Deadline Extension: January 29, 2024

Do you know a teacher or student in Colorado? Help spread the word about the WateReuse Art and Video Contest! Students from first grade through high school can submit a drawing, painting, or YouTube educational video highlighting the value of recycling water! Winners in three age brackets will be awarded monetary prizes and invited to receive their award onstage at the 2024 WateReuse Symposium in Denver!

At the WateReuse Association’s 2023 fourth quarter meeting, its Board of Directors elected a new slate of officers to lead nation’s only trade association dedicated to advancing laws, policy, funding, and public acceptance of recycled water. Bart Weiss, Chief Officer for Innovation and Resiliency at Hillsborough County Public Utilities in Florida will serve as the Association’s 39th President. Bart brings over 30 years of experience in the industry and nearly two decades of engagement with the WateReuse Association. The Association’s Executive Committee for 2024 will also include: Deven Upadhyay, Executive Officer and Assistant General Manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Vice President); John Kmiec, Director of Tucson Water Department (Treasurer); Jon Freedman, Senior Vice President for Global Government Affairs at Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (Secretary); and Craig Lichty, Area Director and Vice President for Black & Veatch (Past President).

WateReuse California is proud to announce its selection of Rosario Cortés as Interim Managing Director to lead the activities of the state section. For the past year, Rosario has served as the Regulatory Manager of WateReuse California. In that role, Rosario has advocated for recycled water in the implementation of the water use efficiency legislation, the development of the Cross-Connection Control Policy Handbook, onsite reuse regulations, and funding issues including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund. She has supported our membership by providing timely legislative and regulatory information to our standing committees and seven chapters. The Board of Trustees will work on the recruitment process for a permanent Managing Director in the first quarter of 2024.

The WateReuse Association welcomes the Freshwater Society. The Freshwater Society is a Minnesota nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and empowering people to value and preserve water. Since 1968, the organization has used science to engage communities from small towns to the Capitol about how to sustainably improve our water for future generations. Freshwater’s Adopt a River program has supported over 3,200 cleanups that have engaged over 90,000 volunteers in 300,000 hours of service to watershed areas throughout the state. Freshwater’s Minnesota Water Stewards program certifies stewards, who then go on to volunteer their time for watershed districts, cities, counties, and environmental groups; participate on city and local government boards; influence policy; and improve the health of the state’s waters.

Did you know you can ask questions, meet colleagues, and learn about reuse across the nation using WateReuse Connect? WateReuse Connect is a member-to-member network of more than 9,000 water recycling practitioners, business leaders, regulators, academics, and technology providers. It’s simple to use with your member login information. For help accessing WateReuse Connect, please email membership@watereuse.org.

January 17, 2024
12 pm PT | 3 pm ET (1 hour)
Free to WateReuse Members

Join us on January 17 to hear from Washington insiders about the current legislative and regulatory landscape and what we might expect for the coming year in Congress and from the Administration. Top Washington lobbyists will discuss the status of key water reuse-related legislation and regulations and how election-year politics may impact advocacy opportunities. Whether you plan to participate in the 2024 Water Week Policy Fly-In in April or are interested in learning more about opportunities to advance water reuse policy, this webcast will help get you up to speed.

February 20, 2024
Austin, TX

Corporate Water Connection conferences are designed for executives and focus on the business environment that surrounds water management. This one-day event will showcase the latest business trends in full-cycle water management for those managing water sourcing, reuse, recycling, and disposal in water-intensive sectors including manufacturing (semiconductor, pharmaceuticals, automotive, etc.), data center operations, food & beverage, and other large scale applications (non-utility). There are plenty of great conferences covering the technical side of industrial water.  Here industry leaders and executives will gather to discuss the business side of water.

Removing Barriers, Elevating Opportunities
Denver, CO
March 11-14, 2024

The 39^th Annual WateReuse Symposium is a celebration of a unique moment for water reuse. New funding, new collaborations, and new regulatory frameworks are elevating opportunities for reuse projects nationwide. As water reuse practitioners, we have reached this summit together. Together we can remove barriers and empower safer, more resilient, and more sustainable communities and businesses with water reuse.