PANEL 1: SMART ONE WATER DEFINITION AND IMPLEMENTATION

PANEL QUESTIONS

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

The panel’s primary objectives were:

Identifying key shared values and principles and constructing a framework to implement those principles and the Smart One Water were suggested as needed first steps. 

PANEL OUTCOMES

The Smart One Water approach at appropriately broad scales facilitates smarter land use practices, healthier watersheds, greater reliability of water and wastewater systems, increased efficiency, and operation of utilities, enhanced livable communities, resilience against climate change, and protection of public health.

PANELISTS

Adel Hagekhalil

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

David Sumner

USGS Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center

Travis Wagner

SUEZ Smart & Environmental Solutions

Stephen Cauffman

US Department of Homeland Security (USDHS)

Vern Steel

National Rural Water Association

MODERATOR AND REPORTER

Pierre Glynn (Moderator)

US Geological Survey

Edgar Westerhof (Reporter)

Arcadis

Panel 1: Smart One Water - Definition, Framework and Implementation