People
Sen. Herb Kohl (Wis.) received the Rural Water Star Award from the National Rural Water Association. Sen. Robert Byrd (W.Va.) received the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Orange County (Calif.) Groundwater Replenishment System received the Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
New officers for the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers are Ronald L. McAllister, vice president-elect, and board members Shannon R. Brockmann, John R. Fisher, Carolyn M. Jones and Maury Salz.
Frederic Shmurak was named water resources engineering department manager for Dewberry, a professional services firm in Fairfax, Va.
Mark Soucy, superintendent of the Water and Wastewater departments in Fort Kent, Maine, was named Maine Operator of the Year by the New England Water Environment Association.
Learning Opportunities
University of Wisconsin-Madison Courses
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Engineering Professional Development is offering the following classes at the Madison campus:
• July 21-22 – Water Reuse in the United States: Strategies, Trends and Onsite Applications
• July 23-24 – Improving Your Energy Efficiencies in Water and Wastewater Treatment, Collection and Distribution.
Call 608/262-2061 or visit http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu.
American Public Works Association
APWA is offering a July 23 course on Greening the Fleet: It’s More Than a Color Change. Call Carrie Merker at 800/848-2792, ext. 5213, or visit www.apwa.net.
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCE is offering these courses:
• July 9-10 – Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers, Radisson Hotel Sacramento, Sacramento, Calif. Call 916/922-2020.
• July 16-17 – Introduction to Detention Pond Design: Parking Lots and Urban Drainage, Doubletree Guest Suites Nashville, Nashville, Tenn. Call 615/324-3410.
• July 30-31 – Low-Impact Development Applications for Water Resource Management, Doubletree Hotel San Diego Downtown, San Diego, Calif. Call 619/239-6800.
• Aug. 4-5 – Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers, Radisson Hotel Hyannis, Hyannis, Mass. Call 508/771-1700.
• Aug. 13-14 – Storm Sewer Design Using SWMM, The Heathman Hotel, Portland, Ore. Call 503/790-7123.
For information, visit www.asce.org
Maine Rural Water Association
MRWA is offering a Maine Water Agency Response Network exercisein Augusta on July 22. For information, call 207/729-6569 or visit www. mainerwa.org.
Water Environment Federation
The Water Environment Federation announced the launch of an online library of papers presented at WEFTEC and WEF specialty conferences. The papers, accessible on the WEF Web site, are not peer-reviewed and range from the year 2000 to present.
Calendar
July 13-16
American Membrane Technology Association/American Water Works Association 2009 Conference and Exposition: Membranes – Kickin’ It Up Texas Style!, Austin, Texas. Call 772/463-0820 or visit www.amtaorg.com.
Aug. 4-6
International Society of Automation Water/Wastewater Automatic Controls Division Symposium, Orlando, Fla. Visit www.isa.org/wwac.
Aug. 9-12
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) 2009: Combining Science and Management to Restore Impaired Waters, Hilton Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minn. Call 703/684-2441 or visit www.wef.org.
Aug. 9-14
International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research Congress, Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia. Visit www.iahr2009.org.
Aug. 16-20
StormCon, the North American Surface Water Quality Conference and Exposition, Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, Calif. Call 805/682-1300, ext. 131, or www.stormcon.com.
Aug. 26-29
Association of Water Technologies Annual Convention and Exposition, Hollywood, Fla. Visit www.awt.org.
Aug. 30-Sept. 2
Distribution Systems Symposium and Exposition, Reno, Nev. Visit www.awwa.org.
Sept. 13-16
WateReuse Symposium, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, Wash. Visit www.wef.org.
Sept. 13-16
American Public Works Association Congress – The Best Show in Public Works, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio. Call 816/595-5241 or visit www.apwa.net.
Sept. 14-16
International Conference on Forest and Water in a Changing Environment, Raleigh, N.C. Visit www.awra.org.
Sept. 20-23
National Rural Water Association Leadership Forum and Technology Exhibit, New Orleans, La. Call 580/252-0629 or visit www.nrwa.org.
