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2016 Conference Presentations
“Weather Report” – Drought, El Niño and La Niña Review; Forecast and Trends
David Biggar, Meteorologist, NBC4 Southern California
Water Supply Conditions Statewide and Locally
- California: David Gutierrez, California Department of Water Resources
- San Gabriel Valley: Steve Johnson, Stetson Engineers
Panel 1: Pieces of the Puzzle – Local Projects Coming Together
- Efficient and Resilient: Local Investments Pay Off
Kathy Tiegs, President, Assn. of California Water Agencies (ACWA) - The Role of Adjudications in Groundwater Governance and Management
Bill Blomquist, Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) - Large-Scale Regional Recycled Water Opportunities
Robert Harding, System and Resource Analysis Unit Manager, Water Resource Management Group, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Jeff Nordschow, Senior Vice President, Rose Hills Cemetery
Panel 2: Water Tomorrow – What is the Plan?
- Regional Reliability in an Age of Uncertainty
Brandon Goshi, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - California WaterFix – Decision Time: The Need. The Process. The Politics
Stephen Arakawa, Bay Delta Initiative Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - The Local Plan – Water Supply Reliability in the Face of Uncertainty/Indirect Reuse Replenishment Project
Shane Chapman, General Manager, Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District - Stormwater and MS4 Permits – Clean It, Conserve It, But How to Pay for It?
Oliver Chi, City Manager, City of Monrovia
Panel 3: Lessons and Success Stories: The Future of Water Conservation
- Moderator
Cindy Montañez, Chief Executive Officer, TreePeople - Grey Water Residential Recycling
Ty Teissere, Greywater Action - Water-Efficiency in New Home Construction
John Gillett, Chief Operating Officer, Energy Inspectors - Forward-Looking Residential Building Strategies
Dr. Mark Grey, Director of Environmental Affairs, Building Industry Assn. of Southern California - Water Conservation in the Industrial and Commercial Sector
Dominique Hargreaves, Executive Director, U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles
2014 Conference Presentations
ARE WE READY…Drought Update and Forecast
- Current Drought in Historical and Longer Perspective
Glen MacDonald , Moderator
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability - Climate Change, Overall Precipitation Variability and Droughts/Floods in the 21st Century
Dan Cayan, Scripps Institute of Oceanography - Impacts of 21st Century Climate Change on Local Precipitation and Related Phenomena
Alex Hall, UCLA Climate Change Project - Integrated Surface and Groundwater Impacts of This and Future Drought
Jay Famiglietti, JPL and UC Irvine Hydrologist
ARE WE READY…Water Supply Shortages
- San Gabriel Valley Groundwater Status
Steve Johnson, Moderator, Stetson Engineers - Reductions in Imported Water, Planning for Shortages and Current Conditions
Devendra Upadhyay, Metropolitan Water District - Water Conservation and the Effectiveness of a Budget- based Rate Structure
Kurt Schwabe, UC Riverside - Water Conservation Programs and Case Studies
Ron Wildermuth, West Basin Municipal Water District
ARE WE READY…Flooding, Fires and Delta Earthquakes
- Shane Chapman, Moderator General Manager, Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
- Southern California Catastrophic Earthquake Plan – Overview of the Roles of FEMA, Dept. of Defense, State Office of Emergency Services and CUEA
Don Boland, California Utilities Emergency Assn. - Fire and Water – What First Responders Need from the Water Sector in a Major Earthquake Response Jim Frawley, San Marino Fire Chief/L.A. County Fire Chiefs’ Assn.
- Local Water Provider Perspective on Earthquake Response in the San Gabriel Valley
Dan Arrighi, San Gabriel Valley Water Company - Land of Extremes – From Droughts to Floods
L.A. County Flood Control Overview of Emergency Flood Operations and the Importance of Infrastructure Maintenance
Chris Stone, L.A. County Flood Control District
ARE WE READY … Job Losses and Price Increases for Water, Agriculture, Food, Residents, Businesses, Cost of Living
- David Sunding, Moderator
UC Berkeley, Thomas J. Graff Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics; Principal,
The Brattle Group - Rising Agricultural and Food Costs Due to Drought
Josue Medellin-Azuara, UC Davis’ Center for Watershed Sciences
2013 Conference Presentations
Panel 1 – Water Novices
What is in San Gabriel Valley’s Water? – Jeff Helsley, Stetson Engineering, Inc.
Stormwater Pollution: Causes and Prevention – Aracely Lasso, PE, County of Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works
How Does a Water Treatment Plant Work? – Greg Galindo, La Puente Valley County Water District
Bottled Water vs. Tap Water – Conner Everts, Food and Watch Watch
Panel 2 – Water Professionals
Update on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan – Randall Neudeck, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Recycled Water Program for Highly Treated Tertiary Water – Mike Sullivan, Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
Expanding Potable Reuse Opportunities with a New Approach – Shane Trussell, Trussell Technologies, Inc.
Panel 3 – Water Novices
Quagga Mussels in the West – Ric DeLeon, Ph.D.
Overview of Colorado River Source Water Protection Issues – Maria Lopez, PE, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Panel 4 – Water Professionals
San Gabriel Basin Groundwater Contamination and Clean Up Efforts – Ken Manning, Water Quality Authority
Ion SEParation or Single Pass Ion Exchange Technology for Treatment of Percholorate? – Lynda Noriega, Valley County Municipal Water District
Hydraulic Fracturing and Groundwater: A Consultant’s Perspective – Tim Parker, Parker Groundwater