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PRESENTATION Competition.
Panel: One Water: Putting Theory into Practice
Moderator: Jon Dinges
Presenters: Jon Dinges, Black & Veatch and Mike Britt, One Water Project
One Water represents a shift in the way we approach water resource management – from viewing water as waste to valuing every drop as essential to our natural systems and quality of life. One Water provides a comprehensive approach to solving complex water resource management challenges. As our cities, utilities, and water managers face water scarcity and competition, climate change, aging infrastructure, population growth, new regulations, water quality impairment, and increasing costs, One Water thinking is needed to achieve a secure water future. Imagine addressing each of these challenges independently – a disintegrated approach - leading to a host of different goals and solutions, some of which may actually conflict and result in spending tremendous resources and time without reaching effective solutions. As water managers look to address a host of challenges simultaneously, One Water integration is the approach to long-term success. This thought-leading panel provides case studies illustrating implementation of the theory of One Water to develop sustainable and resilient outcomes.