The Santa Ana River Watershed Conference examined pressing issues
key to the watershed that spans Orange, Riverside and San
Bernardino counties.
The daylong event was held on May 25 at the Ontario Convention
Center in the city of Ontario.
Participants heard about the importance of the Santa Ana River
Watershed and how, through powerful partnerships, the
region can find resilient solutions to improve the
quality and reliability of the local water supply.
Ontario Convention Center
2000 E Convention Center Way
Ontario, CA 91764
One of our most popular events, Water 101 details the history,
geography, legal and political facets of water in California
as well as hot topics currently facing the state.
Taught by some of the leading policy and legal experts in the
state, the one-day workshop with an optional second half-day
gave attendees a deeper understanding of the state’s most
precious natural resource.
This 3-day, 2-night tour traveled the length of the Sacramento
Valley, a major source of water for California.
Experts talked about the history of the Sacramento River as the
tour wends through riparian woodland, crop fields and nut
orchards. The 3-day, 2-night tour tracks important water
issues for farming and environmental uses, visits potential
storage sites, discusses innovative programs for flood
management, groundwater management and salmon restoration.
This 2-day, 1-night tour traveled from the Sacramento region to
rural Capay Valley to view sites that explore groundwater, a key
resource in California.
The tour examined groundwater monitoring stations where
participants learned how this precious resource is measured,
tracked and evaluated. Visited local farms and wineries that
mitigate groundwater needs through innovative irrigation
techniques. Learned about groundwater contamination and ways to
prevent it at a local dairy.
Participants had an opportunity to learn from top experts at our
popular Water 101 Workshop in the Sacramento area, held on
February 4-5, 2016. This daylong workshop with an optional
second, half-day offered the opportunity to learn about
California water basics, hot topics and water district board
member governance.
This 2-day, 1-night tour traveled through the San Joaquin Valley
to explore the impacts of California’s unprecedented four-year
drought on the nation’s breadbasket and what steps are being
taken to avert disaster.
This 3-day, 2-night tour featured experts who discussed the
issues and controversies with this important resource, farmers
who grow produce and environmentalists who are trying to bolster
declining fish populations.
What attendees say about this tour:
What did you like best?
“Seeing the Delta with my own eyes. Getting a better handle on
issues & complexity of the Delta. Thoughtful, informative
speakers. The Bay Model!”
This 2-day, 1-night tour traveled through Inland
Southern California to learn about the region’s efforts in
groundwater management, recycled water and other drought-proofing
measures.
This 2-day, 1-night tour traveled from the
Sacramento region to Napa Valley to view sites that explore
groundwater issues. Topics included groundwater quality,
overdraft and subsidence, agricultural use, wells, and regional
management efforts.
This 3-day, 2-night tour followed the course of the
lower Colorado River through Nevada, Arizona and California, and
included a private tour of Hoover Dam.
This 3-day, 2-night tour, which we do every spring,
travels the length of the San Joaquin Valley, giving participants
a clear understanding of the State Water Project and Central
Valley Project.
This 3-day, 2-night tour, which we do every year,
takes participants to the heart of California water policy – the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and San Francisco Bay.
This 3-day, 2-night tour travels the length of the San Joaquin
Valley, giving participants a clear understanding of the State
Water Project and Central Valley Project.
Travel across the state on Amtrak’s famed California
Zephyr, from the edge of sparkling San Francisco Bay,
through the meandering channels of the Delta, past rich Central
Valley farmland, growing cities, historic mining areas and into
the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
This 3-day, 2-night tour follows the course of the lower Colorado River through Nevada, Arizona and California, and includes a private tour of Hoover Dam.
Pat Mulroy, a leading figure in Western water and the former
general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority who
oversaw the agency during a major period of growth and
drought, was the guest speaker at the 2016 Anne
Schneider Lecture on April 6.
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