Registration for the upcoming 2014 Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Conference ends on Aug. 30.

The event, co-hosted by the West Virginia Water Research Institute at West Virginia University, will bring together researchers, policy makers, regulators, agencies and the public to share in the latest information, technologies and research relating to the Mid-Atlantic region’s water resources.

The conference will take place on Sept. 24 and 25 at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown and will feature over 50 speakers from throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. Topics will focus on the challenges and solutions facing the future of the Mid-Atlantic region’s water infrastructure.

“Water infrastructure is a vitally important issue moving into the future,” said Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute. “January’s chemical spill on the Elk River in West Virginia highlighted the need to seriously study the Nation’s water infrastructure to find better ways to protect source water and to improve the resiliency of the entire water system.”

The conference program will feature plenary sessions, three tracks of concurrent break-out sessions and several guest speakers including:

• Earl Greene – Acting Chief, External Research and Coordinator of Hydrologic Network and Analysis, United States Geological Survey
• Gerald Kauffman – Director, University of Delaware Water Resources Agency
• John Kennedy – Director, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Office of Ecology and Infrastructure
• John Unger – West Virginia State Senate Majority Leader
• John Sheehan – Director, Adirondack Environmental Council
• Walt Ivey – Director, Environmental Engineering Division, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

For more information about the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Conference, including a complete list of speakers and to register, visit www.midatlanticwc.org.

The West Virginia Water Research Institute is a program of the National Research Center for Coal and Energy at West Virginia University. In existence since 1967, the West Virginia Water Research Institute serves as a statewide vehicle for performing research related to water issues. It is the premier water research center in West Virginia and, within selected fields, an international leader.

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CONTACT: Glenn Waldron, WV Water Research Institute
304.293.7085; Glenn.Waldron@mail.wvu.edu

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