Fresh Water: Exploring New Frontiers
Thursday, September 27 to
Sunday, September 30, 2007
This year's conference will focus on fresh water. We will be looking at available supplies as
well as growing demands on those supplies both here and around the globe. We will discuss climate change and its impact on supplies.
Water quality as it relates to agriculture is another topic. In some areas of the Upper Mississippi Basin, farmers
are involved in a project that provides incentives to reduce the use of nitrates. On the other hand, runoff
from agricultural lands has already had serious negative impacts on drinking water for
some midwestern cities. We will address that issue as well.
In addition to problems, we will be looking for solutions in water banking, water markets, pricing,
and in some cases more regulated responses such as the Great Lakes Compact. Already, conservation
and adaptions to reduced supplies are common place in many areas, but will these efforts be enough?
New institutions and new technologies will be critical. Our speakers will address both the current
problems and those that we will face in the future.
Please review the agenda posted on the site to determine if the topics are of interest
to you and the information would be useful to your work.
How to apply?
When completing the on-line application, the following
information is required:
- A link to, or an electronic copy of an article that you have written within
the last year that is relevant to water issues is preferable or more generally an article
on an environmental or natural resource topic.
Radio and television professionals will be asked to provide a pertinent work
sample in an acceptable format (Web link, CD, DVD, etc.).
Who should apply?
PERC is seeking reporters, editors, opinion writers, bloggers, television and radio
broadcasters, producers, and others who are actively working in their fields and have a
strong focus on water issues in particular or environmental issues in general.
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