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2026 World Environmental & Water Resources Congress

Mobile, Alabama | –

Program

Please note that all times listed below are in Central Time (CT).

Professional Development Hours

Attendees can earn Professional Development Hours (PDHs) by participating in technical tours, workshops, and technical sessions.

Participants who fully participate in all technical sessions, keynote sessions, technical workshops, and technical tours will have the opportunity to earn up to 1.0 Professional Development Hour (PDH) for every hour of education that they participate in. 

Professional Development Hours are the recognized unit of record in non-credit professional development programs for engineers.  Approximately 30 days after the conference you will receive an email to claim your PDHs for the activities that you participated in. 

Full Agenda with Speaker & Presentation Details:

Detailed Agenda 

 

Schedule-at-a-Glance

(subject to change)

All times are in Central Daylight Time.

Saturday, April 25
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– Member Services Executive Committee Meeting (MS ExCom)

Sunday, April 26
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– Registration (Closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.)
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– Welcome Reception

Monday, April 27
– Registration (Closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.)
– Welcome and Morning Announcements
– Recognition of Institute Award Winners
– Keynote Lecture
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session I
– Luncheon (ticketed event)
– Lunch Keynote
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session II
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session III
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session IV
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– AAWRE 2026 Board-Certified Water Resources Engineer Ceremony & Meet and Greet

Tuesday, April 28
– Coffee & Conversation with the Women-Water Nexus
– Registration (Closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.)
– Transition Break
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– Concurrent Technical Session V
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session VI
– Luncheon (ticketed event)
– Lunch Keynote
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session VII - Awards
– Environmental Council Awards / Simon W. Freese Award & Lecture
– Irrigation & Drainage Council Awards / Royce J. Tipton Award & Lecture
– Urban Water Resources Research Council and Municipal Water Infrastructure Council (MWIC) Awards / UWWRC Founders’ Award & Lecture and Margaret S. Petersen Award & Lecture
– Watershed Council Awards / Ven Te Chow Award & Lecture
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– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session VIII
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session IX
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Wednesday, April 29
– Registration (Closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m.)
– Concurrent Technical Session X
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– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session XI
– Luncheon (ticketed event)
– Lunch Keynote
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session XII - Awards
– Hydraulics & Waterways Council Awards / Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award & Lecture
– Planning & Management Council Awards and Groundwater Council Awards / Julian Hinds Award & Lecture and Pioneers in Groundwater Award and Lecture
– Transition Break
– Concurrent Technical Session XIII
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