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WaterNews for the week of September 24, 2002WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Inside this week's WaterNews: Administrator Participates in Recognition of Clean Water Act Deputy Assistant Administrator Recognizes Excellence National Estuaries Day Celebration - October 3, 2002 Coastal Technology Conference Organizers Seek Papers Administrator Participates in Recognition of Clean Water ActEPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman will be the featured speaker on Sept. 30, at the Water Environment Federation conference in Chicago, Illinois. Administrator Whitman will give a major address before about 3,000 attendees. For more information please visit http://www.weftec.org/
Deputy Assistant Administrator Recognizes ExcellenceEPA's Office of Water Deputy Assistant Administrator, Benjamin Grumbles, is scheduled to present the U.S. EPA National Clean Water Act Recognition Awards on Sept. 30, at the Water Environment Federation conference. Thirty-one national awards are being given to municipalities and industries for their outstanding performance in wastewater treatment and pollution abatement programs. National Estuaries Day Celebration -October 3, 2002National Estuaries Day celebrates the important contribution of estuaries to the
economy and to our personal enjoyment. On Oct. 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will jointly sponsor
Estuary Live! to celebrate National Estuaries Day. This exciting interactive
educational program offers students across the country the opportunity to tour eight
of the nation's most valued estuaries using satellite technology and the internet.
More information on estuaries and how everyone can be involved in their protection
and restoration is available on http://www.estuaries.gov/
Coastal Technology Conference Organizers Seek PapersThe EPA Office of Water is hosting a conference to encourage technology transfer among those
involved in coastal management. The conference, "Emerging Technologies, Tools, and Techniques
for managing our Coasts in the 21st Century," is scheduled Jan. 28-30, 2003 in
Cocoa Beach , Florida. The deadline for submitting abstracts for papers addressing the
conference theme, Coasts and Oceans: Assessment, Management, Restoration, and Measuring
Results, has been extended to Sept. 27, 2002. Your abstract can be sent to
Abstracts@tech-transfer-conference.com
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