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To:	Members & Affiliates
From:	National Office
Date:	May 25, 2006
Subject:	JOIN NACWA AND WERF FOR UAAs: BEYOND THE BASICS
Reference:	MU 06-13
Attachments:	Use Attainability Analyses (UAAs): Beyond the Basics Seminar Agenda (PDF) Registration Form (PDF)

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June 21, 2006

Use Attainability Analyses (UAAs): Beyond the Basics
A Web Seminar Series
Two Session Series
June 28 & July 12
2:00 – 3:30 PM EST

We invite you to join the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) and the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) for a unique web seminar series focused on their recently released publication, Collaborative Water Quality Solutions: Exploring Use Attainability Analyses (UAA Handbook). The Beyond the Basics seminar series will provide participants with real time information and case studies focused on UAAs.

Join Us for this Unique Opportunity without Leaving the Office!
This series will give you and your staff an opportunity to hear more about a key clean water issue without the expense or time required for travel.

Beyond the Basics will address:

Stakeholder involvement;
Strategies for a successful UAA;
Conducting UAAs for aquatic life designated uses;
Conducting UAAs for uses related to human health;
Economic considerations; and,
Implementation of UAA recommendations.

The seminar series also will cover the unique factors associated with UAAs for wet weather situations including:

Modified urban environments;
Effluent-dominated waters;
Ephemeral and intermittent waters;
Antidegradation;
Antibacksliding; and,
Protection of downstream and other states’ water quality standards.

Recognizing that a UAA may not be appropriate in every situation, the series also will discuss UAA alternatives including:

Site-specific criteria;
Translators;
Adaptive management;
Variances;
Natural background conditions;
Water quality credit trading and offsets;
Changing compliance points;
Mixing zones; and,
Revisiting instream low flow assumptions.

Case studies will be used to illustrate the concepts presented.

Faculty for the web seminar series will include several authors of the UAA Handbook as well as issue experts, including Tom Dupuis, John Spencer, Sherrill Doran, Bill McMillin, and Linda MacPherson of CH2M HILL, and Lori Terry of Foster Pepper PLLC. Collectively, this group of experts has decades of water quality expertise. The web seminar series will bring them together to provide an unmatched learning experience focused on UAAs. Speaker biographies and photographs are available at www.nacwa.org and www.werf.org.

Register Today!
Register now for this cutting-edge series by visiting the NACWA or WERF websites (www.nacwa.org or www.werf.org) or use the registration form attached. Due to the significant amount of material to be covered, the web seminar series will take place over two days— June 28 and July 12 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Eastern Time each day. The program is priced per site, allowing multiple staff from the same utility to participate for one low price. The registration fee is:

$200 per site for NACWA Members (all categories) and WERF Subscribers
$300 per site for non-members

Site registration includes access to both web seminars and one complimentary copy of the UAA Handbook, which the faculty will reference extensively throughout the web seminar. We encourage you to purchase a UAA Handbook for each participant at your site. Additional UAA Handbooks can be purchased for only $25 per copy on either the NACWA or WERF website (www.nacwa.org or www.werf.org).

We invite you to register today for this important offering.

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