Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference - Module 4
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011

10:15-11:30 a.m.
Spotlight: City of Cincinnati, OH
 
Moderator:
Jeff Martinka, Executive Director, Sweet Water – The Southeastern Wisconsin Watershed Trust
 
Team Panel:
James Parrott, Executive Director, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati
Markiea Gore, Community Development Department, City of Cincinnati
Jonathan Grosshans, Community Planner, U.S. EPA – Region 5
Mary Lynn Lodor, Environmental Programs Manager, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati
John Lyons, Director of Operations, Strand Associates
 
Cincinatti has been losing population both residential and commercial for several years. This has created opportunities to blend gray with green for watershed based sustainable infrastructure. Working with partners on strategic green infrastructure plans, they are enabling community projects to maximize stormwater reduction benefits.
 
11:30-12:00 noon
Speaker Presentation: Resource Recovery - Sustainable Water Reclamation (SeWeR)
Tim Bate, Director of Planning Research and Sustainability, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Karen Sands, Manager of Sustainability, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
 
Transitioning from "wastewater treatment" to "water reclamation" and beyond, our facilities are increasingly recognized for their ability to generate energy and recover nutrients. This transition from an emphasis on waste to an emphasis on resources and opportunity is driven in part by cost, but also in part by our need for domestic, renewable sources of energy, our need to reduce our carbon footprint, and our need to recover resources we know are being 'wasted'. The MMSD – like many other clean water agencies – is beginning to make this transition from viewing sewage as a waste product to harvesting its potential as a renewable resource. This presentation will focus on the work that's been done, and the foundation that work lays for the future.

Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference - Module 4: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011

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