Transcript Theme- “Greening Our Water Infrastructure”

North Bay Watershed
Association
2010 Conference Update
Date- April 9, 2010
Location-Sheraton, Petaluma contract signed
Theme- “Greening Our Water
Infrastructure”
NBWA Web-Site
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
• 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
Watersheds and Green
Infrastructure
• 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?
Costs
• $80
$70 before January 31, 2010
• Watershed Council-$40
• Wine Tasting- 3:15-4:15 pm
Benziger Family Winery
Sponsors ($24 k)
$2500
• DWR
• EPA
• LGVSD
• MMWD
• SCWA
• Winzler & Kelly
$1500
County of Marin
CMSA
ESA
Kearns and West
NMWD
SCC-$1000
SFEP- $500
Conference Committee
• Next meeting- January 20 -10:00 am
– Registration follow up
– Identify sponsor needs
– Speaker BIOs
– Program design-> printers
- Panel conference calls
BAIRWMP Update
http://www.bairwmp.org/
• Overview of BAY Area Coordinating
Committee efforts in 2009
• Regional Approval Process
• Funding Opportunity(??) Prop 50 funds
Coordinating Committee 2009
• CC Meetings
Jan.26, Feb.23, Mar. 23, Apr. 27,
June 1, July 27, Sep. 21, Dec. 7,
DWR RAP meeting- May 28 in Sacramento
Subcomittees
PnP (RAP)- Jan.5, Feb.9, Mar.2, Apr. 6,
Project Screening Committee Meetings
Apr.6, May 18, June 9, July 6, Dec. 16
Major Topics
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Regional Acceptance Process (RAP)
Local Project Selection Process
Sub Regional Funding
Project Screening/ “regional projects”
Regional versus sub-regional projects
Grant Administration
Funding- contractor and Prop 50
DWR decisions in September 2009
• RAP Summary
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46 Regions submitted
• Approved – 34 Regions
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Conditional Approval – 11
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Not Approved – 1 Region
• Final-all approved-10 conditionally
– 3 address entire funding area
DWR Funding ??
• Announcement –Nov. 30, 09
• Prop 50 funds- $7.4 million total statewide
-Only for prior underfunded prop 50
recipients ( 11 regions)
• Max award - $ 3.4 Million-10% match
• Only prior applicants may receive funds
-BACWA for Bay Area
Next PSSC meeting- January 12
Next CC meeting-January 25