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New Year, New Version
We are excited to announce that beginning in 2009 the print edition of Interstate Water Report will be complemented by a shorter electronic version that will be sent to subscribers via e-mail. To be called iWR, this e-version will be sent quarterly, and will feature news about NEIWPCC projects and important developments in the water and wastewater fields. Delivering this news through e-mail means we avoid the delays and costs associated with preparing, printing, and mailing a print publication, which reaps two important benefits: readers get the news more quickly, and NEIWPCC saves money—no small matter in an economic environment where it seems no organization is immune to financial pressures.
It needs to be emphasized, however, that we are not abandoning our commitment to the print edition. Since its launch in the summer of 2003, the Interstate Water Report has been envisioned as primarily a print publication. While the issues have always been available online at our website (www.neiwpcc.org/iwr), it has been our belief at NEIWPCC that the detailed, heavily researched and reported articles that are the hallmark of IWR are best read on the printed page, not on a computer screen. We also believe the longer feature articles are important, that they provide in-depth exposure to issues that may be outside a reader’s specific area of expertise—exposure that fosters a fuller understanding of our challenges, and which can lead to greater cooperation in our shared pursuit of cleaner water. This belief too is an argument in favor of print; as we all know, e-mails can be missed amid the clutter in our in-boxes, and—even more so than print publications—can be all too easily set aside and forgotten.
So in addition to producing the new iWR in an electronic format, we will send traditional printed IWRs to old-fashioned mailboxes twice a year. The content of each will differ, with iWR logically emphasizing condensed, timely news that is easily digested on screen and IWR containing works of reporting that provide a more sustained, deeper reading experience.
If you are interested in receiving the e-mailed iWR, let us know by writing us at iwr@neiwpcc.org. Simply type “Subscribe” in the subject field, and your e-mail address in the body of the e-mail. If at any time you wish to discontinue receiving iWR, you will easily be able to unsubscribe with a few clicks of the mouse. Of course, we do not expect that to happen. We hope you will find both the electronic and print editions to be informative and useful. And if you find they are not, please let us know how we can improve things. We aim to please.
S.H.