Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference - Module 7
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011

8:00-8:30 a.m.
Speaker Presentation: Watershed Collaboration = Friends with Green Benefits
Kevin Shafer, Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

The health of our country's watersheds depends on the good deeds of many watershed inhabitants. Whether they be city slickers or farmers, clean water is a unifying cause. Understanding this simple fact makes working together much easier and has many mutual benefits. In Milwaukee, a watershed-wide collaborative effort is helping us to realize these benefits by aligning the deeds of many into a cohesive, adaptable watershed approach. The green benefits derived from this approach include regional green infrastructure implementation, improved trust, improved understanding, increased financial resources and friendships. Much is left to accomplish, but we now have a community starting to put the little steps together into a much larger journey.

8:30-10:00 a.m.
Spotlight: Los Angeles
Leading the way to a clean, green and sustainable City through integration, innovation and collaboration
 
Moderator
Paul Boersma, Associate Vice President, Black & Veatch
 
Team Panel:
Adel Hagekhalil, Assistant Director, City of Los Angeles - Bureau of Sanitation
Mike Antos, Research Manager, Council for Watershed Health
Paula Daniels, Senior Policy Advisor to the Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Hampik Dekermenjian, Senior Vice President, CDM
Adi Liberman, Heal the Bay and Prop "O" Citizen Oversight Committee
Andy Lipkis, President & Founder, Tree People
Kendrick Okuda, Prop O Program Manager, City of Los Angeles - Bureau of Engineering
Wing Tam, Assistant Division Manager, City of Los Angeles - Bureau of Sanitation, Watershed Protection Division
 
The City of Los Angeles will share its success in building multi-benefit integrated water quality projects. These innovative projects are the outcome of the City's award winning and stakeholder driven Water Integrated Resources Plan (IRP). The projects leverage multiple sources of funds, involve diverse teams and offer multiple regional benefits, including water quality enhancement, regulatory compliance, mitigation of flooding, community greening, energy savings, reduced dependence on imported water, harvesting rainwater and conserving drinking water.

Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference - Module 7: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011

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