AWRA AT 50: THE FUTURE OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES

摘要

AWRA is 50. On March 23, 1964, a Certification of Incorporation for the non-profit American Water Resources Association was issued by the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State so on that date in 2013, we began our 50th year although 2014 will be our 50th full year. AWRA was the brainchild of Sandor Csallany, an immigrant from Hungary, who after coming to the United States (U.S.) secured employment as a hydrologist with the Illinois Water Survey. Csallany, a visionary, realized that there was no multidisciplinary water resources organization in the U.S. and with the approval of William Ackermann, the Survey Director for whom one of AWRA's most prestigious awards is named, set out to form such an organization. AWRA is that organization.