ACWA 2019 Fall Conference Presentations Dec 12, 2019 Presentations & Multimedia Presentations from ACWA’s 2019 Fall Conference & Exhibition held Dec. 3-6 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. Wednesday, Dec. 4 Opening Breakfast 2019 Fall Conference Opening Video A Look Back At 2019 – ACWA Executive Director Dave Eggerton Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation 2019 Huell Howser Best in Blue Video Keynote Speaker Presentation Sivan Cohen Honoring ACWA Members & Water Leaders Presentation Attorneys Program – After the Fire: Navigating Post-Wildfire Water Contamination Challenges After the Fire, Willis Hon, Associate, Nossaman LLP Post-fire Monitoring Efforts in Riverside County, Chris Stransky, Toxicology & Aquatic Sciences Group Manager, Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions Inc. Camp Fire Update, Kevin Phillips, District Manager, Paradise Irrigation District Santa Rosa Water Lessons Learned from North Bay Wildfires, Jennifer Burke, Director of Santa Rosa Water, City of Santa Rosa Energy Committee Program – How to Keep the Water Flowing When the Lights Go Out Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Gary Arant, General Manager, Valley Center Municipal Water District Region 4 Issue Forum – Habitat Restoration: Overcoming Challenges and Creating a New Partnership Approach Research in the Cache Slough Complex, Jon Burau, Hydrodynamics Project Chief, US Geological Survey Water Industry Trends Program – New Water Storage: Contributions to A More Resilient Water System CDFW WSIP Ecosystem Benefits, Kristal Davis-Fadtke, Environmental Program Manager, Department of Fish and Wildlife Steve Elie, Board Member, Inland Empire Utilities Agency Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project, Marguerite Patil, Special Assistant to the General Manager, Contra Costa Water District Kern Fan Groundwater Storage Project, Paul Weghorst, Executive Director of Water Policy, Irvine Ranch Water District General Session Luncheon Emissary Award Presentation Keynote Presentation, Alan Lily, Presiding Hearing Officer, State Water Resources Control Board Attorneys Program – Groundwater Production Allocations Under SGMA Groundwater Production Allocations Under SGMA, Eric N. Robinson, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard Groundwater Production Allocations Under SGMA, Wendy Wang, Of Counsel, Best Best & Krieger LLP Communications Committee Program – Communications and HR: Working Together to Successfully Recruit GenZ Into the Water Industry Collaborative Recruiting, Melissa McChesney, Communications Manager, Padre Dam Municipal Water District Innovators High Desert Water Summit, Yvonne Hester, Director of Public Outreach and Employee Relations, Mojave Water Agency Apprenticeship Recruitment and Social Media, Monika Medina, Public Affairs Representative, Metropolitan Water District of Southern CA Technology Program – Take It To The Cloud Andrew J. Levine, Manager of Information Systems, East Bay Municipal Utility District Finance Program: Purposeful Positioning for Positive Debt Issuance Results Panelist Presentation: Jeffrey Meyer (Retired, Calaveras County Water District), Cameron Weist (Attorney, The Weist Law Firm), Todd Smith (Managing Director, Hilltop Securities Inc.) Water Industry Trends Program – Boil, Toil and Trouble: How to Prepare to Communicate Critical Water Quality Information During an Emergency Communicating Critical Water Quality Information During Emergency Response, Craig Jones, PIO, Ventura Water Unsafe Water Notifications, Sean Sterchi, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board Edgar Dymally, Sr. Environmental Specialist, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Thursday, Dec. 5 Ethics Training – Conduct and Ethics Training for Water Agency Officials: A Primer on AB1234 Public Service and Ethics: A Closer Look Attorneys Program – Beyond 72 Hours: Getting Into the Weeds with the Brown Act Panelist Presentation: Kerry Fuller (Attorney, Churchwell White), Dan Kelly (Counsel, Placer County Water Agency), Lauren Layne (Partner, Baker Manock & Jensen PC), Brian Poulsen (General Counsel, El Dorado Irrigation District) Human Resource Program – Employee Engagement: Your Agency’s Success Depends on It! Patricia Slaven, Director of Human Resources and Administration, ACWA JPIA Water Industry Trends Program – On Target for Urban Water Use Efficiency Targets? Water Use Efficiency, Eric Oppenheimer, Chief Deputy Director, State Water Resources Control Board Implementing the 2018 Conservation Legislation, Peter Brostrom, Chief Water Use & Efficiency Branch, Department of Water Resources On Target for Urban Water Use Efficiency?, Danielle Blacet-Hyden, Director of Water, California Municipal Utilities Association General Session Luncheon Outreach Awards Presentation Keynote Presentation, Cary Talbot, PhD, PE, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center Attorneys Program – What’s the Big Deal about PFAS and Why Should You Care? Panelist Presentation: Gene Tanaka (Partner, Best Best & Krieger LLP), Richard Head (Of Counsel, SL Environmental Law Group), Dr. Alex Revchuk (Managing Engineer, Exponent) Water Industry Trends Program – California Drinking Water: Getting the Lead Out 2.0 Kurt Souza, Assistant Deputy Director, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board Friday, Dec. 6 Hans Doe Past Presidents’ Breakfast JPIA Presentation, Walter “Andy” Sells, Chief Executive Officer, ACWA JPIA
