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Tour November 6, 2019 - 7:30am - November 7, 2019 - 6:30pm Nick Gray Central Coast Tour Highlights Dam Removal & River Restoration, Ocean Desal and Innovative Recycling Project Using Ag Runoff Explore Airborne Mapping of Seawater Intrusion on Central Coast Tour November 6-7 Central Coast Tour Explores Solutions to Water Resource Challenges That Offer Lessons for California

Central Coast Tour 2019
Field Trip - November 6-7

This 2-day, 1-night tour offered participants the opportunity to learn about water issues affecting California’s scenic Central Coast and efforts to solve some of the challenges of a region struggling to be sustainable with limited local supplies that have potential applications statewide.

We traveled from the technology hub of Silicon Valley’s San Jose to the coastal enclave of Monterey and through agricultural-rich Salinas Valley to the wine country of Paso Robles visiting farms, vineyards, water recycling facilities and the Carmel River where a major dam — the 106-foot San Clemente Dam — was removed a few years ago to see how the river’s restoration was progressing.

Topics included ocean desalination, water recycling, groundwater and seawater intrusion, habitat restoration, and urban and agricultural water use.

Stops Included:

  • Valley Water District
  • Pure Water Monterey
  • San Clemente Dam
  • Salinas Valley
  • Carmel River
  • Paso Robles vineyard

Topics Included:

  • Ocean desalination
  • Water recycling
  • Groundwater
  • Seawater intrusion
  • Dam removal & habitat restoration
  • Agriculture

Tour Start and End Point:

The tour began on November 6 at 7:30 a.m. and ended on November 7 at 6:30 p.m. in San Jose at Valley Water District - 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118. We spent the night in Paso Robles.

Pricing Details:

Regular Price – $645 (one person, single-occupancy room)

Early Bird Price – $615 if you registered online by October 7.

Fee included all tour meals, transportation, materials, snacks and hotel accommodations once the tour began. Participants were responsible for their own transportation to and from the tour’s beginning and end point.

Free overnight parking was available for all tour attendees in San Jose.

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

Deadline to cancel and receive a refund was three weeks prior to the first day of the tour due to hotel, meal and transportation bookings. Substitutions were allowed up to five business days before the tour. Refunds may have been subject to a 10% processing fee.

Continuing Education Credits:

Continuing education credits were available for California attorneys for an additional fee, and may have been available for water plant/wastewater plant operators and other vocations/professions.

  • Paul Sorensen Presentation
  • Keith Van Der Maaten Presentation
  • Andy Fisher Presentation
  • Jeff Cattaneo Presentation
  • Pure Water Monterey Presentation
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Tour November 6, 2019 - 7:30am - November 7, 2019 - 6:30pm Nick Gray Central Coast Tour Highlights Dam Removal & River Restoration, Ocean Desal and Innovative Recycling Project Using Ag Runoff Explore Airborne Mapping of Seawater Intrusion on Central Coast Tour November 6-7 Central Coast Tour Explores Solutions to Water Resource Challenges That Offer Lessons for California
  • Paul Sorensen Presentation
  • Keith Van Der Maaten Presentation
  • Andy Fisher Presentation
  • Jeff Cattaneo Presentation
  • Pure Water Monterey Presentation
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Nick Gray
Programs Director

Nick manages many of our workshops, conferences and tours of key water regions across California and the Southwest, bringing attendees up close to dams and other water infrastructure, wildlife areas, farms and other sites involved in water.

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Announcement October 9, 2019

Central Coast Tour Highlights Dam Removal & River Restoration, Ocean Desal and Innovative Recycling Project Using Ag Runoff
Variety of water projects and programs aimed at water sustainability explored Nov. 6-7; tour starts in San Jose with overnight in Paso Robles

Our last tour of 2019 is all new and will journey through a region grappling with limited local water supplies. Solutions to issues surrounding urban, agricultural and environmental water use on the scenic Central Coast involve potential lessons for all of California.

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Announcement October 16, 2019

Explore Airborne Mapping of Seawater Intrusion on Central Coast Tour November 6-7
Efforts to combat potentially irreversible contamination of water supply along Monterey Bay highlighted on tour that starts in San Jose

The sustainable management of groundwater is an important issue across California, but water users along the coast also must deal with seawater intrusion when their basins become imbalanced. Learn how one water district is working to quantify the problem and address it on our Central Coast Tour Nov. 6-7.

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Announcement October 22, 2019

Central Coast Tour Explores Solutions to Water Resource Challenges That Offer Lessons for California
Nov. 6-7 trip highlights dam removal, river restoration, airborne mapping, desalination, water recycling & groundwater management

Monterey Bay coastlineFrom the technology hub of San Jose to the coastal enclave of Monterey and from the productive agriculture of the Salinas Valley to the rolling vineyards of Paso Robles, participants on our Central Coast Tour Nov. 6-7 will learn about efforts by water users to achieve sustainability in a region grappling with limited local water supplies.

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