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This publication is produced by the NC AWWA-WEA Communication Committee.
Starting in 2007, we no longer published Newsleaks. Instead, we are working with Craig Kelman & Associates to publish a professional magazine entitled NC Currents. We will continue to mail this publication to our membership, as well as post current and past issues on this web site.
NC Currents is the official publication of the NC AWWA-WEA. Members, individuals and committees are encouraged to submit content for the magazine. If you would like to submit an article to be considered for publication in NC Currents please complete the NC Currents Submission Form & Publication Agreement and email it along with your submission to Nicole Banks at
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. See below for Submission Guidelines.
If you are interested in advertising in NC Currents, please refer to Craig Kelman & Associates Media Kit.
NC Currents Publication Schedule & Content Guide
Winter 2010
Submission deadline September 27, 2010
Plant Operations & Maintenance
Plant Operations & Maintenance is an area critical to the sustainability of our water and wastewater treatment plants. To support this important need, NC AWWA-WEA has developed a voluntary Maintenance Technician certification program that has had an outstanding response. To further discussion of the issue, NC Currents is soliciting articles on a wide range of operation and maintenance topics and wants to hear from municipal staff, consulting engineers and vendors. Everything from design criteria for better operations to unique operational methodologies that make plant operations more cost efficient or green in general. Don’t miss an opportunity to let the others know how you are dealing with or assisting our industry on this important subject.
Spring 2010
Submission deadline early January 2011
Succession Planning - Workforce Issues
Do you know how many members of your department or work unit are retiring in the next five years? Are you one of them? Where are we in the Water/Wastewater industry going to find “the Replacements?” What are you doing to develop your junior and/or new employees so that they are positioned to assume new responsibilities and YOUR JOB? The spring issue of NC Currents will focus on planning efforts and successful programs that members of our industry are implementing to ensure the workforce of tomorrow. Please submit your articles describing recruitment, retention, workforce development, knowledge retention and succession planning.
Summer 2011
Submission deadline early April 2011
Buried Assets
This issue will focus on challenges the water industry faces with underground infrastructure. Themes will include managing hidden (underground) assets; staying ahead of failing underground infrastructure; constructing, replacing, and/or rehabilitating underground infrastructure in an increasingly urban environment; condition assessment of underground utilities; and other topics associated with buried assets.
The following information appears in each issue of NC Currents.
• Articles*
• News & Notes*
• Committee Reports*
• Board of Trustees Contact List
• Committee Chairs Contact List
• Board Meeting Summaries
• Certification Corner Questions
• Certification Board List with Exam Dates
• Schedule of Events
• Member Portrait*
• Corporate Sponsor Page
• Forms (SLAM Application, Committee Volunteer Form, Book Store Order Form)
Anyone in the water and wastewater profession is invited to submit an article for publication. Shorter news stories may be submitted for consideration in the News & Notes section. Suggestions for members to be profiled in the Member Portrait always welcome.
NC AWWA-WEA Committee Chairs and Members are encouraged to submit reports for the Committee Reports section. It is also possible to include individual articles highlighting specific committee activities.
The editors of NC Currents welcome the submission of all articles related to the water and wastewater industry. Themes serve as general guidance for each issue, but articles may not be limited to the specific theme. Submission of an article does not guarantee that it will be published, or published in the issue for which it was submitted. The editorial committee will review and select all articles, and authors will be notified of the status of their submission.
Submission Guidelines
- All submissions and signed Submission Form & Publication
Agreement must be submitted electronically to Nicole Banks
at
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, and
received by 5:00pm EST on the submission deadline listed above.
(Electronic signatures are acceptable.)
- Acceptable text format: Microsoft Word
- Acceptable photo format: jpeg, tiff, or gif and at least 300 dpi
- Send photos and graphics separately from the actual article.
(They may also be included within the article to show placement
& captions.)
- All photos and graphics must include a caption. If captions are not
included in submission text, include a separate document with
photo/graphic file names and the caption that corresponds with
each file.
- For technical articles, include a bio (no more than 50 words) for
each author. Bio may be sent separately or included at the end of
submission text.
- There is no required minimum or maximum word count.
articles average 1,200 words.
Please note, Submission Form & Publication Agreement Form is NOT required for regular features (chair’s message, executive director’s message, member portrait, certification corner, etc.) or for Committee Reports and News & Notes items submitted by NC AWWA-WEA committee members about NC AWWA-WEA activities. Please be sure to include the name and employer of the person(s) that should received credit for the piece when emailing the submission. NC AWWA-WEA information submitted as a Committee Report or News & Notes item can be submitted in an outline format and a final paragraph format will be returned to the submitter for final review before publication.
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