All along, Water
Efficiency has been banging the drum of smart water resource
management. All of our stories as
well as the many technologies, products and services we have highlighted over
the last 18 months have focused on one central theme: the efficient
administration and conservation of water resources.
And now it’s time to take it
to the next level…
WaterEC aims to bring the objectives and philosophies of the
magazine to life in a forum where anyone and everyone who fits under the twin
umbrellas of water conservation and water efficiency can gather to share
information, trade ideas, and examine and compare water related products. Part of the WaterEC game
plan also includes the participation of hundreds of vendors from a variety of
different industries. From this
pool of professionals you are guaranteed to find one or more companies who’s
products, equipment, or services fit your specific needs.
Can smart water resource
management really have a positive impact on a global scale? I think it can, but only if we move
beyond hoping for change by actively pursuing real-world solutions. One positive step in that direction
involves attending WaterEC, where you will find
yourself surrounded by a community that believes only by working together can we
reconfigure our local and global water collection, management and distribution
systems in ways that preserve our water supply now and for future
generations.
For
our inagural WaterEC program, we received excellent abstracts on a variety of
interesting topics. Some presentations you can look forward to include,
Sustainable
Solutions for a Changing Environment (Ed
Beaulieu), Achieving Conservation and Revenue Goals: Designing and
Implementing a Conservation Rate Structure That Works for the Agency and the
Customer (Tom Ash), Using Simulation to Guide Strategic Management
of Water Resource Infrastructure ([J. Chris White) and Gary Klein's special
workshop: Practical
Plumbing for Water and Energy Efficiency.
For
more information on all the presentations scheduled, please go to
Waterec.net.
WaterEC, the International Water Efficiency Conference
Newport Beach Marriott
Newport Bach, CA
March 30-April 2, 2009