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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. (http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/About/About_Main.html) Read more. _http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/_ (http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/)

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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_ (mailto:wwmd@wef.org) . _Click here_ (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=38.857862378205...) 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

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