Category: News

29 May, 2021

Member Spotlight

August 20, 2022 —Gregg joined AFS in 1987 and became a life member in 1992, when he recruited 22 fisheries students to AFS! He joined the Water Quality section in 2003 and served as...

News

13 Sep, 2020

Covid 19 and water quality

COVID-19: Improved water quality expected In Wake of Global Shutdowns, Researchers Expect Water Quality to Improve

Member Spotlight / News

1 Dec, 2019

ORNL’s Jager named AAAS Fellow

November 26, 2019Henriette Jager, senior research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...

News / Publications

25 Jul, 2016

A sediment-specific family-level biomonitoring tool to identify the impacts of fine sediment in temperate rivers and streams

The technique uses macroinvertebrates, and will be of interest to those familiar with, or using, the ICI in biomonitoring. Many state water quality agencies collect macroinvertebrate data as part of their monitoring, and use...

Student Focus

2 Jul, 2014

Poster award

Congratulations to Brandy Bossle, winner of the WQS poster award granted this year at the National Meeting in Little Rock. Her poster was entitled: Mercury Bioaccumulation in Bluegill and Largemouth Bass From a Hunting and Fishing...

New York Times Water News

Fracking For Oil and Gas Is Devouring American Groundwater
A Times analysis shows that increasingly complex oil and gas wells now require astonishing volumes of water to fracture the bedrock and release fossil fuels, threatening America’s fragile aquifers.
Saltwater in the Mississippi Threatens Water Supply in New Orleans
Extreme heat and low rainfall in the Midwest this summer caused the river level to plummet, making it vulnerable to a saltwater “wedge” from the Gulf of Mexico.
Concerns About Biden’s Re-election Bid
Readers discuss an article about his low poll numbers and a column by Maureen Dowd. Also: Mitch McConnell; a comedian’s “lies”; the groundwater crisis.

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Maintain an association of persons involved in the protection of watersheds, water quality, and aquatic habitat and in the abatement of water pollution and aquatic habitat and watershed deterioration; Encourage improved professional and technical standards in the investigation, abatement, and regulation of water pollution, aquatic habitat, and watershed problems; Focus attention on watershed, aquatic habitat, and water quality concerns by conducting symposia, workshops and projects, collecting and assembling information for publication, and distributing results to Society members and the public; and Promote development and use of standardized procedures and techniques for investigating and regulating water quality, aquatic habitat, and watershed problems.