In little more than a year, Terry Rolan, director of Durham's water management, has traveled widely on behalf of the American Water Works Association, an industry trade group of which he is the national president. According to Rolan's calendar and other city records, Rolan was out of town at least 164 days on association business. Ninety-two of those were city workdays for which he was paid. Twenty-six were paid vacation days. Trips include:

Feb. 8-14, 2006, AWWA Midwinter Meeting, Austin, Texas. (5 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

March 6-8, AWWA Officer Orientation, Denver, Colo. (3 city-paid days)

March 9-12, AWWA Technical and Education Council, Savannah, Ga. (2 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

March 20-26, AWWA, New Jersey Section, Atlantic City, N.J. (5 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

March 27-31, AWWA Officer's Fly-In Meeting, Washington D.C. (5 city-paid days)

April 3-7, AWWA New York Section, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (5 city-paid days)

April 20-22, AWWA Committee Meeting, Oklahoma City. (2 city-paid days, 1 weekend day)

April 29-May 3, AWWA British Columbia Section, Whistler, Canada (3 city-paid days, 2 weekend days, 3 vacation days)

May 8-19, AWWA Conference, Anchorage, Alaska (5 city-paid days, 4 weekend days, 4 vacation days)

June 7-18, AWWA Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas (7 city-paid days, 4 weekend days, 1 vacation day)

July 23-29, AWWA Officer's Retreat, Denver, Colo. (5 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

Aug. 10-11, AWWA Joint Officer's Meeting, Denver. (2 city-paid days)

Aug. 16-19, AWWA International Council, Denver. (3 city-paid days, 1 weekend day)

Aug. 28-Sept. 15, International Water Association Conference, Beijing, China (9 city-paid days, 5 weekend days, 5 vacation days)

Sept. 18-22, AWWA Minnesota Section, Duluth, Minn. (5 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

Sept. 23-28, National Rural Water Association Meeting, Dallas, Texas (4 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

Oct. 15-17, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, Charleston, S.C. (2 city-paid days, 1 weekend day)

Oct. 21-23, Water Environment Federation Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, Dallas. (1 city-paid day, 2 weekend days)

Oct. 24-29, AWWA North Dakota Section, Minot, N.D. (4 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

Nov. 2-4, AWWA Region I Section Leaders Meeting, Hartford, Conn. (2 city-paid days, 1 weekend day)

Nov. 11-15, AWWA North Carolina Section Annual Conference, Greensboro. (3 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

Dec. 4-10, AWWA Public Officials Committee, Denver. (5 city-paid days, 2 weekend days)

Jan. 14-23, 2007, AWWA Board of Trustees, Honolulu, Hawaii (3 weekend days, 7 vacation days)

Jan. 30-Feb. 13, AWWA/International Water Works Association Convention, Mumbai, India (5 city-paid days, 4 weekend days, 6 vacation days)

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