MEETINGS--Second Announcement for the Fifth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference



In Reply Refer To:
WGS-Mail Stop 415                     July 19, 1990



OFFICE OF SURFACE WATER TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 90.14

Subject:  MEETINGS--Second Announcement for the Fifth Federal
          Interagency Sedimentation Conference

Enclosed are ten copies of the subject announcement.  The fifth
Federal Interagency Sediment Conference will be held March 18-21,
1991, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conferences (FISC) were held in
1947, 1963, 1976, and 1986.  As a continuation of these highly
successful conferences, the Fifth FISC will provide federal and
non-federal scientists and managers from various disciplines the
opportunity to discuss recent accomplishments and progress in
research and on technical developments in many areas of
sedimentation (see announcement for subjects).  About 200 papers
incorporating results of recent research and technology and/or
applications are planned for presentation.

The Water Resources Division (WRD) will be presenting over 30
papers and the Sedimentation Project at St. Anthony Falls and the
Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility are preparing exhibits for the
Conference.  The Fifth FISC will be different from the first four
in two ways:  1)  About 25 percent of the papers will be from the
non-federal sector; in the past all papers were from Federal
Agencies or their contractors; and 2) A commercial exhibit hall is
planned where vendors can exhibit the latest in surface water and
sediment data collection and analysis equipment and software.

There will be a significant number of papers that will deal
directly with some major problems being addressed by the WRD
including non-point source pollution, aquatic ecology and trend
assessment.

Districts are encouraged to participate in the conference.  It
would be appreciated if Districts would distribute copies of the
enclosed announcement to interested parties and to appropriate
non-federal cooperators.  Additional copies of the announcement
may be obtained from the Office of Surface Water.




                                Charles W. Boning
                                Chief, Office of Surface Water

Enclosures

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