Smart Cities & Connected Communities Panel Discussion on Water Technology

Feb 21, 2023

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Wayne Griffith, now the Acting Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of DC Water, Ben Grumbles, the Executive Director of Environmental Council of the States, Christine Boyle, Vice President of Business Incubation for Xylem, and Dave McGimpsey, water, energy and utility Partner at Dentons engage in a panel discussion surrounding water technology and its role in finding solutions for utilities.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

DC Water’s Strategic Plan
How DC Water uses technology to assist customers
DC Water’s Blue Plains Facility
Why the US needs a national water policy that affords State and local governments flexibility to achieve policy goals
Why innovation at the State and local government levels are needed to address water quantity and water quality concerns
How interplay between grey infrastructure and nature based solutions
Examples of collaboration and conflict between States
The connection between the “Conservation Conundrum” and data science
Digitization and data aggregation leading to real-time decision making
How utilizing digital strategies can leverage nature-based solutions and reduce grey infrastructure costs
Convergence in the energy and water sectors
Changing the utility paradigm
What the panel sees for the future of water technology implementation

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