Standards Development Council




Purpose Statement
To coordinate all activities of EWRI related to the establishment, use, or discontinuance of standards in the area of water and the environment.

Officers
Chair: Bill Archdeacon
Past Chair: Bill Boyle
Vice Chair: Joe Dellapenna
Secretary: Jeroen Olthof

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SDC Committees
  • Atmospheric Water Management Standards Committee
    Chair: George Bomar


  • Purpose: To develop standards for atmospheric water management in the areas of precipitation enhancement, fog dispersal, and hail suppression for adoption by states and provinces for regulatory purposes.

  • Border International Water Quality Standards Committee
    Chair: David Eaton


  • Purpose: To develop international border water quality control standards.

  • Managed Aquifer Recharge Standards Committee
    Chair: Ivan Johnson


  • Purpose: To develop standards for the artificial recharge of groundwater and organize international symposia. For More Information.

  • Management Practice for the Control of Erosion and Sediment Committee
    Chair: Michael Clar


  • Purpose: To develop standard guidelines and/or standard of practice and/or standard of practice document(s) for the design, construction, rehabilitation, installation, and/or operation & maintenance of erosion control systems and/or best management practices of sediment control.

  • Oxygen Transfer Standards Committee
    Chair: Michael Stenstrom


  • Purpose: To develop standards and guidelines for determining the transfer of oxygen in clean and process wastewaters and to develop guidance for the quality assurance of oxygen transfer devices.

  • Standards Development Council Awards Subcommittee
    Chair: Conrad Keyes, Jr.


  • Urban Drainage Standards Committee
    Chair: William Archdeacon


  • Purpose: To standard specifications for the design, construction, installation, operation and maintenance of urban subsurface and surface drainage using guidelines developed by the Irrigation and Drainage Council.

  • Water Infrastructure Security Enhancements (WISE)
    Standards Committee

    Chair: Findlay Edwards


  • Water Regulatory Standards Committee
    Chair: Joseph Dellapena


  • Purpose: To develop water regulatory standards for adoption by water regulatory agencies for water quality, interstate water compacts, water allocation methods, state/tribal compacts and other regulatory needs.
Should you wish to become an official member of one or more of the above standards committees, you'll need to complete the application form and provide a brief interest statement and resume.