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		<title>Water Giant Philip E. Lamoreaux Dies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With great sadness I report the recent death of yet another giant in the field of water resources.
Dr. Philip E. LaMoreaux, Sr., died at home in Tuscaloosa, AL, on 23 June 2008. He was 88, and had served the water community for over 60 years.
I did not know Phil as well as I knew Tom Prickett and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AWRA Input at Corps Public Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 5, I participated in a public forum organized by the US Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, DC.  The purpose of the public meeting was to gather input regarding the revisions of the Corps’ Principles and Guildelines (P&#38;G).  The attendance at the meeting was not overwhelming, but many organizations were represented and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/06/22/awra-input-at-corps-public-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Green Ports Initiative in Philadelphia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought that an industrial waterfront user would have something in common with a riverkeeper or environmental conservation organization?
 
Recently a partnership of the three Philadelphia Region waterfront authorities (Delaware River Port Authority, South Jersey Port Corporation and the Philadelphia Region Port Authority) collaborated, and developed a Green Ports Initiative with the purpose of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/06/22/green-ports-initiative-in-philadelphia/</link>
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		<title>Rep. John Linder&#8217;s 21st Century Water Commission Is Still Afloat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Sehlke just posted about a national water vision for the US, and what happens? A Congressman takes him up on that!
Rep. John Linder (R-GA), who represents Georgia&#8217;s 7th District, the northeast suburbs of Atlanta (Gwinnett County and environs), has seen his bill H.R. 135 to establish a &#8220;21st Century Water Commission&#8221; get voted out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/05/12/rep-john-linders-21st-century-water-commission-is-still-afloat/</link>
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		<title>A National Water Vision for the US?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dick Engberg posted a very interesting concept to the AWRA board/staff and technical committee listserv&#8217;s today  that may be of interest to our members related to the potential of developing a National Water Policy or Strategy (see below).  There has been quite a healthy discussion that has been going on about it most of the day.  I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/05/01/a-national-water-vision-for-the-us/</link>
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		<title>WaterDance Lives On &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago now, facing the cold, wet, foggy, dreary and long 28 days in the dreaded month of February and desperate for a diversion, I proposed in the AWRA e-newsletter, Connections, a film festival to be held in each of our homes, and I provided a list of 28 films (mostly readily available) in which water [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/04/30/waterdance-lives-on/</link>
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		<title>Key Water Issues Now Facing our Nation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert M. Hirsch, Timothy L. Miller, Pixie Hamilton, and Robert Gilliom
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
Challenges to sustaining sufficient and high-quality water for human consumption, industry, farms, energy production, and ecosystem services continue to intensify in many parts of the Nation. We face four key water issues that call for support from the science [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/04/23/key-water-issues-now-facing-our-nation/</link>
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		<title>Water Resources Challenges in the Next Decade and Beyond: Global Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gerald Sehlke 
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
I believe that the most pressing issue is “Global Change” and its impacts on humans and the environment. Changes on earth are always a mixture of natural and anthropogenic changes. “Global Change” research focuses on the anthropogenic aspects of climate change, land use change, water resources development, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/04/23/water-resources-challenges-in-the-next-decade-and-beyond-global-change/</link>
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		<title>Brown &#038; Caldwell: Special Earth Day Edition of Water News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brown and Caldwell has published a special Earth Day edition of its Water News.
&#8220;If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read &#8216;President Can&#8217;t Swim&#8217;.&#8221; &#8211; Lyndon B. Johnson
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		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/04/22/brown-caldwell-special-earth-day-edition-of-water-news/</link>
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		<title>ABA Best Papers in Environmental Law and Water Law</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Colleague Patrick Griffiths of the City of Bend alerted me to this information, which is from the American Bar Association&#8217;s Section on Environment, Energy, and Resources (www.abanet.org/environ/best/).
The ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources recognizes the following paper submissions as the &#8220;Best Papers&#8221; prepared for the 37th Annual Conference on Environmental Law (Keystone), 26th Annual Water [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://awramedia.org/mainblog/2008/04/20/aba-best-papers-in-environmental-law-and-water-law/</link>
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