THE SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES ROUNDTABLE
Sustainability of the nation's water resources through research and indicators
INVITATION
The Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable (SWRR) invites you to our nextmeetingto be held Tuesday and Wednesday, December1& 2at the Top of the Town, 1400 14th St.ArlingtonVA22209 (Six blocks from Rosslyn Metro over Route 50 and a block above the Iwo JimaMonument).We expect our next two meetings to be outside the Washington area so this may be the onlyopportunity to participate in a local SWRR meeting for almost a year. Please register bycutting and pasting the form below into an e-mail to and
You are welcome to forward this invitation to colleagueswith interest in water sustainability.
The agenda for thisday and a half working meeting in pasted in below. You will have an opportunity to say a word about your own interest in water sustainability and then hear presentations and have opportunities to engage with such initiatives as the upcoming multi-stakeholder work of the Water Census, the National Environment Status and Trends effort, theAlliance for Water Stewardship , and the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers major outreach on collaboration on water.
The SWRR serves as a national forum to share information and promote indicators and research for sustaining water and related resources. SWRR is an authorized working group of the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) that advises Federal Agencies. Participation in SWRR is open and intended to include a wide range of interests and views. In previous SWRR meetings, we discussed the research and information needed to promote water sustainability, heard many presentations from government, corporate and NGO viewpoints, identified categories of information important for improved decision-making at the federal, state, local and private levels, and formulated draft indicators of sustainable water resource use. About four hundred people have participated in SWRR meetings. Between meetings, a steering committee of about sixteen volunteers from government agencies and private organizations meets in subgroups and moves the work forward.
How to Register
More invitations are being sent out than space is available so please complete and return the attached registration form. There is no fee to attend the Roundtable meeting. If your organization or agency can make a contribution to the cost of this meeting, please contact . Some travel support may be available for a limited number of participants whose organizations can't send them to the meeting. If you cannot attend, please let us know if you would like a packet of materials from the meeting.
SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES ROUNDTABLE
MEETING REGISTRATION FORM
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Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable
Top of the Town, 1400 N. 14th St.Arlington, VA22209
December 1 & 2, 2009
Agenda
Day 1: Tuesday, December 1
8:45Registration and Coffee
9:10Opening Welcome remarks and review of goals for the day:
Rick Swanson SWRR Co-chair, David Berry, SWRR Facilitator
9:20Roundtable Background: Summary of the Water Roundtable activities and history for new participants (
John Wells + Rich Juricich
9:45Round of self introductions mentioning interest in sustainability and water resources
David Berry
10:45Break
11:05The NEST Indicators Project, Current Status and Next Steps:
Rich Guldin, Director of Science, Policy, Planning, Inventory and Information, USFS
11:25Open discussion or breakout groups on NEST indicators and moving forward
12:10Lunch
12:45Lunch Keynote Speaker: Building Strong Collaborative Relationships for a Sustainable Water Resources Future, Steve L Stockton, Director, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers
1:15Discussion of USACE program and various vehicles for collaboration and contributions SWRR and or SWRR members and participating organizations can play
1:50The Alliance for Water Stewardship
AWS Overview: Matt Ries, Water Environment Federation
AWS Roundtable Process: Andy Murphy, World Wildlife Federation
Comments and questions
2:50Break
3:05Break out discussions on AWS and report back to group
Topics: SWRR Participation in North American Regional Initiative,
Relationship between Regional Initiative and the Global Roundtable,
Feedback on Draft Standard (Principles, Criteria, Indicators)
4:00Report back on breakouts and summary comments by AWS presenters
4:15Summary of day and plans for tomorrow
4:30Adjourn: There will be a reception and dinner in the building for out of town attendees and anyone else that wishes to participate.
Day 2: Wednesday, December 2
8:45Coffee
9:05Welcome and review of goals for the day
9:15Presentation on plans for broad participation in Water Census
Eric Evenson, USGS
9:35Discussion (or breakouts) of Water Census plan for stakeholder design of participation plan for Water Census
10:25Break and networking
10:45Further discussion (or breakouts) of Water Census plan
11:25Summary of Feedback on Water Census plan
11:45Next Steps for SWRR (winter and spring meetings)
12:05Adjourn