The Pennsylvania Section of the American Water Resources Association will hold its annual conference on October 21 at Iacocca Hall in the Mountain Top Campus of Lehigh University, located in Bethlehem.

The focus of the conference is Water Resources Planning and Management in Pennsylvania, and attendees will discuss updating the State Water Plan, as mandated by Act 220, the Water Resources Planning Act. Presenters will discuss plans and activities of the Department of Environmental Protection, partner agencies, and other stakeholders.

Other topics will include the adopted planning process and major projects underway to gather water use data, forecast water demand, and assess available water resources at various scales and level of detail.

The conference is open to engineers, consultants, basin and watershed planners,

regulators, water supply and wastewater system managers, faculty, researchers, aquatic

biologists, users, stakeholders, and water resource professionals.

To register or for more information, download the Conference brochure or contact Dale Glatfelter at 717-763-7211, ext. 2352, or send e-mail to: dglatfelter@gfnet.com .

The registration fee for the conference is $60, with student registrations at a discounted rate of $25.

10/7/2005