HomeMy WebLinkAbout14.a. (Handout) Board Member Causey's Report on NACWA NACWA Conference Notes Item 14.a.
February 5 to 8, 2019
(Handout)
• Joint Climate&Resiliency Committee
o EBMUD Climate Change Policy
o Better data needed everywhere
o Homeland Security—Resiliency Audits conducted
• Legislative& Regulatory
o Integrated planning Water Infrastructure Imp Act 2018
o WOTUS
• Utility & Resource
o Affordability—new document being completed after two years
o Water Sector Project
o WERF Workforce Report—Brookings
o New energy metric suggested—kwh.kg BOD
o Net zero energy
• Water Quality
o EPA National Study—on hold
o Meetings with Ag interests
• Facilities & Collection
o Blending rule making roundtable, final rule 2020 summer
o Reconstructed Facility—cost spent to cost new
• General Sessions
o Consolidations—Utility Strengthening through Consolidation: Principles for the Water Sector
o Statement of Principles on Utility Governance
o CWA/SDWA NEXUS
o Session 1 — Sawyer strategic action areas
■ Integrated water management
■ Deployment of technology
■ Source water protection
■ Utilize financial programs
■ Stakeholder Collaboration and engagement
■ New trading memo—2/5/19
■ Integrated planning
o Session 2
■ SFPUC —Social Justice Policy
o Affordability Panel
■ Water Service Affordability Project
■ Overall burden on lowest income quintile LQI
■ 4.5% of LQI
■ Report draft in March
■ Rate slope evaluations for future