Cholera kills hundreds in Zimbabwe
Almost 12,000 people have contracted choleraֲ since August in Zimbabwe, and the outbreak threatens to grow more direֲ and deadlyֲ because the nation can’t pay for chemicals to treat water or for doctors to treat victims. Residents in Harare were digging shallow holes in their yards in hopes of finding water. In some cases, nearby holes served [...]
Water and Flood Management – ICWFM 2007
The Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM) is pleased to invite all interested persons to participate in the Conference to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 12 to 14, 2007. The present conference is aimed to make a bridge among the researchers, academicians and professionals with common interest to [...]
Battle of the Water Sensor – problem description and rules
The WDSA 2006 will hold a special workshop for the Battle of the Water Sensor Network. The problem description and rules are available at the WDSA 2006 workshops page.
MODFLOW and More 2006
Managing Ground-Water Systems May 22-24, 2006 The MODFLOW conference series has become a tradition for the presentation of cutting-edge practical application of ground water models in all aspects of hydrologic work. MODFLOW, the USGS modular three-dimensional finite-difference, ground-water flow model, has become an international standard for ground-water modeling. MODFLOW serves as a centerpiece for the [...]
WDSA2006 Call For Abstracts
8th Annual International Symposium on Water Distribution Systems Analysis Cincinnati, OH, August 27-30, 2006 http://www.eng.uc.edu/wdsa2006/ Background: Dating to 1999, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has sponsored annual symposia on water distribution systems analysis (WDSA). These international meetings have come to be recognized as the North American focal point for computational methods used to [...]
Battle Of The Sensors – Initial announcement
Here is a message from Dr. Avi Ostfeld: Dear Colleagues, On May 26, 2005 I have issued a call to this list on a “Battle of the Sensors” exercise as part of the planned Special Issue of the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management on Drinking Water Distribution Systems Security. Since than I have [...]
Water security at InfraGard 2005
InfraGard 2005 National Conference (hosted by the InfraGard National Members Alliance and the FBI) has a track called “Taking Aim at Our Nationג€™s Drinking Water”: Track Overview As security tightens around airports and other facilities, terrorists are acquiring targets that are easier to reach. These easier to reach targets are called ג€soft targetsג€ because of [...]
Motorola provides Remote Meter Reading (AMR) for Residential Water Customers
June 13 – Motorola, Inc. announced it has selected ViaStar Energy, Inc. as the master distributor for its Motorolaֲ® Remote Meter Reading Solution for North American residential water market customers: The wireless Automated Meter Reading (AMR) solution, which enables utilities to remotely read meters multiple times per day and access other important daily interval data [...]
AWWA 124th Annual Conference and Exposition
AWWA 124th Annual Conference and Exposition, June 12ג€“16, 2005. Moscone Center, San Francisco, California. See it here.
Wallingford Softwareג€™s 6th International User Conference
Wallingford Software announced their International User Conference: Wallingford Software, the global leader in the development of software tools for the water industry, today announced that registrations are now being taken for their International User Conference 2005 to be held on 14th and 15th September in the UK. All registrations are taken via the Wallingford Software [...]
