Click Here!Legislative Update

Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, has announced that the Senate will delay consideration of the Energy Bill, The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010, S-3663, until September when Congress returns from their August recess.  This bill contains the Home Star Retrofit Act, which provides consumer rebate incentives for energy and water efficiency products.  Learn more here.

AWE Issues Web Site RFP

The Alliance for Water Efficiency is accepting proposals from qualified web development firms to design and develop an informational consumer-oriented water conservation web site.  Responses to this RFP are due September 27, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. (Central).  Click here for a PDF of the full RFP.

Asset Management Workshop to be Held in Chicago, IL

The Alliance for Water Efficiency, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, and the Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association, are hosting an asset management workshop on September 17, 2010.  The workshop will take place at 300 W. Adams Street in Chicago, Illinois.  The cost is $35 per person, and includes morning coffee, lunch, and workshop materials.  Learn more here.

AWE and EPA Sponsor 2010 WaterSense Partner of the Year Awards Banquet

The Alliance for Water Efficiency and the U.S. EPA are jointly sponsoring the second annual 2010 WaterSense Partner of the Year Awards Banquet to be held as part of the WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas on Wednesday, October 6, 2010.  Learn more here.

AWE Meetings Scheduled for Early October in Las Vegas, NV

AWE has scheduled its committee and annual member meetings to be held on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 in Las Vegas.  October 5th is the day before the start of the 2010 WaterSmart Innovations Conference & Expo at the South Point Hotel and Conference Center, so plan accordingly to attend and participate.  Learn more here.

Award Winning Author to be Featured Speaker at AWE Annual Member Meeting

Award winning author Jamie Workman (Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought) is the feature speaker at AWE's upcoming annual member meeting set to be held on October 5, 2010 in Las Vegas at the South Point Hotel and Conference Center.  Mr. Workman won 1ST PLACE in the Society of Environmental Journalist's 2010 Rachel Carson Award for Best Book for Reporting on the Environment.  This event is free and open to all current and prospective members of AWE.  Don't miss it.  Learn more here.

AWE Charter Sponsor Profile - Forester Media

WE_logo_B_stack_outlineEstablished in 1990, Forester Media provides a broad range of communication and information solutions—magazines, conferences and exhibitions, directories, online media, books, marketing services—for targeted, highly focused markets involved with our shared infrastructure and environment.  Learn more about AWE Charter Sponsor Forester Media here.