Mission and Services
The Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to increase the
usefulness of models for analyzing California’s water-related problems with emphasis in the San Francisco Bay, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and Central Valley system (Bay-Delta
Watershed).
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The Forum carries out this mission by:
- Providing a consensus-building atmosphere on water-related issues;
- Maintaining a modeling clearinghouse that provides an open forum for the exchange, improvement, and pooling of models, modeling
information, and professional resources;
- Assisting in mediating technical disputes involving physical, chemical, biological, and economic modeling;
- Conducting impartial peer reviews of models in order to document strengths and weaknesses, suggest improvements, and identify
appropriate applications;
- Seeking input from California water stakeholders and decision makers about their modeling needs; and
- Providing educational opportunities through technical conferences and workshops.
The Forum has approximately 100 individual members and nine organizational members.
In addition, approximately 100 different organizations are represented among the Forum membership. Activities of the Forum are guided by a steering committee composed of
five officers elected by the membership, representatives from 11 designated governmental water organizations in California, and 15 members chosen by the
membership to represent universities, environmental organizations, private consultants, water user agencies, and the general public. Annual membership dues are:
Large Organizations and Agencies
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$5,000/yr
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Medium Organizations and Agencies
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$2,500/yr
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Private Organizations and firms
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$1,000/yr
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Individual Members
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$100/yr
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Student and Senior (over 65) Members
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$10/yr
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How to Join
To join the Forum, please fill out the Membership Application Form and send it with your check or money order to:
CWEMF
P.O. Box 22529
Sacramento, CA 95822
Or you may pay electronically using your credit card through PayPalTM: (May also be used to renew annual membership)
Electronic Payment Option
Please select:
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For more information, please contact the Forum at: cwemf@cwemf.org
Phone: (916) 833-6557
Administration of the Forum
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