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
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.