This two-day conference will provide the latest scientific, management, legal and policy information regarding sustainable use of our local water resources in urban regions. The conference will cover opportunities and solutions for increasing water use efficiency, integrating local and alternative supplies, reducing and capturing urban run-off, minimizing conveyance and energy costs, issues associated with the protection, enhanced recharge, and expanded use of local groundwater supplies.
Who Should Attend
Scientists, policymakers, planners, urban, rural, and environmental stakeholders, local, state and federal governmental officials, and consultants involved in water resources.
Program Focus
Surface water imported through large-scale water delivery projects is a primary drinking water source for many urban regions. However, as climatic and environmental impacts continue to reduce the yield of these surface water systems, local water suppliers and others are facing significant water management challenges. Such challenges include increasing the use of groundwater and other local water sources to meet local demands, protecting and enhancing the quality of the groundwater and other water sources, conjunctively managing surface and groundwater to improve supply reliability, and integrating water management with energy reduction strategies. Additional issues that pose water management challenges include nonpoint source pollution from stormwater, surface water impacts and TMDLs, water use efficiency, overdraft, groundwater salinity, industrial impacts to water supplies, water rights, and water quality and quantity policy conflicts.
Topics for Plenary and Technical Sessions Include
• Expanding Local Supply Portfolios, with Increasing Reliance on Groundwater and Groundwater Protection
• New Sources of Water
• Protecting Groundwater While Slowing, Spreading, and Sinking Stormwater
• Conservation and Water Use Efficiency
• Emerging Contaminants – From the Source to Groundwater
• Groundwater Monitoring – State-of-the-Industry and State-of-the-State
• Impaired Water Management
• Recycled Water Groundwater Recharge
• Green Approaches to Managing Water in the Urban Environment
• Sustainable Groundwater Management
• What's in Store for Protection and Management of Future Supplies and Resources?
Collegiate Groundwater Colloquium
GRA seeks to increase participation by university and college faculty and students in its programming. In pursuit of this goal, GRA launched a new annual meeting module in 2008 called the “Collegiate Groundwater Colloquium.” The Collegiate Groundwater Colloquium presents students who are conducting highly relevant research in the general area of the conference theme. The Colloquium and reception provide students with an excellent opportunity to showcase their research and attendees an opportunity to learn from the frontier of groundwater science.
Field Trip: Local Water and Groundwater Projects - September 17, 2010
Enjoy an educational and scenic day touring facilities along San Francisco Bay. Explore how local and regional agencies are developing and protecting water supplies. Learn about the geology and ecology of the Bay.
Field trip stops include:
• East Bay Municipal Utility District's Bayside Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project
• Joint East Bay Municipal Utility District, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and City of Hayward Water Supply Inter-tie
• Alameda County Water District's Brackish Groundwater Desalination Facility
• City of San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant - South Bay Recycled Water Station
• Stanford University Water Efficiency Projects
Field Trip Map and Itinerary >>
Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
If you are interested in exhibiting your organization’s services or products, being an event sponsor, please contact Mary Megarry at mmegarry@nossaman.com or 916-446-3626.
Exhibitors:
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