California Water Leaders Converge on Nation's Capital; ACWA Washington D.C. Conference Expected to Draw More Than 100 California Water Officials.WASHINGTON -- The Association of California Water Agencies kicks off its annual conference in Washington D.C. this week at the Washington Court Hotel. Attendees are scheduled to hear from a number of federal officials and members and discuss topics ranging from water storage to flood control. The conference begins March 1 with a line-up of elected officials and other VIPs speaking, including: Lynn Scarlett P. Lynn Scarlett is the Deputy Secretary of the Interior. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Scarlett was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of the Interior on November 22, 2005. , deputy secretary, Department of the Interior, Sue Ellen Wooldridge
Sue Ellen Wooldridge (b. February 15, 1961), is an American attorney and a former politically appointed U.S. government employee. , assistant attorney general, Energy and Natural Resources Division, John Keys, commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, General Joe Schroedel, Army Corps of Engineers, Rep. Devin Nunes Devin Nunes (born October 1 1973), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing the 21st District of California (map). (R-Tulare), Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Alamo), Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Santa Fe Springs), Rep. John Doolittle (R-Roseville), Rep. Ed Royce (R-Fullerton), Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento), and Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno). March 2 features a breakfast talk by Rep. George Radanovich (R-Mariposa), Water and Power Subcommittee Chairman, and programs featuring Tracy Meehan, former assistant administrator for water, Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and , and Mary Ann Dunlap, majority professional staff member, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Also on Thursday, 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 present its 2006 Legislative Leadership Award to Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) for her work fighting a proposal to give MTBE MTBE Methyl-tert-butyl-ether Surgery An aliphatic ether that rapidly dissolves cholesterol stones in vivo, introduced under local anesthesia via a percutaneous transhepatic cholecystectomy catheter, as a non-invasive method for treating gallstones; after injection, manufacturers immunity from lawsuits.
WHAT: 2006 ACWA Washington D.C., Conference
WHEN: Feb. 28 to March 2
WHERE: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C.
ACWA is a statewide association whose 440 members are responsible for about 90% of the water delivered in California. For more information, visit www.acwa.com. |
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