October 16-18, 2012

2012 Bay-Delta Science Conference

Ecosystem Reconciliation: Realities Facing the San Francisco Estuary

Sacramento Convention Center

The Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference is a forum for presenting technical analyses and results relevant to the Delta Science Program’s mission to provide the best possible, unbiased, science-based information for water and environmental decision-making in the Bay-Delta system. The goal of the conference is to provide new information and syntheses to the broad community of scientists, engineers, resource managers, and stakeholders working on Bay-Delta issues. The organizers of this 7th Science Conference are seeking presentations that support this goal.

The conference program will feature both oral and poster presentations that provide scientific information and ideas relevant to the specific themes as well as to the broader overall conference theme “Ecosystem Reconciliation: Realities Facing the San Francisco Estuary.” The theme refers to the growing realization that the ecosystem of the San Francisco Estuary is vastly changed and is continuing to change as the result of human actions. For it to function in desirable ways, we have to reconcile human use with maintaining desirable natural elements such as native species. And because the new ecosystem is increasingly unlike any previously experienced, we need to develop new ways of reconciling these potentially conflicting goals.

In addition to contributed sessions and poster topics based on the abstracts received, conference participants may propose special oral sessions or poster clusters on topics of particular importance to the Bay-Delta. Instructions for proposing a special session or poster cluster appear in the call for abstracts and on the conference web site. All abstracts must be submitted by June 8, 2012.

Nominations for the Brown-Nichols Science Award are due August 10, 2012.  This award is given biennially to recognize the contributions of scientists for their significant research and active involvement in facilitating the use of science in managing the San Francisco Estuary and watershed.

Please visit the conference website for more information:

PDF Flyer:  http://scienceconf.deltacouncil.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Call4AbsWEBVIEW3.pdf

Call for Abstracts Page:  http://scienceconf.deltacouncil.ca.gov/content/2012-bay-delta-science-conference-call-abstracts

Brown-Nichols Science Award http://scienceconf.deltacouncil.ca.gov/content/brown-nichols-science-award

Conference Home Page:  http://scienceconf.deltacouncil.ca.gov/

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For more info visit: http://www.bitconferences.com/wco2012/default.asp

Webcast: Thursday, May 17, 2012

90 Minute audio Web broadcast

Eastern: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Central: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Mountain: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Pacific: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Registration

The webinar is free. Please register now at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/679203742

Description

Improving energy efficiency is an ongoing challenge for water sector utilities. While energy costs often represent 25–30% of a plant’s total O&M costs, they also represent the largest controllable cost of providing water and wastewater services. One key step for wastewater utilities to take to become more energy efficient is to evaluate and adopt innovative measures to conserve energy and move toward energy self-sufficiency.

The first part of this webcast will focus on energy conservation and self-sufficiency based on EPA’s 2010 document entitled Evaluation of Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) for Wastewater Treatment Facilities. The second part of the webcast will focus on the successful implementation of various ECMs and energy recovery at the Sheboygan Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant in Wisconsin. Implementation of these cutting edge projects has enabled the facility to be well on its way to becoming energy self-sufficient.

Moderator

Jim Horne, US EPA Office of Wastewater Management

Speaker

Phil Zahreddine, Senior Technical Advisor, U.S. EPA Office of Wastewater Management

Dale Doerr, Wastewater Superintendent, Sheboygan Regional WWTP

For more information contact Jim Horne at (202) 564-0571 or horne.james@epa.gov