Multi-media Presentations

• Conference Opener
• ACWA Year in Review

Power Point Presentations
Wednesday Programs

• Wednesday Opening Breakfast
  • Emissary Award Winner
• Wednesday 10 - 11:45 a.m. - Communications Committee Program: "Educating the Public - Perhaps the Greatest Challenge We Face"
  • Be Californian. Buy California Grown by Ellen Sanders-Way, California Women for Agriculture
• Wednesday 10 - 11:45 a.m. - Finance Program: "Retiring Boomers - the Good, Bad and Ugly of Succession and Work-Force Planning"
• Wednesday 10 - 11:45 a.m. - Human Resources Program: "Time is of the Essence: A Wage and Hour Discussion"
  • Presentation by Gregory M. Bergman & Michele M. Goldsmith, Partner, Bergman & Dacey, Inc.
• Wednesday 10 - 11:45 a.m. - Region Forum: "How Are We Responding to Climate Change?"
• Wednesday 10 - 11:45 a.m. - Issue Forum: "How Will a Comprehensice Statewide Water Package Affect California Businesses?"
• Wednesday 10 - 11:45 a.m. - Water Trends Program: " Public Records Act: Changes in Sunshine Laws"
  • Public Records Act Program by Wendy Ridderbusch, State Legislative Advocate, ACWA
• Wednesday General Session and Luncheon
• Wednesday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Attorneys Program: " The Changing Landscape of Proposition 218"
  • Life After Pajaro: What A REVERSAL Means To You by Sophie Froelich, Associate, Nossman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott LLP
• Wednesday 2:30 - 4:45 p.m. - "Conduct and Ethics Training for Water Agency Officials: A Primer on AB 1234"
• Wednesday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Exhibitor Technical Presentation II: "Solar Power Purchase Agreemaents Improved Cost and Reliability Performance for Today's Water Faciliities"
  • Solar Power for the Valley Center Municipal Water District: Why the Answer Was “No,” and Is Now “Yes” by Gary Arant, General Manager, Valley Center MWD
• Wednesday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Finance Program: "Paying For Infrastructure - New Tools, Old Tools, What's Hot Today"
  • Presentation by Hal Furman, Chairman & Managing Director, The Furman Group, Inc.
• Wednesday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Human Resources Program: "What To Do When a Grand Jury Subpoena or Civil Subpoena Duces Tecum Arrives at the Door"
• Wednesday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Town Hall A "Delta Vision" Discussion
• Wednesday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Water Trends Program: "Does the Carlsbad Project Indicate That Permitting is Finally Within Reach for Ocean Desalination?"

Thursday Programs

• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Attorneys Program: "How to Draft Legally Defensible UWMPs and WSAs in Light of Vineyard and Global Warming Requirements"
• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Energy Committee Program "New Opportunities for Water Agencies"
  • The Design of California’s Energy Future by Lon W. House, Ph.D.
• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Human Resources Program: "How to Conduct a FLSA Audit"
  • FLSA Audits: Why We Should Do Them and What Should Be Done? by Edward L. Kreisberg, Meyers Nave
• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Human Resources Program: " ACWA 2008 Salary and Benefits Survey"
• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Region Forum: "Myth Busters: The Myths of the Salton Sea"
• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Issue Forum: "Insight Into a Statewide Water Initiative"
• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Water Trends Program I: "ERAF& Prop 1A: Facing the Future - Protecting our Members"
  • ERAF & Proposition 1A by Wendy Ridderbusch, State Legislative Advocate, ACWA
• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Water Trends Program II: "Facing Drought and Preparing for Water Shortages"
• Thursday 10 - 11:30 a.m. - Water Trends Program III: "The Quagga Mussel Invasion: What Challenges Can the California Water Industry Expect?"
  • Freshwater Bivalve Infestations; Risks to Assets and Available Control Options
    by Renata Claudi, MSc, RNT Consulting Inc.
  • Establishment of a Successful Dreissena Mussel Treatment Program:
    A Summary of Important Considerations and Lessons Learned
    by Tony Van Oostrom, BES, Senior Environmental Advisor, Niagara Plant Group, Ontario Power Generation
• Thursday General Session & Luncheon
  • Outreach Awards
  • California's Water Series
  • California's Water Series Sponsors
• Thursday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Attorneys Program: "Climate Change Environmental Review Obligations for Water Agencies"
  • AB 32, CEQA, & Water Agencies by Hannah Bentley, Exq of counsel to McCormick, Kidman & Behrens, LLP
  • Climate Change Environmental Review Obligations for Water Agencies: AB 32
    effects on water agencies, including their obligations under CEQA by Jeff Ford, Water Resources Planner, Castaic Lake Water Agency
  • AB 32, Climate change, and Water Agencies: The Environmental Perspective by
    Jim Metropulos, Legislative Representative, Sierra Club California
• Thursday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Finance Program: "CalPERS Update"
  • OPEB Pre-funding through CalPERS by Rand Anderson, Manager, Constituent Relations Office
• Thursday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Human Resources Program: "Wellness programs: Improving Employee Health"
• Thursday 2:30 - 3:45 p.m. - Water Trends Program: "The 'Brave New World' for Urban Water Conservation?"
• Friday Hans Doe Forum Breakfast
  • IRWD Response to the Santiago Fire by Paul Jones, General Manager, Irvine Ranch Water District
  • Southern California Wildfires Put ACWA Members Agencies to the Test by Dan Masnada, General Manager, Castaic Lake Water Agency