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November 2008
12- Randleigh Farm Environmental Education Center Stakeholder Meeting - Open to Public. 1:30-3:30.
October 2008
31 - First draft WAS report to ERC staff and leadership
30 - Randleigh Farm Environmental Education Center Stakeholder Meeting - Open to Public. 1:30-3:30.
15 - Randleigh Farm Environmental Education Center Stakeholder Meeting - Open to Public. 1:30-3:30.
September 2008
17 - WAS PIs to present (with Jim Kundell of Georgia and David Baize of S.C.) at NC/SC/Ga AWWA regional water conference, Concord, NC
10 - WAS team meeting to frame report recommendations and content
3 - WAS meeting to explore water efficiency by significant industrial/commercial sectors, UNC SOG
25-26 - International Forum on Metropolitan Regions Development
August 2008
August 12 -- State Water Infrastructure Commission (SWIC) from 10-12 at Coates Center in Raleigh. Meeting will focus on reclaimed water issues.
August 12-14 -- Southeastern Watershed Forum in Charleston, SC on Building Sustainable Communities.
July 2008
July 8 -- State Water Infrastructure Commissionat Coates Center in Raleigh from 10 am - 12 noon.
July 17 -- N.C. Senate passes H 2499, the 2008 drought response legislation
July 18 -- WAS team meets to consider drought response elements of study.
June 2008
June 23 -- Drought Response Working Group (SB 1879/HB ) at 10 am in 544 Legislative Office Bldg in Raleigh.
June 12 -- Drought Response Working Group at 2 pm at 544 Legislative Office Bldg.
May 2008
May 29 -- NC Drought Council at 10:30 am at Archdale Building in Raleigh. www.ncwater.org
May 28 -- Soil & Water Conservation Day at the Legislature.
May 22 -- WaterVision Conference, Sheraton Imperial, Research Triangle Park
May 20 -- Bill Holman and Richard Whisnant meet with Carolina Golf Superintendents to discuss water allocation study in Raleigh.
May 13 --NC General Assembly convenes for its "Short" Session. www.ncleg.net
May 13 -- State Water Infrastructure Commission from 10-12 at Coates Local Government Center in Raleigh.
May 13 -- Community Success Forum: Our Water, Our Economic Future
May 9 -- Environmental Review Commission meeting, with presention on the WAS interim report and the Governor's drought response package. www.ncleg.net
May 7-8 -- Environmental Management Commission meeting in Raleigh.
May 6 -- NC Primary Election
May 2 -- American Bar Association Eastern Water Law Conference, Charlotte
April 2008
April 30 -- Interim report to the ERC on the Water Allocation Study (WAS)
April 14-17 -- Resilience 2008, International science and policy conference focusing on freshwater, Stockholm, Sweden
April 3 -- Richard Whisnant, Milton Heath and Alan Rimer present water allocation issues to NCCU Law School seminar
April 1 -- WRRI Progress Energy Water Resources Seminar: Water Allocation Law in Southeastern States
April 1 -- Bill Holman and Richard Whisnant meet with food processing industry leaders to hear their thoughts on water allocation.
March 2008
March 25 -- "The Future of Water in NC[1]" a forum for gubernatorial candidates
March 25 -- State Water Infrastructure Commission (SWIC) at 10 am at Bryan Center in Durham.
March 20 - Cape Fear River Water Supply Planning Meeting, Fayetteville, NC to discuss DWR Report: "Modeling of Future Water Use Scenarios"
March 19 -- Richard and Bill meet with Wildlife Resource Commission staff to discuss instream flow issues.
March 18 -- Legislature's Environmental Review Commission discussion of Governor's drought response proposals. www.ncleg.net[2]
March 13 - South Carolina legislature's Sen. Agriculture and Nat. Resources Comm. to consider S. 428, regulating water withdrawal, permitting and use
March 11-13 - Richard and Bill, the WAS PIs, spend their spring break in Georgia and South Carolina investigating their water allocation reform efforts.
March 11 - Richard Whisnant, Bill Holman and Leslie Kleczek meet with water management staff from Duke Energy and Progress Energy to discuss low inflow protocolsin North Carolina
February 2008
February 26 -- AWWA/US EPA Southeastern Drought Summit at Sheraton Airport Hotel in Charlotte.
February 23 -- Wake Up Wake County will host a town hall meeting on the drought in Raleigh (tentative).
February 22 -- RiverLink will host a forum on the drought in Western North Carolina at Ferguson Auditorium at A-B Tech in Asheville. Contact www.riverlink.org.
February 19 -- State Water Infrastructure Commission (SWIC) will discuss "non-revenue' or unaccounted for water at 10 am at Coates Center in Raleigh.
February 8-- NC/SC Catawba-Wateree Bi-State Commissionmeets at Charlotte Mecklenburg water treatment plant in Huntersville. Contact ?
February 1 -- Deadline for public comments on scope of Environmental Review Commission's water allocation study. Write to erc@ncleg.net (?).
December 2007-January 2008
Wilmington public meeting on water study, Jan. 24, 2008, New Hanover public library
Raleigh public meeting on water allocation study, Jan. 23, 2008, Room 544 Legislative Office Building
Emergency Water Shortage workshop Jan. 14, 2008 Sedgefield Fire Dept, south of Greensboro
Asheville public meeting on NC water allocation study Jan. 9, 2008 AB Tech, Simpson Lecture Room, Asheville
Greenville public meeting on NC water allocation study Jan. 4, 2008 Pitt Community College
Charlotte public meeting on NC water allocation study Dec. 20, 2007 Charlotte Government Center
