A can’t-miss line up.
We’ve curated a program brimming with valuable content, lessons learned, and the hottest up-and-coming topics in the industry.
Racing into Innovation
Partnering with Utilities to Achieve CSR Goals
The panel initiates a day of deep discussions on timely and intricate water management topics with esteemed experts. This year, we welcome three esteemed experts to discuss the complexities and opportunities to meet corporate water goals by working with utility agencies and industry experts.
Meet this year’s panelists
Pilar Harris
Senior Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Government Relations at Las Vegas Grand Prix, Inc.
Elvy Barton
Water and Sustainability Manager at the Salt River Project
Suzie Shin
Water Sustainability Lead, Google Data Centers
Technology Priority Pitches
Specific technology priorities that have been challenging in sourcing a solution arer presented by WaterStart members. Each pitch will describe the background of the need, the challenges they’ve faced in finding a solution, and the performance indicators critical to defining success.
Pitch 1
Healthy Soils on Metropolitan Lands
Presented by
David Bradshaw
Agricultural Liaison
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Pitch 2
Enabling Whole Life Carbon in Design
Presented by
Shaunna Berendsen
Chief Innovation Officer
Anglian Water Services
Pitch 3
An Update on the Center for Smart Infrastructure and Specific Dam Safety Research Concepts
Presented by
Elizabeth Bialek
Manager of Engineering Services
East Bay Municipal Utility District
Pitch 4
Collaborating to Protect Drinking Water Supplies from Wildfire Impacts in the Truckee River Watershed
Presented by
Kara Steeland
Sr. Hydrologist and Watershed Coordinator
Truckee Meadows Water Authority
Special Lunch Presentation
Las Vegas Grand Prix, Inc.: A Utility Perspective
Presented by Janelle Boelter of the Las Vegas Valley Water District
Barely in the rearview mirror, the Las Vegas Grand Prix Summit attendees will learn about the leak detection initiatives and contingency planning implemented by LWWD during the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Pilot Pitches
This portion of the programming is uniquely structured to highlight learnings from pilot projects where the adopter and solution provider, together, present the need, the challenge, and the results of projects completed.
A total of four pitches from our esteemed members and technology portfolio companies will be presented in 2023.
AquiSense at SNWA
Priority: Alternative treatment technology for groundwater disinfection
AquiSense is a globally-leading designer and manufacturer of UV-C LED systems for the treatment and disinfection of harmful pathogens in water, air, and surface applications. This project seeks to pilot and test their UV-LED technology on groundwater wells to demonstrate and validate their UV-LED treatment of Legionella.
Civic Ledger at Seqwater
Priority: Novel technologies for water trading and accounting
Civic Ledger's products and services are in co-creating blockchain solutions with government and industries with expertise in water accounting and trading. Seqwater has initiated a first-of-its-kind water trading pilot to determine the effectiveness of live and accessible trading as part of the management of temporary trades between water license holders.
InfoTiles at Anglian Water
Priority: Consolidation of asset and process data across the wastewater network
InfoTiles was selected by Anglian Water to improve current methods of managing the high-volume asset data across their extensive wastewater network. InfoTiles has a software for aggregating, analyzing and visualizing data in real-time to continually assess asset health and improve prioritization of asset maintenance.
Rezatec at MWD
Priority: Earthen Levee Monitoring
Rezatec, an innovative geospatial AI company, is working with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to track settlement and seepage of earthen levees, while providing broader coverage of vegetation moisture and analysis of incursion issues potentially missed during visual inspections.
Celebrating Ten Years of Innovation and Impact
To close out 2023, Las Vegas Valley Water District and Southern Nevada Water Authority Deputy General Manager of Operations and board member Dave Johnson will give a special presentation celebrating the 10th anniversary of WaterStart.
We look forward to seeing you in December
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