Date: Wednesday March 18th, 2026
Where: DRBC, 25 Cosey Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628
Cost: Members - Free
Non-Members - $25
This meeting is a hybrid meeting, link to be provided to registrants via email upon registration and prior to the event.
Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees at the beginning of the meeting
Come join us for our annual Water Leadership Forum. This year, Dr. Dan Van Abs will present on Water in the West: Why the East Should Care.
This talk qualifies for 1 hr PE continuing education credit.
This meeting also serves as a forum for the past NJ-AWRA presidents to review and provide feedback on NJ-AWRA's activities.
Tentative Schedule:
12:00 pm Lunch and in-person networking
12:30 pm 2025 Homack Award Presentation
12:40 pm Presentation by Dr. Dan Van Abs
1:40 pm Past Presidents Discussion
2:00 pm Meeting Adjourned
Speaker Bio: Dan Van Abs is a Professor of Practice for Water, Society & Environment Emeritus at Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Department of Human Ecology, where he has worked since 2012. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Rutgers University, Cook College, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry in association with Syracuse University. He is a licensed Professional Planner in New Jersey, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He has served as a gubernatorial appointee to the New Jersey Clean Water Council since 2005 and was Chair in 2014-2015. Dr. Van Abs was Senior Director for Planning & Science with the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ) from 2007 to 2012. Prior to joining the Council, he served as Director of Watershed Protection Programs for the New Jersey Water Supply Authority for more than eight years, creating and managing an extensive source water protection program for the Raritan and Manasquan River watersheds. For six years, he was Assistant Administrator of the Office of Environmental Planning, with responsibilities for statewide water resources planning along with administrative management. During that time he was responsible for the NJ Ground Water Quality Standards, the NJ Well Head Protection Program Plan, and the NJ Statewide Water Supply Plan.
