WHEN:  Wednesday – Thursday, August 15 – 16, 2018

WHERE:  Shawnee Lodge & Conference Center, West Portsmouth OH

Project WET and Healthy Water, Healthy People Facilitator Workshop will be offered Wednesday – Thursday, August 15 – 16, 2018 at the Shawnee Lodge & Conference Center, 4404B State Route 125, West Portsmouth, Ohio.  Workshop fee is $145 for both days and 1 night shared lodging.  Fees cover workshop materials, certification, and overnight accommodations. For more information, use the link provided for the workshop flier.  Registrations are now being accepted here.  Deadline to register is August 8, 2018.

Cost for a private lodging room is $195 or a no lodging option is $96.

For more information, contact Dennis Clement, Project WET State Coordinator, 614-644-2048 or dennis.clement@epa.ohio.gov.

To view the Spring 2018 issue of The Ohio Water Table, click here.

Flooding – A National, State, and Local Issue – We Are All Part of the Solution

WHEN: March 6, 2018, 7:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

WHERE: Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center (map); 2201 Fred Taylor Dr., Columbus

COST:  $10 breakfast/keynote; or $35 full program

The Water Management Association of Ohio and Environmental Professionals Network (EPN) are partnering to offer a half day meeting focused on flooding issues and solutions.

Participants are welcome to attend only the breakfast and keynote (until 9:30) as a guest of EPN for $10; or attend the entire event for $35 through WMAO.  Exhibit space plus two registrations is available for corporate sponsors for $300.  Student attendance is free of charge.

For the abstract and speaker biographies, click here.

To register  –  breakfast and keynote only, click here.  Full morning, click here.

Agenda:

7:15        Doors open for coffee, tea, juice, networking, and exhibits

7:40        Warm buffet breakfast

8:10        Welcome by Jeff Sharp, SENR Director and Craig Smith, WMAO President

8:20        Chad Berginnis, CFM, Association of State Floodplain Managers

9:05        Q&A panel

9:35        Break

9:50       Cindy Crecelius, CFM, CC Consults

10:20     Break

10:40     Shawn Arden, PE, CFM, EMH&T

11:10       Q&A panel

11:45     Program ends

Hotel Tax Exemption Information

If you will be staying at a Columbus hotel for the WMAO meeting and are eligible for relief from the City of Columbus Hotel Tax, please provide a completed H‐3GOV City of Columbus Hotel/Motel Excise Tax Exemption Certificate AND Ohio Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate upon check in at the hotel. These documents are linked below for your use.

Please be aware that payment for overnight accommodations must be made by an organization credit card or check ‐ any personal credit cards or cash will void tax exemption.

Reservations, tax form submittal, and payment are the responsibility of conference attendee.

H-3GOV City of Columbus Hotel/Motel Excise Tax Exemption Certificate

Ohio Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate

To view the Winter 2018 issue of The Ohio Water Table, click here.

PARTNERSHIPS AT THE CONFLUENCE OF CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY

WHEN: November 1 & 2, 2017
WHERE: Crowne Plaza Columbus North – Worthington, 6500 Doubletree Ave., Columbus; 1-614-885-1885 ($112/night – reservation code WMA, by Oct 10th);   map

Wetlands to Reduce Nutrients Levels (Keynote)

Ohio Water Survey (Keynote)

Attendee List

Conference Brochure / Agenda

Conference Registration Material

Conference Proceedings / Abstracts

 

Hotel Tax Exemption Information

If you will be staying at a Columbus hotel for the WMAO Conference and are eligible for relief from the City of Columbus Hotel Tax, please provide a completed H‐3GOV City of Columbus Hotel/Motel Excise Tax Exemption Certificate AND Ohio Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate upon check in at the hotel. These documents are linked below for your use.

Please be aware that payment for overnight accommodations must be made by an organization credit card or check ‐ any personal credit cards or cash will void tax exemption.

Reservations, tax form submittal, and payment are the responsibility of conference attendee.

H-3GOV City of Columbus Hotel/Motel Excise Tax Exemption Certificate

Ohio Sales and Use Tax Blanket Exemption Certificate

Conference Planning Committee

Kimberly Shaffer (USGS) Chair; Eugene Braig (OSU); Zuzana Bohrerove (OWRC); Joe Bonnell (OSU); Christian Bower (TerrAqua); Charlotte Bucy (TerrAqua); Alex Covert (USGS);  Scott Jerrome (NRCS); Greg Nageotte (ODA); Dana Oleskiewicz (WMAO); Cheryl Rice (NRCS); Kim Schaffer (USGS).

To view the Fall 2017 issue of The Ohio Water Table, click here.

To view the Summer 2017 issue of The Ohio Water Table, click here.

To view the Spring 2017 issue of The Ohio Water Table, click here.

17th Annual WMAO Scholarship Golf Scramble

WHEN:  Friday, June 16, 2017 at 9:30

WHERE: National Golf Links, South Charleston OH (map)

You are cordially invited to the 17th Annual WMAO Scholarship Golf Scramble to benefit the WMAO Scholarship Fund.  The cost is $65 per person or $260 per team and includes green fees, cart, beverages, burgers and brats after the round and prizes.  We encourage teams and individual golfers of all skill levels to register and participate.  See flyer and for registration; click here.

To view the Winter 2017 issue of The Ohio Water Table, click here.