PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences (Waltham, Massachusetts) announced its partnership with the Water Environment Federation’s and the International Water Association’s World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD), a month-long program that begins on September 18. PerkinElmer also sponsored the program in 2007. WWMD is an international outreach program that builds global public awareness of and involvement in protecting water resources by engaging community members to perform basic monitoring tests of local rivers, streams, estuaries, and other bodies of water. In 2007, more than 46,000 people worldwide participated in monitoring 3544 sites.