MSU Researcher McAnally to become MWRA President

October 29, 2012

William H. McAnally will become President of the Mississippi Water Resources Association at the end of its annual conference to be held in Biloxi, 7-9 November 2012.  He will receive the gavel from Anthony B. Hauer of Natchez, president since 2010.

McAnally is a Research Professor of Engineering in the Bagley College of Engineering and Associate Director of the Geosystems Research Institute at Mississippi State University. He holds a BS in civil engineering from Arizona State University, and a MS and PhD in coastal and oceanographic engineering from the University of Florida.

McAnally's research efforts include ecosystem assessment and modeling, watershed and estuarine processes, and waterborne transportation. One of his most notable projects is the recent development of the H₃O team- Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Oceans, Healthy Ecosystems- which includes multi-disciplinary membership from across the northern Gulf of Mexico region.

McAnally and his wife Carol live in Columbus and have 4 children and 6 grandchildren.

Mississippi Water Resources Association promotes the advancement of Mississippi's rivers, ports and harbors, coastal and inland waterways, flood control, recreation, water development and management, water supply and all other beneficial uses of water resources. The organization's members are committed to meeting the water needs of our citizens, providing sustainable international economic opportunities through our ports and waterways.

MWRA works closely with Mississippi's sixteen public ports that are located on the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.  The ports of Mississippi, both directly and indirectly, support almost a $6.5 billion value-added contribution to the statewide economy, paying almost $3.5 billion in income to 93,150 employees.

This year's annual meeting of the MWRA will keynote U. S. Senator Roger Wicker.  In addition to his duties as Deputy Whip, Wicker serves on the Transportation Committee and will speak on the importance of Mississippi's sixteen ports to the state's economy.
 
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