WRRI and Other Water-Related Events

• Public Forum: Will the Water Run Out?
• 2008 WRRI Annual Conference and Past Conferences
• WRRI and Progress Energy Water Resources Seminar
• Erosion & Sedimentation Planning and Design Workshops
• NCWRA Luncheon and Forums
• Other Water-Related Events
• Call for Abstracts and Presentations

Spring 2008 Progress Energy Water Resources Seminar

Water Allocation Law in Southeastern States

1:30-3:30 pm
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Jane S. McKimmon Center, NC State University

The Southeastern Water World: Where Are We, How Did We Get Here, & Where Are We Going?
James E. Kundell, PhD
Professor Emeritus
University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government

Water Management Law in North Carolina, 2008 - Present and Prospective
Milton S. Heath, Jr.
Professor of Public Law and Government
UNC Chapel Hill School of Government

This seminar is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

WRRI will offer 2 Professional Development Hour (PDH) for engineers and surveyors.

Hosted by WRRI

More information on Progress Energy Water Resources Seminars

Spring 2008 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Planning and Design Workshops

April 9-10, 2008 Workshop is full. Registration is closed
Holiday Inn Select
Hickory, NC

• General Workshop Information
• Agenda
• Registration Form (pdf)
• Exhibitor Information
• Directions to Workshops (pdf)
• Past Workshop Information

Purpose: These workshops are structured to educate and familiarize design professionals on the NC Sedimentation Pollution Control Act (SPCA), the rules implementing the Act, and design standards for erosion and sedimentation control best management practices (BMPs).

Who Should Attend? Professional Engineers, Surveyors, Landscape Architects and others who design Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans.

Credits: 12 PDHs will be available to professional engineers and land surveyors, and 10 continuing education hours for landscape architects upon completion of one of these workshops. Please provide your license number on the registration form.

Professional Education Hours:

• Professional Engineers and Surveyors - 12 PDHs
• Landscape Architects - 10 CEUs

2008 NCWRA Forums

All NCWRA meetings occur on Mondays at 11:30 am at the McKimmon Center, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

April 7, 2008

Greening Development to Protect Watersheds: Can Urban Land Use Planning Make a Difference?

Speaker: Philip R. Berke, PhD, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Director, Center for Sustainable Community Design, Institute for the Environment, UNC Chapel Hill

Haphazard and unplanned urbanization is a major cause of watershed degradation. Dr. Berke will present new thinking on integrating watershed protection and urban land use planning to improve watershed protection. He will first discuss the role of c ompact urban form as a more environmentally sustainable form of development that can potentially advance watershed protection. Then he will review how urban land use planning tools can be used to raise public awareness about watershed protection issues and facilitate integration watershed protection practices into urban development decision making.

This forum will provide 1 PDH (professional development hours) for professional engineers and surveyors, authorized by the NC Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.

Download Registration Brochure (pdf)

Early Registration Deadline: March 24, 2008

NCWRA Fees:

• NCWRA Membership (Jan-Dec): $20 per year
• Student Membership (Jan-Dec): $5 per year.
• Early Registration Fees for Forum (deadline is March 24, 2008):
• $15 Members
• $25 Non-member
• $10 Student chapter members (pre-registration required)
• Registration Fees after Early Registration Deadline (after March 24, 2008):
• $25 NCWRA Member
• $35 Non-member

Map and Directions to the McKimmon Center

For more information about NCWRA visit their web site: http://www.ncsu.edu/ncwra/

Questions? Contact WRRI at 919-515-2815 or water_resources@ncsu.edu.

Other Water-Related Events

More Information: http://www.damsafety.org/conferences/?p=e7f329d8-e484-47ba-a38c-157015706b6f

NC AWWA 7th Annual Spring Conference
April 20-22, 2008
Sea Trail Golf Resort & Conference Center
Sunset Beach, NC

More Information: http://www.ncsafewater.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=66

Climate Informaton for Managing Risks (CIMR): Partnerships and Solutions for Agriculture and Natural Resources
June 10-13, 2008
St. Pete Beach, FL

More Information: http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/CIMR/

2008 UCOWR Annual Conference: International Water Resources: Challenges for the 21st Century
July 22-24, 2008
Durham, NC

More Information: http://www.ucowr.siu.edu/

Southeast Stormwater Association (SESWA) Annual Conference
October 1-3, 2008
Charleston, SC

More Information: http://www.seswa.org/

Stream Restoration in the Southeast: Advancing the Science and Practice
November 3-6, 2008
Asheville Renaissance, North Carolina

More Information: http://www.ncsu.edu/srp/2008conference/

UNC Institute for the Environment Safe Drinking Water Symposium
November 5-6, 2008
Chapel Hill, NC

More Information: http://www.seswa.org/

NC American Water Works Association 88th Annual Conference
November 16-19, 2008
Winston-Salem, NC

More Information: http://www.ncsafewater.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=65

Call for Abstracts and Presentations

NC American Water Works Association 88th Annual Conference
November 16-19, 2008
Winston-Salem, NC

The Annual Conference Committee is soliciting papers for the 88th Annual Conference.

Abstract Submission Deadline: April 16, 2008

Paper Submission Deadline: September 17, 2008

More Information: http://www.ncsafewater.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=65

Stream Restoration in the Southeast: Advancing the Science and Practice
November 3-6, 2008
Asheville Renaissance, North Carolina

They invite stream restoration practitioners, scientists, and program managers to submit abstracts before June 30, 2008, to be considered for 20-minute presentations on one or more engineering, ecology, management and multi-disciplinary topics.

More Information: http://www.ncsu.edu/srp/2008conference/