FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2009
For more information contact:
Zachary Dorsey, (703) 548-0880, zdorsey@WateReuse.org
Mark Millan, (707) 756-0366, millan@datainstincts.com
Alexandria, VA — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will deliver the welcome address to the California Section of the WateReuse Association 2009 annual conference on Monday, March 23 at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins in San Francisco.
Mayor Newsom will address the opening of the conference at 8:35 a.m. Other morning speakers include State Assembly members Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and Michael Duvall (R-Yorba Linda), and Donald Glaser of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
The theme of the conference is "Purple, the New Green." The conference is designed for individuals, organizations, and agencies that are associated with or interested in the design, management, operation, and use of water recycling and desalination facilities and projects in California. More than 300 members of the WateReuse Association and others involved in the water reuse industry are expected to attend.
The conference will feature more than 40 technical presentations, a pre-conference workshop, poster presentations, technical tours, receptions, an awards luncheon, the annual Gordon Cologne Breakfast, the town hall session, and an exhibition component.
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The WateReuse Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the beneficial and efficient use of water resources through education, sound science, and technology using reclamation, recycling, reuse and desalination for the benefit of our members, the public, and the environment. The Association's membership consists of water agencies, public agencies, consulting firms, and local, state, and federal government agencies. WateReuse is involved in national advocacy, public education and outreach, and water reuse research.