JOURNAL AWWA. Papers should be submitted directly to JOURNAL AWWA, 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235. Four copies of a double-spaced manuscript are required. Papers submitted to the JOURNAL are sent through peer review for evaluation before acceptance for publication.

Association meetings. Abstracts of papers for AWWA annual and specialty conferences should be sent to Susan Gunzner, AWWA, 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235. Abstract requirements and submission dates are published regularly in AWWA MAINSTREAM.

Section meetings. Members who wish to present a paper at a section meeting should send the paper or an abstract to the secretary of the section, who will refer it to the appropriate program committee for consideration.

After receiving copyright transfer from the authors, AWWA will have copyright to articles published in the JOURNAL. AWWA reserves the right to reprint published papers in full or in part in other AWWA publications.
 

• Manuscript requirements
• Submit four copies.
• Double-space text, tables, and references; use one side of paper only.
• Use a 12 point Times Roman typeface.
• Length of manuscript or committee report: 10 – 25 double-spaced pages (including text and references). No manuscript should exceed 25 double-spaced pages.
• Maximum number of figures and tables combined: 15.
• Manuscripts or committee reports that exceed these guidelines will be subject to reductions in length.
 
• Title page
• Maximum length of title: 10 words.
• List authors' names as they should appear in print.
 
• Abstract
• Maximum length: 150 words.
• State the paper's purpose, methods or procedures, new results, and conclusions.
 
• Text
• Write in the third person ("the author concludes . . .").
• Text should be continuous; tables or figures should be included after the text.
• Major headings should appear flush left on a separate line. Capitalize only the first word.
• Subheadings should be indented and end with a period, with the text continued on the same line.
• Both SI and conventional units must be used for each value contained in the text, tables, and figures.
• Use the original unit of measure first, followed by a conversion in parentheses. The author must supply all conversions.
• A reference cited more than once should carry the same number each time. Use superscripts for reference numbers.
• Refer to specific products or services by generic names in the text. Cite the trade name, the manufacturer or consultant, and the manufacturer's or consultant's location (city and state or country) in a footnote.
• Spell out all initialisms or abbreviations (not units of measure) at first use. Put the initialism or abbreviation in parentheses after the spelled out version.
• Equations should be placed on separate lines, centered, and numbered in parentheses at the right margin. Constants and variables should be underlined.
• Conclude the text with a summary or conclusions section.
 
• Acknowledgment
• The acknowledgment should give essential credits, but its length should be kept to a minimum.
 
• References
• List references separately at the end of the paper in the order cited; number the list.
• Refer to issues of Journal AWWA for proper style.
 
• Tables
• Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals in the order in which they are mentioned in the text.
• Spell out in footnotes all initialisms and abbreviations.
• Both SI and conventional units must be used for values contained in the tables.
 
• Figures
• Each figure must be numbered separately (no 5A, 5B, and so forth).
• Spell out in footnotes all initialisms and abbreviations.
• Provide axes for both SI and conventional units of measurement.
• Computer printouts should be sharp and clear enough to be photographed.
 
• Photographs
• Submission of photographs or other illustrative material is appreciated.
• Do not mar photographs with paper clips or staples.
• All photographs should be identified and explained.
• All photomicrographs should have a scale in micrometres.
• Color slides or photographs that could be featured on the cover of the Journal are welcome.
 
• Author tagline
• Include each author's title, organizational affiliation, organization's street address, city, state or country, and postal code.
 
• Electronic files
• An IBM-format disk (in WordPerfect 7.0 or earlier version or ASCII) is required once the paper is accepted for publication.
• A disk of the technical art (in Adobe Illustrator or DeltaGraph) is appreciated after acceptance.

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