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.