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The third in a series of National Dialogues, Managing One Water will focus on breaking down the silos within the water community. It is being organized by the Clean Water America Alliance (Alliance) whose mission is to shape water policy for a sustainable future. The Dialogue will bring together the nation’s leading water policy experts, including representatives from state water authorities, the federal government, municipal water and wastewater agencies, engineering firms, academia, energy, industry, green infrastructure interests, agriculture, and conservation to explore how our nation can begin to better integrate water management at the local and regional level.
Finding a Solution
A common thread throughout the National Dialogue series has been the need to think holistically about the problem and the solutions to sustainable water management. Traditionally, primary control of the nation’s water resources has been in the hands of a diverse range of local or regional entities. Fragmentation in water resource management has occurred as state and federal agencies developed separate views (and regulations) for what is, essentially, the same resource. Today, a myriad of often disparate state approaches as well as federal laws and regulations exist, many of which treat the same resource differently, and some of which are in conflict with each other. The silo thinking of the past has kept clean water, drinking water, stormwater, water reuse, energy and agriculture interests segregated and does not encourage comprehensive thinking, planning and management of our waters on the transformational scale needed. The Alliance believes we must move in a direction that breaks down these silos to integrate water managment and start manaing one water.
Program
As an observer you will be able to sit-in on the event's breakout sessions, participate in Q&A discussions with the panelists and participants of the Dialogue, and attend the evening reception on September 28th.
Support for Managing One Water
Managing One Water is being sponsored by MWH Americas, AECOM, Siemens Water Technologies, Black & Veatch, Veolia, CDM, United Water, GE Power & Water, HDR, Malcolm Pirnie, Tetra Tech, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the City of Los Angeles Sanitation Department of Public Works.
Supporting organizations include the American Rivers, Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA), Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA), California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), International Water Association (IWA), National Association of Water Companies (NAWC), National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), National Rural Water Association (NRWA), The Conservation Fund, TreePeople, Water Education Foundation, Water Environment Federadtion (WEF), Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA), WateReuse Association, and the Western Coalition of Arid States (WESTCAS).
National Dialogue Series
The Clean Water America Alliance believes that the nation must re-evaluate how it uses and manages its water resources if it is to continue to have reliable sources of water. To that end, it has conducted a series of National Dialogues calling for an integrated national water policy focused on sustainability. The first two Dialogues, held in September 2009 and March 2010, brought together leading water policy experts from around the country, not as representatives of their organizations, but as individuals willing to share their expertise and perspectives in searching for common ground and concrete solutions. Discussions from these Dialogues have successfully set the stage for action on national water policy, and highlighted the need to value water appropriately, both economically and intrinsically.