9/15/10
DRBC Commissioners Meeting
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9/30/10
Northeast Regional Water Security Seminar
Presented by the Philadelphia Water Department in cooperation with the Delaware River Basin Commission and the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin

Houston Hall, Bodek Lounge
University of Pennsylvania
3412 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA
(Registration information will be available on August 23)

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

8:30 AM - Registration
9:00 AM - Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Robert Tudor, Deputy Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission
9:15 AM - Overview of Water Security Regulations and National Monitoring Effort, Alan Roberson, Director of Security and Regulatory Affairs, American Water Works Association

Theme 1: National Water Security Regulations and Monitoring Technologies
9:45 AM - State of the Art in Water Security Monitoring Technologies, Stanley States, Water Quality Manager, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
10:15 AM - Break (15 minutes)

Theme 2: Water Quality Monitoring in Response to Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Drilling
10:30 AM- A History of TDS Impacts in the Allegheny/Monongahela Rivers, Ron Schwarz, Assistant PADEP Regional Director for the Southwest Region
11:00 AM - River Alert Information Network (RAIN) Southwestern PA, Gina Cyprych, Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority
11:30 PM - Susquehanna River Basin Early Warning System, Andrew Gavin, Chief, Restoration & Protection Section, Susquehanna River Basin Commission

12:00 Noon Lunch (1 hour)

Theme 3: Additional Early Warning Systems Experiences and Developments
1:00 PM - National Capitol Region Water Security Monitoring Network, Steve Bieber, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
1:30 PM - New York City Early Warning System, Yves Mikol, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
2:00 PM - Progress Report on Philadelphia’s Contamination Warning System, Geoffrey Brock, Philadelphia Water Department
2:30 PM- Break (15 minutes)
2:45 PM - Delaware Valley Early Warning System, Kelly Anderson, Philadelphia Water Department and William Cesanek, AICP, CDM
3:15 PM - Boston Area Early Warning System, Speaker to be announced

3:45 PM - Key Issues & Closing Remarks, Robert Tudor, Deputy Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission

4:15 PM Adjournment

	October 27, 2009 -"The Stimulus Program and Beyond: A Delaware River Basin Perspective"
	October 2, 2008 -"Northeast Summit on Monitoring Technologies and Early Warning Systems for Drinking Water Supplies"
	November 7 , 2007 -"Flood Mitigation and Special Protection Waters: Priorities Within the Delaware River Basin"
	March 21 , 2007 -"Emergency Response and Drinking Water Resources in the Delaware River Basin"
	October 15, 2006 - ““The Delaware River: Challenges and Opportunities Affecting a Working and Environmental River”(with the University of Delaware-Water Resources Agency)”
	April 28, 2005 - “Early Warning Systems and Contingency Planning in the Delaware River Basin”
	November 10, 2004 - “The Delaware River: Thirty Years of Improvement”
	February 19, 2004 - “Natural Resource Damages: Principles, Legal Issues and Recent Developments”
	October 29, 2003 - “The Delaware River Basin Plan: Meeting Water Supply Needs”
	October 15, 2002 - “Water Resources Management in a Changing Landscape”
	November 1, 2001 - “A New Comprehensive Plan for the Delaware River Basin”
	November 14, 2000 - “A Strategy for Fair and Reasonable TMDL Development”
	February 18, 2000 - “TMDLs in the Delaware River Basin”
	October 21-22, 1999 - “The Delaware River: Y2K and Beyond - Pipe Dreams & Reality”
	September 22, 1999 - “Drought Management and Mitigation”
	March 19, 1999 - “Cryptosporidium II”
	December 17, 1998 - “Radon and Radium in Groundwater of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Chester County”
	November 4-5, 1998 - “Watershed Management and Development in the Delaware River Basin”
	October 6, 1998 - “Radon in Groundwater”
	August 20, 1998 - “Geographic Information Systems for Watershed Planning”
	June 12, 1998 - “Water Use Charges in the Delaware River Basin: Where Does Your Money Go?”
	November 20, 1997 - “Pfiesteria: Facts and Falacies”
	October 17-18, 1996 - “Watershed Management in the Delaware River Basin”
	May 14, 1996 - “Benefits, Risks, and Regulation of Chlorine”
	October 12-13, 1995 - “Interstate Basin Commissions – The Right Way to Control Drought and Water Quality or Just Another Duplication of Environmental Control?”
	June 16, 1995 - “Re-Inventing Government: The New Order in Environmental Law and Regulation”
	March 25, 1995 - “The Science of Cryptosporidium”
	November 18, 1994 - “Francis E. Walter Dam Project Users Conference”
	October 2-4, 1994 - “Conflicting Regulations in the Delaware River Basin”
	April 29, 1994 - “Toxics Management in the Delaware Estuary”
	September 14, 1993 - “Environmental Resource Damages Seminar”