MembersMeetings and Events
The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force holds public meetings throughout the Mississippi River Basin to inform the public of the progress toward moving forward on Gulf Hypoxia. On this page, related meetings are posted as well.
Upcoming Events
EPA Watershed Academy Webcast on "Recovery Potential Screening: A Tool for Comparing Impaired Waters Restorability"
Date: Feb. 22, 2012
Sponsor: US EPA
Past Events
EPA Watershed Academy Webcast on "Nitrogen and Phosphorus Webinar Series: tools for Developing state nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Reduction Strategies"
Date: Nov. 30, 2011
Sponsor: US EPA
EPA Watershed Academy Webcast on "State and Local Policies to Restrict the Use of Lawn Fertilizers"
Date: September 21, 2011
Sponsor: US EPA
Joint Gulf of Mexico Alliance-Hypoxia Task Force Meeting (All Hands Meeting)
Dates: August 2 - 4, 2011
Location: New Orleans, LA
Watershed Academy Webcast on "Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution Series: Nitrate in Ground Water"
Date: March 29, 2011
Sponsor: US EPA
Watershed Academy Webcast on "Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution and Harmful Algal Blooms in Lakes"
Date: January 26, 2011
Sponsor: US EPA
2011 Land Grant and Sea Grant National Water ConferenceDates: Jan. 31 - Feb. 1, 2011Sponsor: Cosponsored by Land Grant and Sea Grant Institutions, USDA and NOAALocation: Washington, DC
Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Nutrient Reduction and Efficiency Conference
Dates: January 12-14, 2010
Sponsor: Cosponsored by ORSANCO, Indiana
Department of Environmental Management. Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency, Indiana Water Environment Association, Illinois Rural Water Association, Alliance of Indiana Rural Water, and U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Regions 4 and 5
Location: Evansville, Indiana
Workshop
to Coordinate Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone Research
Dates: February 17-18, 2010
Sponsor: Cosponsored by NOAA and the Northern
Gulf Institute
Location: Waveland, Mississippi
2010
Land Grant and Sea Grant National Water Conference
Dates: February 21-25, 2010
Sponsor: Cosponsored by Land Grant and Sea
Grant Institutions, USDA and NOAA
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
U.S. EPA Technology Transfer Seminars
U.S. EPA's Office of Research and Development conducted a series of technology transfer seminars that provided updated, state-of-the-technology design guidance on nitrogen and phosphorus control at municipal wastewater treatment plants for wastewater utilities, state and EPA permit writers and environmental engineering professionals.
The National Academies
The Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling, and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation
Science to Solutions: Reducing Nutrient Export to the Gulf of Mexico
December 9-11, 2009
POTW Nutrient Reduction and Efficiency Workshop
November 18-20, 2008
Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico: Implications and Strategies for Iowa
October 16, 2008
Moving Forward on Gulf Hypoxia Webcast
October 7, 2008