ADVISORY/ACWA Fall Conference to Focus on Needs, Benefits of Local Water Agencies; State Senator Deborah Ortiz to Keynote.Business Editors/Environment Writers ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Dec. 3) SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 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 2003 Fall Conference, "Local Agencies: Today's Leaders for Tomorrow's Water Supply," at the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Marriott Hotel & Marina December 3-5, 2003. This year's programs will focus on the unique issues that hundreds of the state's local water agencies face and the essential benefits they provide. With limited resources, local agencies have stepped up to the plate and have made significant progress on water storage, water quality and water management challenges. ACWA's 2003 Fall Conference will highlight this new era of local water leadership that is working to ensure tomorrow's water supply. This conference will address: -- "Whose Water Is It Anyway? The Battle Between Federal, State and Local Governments" -- "Is There a Need for Special District Reform?" -- "Regional Planning regional planning: see city planning. and Governance: The Potential Impact on Water Agencies" -- "The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in northern California in the United States. It is formed at the western edge of the Central Valley by the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers and lies just east of where the : Current Efforts, Implications and What Its Future May Hold" Keynoting the December 3 lunch, California State Senator Noun 1. state senator - a member of a state senate senator - a member of a senate Deborah Ortiz Deborah V. Ortiz was a Democratic California State Senator, representing the 6th State Senate District. She was originally elected in 1998 with 55% of the vote, and subsequently re-elected in 2002 with 70.8% of the vote. (D) is expected to discuss the possibility of legislation being introduced next year that would govern water-related special districts. Ortiz, whose district is Sacramento, has a background in local government and is known for her strong interest in education, health and the environment. Other speakers include William J. Rosendahl, chairman of the California Commission on Tax Policy in the New Economy and Daniel Weintraub, political columnist columnist, the writer of an essay appearing regularly in a newspaper or periodical, usually under a constant heading. Although originally humorous, the column in many cases has supplanted the editorial for authoritative opinions on world problems. for The Sacramento Bee.
WHO: Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA)
WHAT: "Local Agencies: Today's Leaders for Tomorrow's Water
Supply," A three-day conference
WHEN: Wednesday-Friday, December 3-5, 2003
WHERE: San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina
ACWA's 448 public agency members are collectively responsible for more than 90 percent of the water delivered in California for residential and agricultural uses. |
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