AWRA Conference 2016 – Improving Water Resilience & Water Monitoring DataThe sessions and presentations at the AWRA conference in Orlando, Florida, reinforced many observations I have been making about the water sector. Long gone are the days when the conference was dominated by the stereotypical engineer with pocket protectors and a slide rule. A session on ‘women in water’ was a very well-attended celebration of the increasing diversity of the water sector. There are no sessions on nuances of flood frequency analysis or the shear stress of rip rap. There is obviously still a need for water data for conventional engineering purposes but this need has been overwhelmed by a new reality. Read more...