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Issues & Advocacy

EWRI recommends members to serve on the national Advisory Committee on Water Information, and provides public policy input to governmental decision-makers through its involvement with the ASCE Energy, Environment and Water Policy Committee , which develops and maintains ASCE policies related to the areas of energy, environment and water.

Among the ASCE policies related to the areas of energy, environment and water are:

Dams, Flood Control and Levees

Dam Repair and Rehabilitation (PS 470)

Flood Plain Management (PS 421)

Levee Certification (PS 529)

National Levee Safety Program (PS 511)

Responsibility for Dam Safety (PS 280)

Energy

Advanced Water Power Generation (PS 442)

Electricity Generation and Transmission Infrastructure (PS 484)

Energy Policy (PS 489)

Hydraulic Fracturing (PS 539)

Hydropower (PS 379)

Nuclear Power (PS 490)

Environmental Issues

Acid Rain (PS 285)

Comprehensive Pollution Management (PS 362)

Consultation on Environmental Regulations (PS 403)

Endangered Species Act Reauthorization (PS 438)

Greenhouse Gasses (PS 488)

Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Program (PS 482)

Impact of Climate Change (PS 360)

Recycling of Electronic Wastes (PS 527)

National Wetlands Policy (PS 378)

Transportation and General Conformity Under the Clean Air Act (PS 327)

Voluntary Environmental Auditing for Regulatory Compliance (PS 356)

Hazardous and Solid Waste

Hazardous Waste Reduction and Management (PS 331)

High-Level Nuclear Waste Management (PS 491)

Municipal Solid Waste Management (PS 516)

Radioactive Waste Management (PS 262)

Revitalization of Brownfields (PS 485)

Superfund Reauthorization (PS 305)

International

Building Engineering Capacity (PS 506)

Millennium Development Goals (PS 517) - REVISED

Relationships with International Engineering Organizations (PS 146)

Wastewater

Clean Water Act Reauthorization (PS 420)

Control of Combined Sewer Discharges (PS 395)

Municipal Wastewater Biosolids (PS 429)

Non-Point Source Water Quality (PS 461)

Wastewater and Greywater Reuse (PS 332)

Water Resources Management

Atmospheric Water Resources Management (PS 275)

Beneficial Use of Dredged Materials (PS 513)

Cost Sharing in Water Resources Infrastructure Programs (PS 302)

Desalination (PS 407)

Disinfection of Drinking Water (PS 462)

Emergency and Risk Management by Water Providers (PS 348)

Groundwater Management (PS 243)

Hydrologic Data Collection (PS 447)

Implementation of Safe Drinking Water Regulations (PS 361)

Peer Review of Water Resources Projects (PS 519)

Planning and Management for Droughts (PS 408)

Regional Sediment Management (PS 522)

Storm Water Management (PS 441)

Water Infrastructure and Facilities Construction Funding (PS 480)

Water Conservation (PS 337)

Watershed Management (PS 422)

Weather Surveillance Technology (PS 409)

Upcoming Conferences

International Perspectives on Water and the Environment
December 4–7, 2018
Cartagena, Colombia

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EWRI Congress 2019
May 19–23, 2019
Pittsburgh, PA

Advance Registration closes: April 19, 2019

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Federal Interagency Sedimentation and Hydrologic Modeling Conference
Co-Sponsored by EWRI
June 24–28, 2019
Reno, NV

Draft papers due: January 15, 2019

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Operation & Maintenance of Stormwater Control Measures Conference
August 4–7, 2019
Minneapolis, MN

Submit your abstract by January 16, 2019

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Issues & Advocacy

Dams, Flood Control and Levees

Energy

Environmental Issues

Hazardous and Solid Waste

International

Wastewater

Water Resources Management

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