Dave Smith - Water Innovation Services
Seth Brown - National Municipal Stormwater Alliance
This session shares lessons learned from a national project designed to create frameworks and tools to assist utilities in integrating stormwater capture and use (SCU) into their water supply planning. It is estimated that systematic SCU could meet more than half of municipal and industrial water needs in the nation’s urban areas, about the same amount of supply achievable through wastewater recycling. This session will focus on SCU for water supply augmentation where a primary objective includes augmenting use of existing supplies through potable and/or non-potable applications. We will also consider opportunities to pursue SCU in water-rich regions that may be motivated by other challenges. Tapping stormwater to augment water supplies may seem a simple and logical goal, but the practical reality is that a considerable array of challenges must be overcome. Water utilities need pragmatic guidance for considering SCU and then integrating stormwater into water supply planning in a way that meets the needs of multiple parties while also meeting complex regulatory obligations within available funding resources. To be useful to busy water professionals, this guidance must be presented through easy-to-apply frameworks, tools and resources.
2500 E 2nd St
Reno, NV 89595
United States