Maryland Water Monitoring Council Conference
| When |
Dec 06, 2012
from 07:30 AM to 04:30 PM |
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| Where | Maritime Institute, North Linthicum, Maryland |
| Contact Name | Dan Boward |
| Contact Phone | (410) 260-8605 |
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The conference will address water quality issues beyond more conventional pollutants such as nutrients and sediments. A morning plenary session will include a talk by Dr. Cliff Mitchell of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. His talk is titled, Where do we Go from Here? Water Quality Monitoring, Public Health, and the Era of Constraints. A second plenary address (speaker TBA) and the annual Carl Weber Award ceremony will also be included, as will six concurrent sessions with up to three talks each. A buffet luncheon and a poster session with about 25 posters will occur at noon. Posters will be on display throughout the day. The afternoon will consist of nine concurrent technical sessions with up to three talks each. Session topics currently include Mercury, Road Salt, Headwater Streams, Bacteria, BMP Effectiveness, Fracking and Water Quality, Harmful Algal Blooms, Land Use Change, Groundwater, Innovative Sampling Techniques, Volunteer Monitoring and Fish Diseases.
Registration details and a call for papers and posters can be found on the MWMC website.
