Submit Your Abstracts for ASDWA’s Annual Conference
Please submit your abstract for ASDWA’s 2018 Annual Conference. This year’s conference will be held October 22-25, 2018 at the Embassy Suites Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa. Approximately 250 participants from state and territorial drinking water programs, EPA and other Federal agencies, drinking water associations, consulting firms, and industry groups are expected to attend. Presentation themes may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Emerging drinking water treatment technologies and optimization
- SDWA implementation approaches and strategies including collaborations and partnerships
- DW SRF tools and techniques
- Drinking water emergency preparedness, resiliency and cybersecurity strategies and tools
- Small systems: TMF, sustainability strategies, technologies, and compliance
- Workforce, operator certification, and/or technical assistance initiatives
- Source water protection and sustainability
- Clean Water Act/SDWA connections, nutrient pollution, and Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)
- Data management, electronic reporting, and SDWIS Prime
- Lead service line replacement; lead testing in schools
- Distribution system water quality
- Emerging contaminants – PFAS & 1,4-dioxane
- Drinking water research
- Risk assessment, risk communication, and consumer outreach
When reviewing proposals, ASDWA will give priority to those received from state drinking water program administrators and their staff.
Instructions for Submissions
You may submit an abstract online using ASDWA’s Call for Papers Submission Form.
Alternatively, you may submit a one-page abstract with the proposed presentation title, and the name, title, affiliation, and contact information for the speaker to Deirdre Mason of ASDWA at dmason@asdwa.org.
The deadline for submissions is June 8, 2018.
