State Conference
The Washington chapter hosts an annual State Conference which brings together a diverse group of water resource professionals from across the state. Topics vary widely from year to year.
Past Conferences
2021 Transboundary Water Management and Water Market Trends
2019 Water Resources Planning and Implementation: Challenges, Complexity, and Uncertainty
2018 Hirst, Foster, Boldt, and Beyond: A New Era of Water Management?
2017 The 100 Year Anniversary of the Washington Water Code: Where We Came From and Where We’re Going
2016 Rural Domestic and Municipal Water Supply
2015 Water Management Strategies in the Face of Climate Change
2014 Water Resources Infrastructure: Emerging Frameworks to Meet Multiple Objectives
2013 Future Directions in Water Resource Management
2012 The Columbia River, Basin and Treaty
2011 A Perspective on Water Quality Issues across Washington State
2010 Water Rights: Investing in 21st Century Water Management
2009 AWRA National Conference, hosted by WA-AWRA
2008 The Future of Water Storage in Washington State
2007 Transboundary Water Resources of Washington State and British Columbia
2006 Water Resource Disasters in Washington: Risk and Recovery
2005 AWRA National Conference, hosted by WA-AWRA
2004 The Impact of Climate Change on Pacific Northwest Water Resources
2003 Water’s Woven Web: Land Use Planning and Water Resource Management in Washington
2002 Beyond Watershed Planning
2001 The Impact of Drought on Water Resources and Energy Management in the Northwest
2000 Water Marketing in Washington: Negotiating for a Future
1999 Impressions of 1999 State Water Legislation-Including ESA Update and Pending 4(d) Rules
1998 ESA, Economy, Salmon and Agriculture…Where is the Water?
1997 Balancing Instream Needs with Out-of-Stream Demands
1996 The Water ‘Crisis’- Myth, Reality, and Opportunities
1995 Water Quality/Water Quantity: An Artificial Distinction
1994 Fluvial Geomorphology: What We’ve learned in 20 Years, and where do we go from here?
Interactions: River Dynamics, Land Forms and Land Use.
1993 Good Science, Good Decisions: The Role of Technical Analysis in Water Policy
1992 Reconciling Water and Growth
1991 State Water Policy and Growth Management
1990 Construction and Streams, Lakes and Wetlands: Closing the Gap between Planning and Doing
1989 New Developments in Floodplain Management
1988 Hydrology and Erosion Aspects of Timberland-Urban Conversions
1987 Attaining Compliance: Realities of Water Quality Regulation
1986 Off-site Impacts of Eroding Soils
1984 Groundwater Protection in Washington State, Preventing Aquifer Contamination and Depletion
1983 Small Streams and Lakes in the Urbanizing Environment-Will They Survive?
1982 Washington and Idaho Lakes and Their Future
1981 Water Resources Implications for Small Hydro Power Generation
