VENDOR EXHIBITS SOUGHT FOR USGS NATIONAL WATER QUALITY CONFERENCE The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will hold a National Water-Quality Technical Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 1-5, 1997. This meeting will bring together approximately 200 USGS field technical personnel active in water-quality investigations. The conference will focus on field protocols and will contain sessions on new and innovative procedures and equipment, as well as standard traditional methods. Commercial vendors are invited to exhibit products associated with water-quality field investigations. Applications for exhibit space from vendors who sell equipment or supplies that will collect and process uncontaminated, nonbiased, environmental water samples for analysis of trace metals, trace organics and ancillary information will be considered. The exhibition of state-of-the-art (21st century) equipment is encouraged. The host hotel will charge each vender $400 for an eight foot display table for the week. Please send a request to attend along with a brief description of your firmsproducts to: U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, California District, 6000 J St., Sacramento, CA 95819. Direct your request to Larry Shelton. For consideration, written requests must be received by August 29, 1997. Firms which responded to the announcement published in the CBD in June 1997 do NOT need to respond to this announcement. E-MAIL: to contact Larry Shelton with questions by E-mail, lshelton@usgs.gov.

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