join here.

The February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) includes a collection of papers on “Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water Resources”.
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