The FWEA Blog

The FWEA Water Reuse Committee is once again providing an opportunity for exemplary water reuse systems and individuals to be recognized with the David W. York Water Reuse Awards.  Nominations will be accepted up to the Wednesday, February 1, 2012 deadline in the following award categories:

•  Outstanding Reclaimed Water Customer
• Water Reuse Person of the Year
• Reuse System of the Year (4 size categories as in previous years)

 This year, the Florida Water Resources Conference (FWRC) will be held at The Renaissance Resort at SeaWorld, Orlando, Florida from April 29 – May 4, 2012.  The awards will be presented during the FWEA Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, May 1, 2012.   

The Reuse System of the Year award category is open to all types of reuse systems that provide a beneficial use of reclaimed water, including reuse systems without public access irrigation. The award nomination forms and instructions may be obtained from the FWEA and FDEP web sites www.fwea.org and www.dep.state.fl.us/water/reuse.  Nomination form and instructions may also be obtained by contacting any of the FWEA Water Reuse Committee members (see our website here).

 The FWEA Water Reuse Committee encourages all those involved in water reuse to submit an award nomination.  Self-nominations for the Reuse System of the Year are encouraged.  This year we once again look to the reuse community to nominate some great candidates!  

David W. York Water Reuse Award winners will also be considered for nomination by the FWEA Water Reuse Committee for the national WateReuse Association Awards program. The  2010 and 2011 winners, City of Clearwater and Loxahatchee River District respectively, have both gone on to win an award through the national WateReuse Association Awards program! 

Candidates submitting nominations for the David W. York Award should also consider application for the Florida Water Reuse Trail.  Please visit the WateReuse Florida website (www.watereuse.org/fl) for an application for the Florida Water Reuse Trail.   

Nomination Deadline is Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

Only Electronic Submittals Accepted!

FWEA is looking for photos from our members to use on this blog.  If you are a weekend photographer or just happened to snap a lucky shot during a recent field visit, we’d love to use your photos to beautify this site.  Photos should be related to Florida’s Water Environment.  We will feature the winner as our official site photo for 2011 and as the subject of an upcoming post.  We’ll also link the photo to your LinkedIn page!  Please submit your photos in a web-ready format to lperez@brwncald.com.   Contest ends December 16, 2011.

The Florida Water Environment Association (FWEA) welcomes you to our new blog.  We are pleased and excited to open the lines of communication between our membership and the public through this blog.  In the coming days, you will find lots of current information on our activities, including our upcoming Integrated Water Resources Conference.  We hope that you will subscribe and get involved in making this blog an exciting  living extension of our mission to educate on Florida’s water environment.