The Delaware River Watershed Initiative at the Academy of Natural Sciences will hold its monthly happy hour seminar series on September 9 to announce “Delaware River, Inc.”

What if the Delaware River was managed as a firm or a business?  Dr. Gerald Kauffman of the University of Delaware will discuss the economic benefits and costs of clean water in the Delaware River Basin, a watershed that provides drinking water to five percent of the nation's population and the first and seventh largest metropolitan economies in the United States.

The talk will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the back reserved room at Cherry Street Tavern, 22nd and Cherry streets, Philadelphia.

Dr. Kauffman is Director of the University of Delaware Water Resources Agency, a program of the Institute for Public Administration. Professor Kauffman teaches graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Delaware on topics including engineering and hydrology.

He has co-authored a book on water resources engineering with a colleague from the University of Wyoming and is presently writing a book about sustainable watershed management. Dr. Kauffman provides water science and policy assistance to governments in Delaware and the Delaware Valley through the land-grant public service, education, and research role of the University of Delaware.

The event is free and open to the public, and more information can be found on our page on the social event site Meetup.com. Registration to this event via Meetup.com is requested, but not required! Food and drink will be available for purchase at the bar. All ages are welcome, but you must be 21 to drink.

We hope you can join us for a fun and informal evening of scientific discussion!

The Delaware River Watershed Initiative Seminar Series presents monthly “happy hour”-style lectures that aim to engage students, scientists and interested citizens in discussions about issues pertaining to the Delaware River watershed and other aquatic ecology topics.

For more information, visit the Delaware River Watershed Initiative webpage or on Twitter!: @ANSStreamTeam.

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