ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the International Water Association (IWA) proudly announce a relaunch of the popular World Water Monitoring Day public education and outreach program, according to a press release.

Now called World Water Monitoring Challenge, the new name, look and updated website encourages year-round involvement in the international program that recorded more than 300,000 participants worldwide in 2011, stated the release.

“WEF and IWA have known for some time that many of our participants monitor their water resources year-round, and need the flexibility to choose a date, or dates, that work best for them. We extended the monitoring window for World Water Monitoring Day in 2008, but there was still confusion about when we wanted people to monitor,” said WEF Executive Director Jeff Eger. “The simple answer is we want everyone to get out to their waterways and learn about them whenever they can. The name change helps us make that point more clearly.”

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