[UCI-Calit2] Dorothy Green Memorial Lecture Series -- Women in Water, May 4

[Anna Lynn Spitzer]

The Urban Water Research Center presents the third annual Dorothy Green Memorial Lecture Series

 

Title:                                                     WOMEN IN WATER ¨C A New Water Ethic for the 21st Century

                                                                Followed by a panel discussion with professional women in water©\related fields 

Light reception follows

                

Keynote Speaker:                            Celeste Cant¨², general manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority

 

Time:                                                    5:30-7 p.m.                                                         

 

Date:                                                     Tuesday, May 4, 2010

 

Location:                                             Beckman Center, 100 Academy, Irvine (adjacent to UCI campus)

 

Abstract:                                              There has never has there been a more important time than now to take a systems or watershed approach to meet our water challenges

in the Santa Ana River Watershed. With a fiscal crisis and a water crisis, now is the time to set aside our specific job titles, become citizens of the watershed, collaborate across boundaries, and create a new shared vision of how the Santa Ana Watershed works in order to enjoy a sustainable water supply, improve water quality and manage storm flows, all in the most affordable way possible. This framework for addressing integrated regional watershed management planning will be hard work for all sectors but will also bring tremendous rewards. We will need to think big!

 

Speaker bio:                                      Celeste Cant¨² joined the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA) three years ago and has been working on developing ¡°One

Water, One Watershed¡± (OWOW), a crest-to-coast, corner-to-corner integrated regional watershed management plan that addresses all water-related issues, joins all

 entities, and hundreds of stakeholders seeking to create a new vision of sustainability for the Santa Ana River Watershed. SAWPA also owns and operates the Santa Ana

 River Interceptor, a large brine line utility. Before that, Cant¨² served as executive director for the California State Water Resources Control Board, which is 

 responsible for water rights and water quality for the state. Prior to that, she was an appointee in the Clinton Administration and served as the USDA rural development

 state director for California. Celeste was born and raised in the Imperial Valley. There she served first as planning director for her hometown, Calexico, and later as

 executive director for the Imperial Valley Housing Authority. Cant¨² has a BA from Yale in urban planning and policy and a master¡¯s in public administration from 

 Harvard¡¯s Kennedy School of Government. 

 

More Information:                          There is no charge for this program but reservations are encouraged.

                                                                RSVP: wcooper at uci.edu or 949-824-5620.

 

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