ACWA 2017 Spring Conference Presentations Jun 1, 2017 Presentations & Multimedia Presentations from ACWA’s 2017 Spring Conference & Exhibition held May 9 – 12 in Monterey are available below. Please note that this list includes only those presentations made available to ACWA. Wednesday, May 10 Opening Breakfast – 8 a.m. Making 2017 a Banner Year with ACWA Executive Director Timothy Quinn Attorneys Program – The Fundamentals and Questions of Groundwater Rights- 10 a.m. Ryan Bezerra, Bartkiewicz, Kronick & Shanahan Lauren Layne, Baker, Manock & Jensen Steve Martin, Best Best & Krieger Energy Program – FERC Relicensing: What You Need to Know – 10 a.m. Alan D. Mitchinick, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chris Shutes, California Sportfishing Protection Alliance Exhibitor Technical Presentation II by Torrent Resources – 10 a.m. Recharging Groundwater Through the Vadose Zone Finance Program – Pension Cost Outlook – 10 a.m. Nancy Campbell, CalPERS Sophia Skoda, East Bay MUD Region 5 Program – How to Combat Toxic Algae – Coming Soon to a Water Source Near You – 10 a.m. Stefan Cajina, Division of Drinking Water Sara Maatta, Alameda County Water District Jackie McCloud, City of Watsonville Luncheon – 11:45 a.m. Delta Improvements: Making the Pieces Fit with Randy Fiorini, Delta Stewardship Council Oroville Dam: A Playbook for Disaster Averted with William Croyle, DWR Attorneys Program – Beyond D-1641: How Water Quality Control Planning Process Works – 2 p.m. Tess Dunham, Somach, Simmons & Dunn Energy Program – Small Hydro: Challenges and Opportunities – 2 p.m. Poonum Agrawal, CPUC Region 2 Program – Function not Fiction – The Value of Water on the Landscape – 2 p.m. Meghan Hertel, Audubon California Jacob Katz, California Trout Ted Trimble, Western Canal Water District Statewide Issues Forum – Local Flexibility in Water Service Rate Structure: ACWA-Sponsored Senate Constitutional Amendment (SCA) 4 – 2 p.m. Kelly Salt, Best Best & Krieger Finance Program – Designing the Appropriate Affordability Program that Meets Prop. 218 and Your Community Needs – 3:30 p.m. Anatole Falagan, Long Beach Water Department Sanjay Guar, Raftelis Financial Consultant Robert Shaver, Alameda County Water District Thursday, May 11 Attorneys Program – Rate-Setting Challenges: Proposition 218, State Mandates and Voters – 9:30 a.m. Rebecca Andrews, Best Best Krieger Robin Baral, Churchwell White LLP Alexis Stevens, Somach, Simmons & Dunn Exhibitor Technical Presentation II by Innovyze – 9:30 a.m. Optimal Risk-Based Life-Cycle Cost Schedule of Water Main Replacement Finance Program – 9:30 a.m. Trends in Municipal Finance Luncheon – 11:45 a.m. David Murillo, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Getting the Policy Right on Bay-Delta Flows with ACWA Leadership Attorneys Program – 2 p.m. Public Trust Implementation on Water Rights: Mono Lake & Beyond Statewide Issues Forum – Can We Close the Settlement for the San Joaquin River Flow Plan – 2 p.m. Michael Lauffer, State Water Resources Control Board Water Trends Program – New Tools for Water Management: CaDC Update – 2 p.m. Patrick Atwater, California Data Collaborative