**** FRIENDLY REMINDER **** REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - SAME San Diego Monthly Luncheon, "San Diego County Water Authority" - TUESDAY, May 12, 1130-1330, at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside

[SAME San Diego]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Registration for the TUESDAY, May 12 Luncheon is now open.

 

*** PLEASE NOTE that this month's meeting is on TUESDAY and NOT the customary Wednesday. ***

 

This month, SAME San Diego hosts Mr. William J. Rose, PE - Director of Engineering for the San Diego County Water Authority. Mr. Rose will be presenting information on the present state of the Water Authority, its upcoming projects, and its efforts to address the statewide water drought. This topic is very relevant because of the media coverage associated with the severity of California's water drought.

 

Summary

The San Diego County Water Authority is a public agency serving the San Diego region as a wholesale supplier of water. The Water Authority's mission is to provide a safe and reliable supply of water to its 24 member agencies serving the San Diego region. California is in the fourth year of drought, and water supply allocations have been set for 2015 along with new restrictions on water use. Two decades of investments in water supply reliability for San Diego County will help reduce the impacts, but the need for conservation will continue. Importing most of San Diego County's water, the Water Authority builds, owns, operates and maintains regional water infrastructure. The Emergency Storage Program began in 2000 and is nearly complete. Protecting the region, new pipelines, pump stations and reservoir storage provide enhanced flexibility for storing and moving water throughout the region. The program reduces the region's vulnerability to earthquakes or other emergencies that can restrict imported water supplies. As part of the program, the San Vicente Dam raising, completed in 2014, resulted in the single-largest increase in water storage capacity in the county's history. Several other new facilities were created by the Emergency Storage Program and will provide 90,100 acre-feet of water storage for emergency use. That's enough to sustain the region for up to six months.

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- To register online, click on the following link or copy & paste into your browser's address bar: http://samesandiego.org/?page_id=259&regevent_action=register&event_id=83

- You can also access this information under the "Events" tab of SAME San Diego's homepage at http://samesandiego.org.

- Location will be at the Wyndham Bayside Hotel - Harborside Conference Room, 1355 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101.

- Event times are from 11:30 AM - 01:30 PM.

 

- Lunch prices are as follows: $10 for Junior Officers, NCO's, SAME Young Members, $25 for SAME Members, and $30 for NON-SAME Members.

- Vegetarian meals are available.
- Online registration closes on Friday COB, May 8. Walk-ins are always welcomed but for an additional $5 at the door.

 

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

SAME San Diego Post