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WEF's Congressional Briefing Archives 

Thursday, June 9, 2011: Managing Nutrients to Protect Water Quality: Innovative Approaches 

Honorary Host: 

  • Office of Senator Ben Cardin

Speakers:
 

  • Ann Mills, Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of
  • Agriculture
  • Tina Taylor, Director of Environment, Electric Power Research Institute
  • Jimmy Daukas, Managing Director, Agriculture & Environment Initiative, American Farmland Trust
  • Jeanette Brown, President, Water Environment Federation (Moderator)

Thursday, April 14, 2011: PAHs Increasing in Urban U.S. Lakes 

 Honorary Host: 

  • Office of Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)

 Speakers:
 

  • Barbara Mahler, Scientist, National Water Quality Assessment Program, U.S. Geological Society 
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007: The Next 35 Years of Clean Water: What will the Future Hold?
Opening Remarks:  

  • The Honorable James L. Oberstar, Chairman, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee


Panelists:   

  • LaJuana Wilcher, Former Secretary, Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet; Partner, English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP (moderator) 
  • James Connolly, Executive Director, Anacostia Watershed Society
  • Andrew Fahlund, Vice President for Conservation, American Rivers
  • Marian Orfeo, Director of Planning and Coordination, Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
  • Kenneth Reckhow, Professor and Chair of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University
  • Richard Schwer, Senior Consultant, Environmental Engineering, DuPont Company
  • Alan Vicory, Executive Director and Chief Engineer, Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission


 Friday, March 23, 2007:  Compounds of Emerging Concern:  An Evolving Water Quality Issue 
 
Speakers:    

  • Dr. Jeff Armstrong, Senior Scientist, Orange County Sanitation District
  • Dana Kolpin, Emerging Contaminants Investigations Chief, USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
  • Dr. Ed Ohanian, Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, U.S. EPA


 Friday, April 28, 2006: Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Ground Water and Drinking Water Supply Wells 

Speakers:    

  • Robert Hirsch, USGS Associate Director for Water
  • John Zogorski, NAWQA VOC Synthesis Team Leader

 Friday,March 3, 2006: Pesticides in the Nation's Streams and Ground Water: ADecade of Assessments Provide Information for Future Protection 

Speakers:    

  • Robert Hirsch, USGS Associate Director for Water
  • Bob Gilliom, NAWQA Pesticide Synthesis Team Leader
  • Jim Jones, Director, Office of Pesticides of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


 Friday, December 2, 2005: Parking Lot Sealants Examined as Source of Pollution 

Speakers:    

  • Peter VanMetre, USGS scientist
  • Mateo Scoggins, Biologist, City of Austin Watershed Protection and Development Review Department

For background on PAH and pavement sealcoats, please refer to http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/asphalt_sealers.html.