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AWRA to Hold Webinars on Newly Published Flood & Drought Management Report

The American Water Resources Association's (AWRA) Policy Committee's newest report, entitled Proactive Flood and Drought Management: A Selection of Applied Strategies & Lessons Learned from around the United States, is now available for download. This report includes several case studies from around the country and makes several policy recommendations on flood and drought management. One of the highlighted case studies on flood management is Easton, Pennsylvania, a flood-prone city situated at the confluence of the Lehigh and Delaware rivers.

The report will be the focus of an upcoming webinar series, which is free for AWRA members and $25/webinar ($60/series) for non-AWRA members:

  • Thursday, November 21, 2013 from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. EST - Overview of the Flood and Drought Policy Report;
  • Thursday, December 5, 2013 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST - Focus on Easton, Pa. and Miami Conservancy District, OH Flood Management Case Studies; and
  • Tuesday, December 17, 2013 from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. EST - Focus on San Antonio, TX, Hawaii, and Oregon Drought Management Case Studies.

For additional details and to register for the webinars, please visit http://www.awra.org/webinars/index.html.

To download the report, please click here (pdf 5 MB).