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Water Resilience and Sustainability

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September 21-22, 2015

Water Resilience and Sustainability: Can We Make LA Water Self-Sufficient?

This workshop addressed the long-term potential for sustainable water use in urban environments, using the Los Angeles area as a case study for discussion. The keynote session was open to the public. All other discussions were private.

Keynote Session Videos:

Opening Remarks and "The Present and Future of California Water" with Felicia Marcus, Chairperson of the California State Water Resources Control Board
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"Satellite Observations of the Epic California Drought" with Jay Famiglietti, Senior Water Scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Professor at UC Irvine
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"Integrated Water Management: Innovation Opportunities" with Leslie Shoemaker, Executive Vice President of Water, Environment & Infrastructure at Tetra Tech
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"Can Urban Water Systems Transition Away from Imported Water?" with David Sedlak, Malozemoff Professor, UC Berkeley and co-director, Berkeley Water Center

Facilitated Discussions:

Discussion 1: Envisioning a Water Self-Sufficient Los Angeles
Discussion 2: Building the End-to-End Optimized Water Network

These sessions were private and by invitation only.