Advisory Committee on Water Information Aug2014

The federal Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) met August 19-20, 2014 in Reston, VA. Sue Lowry represents ICWP on ACWI and Peter Evans is our alternate representative. Both Sue and Peter were able to attend both days of meetings.…

ORSANCO’s EdVideo on Organics Detection

The Organics Detection System is a premier water quality monitoring system that detects volatile organic chemicals in the Ohio River and helps protect the drinking water quality for more than 5 million people every day. Recent congressionally…

Hats Off to OWRB/JDStrong on Federalism!

For those of you who missed the hearing last week (11Jun2014), JD Strong did a terrific job asserting the need to give a stronger role for states in federal water policy decisions. This has been a consistent theme in ICWP comments to various…

WRRDA/WRDA CONF COMMITTEE IN ACTION!

Now that congressional leaders in both the US Senate and House of Representatives have passed long-awaited Water Resource Development bills, the Senate appointed its conferees: Senators Boxer (CA), Vitter (LA), Baucus (MT), Barrasso (WY), Carper…

Stuart Hamilton, Aquatic Informatics

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HOUSE GEARS UP TO TACKLE MOUNTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES

At long last, the House is gearing up to markup a long-overdue water infrastructure reauthorization bill. On Wednesday, September 11th, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster – along with Water Resources and…

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED

Over the last several years numerous groups and agencies have repeatedly noted the extreme need for repairs to America’s water infrastructure.  The status of our aging and deteriorating infrastructure has been reported by the ASCE as…

National Advisory Committee asked for “Shrinking Budget” Recommendations

The federal Advisory Committee on Water Information (“ACWI”) has been asked by the Interior Dept for recommendations to assure strong water data and science programs at the USGS despite the shrinking federal budget, and ICWP is helping to…