Friday, April 9, 2010

Sheraton Petaluma
745 Baywood Drive
Petaluma, California
707-283-2888

8:30 am to 4:15 pm
8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Opening Presentation
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch
3:15 - 4:15 pm Wine Tasting

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CONFERENCE PHOTOS

Elizabeth Preim-Rohtla
NBWA Staff Assistant
c/o Marin Municipal Water District
220 Nellen Avenue
Corte Madera, CA  94925

Conference Objective
To explore water supply innovations, recycling advancements, watersheds,
and green infrastructure

Who Will Attend
Public officials, leaders in business, science and environmental organizations,
interested members of the public

• Jared Huffman, California State Assembly Member,
  Chair of the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife

• Frances Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair,
  State Water Resources Control Board

• Alexis Strauss, Water Division Director, EPA
     How does EPA drive infrastructure and watershed improvement?
• Brock Dolman, OAEC
      How Do You Think Like a Watershed?
• Josiah Cain, Consultant, Design Ecology
     Embedded Ecology in the Built Environment
• Rosey Jencks, SFPUC Urban Watershed Management
     San Francisco's Stormwater Program
• Kit Crump, NOAA
     What is the role of habitat enhancement and in stream flow in salmonid recovery?
  

Recycling Advancements

• Chuck Weir, NBWRA
      Advantages to a Regional Approach to Recycling
• Mike Ban, Petaluma
      Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility
• Heather Shepherd, Sustainable H2O Solutions
     How can I get my (greywater) project permitted without losing my hair?
• Christina Bertea, Greywater Action
     Grassroots Greywater: low- tech, low- cost, benign systems

Water Supply Innovations

• Paul Helliker, MMWD
      Is Desalination in our Future?
• Pam Jeane, SCWA
      Habitat Enhancement and Water Delivery
• Jay Jasperse, SCWA
      Can Collaborative Groundwater Management Work?
• Chris Brown, CUWCC
      Achieving 20% per capita reductions:
      What we will need to do in a new world of water conservation?

• Water Steward Sponsor:  $10,000
• Water Partner Sponsor:  $7,500
• Water Collaborator Sponsor:  $5,000
• Water Colleague Sponsor:  $2,500
• Water Associate Sponsor:  $1,500

- Sponsor Invitation Letter
- Sponsor Levels and Benefits
- Sponsor Confirmation

Click Here to Register
$70 per person until Jan. 31, 2010 (Early Bird Rate)
$80 as of Feb. 1, 2010
   *Call for special student rate

Contact

• NBWA Assistant to Executive Director: Elizabeth Preim-Rohtla at (415) 945-1475
  Call for special Student Rate
• Event Coordinator: Marinda Freeman, MF Productions, at (415) 924-9145

Directions to Sheraton Petaluma:
745 Baywood Drive
Petaluma, California
Click here for google map and directions

• From Highway 101 take the CA-116 East exit toward Napa/Sonoma
• Turn Right at Baywood Drive
• Continue straight to hotel at 745 Baywood Drive