Happenings
Catch a tour bus; attend our international groundwater conference; meet our new water leaders
Catch a Tour Bus this Spring
Need a resolution for 2016? Leave the office behind
and catch a ride on a tour bus. Our tours give you the chance to
see firsthand the projects, places and people that comprise the
water debate.
Our Central Valley Tour from April 13-15 visits farms, Friant Dam, San Luis Reservoir and the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge. The tour is co-sponsored by the Bureau of Reclamation, Mid- Pacific Region, California DWR, CH2M, ESA, HDR Engineering, and GEI.
On May 19-20, the Foundation’s new San Diego Tour features a private tour of the Carlsbad Desalination Plant. Topics include groundwater treatment, water conservation, and potable recycled water use. CH2M is a tour co-sponsor.
The Foundation’s popular Bay-Delta Tour, June 15-17, goes deep into California’s water hub, the source of two-thirds of the state’s water and an important ecosystem. The tour is co-sponsored by the Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, California DWR, CH2M, ESA, HDR Engineering, and GEI.
Learn more about each tour and register for early-bird prices online at www.watereducation.org/general-tours.
International Groundwater Conference
Groundwater experts from around the world will gather
at an international groundwater/ agriculture conference in the
San Francisco area June 28-30 organized by the Foundation and UC
Davis Robert M. Hagan Endowed Chair. Among the high-level
speakers at Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture: 2nd
International Conference Linking Science and Policy will be Karen
Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and
Agriculture.
Visit www.watereducation.org/internationalgroundwater2016 for more information and to register online.
2016 Water Leaders Selected
Members of the 20th Annual William R. Gianelli Water
Leaders Class convened in late January to kick off their yearlong
program. Each of the 21 young professionals selected for the
class will be assigned to a high-level mentor and research
“Strategies for Achieving Water Sustainability” for a report they
will present to the Foundation’s Board of Directors in November.
Class members are: Carlos Carrillo, MWD of Southern California; Anna Constantino, Flowwest & Intelligent Ecosystems Institute; Carrie Crane, Tulare County Farm Bureau; Mathew Danielczyk, Audubon California; Danielle Duncan, CSU Fresno; Andrew Edstrom, Wonderful Orchards; Russell Frink, Treder Land Law; Amanda Heise, CH2M; Laura Hollender, California DWR; Daniel Huang, Delta Stewardship Council; Danny Kelley, Stevinson Water District; Betty Hurley Lindeman, Panoche Water and Drainage District; Harleen Kaur, Nossaman LLP; Casey James LeBlanc, East Bay Municipal Utility District; Henry McCann, Public Policy Institute of California; Jennifer Morales, California DWR; Jeffrey J. Patrick, The Law Offices of Young Wooldridge, LLP; Lena Perkins, City of Palo Alto, Utilities Department; Amanda Platt, Sloughhouse Resource Conservation District; Oliver Slosser, MWH Americas; and Salote Soqo, The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water.
