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This Week 12-18-23: Active Green Aging, Global Water Strategy, and More
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
Congratulations to our new Ambassadors, and say “hello” to our newest members!
Anuja Bali (India), Queenie Cunanan (Philippines), Hermes Manirambona (Burundi)
NEWS WORTH SHARING: Learn how digital tools and citizen science is being used to explore king tides.
WHO TO KNOW: The Water Tower extends Greetings and Invitation to Shape First Intl. Cyber-Secure Water Conference. DCS-WATER'24 will be hosted at The Water Tower on April 23-24, 2024 in partnership with iTrust Centre for Research in Cyber Security and Singapore University of Technology and Design.
TECH TALK: Here’s a throwback Tech Talk from 2020, where Mary Conley Eggert interviews
Greg Stromberg, founder of Canned Water 4 Kids on how students can become entrepreneurs while helping the environment.
GLOBAL WATER STRATEGY: Learn how USAID's 2022-2027 Global Water Strategy plans to mobilize $1B to support 22 million people with new or improved access to water and/or sanitation.
TIPS AND TOOLS YOU CAN USE: Can Active Green Aging help you live longer? In his three-part series in Forbes, John F. Wasik of Lake County, Illinois looks at "active green aging," where retired individuals engage in environmental initiatives, and reap positive emotional and physical benefits.
FUN WITH WATER: Water’s unique structure, as shown by each unique and beautiful snowflake, helps us to reflect on a bigger picture, and all God is doing in our world.
TIDINGS OF COMFORT AND JOY: Dan Lily, God, and the Toilet Seat - On his way to Cuba, the night before in bed, he said; "Lord, I have room in my suitcase, What should I bring?" The answer "A toilet seat.” Listen in, to hear the whole story.
A WATER COMMUNITY: Water has been described as a "wicked problem" because of its complexity. But, GWW members are seeing resuls when water pros come together. Use this holiday season to invite water pros you know to join in. Here's a sample note you can send:
Happy Holidays, FILL IN FIRST NAME! 🎄🌟 and thank you for creating a brighter water future! ... Your work would be valued by those I know in the GlobalWaterWorks community. It takes just a minute to join, and here’s a quick tour.
#WATERTECH SHOWCASE: We’ve added a YouTube playlist to the WaterTech showcase to
help all see the power of the technologies and organizations that are transforming the way our world manages water. Whether you need to diversify water resources, digitize, test, treat or renew, you’ll find technologies and GlobalWaterWorks partner organizations able to help. Just scroll through the list of gamechanger technologies in the #WaterTech Showcase and Youtube Playlist
SAVE THE DATE: Read on for Global Water Works Community Happenings - curated from around the globe. A partial list is below:
PRAISE AND PRAYER – January 2
PRAISE AND PRAYER – January 16
CLEANTECH FORUM NORTH AMERICA – January 22 - 24
FLORIDA GROUNDWATER CONFERENCE – January 23 – 24
WATER & WASTEWATER EQUIPMENT, TREATMENT & TRANSPORT SHOW – January 24 - 27
RURAL WATER RALLY – February 6 – 8
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SUMMIT – February 11 – 14
WORLD WATER TECH INNOVATION SUMMIT – February 20 – 21
1st SWAN SMART METERING WORKSHOP – February 29 – March 1
ILLINOIS LAKES MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE – March 4 – 6
MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE – March 4 – 7
2024 WATER REUSE SYMPOSIUM – March 10 – 13
FLORIDA WATER RESOURCES CONFERENCE – April 2 – 6
COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND STORMWATER CONFERENCE – April 9 - 12
WISCONSIN WATER WEEK – April 10 – 16
GLOBAL WATER SUMMIT 2024 – April 15 – 17
THE WASTEWATER SUMMIT 2024 – April 15 – 17
DESIGN-BUILD CONFERENCE FOR WATER/WASTEWATER – April 15 – 17
THE WATER TOWER DEMO DAY – April 18
EARTH DAY – April 22
CONFERENEC ON DESIGN OF CYBER-SECURE WATER PLANTS – April 23 – 24
INNOVATIONS IN TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE 2024 – May 21 – 24
FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING SUMMER SCHOOL – June 16 – 19
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL WATER WEEK 2024 – June 18 - 22
RESIDUALS AND BIOSOLIDS CONFERENCE – June 18 – 21
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