ACWA 2018 Fall Conference Presentations Dec 7, 2018 Presentations & Multimedia Presentations from ACWA’s 2018 Fall Conference & Exhibition held Nov. 27-30 in San Diego are available below. Please note that this list includes only those presentations and materials made available to ACWA. For a listing of all sessions and programs, please refer to the full conference program booklet. Tuesday, Nov. 27 ACWA JPIA Seminar: Staying Out of Hot Water: Understanding Your Role as a Board Member Robert Greenfield & Patricia Slaven, ACWA JPIA Luncheon ACWA 101 Social Media Setup Social Media Guidelines for Elected Officials Startup Guide to Facebook Startup Guide to Twitter Available materials from Tuesday’s ACWA committee meetings are available on the appropriate committee pages. Member login is required. Wednesday, Nov. 28 Opening Breakfast 2018 ACWA Accomplishments – ACWA Executive Director Timothy Quinn Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation 2018 Retirees and Passages Presentation Attorneys Program: What do the New Water Conservation and Efficiency Requirements Mean for your Agency? – 10 a.m. Christine Compton (IRWD), Elizabeth Lovsted (Eastern MWD) & Adam Robin (NCWA) Region 8 Issues Forum: Potable Reuse: Nuts and Bolts – 10 a.m. Gina Dorrington, Ventura Water Jennifer West, WateReuse David Pedersen, LVMWD Mike Markus, OCWD Water Industry Trends Program: Regulating Urban Water System Leak Loss? – 10 a.m. Sue Mosberg, Sweetwater Authority Joe Berg, MWDOC Max Gomberg, SWRCB Marc Marcantonio, Yorba Linda Water District Jim Peifer, City of Sacramento Wednesday Luncheon Tim Quinn Retirement Presentation Emissary Award Presentation Outreach Awards Presentation Communications Committee Program: Infernos and Information: Communication Lessons Learned During and After a Fire – 2 p.m. Craig Jones, Ventura Water Top 5 Lessons Handout Region 2 Issues Forum – Functional Flows: Fins, Feathers, Furs and Farms – 2 p.m. Paul Buttner, California Rice Commission Roger Cornwell, Reclamation District #108 Jacob Katz, Cal Trout Statewide Issues Forum – Groundwater Recharge: Identifying and Removing the Barriers – 2 p.m. Amanda Montgomery, SWRCB Exhibitor Case Study – The Value of Experienced Licensed Operators in an Emergency (waterTalent) – 2 p.m. Peter Brooks, waterTALENT Finance Program: Any Which Way You Can: Pension and OPEB Cost Reduction and Funding Options – 3:30 p.m. Nancy Campbell, CalPERS Local Government Committee: A Conversation Concerning Consolidation – 3:30 p.m. Heather Bashian, Provost & Pritchard Michelle Frederick, SWRCB Phoebe Seaton, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability Richard Svinland, California American Water Water Industry Trends Program – Desalination Operations: Filtering the Details – 3:30 p.m. Jeremy Crutchfield (SDCWA) & Peter MacLaggan (Poseiden Water) Kelley Dyer, City of Santa Barbara Exhibitor Case Study – Data Collection for Effective Groundwater Sustainability Planning and Management – 3:30 p.m. David O’Leary, USGS Ted Johnson, WRD of Southern California Thursday, Nov. 29 Attorneys Program: SB 998 (Dodd) Water Service Shut-Offs – What Now? – 9:30 a.m. Lufti Kharuf (Best Best and Krieger), Gary Arant (Valley Center MWD), Dan Kelly (PCWA) & Wendy Ridderbusch (ACWA) Finance Program: Fist Full of Dollars: Reserve Policy and Understanding Risks – 9:30 a.m. Sanjay Gaur (Raftelis), Kathy Cortner (Mojave Water), Jonathan Wunderlich (Alameda CWD) & Rosemary Menard (Santa Cruz) Region 5 Issues Program: Cultivating Your Future Water Workforce – Relationships & Apprenticeships – 9:30 a.m. Ingrid Bella (Santa Clara Valley Water District) & Elizabeth Toups (Jewish Vocational Service) Statewide Issues Forum – A Pathway to Voluntary Agreements in the Bay-Delta: Local Solutions and Lessons Learned – 9:30 a.m. Curt Aikens, Yuba Water Agency Thomas Tebb, Washington Dept. of Ecology Thursday Luncheon Brenda Burman Keynote Presentation David Reynolds Recognition Stephen K. Hall Scholarship Presentation Attorneys Program – Masterpiece Cake Shop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: A Recipe for Fair Hearings – 2 p.m. Scott Smith, Wesley Miliband & Phil Williams Masterpiece Cake Shop Handout Federal Issues Forum – 2 p.m. Mike Ryan, Bureau of Reclamation Terry Fulp, Bureau of Reclamation Water Industry Trends Program: Innovative Approaches to Watershed Collaboration – 2 p.m. Drew Atwater, Moulton Niguel Water District David Pedersen, Las Virgenes MWD Aaron Poresky, Geosyntec Consultants Grant Sharp, Orange County Friday, Nov. 30 ACWA JPIA Update Andy Sells, ACWA JPIA And You Thought 2016 Was Contentious David Reynolds (ACWA), Abby Schneider (ACWA), Wendy Ridderbusch (ACWA), Hon Jose Solorio (Moulton Niguel Water District) & Ian Lyle (NWRA)