Member Pipeline - Member Services & Information - Update (MU 02-16)
| To: | Members & Affiliates |
| From: | National Office |
| Date: | October 9, 2002 |
| Subject: | WORLD WATERSHED SUMMIT |
| Reference: | MU 02-16 |
Printer friendly versionWorld Watershed Summit and Clean Water
Act 30th Anniversary Reception
An Event Co-Sponsored by AMSA and
the Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Authorities
October 30 - November 1, 2002
J.W. Marriott Hotel
Washington, DC
Plan Now to Attend the World Watershed
Summit
The National Office is pleased to invite you to attend the
World Watershed Summit, taking place October 1 - November 1 in Washington,
DC at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, an event co-sponsored by AMSA, the Association of
State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA), the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of the Interior, and U.S.
Department of Agriculture, among others. The World Watershed Summit is
the culminating event of the Year of Clean Water and part of the ongoing
celebration of the Clean Water Act’s 30th anniversary. The World Watershed
Summit will bring together a broad array of local, state, national and
international watershed stakeholders to discuss major water quality issues they
face and share innovative ways to address them. If you are interested in
exploring the cutting edge issues surrounding watershed management and the many
innovative strategies that are available to make it work, the World Watershed
Summit will be a good place to start.
A copy of the program agenda and registration form are attached. For further information, go to AMSA’s web site at http://www.amsa-cleanwater.org/ and use the 2002 Year of Clean Water icon. Please note that the hotel deadline is October 9. If the deadline has passed and you still would like to attend, please call 202/898-0908 for additional hotel information.
AMSA has helped put together several of the sessions to help bring an urban watershed management focus to the World Watershed Summit and to demonstrate the types of challenges and approaches which work at the local level. Among the sessions which should be of particular interest to AMSA members, are the following:
- The Future of Watershed Management
- Emerging Science and New Information: Implications for Watershed Management
-
Getting Ahead of the Curve: Strategies for Managing Changes in Land Use
- Benchmarks for Effective Watershed Management
- The Realities of Restoring Urbanized Streams<
- Holistic Monitoring: What Are the Needs?
- Energizing Leadership Through Creative Alliances
- Transboundary/Cross Media Challenges (mercury and coastal issues
- Market-Based Solutions: Trading and Other Incentive Based Approaches
Attendees of the World Watershed Summit will also be able to take part in a special dinner commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. President George W. Bush has been invited to speak at the dinner, and many other dignitaries are expected to attend including EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, and Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton.
For any questions concerning the World Watershed Summit, contact the America’s Clean Water Foundation at 202/898-0908.
Attachments:
- World Watershed Summit Agenda (.pdf ~38 KB)
- World Watershed Summit Registration (.pdf ~46 KB)