Events

IoW Webinar

People and Data Pipelines

With Gabe Watson, Data Journalism Lead, The Commons, and Robbie O'Donnell, Water Data Collaborative Coordinator, The Commons

October 20, 2022 | 1PM ET

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Navigating Academic Waters Cyberseminar Series

Hosted by CUAHSI and AGU-H3S. Part 2 will focus on Navigating Non-Academic Waters.

Part 2: September 8, 2022 | 11am ET

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Open Source Electronics for Water Research and Real Time Water Monitoring Workshop 

Hosted by CUAHSI and Stroud Water Research Center.

September 27-28, 2022 | Avondale, PA

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Eighth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds (ICRW)

(ICRW) brings together watershed scientists, stakeholders, and managers to share scientific advances and management strategies to sustain the country’s water resources.

June 5-8, 2023 | Corvallis, OR

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Water Features: An IoW Blog

Water Data in Hydropower Relicensing


All across the country, privately-owned hydropower plants are nearing the end of their current licenses, giving communities the opportunity to reevaluate the value of these plants through the relicensing process. All non-federally-owned hydropower plants are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an independent agency within the Department of Energy. Among other things, FERC issues licenses to hydropower plants that lay out conditions for their operation and typically last 30-50 years. There are a little over one thousand FERC-licensed dams across the United States, and more than 400 of them are scheduled to come up for relicensing by 2033. 


FERC relicensing is going through an innovative period, with industry representatives and stakeholders pushing for reforms to the Federal Power Act. Recent court cases have also sought to clarify the roles of various agencies and timelines for their actions and responsibilities throughout the process.

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New Mexico Water Data Initiative 2022 Plan Released

The 2022 Plan includes information about the progress and next steps of the agencies involved in the Water Data Act and highlights some of the funding needed to accomplish the goals of modern and interoperable data for the state. 

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Article Published in JAWRA on Water-Use Data in the United States

Read this article to learn about the current state of water-use data, major stakeholders involved in data collection and applications, challenges in obtaining high-quality nationally consistent data, and opportunities to improve access, use, and sharing.

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