Roundtable Events

Stormwater Collection Roundtable

On February 4, 2017, Huub Cox of Watershed Protection and Martha Tremblay, Assistant Department Head of Technical Services for the LA County Sanitation Districts, participated in a roundtable discussion at the Pacific Palms Resort in the City of Industry (LA County). The event focused on evaluating the feasibility of stormwater collection and groundwater infiltration as a solution for meeting MS4 Compliance Orders issued by the LA Regional Water Quality Control Board.
 

The roundtable was sponsored by Water Education for Latino Leaders, the Water Foundation, and the Public Policy Institute of California.

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Human Right to Water Roundtable

This event featured key discussions on water rights and management. President and Founder, delivered the opening remarks, followed by Susana De Anda, who introduced the Human Right to Water framework. Gita Kapahi from the CA State Water Resources Control Board provided an overview of the guidelines on the Human Right to Water and the Affordable, Safe Drinking Water Initiative. Jonathan Nelson discussed unmet funding needs for safe drinking water and potential solutions, while Kristin Dobbin gave an overview of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and moderated a panel on the challenges and opportunities for rural and urban communities in groundwater management.

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