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IN THIS ISSUE... EWRI/ASCE News » The Environmental & Water Resources Section & Branch Award Committee News » ASCE/EWRI Urban Drainage Standards Committee Meeting » Mark Your Calendars! Council Weekend 2005 Student News » EWRI 2005 Congress Student Competitions New ASCE/EWRI Publications » Sustainable Engineering Practice: An Introduction Seminars & Workshops » ASCE Continuing Education Offerings for Environmental and Water Resource Engineers » EWRI Dam Removal Workshop » Toe Scour Evaluation For Channel Restoration, Flood Control, And Biotechnical Streambank Stabilization Projects » ASCE Distance Learning: Introduction to HEC-HMS » Now Available from ASCE: A New Seminar-On-CD on GIS in Water Resources Conferences » EWRI 2005 Congress » EWRI 2005 Watershed Management Conference » Straddling the Divide Conference ASCE/EWRI Holiday Schedules » ASCE/EWRI Office Holiday Schedule » EWRI Staff and the Holiday Season Happy Holidays Spread the Word EWRI Home	December 2004 EWRI/ASCE NEWS The Environmental & Water Resources Section & Branch Award The Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) is looking to recognize and celebrate the activities of Section and Branches and the Institute’s Environmental and/or Water Resources Technical Groups. The merit award may be given to a Technical Group based on their activities, local technical community involvement, community activities and joint activities with non-civil engineering groups. There are two awards based on a combination of geographic size and population density. The awards information and criteria is available from Karen C. Kabbes . A short (two to three page) written summary of your activities and information should be submitted to kckabbes@kabbesengineering.com prior to February 1, 2005. The recognition ceremony will be held at the EWRI Anchorage Congress in May 2005. COMMITTEE NEWS ASCE/EWRI Urban Drainage Standards Committee Meeting The EWRI/ASCE Urban Drainage Standards Committee will be meeting on February 4, 2005, in Baltimore, Maryland, to resolve public comments regarding the Urban Drainage Subsurface Standard Guidelines and to ready the documents for publication. >> For more information, please contact William Archdeacon, P.E. Mark Your Calendars! Council Weekend 2005 EWRI’s 3rd Annual Council Weekend has been scheduled for February 26-27, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. Email invitations were sent to appropriate Councils, Committee and Task Committee Chairs and EXCOMS on December 14th. Full details will follow after the winter holidays. >> Questions? Please contact Wayne Davis STUDENT NEWS EWRI 2005 Congress Student Competitions In conjunction with the 2005 Congress to be held in Anchorage, Alaska May 15-19, 2005, the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) is offering three student competition opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in the field of civil engineering. These competitions are the Parsons Brinckerhoff Student Design Competition (undergraduate), the Student Paper Competition (undergraduate and graduate categories) and the Student Photography Contest (student and Younger Member chapters). For additional information and submission requirements, please visit http://www.asce.org/conferences/ewri2005/students.cfm. NEW ASCE/EWRI PUBLICATIONS Ordering Information: Visit http://www.pubs.asce.org or call 1-800-548-2723 (U.S.) / 1-703-295-6300 (Int’l.) / 1-703-295-6278 (Fax) Sustainable Engineering Practice: An Introduction Sustainable Engineering Practice: An Introduction provides a broad, fundamental understanding of sustainability principles and their application to engineering work. It is intended to fill a need for a primer on sustainability that can be introduced early in an engineer’s career: it brings together all the basic dimensions of the history, concepts, and applications of sustainable engineering; and through a variety of examples and references, inspires and encourages engineers to pursue and integrate sustainable engineering into their work on a life-long basis. The Report contains: (1) Background summary of the role and accomplishments of engineers in sustainable development. The complete report, "Engineers and Sustainable Development," is contained on the accompanying CD ROM; (2) Summary of the major commitments made and implementation activities agreed upon at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in September 2002, and the initial steps taken by the U.S. engineering community and its global partners; (3) Wide spectrum of examples, which describe how sustainability principles can and are being integrated and applied in engineering education, research, and practice; (4) Sustainability definitions, policy statements, and principles providing a broad sense of the visionary and ethical goals and strategies of sustainable engineering practice; and (4) References, resources, and tools containing a wealth of additional information that can be used to pursue the basic materials in the Report in greater depth and detail. Both young and veteran engineering professionals, and engineering students will benefit from this primer on sustainable development and its concepts and applications. >> Order Today! SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS ASCE Continuing Education Offerings for Environmental and Water Resource Engineers Visit the ASCE Website at: https://www.asce.org/conted/seminars/seminar.cfm?cat=2 for a complete list of seminars for Environmental Engineers https://www.asce.org/conted/seminars/seminar.cfm?cat=4 for a complete list of seminars for Hydraulic and Water Resource Engineers EWRI Dam Removal Workshop February 10-11, 2005 University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN >> Register Today! >> Workshop Program >> Questions? Contact Katie Gorscak Toe Scour Evaluation For Channel Restoration, Flood Control, And Biotechnical Streambank Stabilization Projects February 17-18, 2005 Atlanta, GA Instructors: Dr. Jeffrey Bradley, P.E. and Dennis L. Richards, P.E. In this seminar you will learn the concepts of channel stability analysis, causes and characteristics of bank scour, how to recognize various types of toe failures, perform assessment of vertical and lateral stability and understand their influence on toe scour. You will learn to evaluate various design methods, determine which toe protection method is applicable and be able to make recommendations for inspection and maintenance. >> View Brochure >> Register Online Today! ASCE Distance Learning: Introduction to HEC-HMS This seminar-on-CD is an overview and demonstration of the Hydraulic Engineering Center’s Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) software. It is intended primarily for those already familiar with hydrologic watershed models such as HEC-1, TR-20, or SWMM. The focus is on new HEC-HMS capabilities, such as the powerful graphical interface and the ability to use new data sets such as NEXRAD weather radar data and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). This course contains the same class materials provided at the live seminar, including HEC-HMS and HEC-GeoHMS User’s Manuals and software installation. >> For More Information >> Order Online Now Available from ASCE: A New Seminar-On-CD on GIS in Water Resources GIS has been used for many years to develop solutions to water resource problems. This new ASCE seminar-on-CD is geared toward those wanting to learn about the basics of GIS and how it can be used as a vital tool in the field of water resources. Assessing water resources, determining water availability, preventing flooding, understanding the natural environment, and managing water resources on a local or regional scale are just some of the tools discussed. Class materials included on the CD are slide handouts that can be printed and used for taking notes during a session and a quiz that can be completed to earn Continuing Education Units. >> For More Information >> Order Online Today! CONFERENCES EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress May 15-19, 2005, Anchorage, Alaska http://www.asce.org/conferences/ewri05/ EWRI 2005 Watershed Management Conference, "Managing Watersheds for Human and Natural Impacts: Engineering, Ecological, and Economic Challenges" July 19-22, 2005, Williamsburg, VA http://www.asce.org/conferences/watershedmanagement2005/ Straddling the Divide Conference* February 15-16, 2005, Chicago, IL http://www.nipc.org/environment/slmrwsc/conferences/ * EWRI Co-sponsored Events ASCE/EWRI HOLIDAY SCHEDULES ASCE/EWRI Office Holiday Schedule The ASCE/EWRI Office will be closed on the following dates: Friday, December 24, 2004 Christmas Eve Friday, December 31, 2004 New Year’s Eve EWRI Staff and the Holiday Season ’Tis the time of year when members and staff are out and about visiting family members and friends. During the winter holiday season, there will be at least one EWRI staff person in the office except on the scheduled office closure (dates listed above). EWRI Staff who are taking leave in addition to the dates ASCE is closed are shown below: Katie Gorscak, EWRI Special Projects Coordinator, December 27, 2004 Autumn Richter, EWRI Administrator, December 23, 2004 - January 3, 2005 Brian Parsons, EWRI Director, and Wayne Davis, EWRI Program Coordinator, will be onsite. If you have a question or concern that cannot wait for a particular staff person to return to the office, please feel free to contact one of the other EWRI Staff members. Happy Holidays >> View holiday card from EWRI Staff SPREAD THE WORD Please forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in environmental and water-related issues and would like to hear from the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 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