These meetings are co-sponsored by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute and the Water Environment Federation in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey. The meetings are targeted for policy makers and open to the public.

Meetings in 2008

October 17, 2008: Water Quality Issues for NAWQA's Third Decade

August 22, 2008: Water- Quality Availability Assessments fact sheet and Presentations

Meetings in 2007

August 16, 2007: Source-Water and the Causes of Contaminant Movement in Drinking Water Wells

• Evaluating Vulnerability of Public-Supply Wells to Contamination - Presented by Sandra M. Eberts, (PDF 119KB)

Meetings in 2006

October 6, 2006: Major Rivers Basin Status and Trends Studies

August 6, 2006: Working Group on Communicating Findings on a Human Context

• Health-Based Screening Levels: A Tool for Evaluating What Water-Quality Data May Mean to Human Health

• FS-2006-3043: "Volatile Organic Compounds in the Nation's Drinking-Water Supply Wells --What Findings May Mean to Human Health"

This working group gave NAWQA staff suggestions for effectively providing attention to the public. As a result NAWQA has developed and implemented a communication strategy.

Please watch the meeting schedule of the Advisory Committee on Water Information for details on confirmed National Liaision Committee and other subgroup meetings@ http://acwi.gov/upcom.html

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