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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact:
Irene J. Klaver, (940) 565-2266


Come and be apart of the Waterways 2007


Dateline- March 13, 2007- If you ever felt like you were not doing enough to help the environment that surrounds now is the time to make a stand. Come and support the brilliant effort of the Waterways 2007. The conference will be held from March 13 through March 15 2007.

One of the speakers will be the great Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
You may ask yourself what is waterways, and the answer is that it is a conference to bring scientists, philosophers, artists, water managers, and people like me and you together to discuss crucial water issues and to help bring awareness to water basin issues. You can be apart of this incredible experience which is located at the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building, located on the northwest corner of Avenue C and West Mulberry, UNT campus.

This is the second conference by Waterways 2007. The focus of the conference this year is river basins, specifically Gnaga-Brahmaputra Meghna (GBM) basin. The GBM basin is hugely populated and its borders are surrounded by a lot of water. It is imperative that the GBM basin is informed on the many important factors dealing with water use. The water managers need to need to get input from the population. The conference is free and open to the public.

There will be several informative speakers at the conference including Honorary Research Professor Ramaswamy R. Iyer. The mission of the conference is approach water issues at the interface of cultural, social, political, scientific analyses.

One of the main focuses is the GBM and at the conference the speakers will discuss the philosophy of the water issues. Some of the issues include water scarcity, quantity and quality of reserves, and cultural perceptions of water. Waterways are working to offer new approaches for comprehending the relationship between humans, natural ecosystems, and water.

For a complete schedule of events, go to www.water.unt.edu/waterways. For more information call Klaver at (940)