CALL FOR PAPERS
WaterEC, The International Water Efficiency Conference is seeking abstracts for its inaugural conference March 30 - April 2, 2009 at the Newport Beach Marriott in Newport Beach, CA.
The abstract submission deadline is August 4, 2008. If your abstract is accepted, you will be notified by e-mail and your conference paper will be due January 5, 2009.
We invite you to submit for the following session tracks:
- Source Development and Protection
- Supply Storage and Conveyance
- Indoor/Outdoor Use
- Resource Management
Are you involved in a municipal water resource management program, water conservation research, engineering, consulting, landscape irrigation, agricultural irrigation management, community water conservation outreach, water resource monitoring, or ensuring source point rehabilitation and protection? If you have interesting industry data, or case studies, please consider sharing your experience and expertise at WaterEC ‘09 in Newport Beach, CA.
WaterEC, The International Water Efficiency Conference aims to be the largest forum dedicated exclusively to the needs and concerns of water efficiency and conservation professionals.
Abstract Submission Deadline – August 4, 2008
You may submit your abstract by clicking here. Presentations will be 30 minutes each, including a question-and-answer period.
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Final Conference Paper Submission Deadline
If your abstract is accepted, you will be notified by e-mail and your conference paper will be due January 5, 2009.
Presenters will receive a discount on the price of a full-day, two-day, or one-day registration package. Please note: Badges will be checked at the door. If you are not a registered attendee, you may be denied access to sessions other than the one in which you are presenting. Because seating is limited, this policy is to ensure that there is guaranteed seating for all attendees who have registered.
Abstracts promoting proprietary products or companies will not be accepted as part of the WaterEC conference program.
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Conference Tracks
Source Development and Protection
This track focuses on the importance of source water protection as well as the need for new sources of potable and non-potable water for public, private, and industrial usage. This track also includes an analysis of the relationship between water treatment and water reuse.
Topics in this track include:
- Water Reuse
- Water catchment and storage
- Riparian protection and rehabilitation
- Desalination
Supply Storage and Conveyance
This track will address an in-depth analysis of the benefits and challenges involved in the implementation and management of water storage and conveyance systems, including–but not limited to–storage tanks, pipes, and pumps.
- Pipeline construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance
- Water storage construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance
- Remote delivery systems (construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance)
- Urban Water delivery systems (construction, rehabilitation, and maintenance)
Indoor/Outdoor Use
This technical track deals with methods for testing the effectiveness of indoor and outdoor water management and conservation technologies, and comparing different methods of controlling end-use demand. It also includes discussion of topics and trends in irrigation both at the micro (private use landscaping) and macro (large-scale agricultural irrigation) level.
- Landscaping
- Smart Irrigation
- Weather Stations
- Online Irrigation monitoring
- Low Flow Fixtures
- Leak detection and audits
Resource Management
This track covers many aspects related to managing a successful municipal or industry-specific water collection and conveyance program: finding sources of funding; communicating with the public, elected officials, the development community, and other government agencies; and, in many communities, meeting LEED and NAHB green building standards. This track will include an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges involved in managing the complex relationship between energy use and water efficiency This track will also involve a discussion of the successful implementation of information integration programs that use data acquired via GIS, USGS Satellite imagery, weather tracking, and other data collection technologies. Focus areas include:
- Building public education and outreach programs
- Funding options for water conservation programs
- Finding, training, and keeping the right personnel
- Hiring and working with consultants
- Green Building
- Drought planning
- Energy Efficiency
- Water management systems
- GIS
- Wi-Fi and Fixed Networks
- AMR/AMI
- Software
Presentations must not promote or endorse any proprietary technology or company, nor should they simply describe the features of a product; however, examples of product installations with data on the effectiveness of a particular system will be considered.
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Who Should Submit an Abstract?
- Municipal water utility managers–describe your water resource management program, funding mechanisms, public outreach programs, or permit process. Share your experiences working with regulators, vendors, and outside consultants.
- Engineering consultants and design professionals–share new approaches to water resource management problems, present case studies of interesting projects, or discuss the latest design tools.
- Researchers–present data on new technologies or modeling and assessment tools.
- Regulatory personnel–discuss developments in state and local regulations.
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Length of Presentations
All presentations are 30 minutes long including a question-and-answer period. Presentations may be reclassified in a different track as appropriate.
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General Content Guidelines
The abstract you submit is the basis for your presentation description (if accepted) in the conference program. For this reason, your presentation and paper must match the title and description in your abstract. Incomplete projects or presentations without conclusions are not desired. Your peers expect you to present data, evaluation, and analyses or conclusions drawn from research or actual projects that are actionable. One caveat is that a presentation may address processes or techniques for organizing or documenting a project; in this case, the project need not be complete, because conclusions would evaluate processes, not the project.
Presentations may be reclassified in a different track than specified when submitted. Because papers to be presented are selected on the basis of your abstract, keep in mind these selection criteria when writing the abstract. Will your paper:
- Have broad interest for people in the field of water resource management?
- Convey new knowledge or experience about an aspect of water resource management?
- Demonstrate the use of a tool or methodology?
- Present data on the performance or use of a best management practice or technique?
- Provide data and analysis?
- Draw clear conclusions or evaluations that are actionable for the audience?
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. If your abstract is selected, you will receive guidelines for preparing and submitting your paper when you are notified of acceptance. Final papers are due to WaterEC January 5, 2009. Only papers that are presented at WaterEC ’09 will be included in the conference proceedings.
WaterEC does not cover presenters’ travel expenses or accommodations. However, a discounted registration fee is available for all presenters.
Click here to submit your abstract now.
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Who Is the Audience for Your Presentation?
WaterEC will target municipal, county, special district, state, federal, and military water resource managers and engineers; engineering consultants; regulatory personnel; state transportation department professionals; watershed managers; contractors and developers; civil engineering professors; nonprofit environmental water-quality professionals; and compliance professionals from retail, manufacturing, and other industries that are concerned with water resource management.
Depending on your subject and its focus, you may have multiple audiences with different needs, expectations, and backgrounds.
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How to Submit
Please click here to submit your abstract online now.
If you do not have Internet access, you can mail your contact information and a 300- to 500-word abstract to Forester Media, Inc. P.O. Box 3100, Santa Barbara, CA 93130, or fax it to 805-682-0200, attention WaterEC Abstracts. Please do not include supplemental materials.
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