Welcome!

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World Water Monitoring Day™ is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies.

The month-long program kicks off each year on September 18 with a data entry deadline of December 18.

Kickoff Event!

1,000,000 People in 100 Countries by 2012

September 18, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Hains Point, Washington, D.C.

All are welcome to join WWMD sponsors and partners for the official kickoff of World Water Monitoring Day 2008. Following a short formal program, participants will conduct hands-on testing of the Potomac River and visit a variety of displays from WWMD partners and other water quality stakeholder groups.

To RSVP, please send an e-mail including your name to wwmd@wef.org.

Click here for a map and driving directions.

Preliminary Program

9:00 a.m.

General Arrivals/Continental Breakfast

9:20 a.m.

Opening Remarks
Adam Zabinski, President
Water Environment Federation

9:25 a.m.

WWMD International Partnerships and Developments
Ase Johannessen, Development Programme Officer International Water Association

9:30 a.m.

WWMD and the International Year of Sanitation
Eddy Perez, Senior Sanitation Specialist, Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank D.C.

Jerry Johnson, General Manager
DC Water and Sewer Authority

9:45 a.m.

Remarks from Dignitaries
Benjamin Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) (invited)

9:55 a.m.

Instructions/Safety Review

10:00 a.m.

Monitoring of the Potomac River
Educational and Informational Displays from Partners and Sponsors

Exhibitors

Alice Ferguson Foundation (Bridging the Watershed)
Amazon Conservation Team
City of Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission
CH2M HILL
DC Water and Sewer Authority
Earth Conservation Corps
Earth Day Network
Girl Scouts of the Nation's Capital
International Year of the Reef
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
Jewish National Fund
LaMotte Company
National Environmental Education Foundation
Naturalist Audubon Society
Northern Virginia Regional Commission
Potomac Conservancy: Growing Native
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Coast Guard/Officer Snook
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Virginia Water Environment Association

Participating Schools

Beth Tfiloh Dahan Day School, Baltimore, MD
Hebrew Day School, Silver Spring, MD
Kimball Elementary School, Washington, DC
Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy, Rockville, MD

9:00 a.m.	General Arrivals/Continental Breakfast
9:20 a.m.	Opening Remarks Adam Zabinski, President Water Environment Federation
9:25 a.m.	WWMD International Partnerships and Developments Ase Johannessen, Development Programme Officer International Water Association
9:30 a.m.	WWMD and the International Year of Sanitation Eddy Perez, Senior Sanitation Specialist, Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank D.C. Jerry Johnson, General Manager DC Water and Sewer Authority
9:45 a.m.	Remarks from Dignitaries Benjamin Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) (invited)
9:55 a.m.	Instructions/Safety Review
10:00 a.m.	Monitoring of the Potomac River Educational and Informational Displays from Partners and Sponsors