ACWA Conference to Analyze Key Water Issues; Speakers to Offer Views on State Budget Crisis.News Editors/Business Editors/Environment Writers SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2003 The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA ACWA Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives ACWA Administrative Careers With America ACWA Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment ACWA American Civil War Association ACWA American Clean Water Association ) will host its Spring Conference, titled "Financing Our Water Future: An Issue of Dollars and Sense," Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 7-9, 2003, in South Lake Tahoe. On the agenda this year are programs that will take an in-depth look at the status of the California state budget crisis and its affect on water agency utilities, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, the Colorado River Colorado River River, south-central Argentina. Its major headstreams, the Grande and Barrancas rivers, flow southward from the Andes Mountains and meet to form the Colorado near the Chilean border. It flows southeastward across northern Patagonia and the southern Pampas. Quantification quan·ti·fy tr.v. quan·ti·fied, quan·ti·fy·ing, quan·ti·fies 1. To determine or express the quantity of. 2. Settlement Agreement, desalination desalination or desalting Removal of dissolved salts from seawater and from the salty waters of inland seas, highly mineralized groundwaters, and municipal wastewaters. , water storage, water rights, agricultural return flows, the future of California agriculture, and many more. The program "tracks" are Attorneys, Finance, Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and Small Agencies. The more than one dozen sessions being offered will be categorized cat·e·go·rize tr.v. cat·e·go·rized, cat·e·go·riz·ing, cat·e·go·riz·es To put into a category or categories; classify. cat under these tracks to assist attendees in determining which sessions would best fit their needs. Here are some conference highlights: -- Keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work by Assemblymember Joseph Canciamilla (D- Pittsburg) -- Keynote speech by Ted Gibson, former economist for the state of California -- "The Future of California Agriculture: Assessing the Economic, Environmental and Water Supply Implications" -- "Colorado River 4.4 Plan: Do We Need a Transfer?" ACWA will also be presenting its prestigious Clair A. Hill Water Agency Award. The award seeks to recognize the member agencies, which have developed innovative ways to deal with water -- our state's most precious resource. Prior to the three-day conference, ACWA will host a directors' workshop that will focus on leadership skills. Topics such as district finance, directors' roles and responsibilities, dealing with the media, and appropriate management performance will be discussed. WHO: Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) WHAT: "Financing Our Water Future: An Issue of Dollars and Sense," Spring conference WHEN: Wednesday-Friday, May 7-9, 2003 WHERE: South Lake Tahoe, Calif. ACWA is a statewide association whose 440 members are responsible for about 90% of the water delivered in California. For more information, visit www.acwanet.com. |
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