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 Nova Scotia Branch
On March 22nd 2007, the Nova Scotia branch of the CWRA was reborn with the election of an executive committee and acceptance of new terms of reference. To look after local fund raising initiatives, coordinate branch outreach to the community, and take on the interim role of a Nova Scotia SYP chapter, the "waterworks" committee was set up.
Branch Newsletter - Summer 20007
In March 2007, the Nova Scotia branch hosted a half day lidar applications to water resources workshop in the Spryfield Community Centre near Halifax. The first official branch meeting was held at the Nova Scotia Community College campus in Truro on May 4th. The meeting commenced with a half hour seminar delivered by branch vice president, Larry Bell, overviewing local initiatives to develop bioremediation water treatment processes. Larry's presentation was followed by three ten minute talks by each member of the newly formed executive committee.
Following the national board of directors meeting in Saskatoon in June 2007, it was decided that the NS branch investigate options for a regional meeting in 2008. The NS branch executive committee is presently considering a combined Maritime water resources symposium initiative in partnership with the local International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), the Atlantic Canada Costal and Estuarine Science Society (ACCESS) and the New Brunswick and Newfoundland CWRA branches. The symposium is tentatively scheduled to be in Halifax during the July to September 2008 timeframe. The proposed theme of the meeting would focus on integrated surface, ground and marine water resources issues in Maritime Canada.
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