Monitoring in DC!

1,000,000 People in 100 Countries by 2012

September 16, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Hains Point, Washington, DC

All are welcome to join WWMD sponsors and partners as we celebrate World Water Monitoring Day 2010. Following a short formal program, participants will conduct hands-on testing of the Potomac River and visit a variety of displays from WWMD partners and other water quality stakeholder groups.

To RSVP, please send an e-mail including your name to wwmd@wef.org. Questions may also be directed to this address.

Click here for a map and driving directions.

Program

9:00 a.m.	General Arrivals/Continental Breakfast
9:30 a.m.	Opening Remarks Veronica Johnson, Meteorologist NBC News4 Washington, DC *Emcee Paul Freedman, President Water Environment Federation Ann Arbor, Michigan
9:35 a.m.	WWMD International Activities Kristina Kohler, North American Director International Water Association Washington, DC
9:40 a.m.	Remarks on Water Quality and Education U.S. Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (D-MD) Vice Chair, House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Michelle Wachtel, Director of Education Programs and Resource Development Jewish National Fund Washington, DC WWMD Water Champion Award Winner for 2009 Alan Heymann, Director of Public Affairs DC Water Washington, DC
10:00 a.m.	Closing Remarks
10:05 a.m.	Water Quality Monitoring & Educational Displays (students arrive)

Exhibitors

Alexandria Office of Environmental Quality
Alice Ferguson Foundation
Anacostia Riverkeeper
Audubon Naturalist Society
DC Water
District Department of the Environment
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Jewish National Fund
LaMotte Company
National Aquarium, Washington DC
National Environmental Education Foundation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
SCUBAnauts International
U.S. Coast Guard Sea Partners
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Virginia Water Environment Association
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

Interested in exhibiting? Download the application.

Participating Schools

Imagine Hope Community Charter School, Washington, DC
Immanuel Lutheran School, Alexandria, VA
J.C. Parks Elementary, Indian Head, MD
Jefferson-Houston School for Arts and Academics, Alexandria, VA
Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation’s Capitol, Washington, DC
St. Michael the Archangel School, Silver Spring, MD