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  1. Milken Institute1h 18m

    2015 CA Summit - Water: Protecting California’s Lifeline

    Kevin Klowden, Martin Adams, Paula Landis, Carlos Riva, Kelly Sanders, Lester Snow

    Facing its driest five-year period in five centuries, California is mobilizing $7.4 billion from Proposition 1 to modernize aging infrastructure and reduce reliance on collapsing snowpack while addressing seismic risks to its water conveyance systems. State agencies and private entities are implementing diverse strategies ranging from the Carlsbad desalination plant to direct potable reuse, though these investments must navigate complex energy dependencies and insufficient groundwater metering. Ultimately, the state is transitioning from a 100-year-old management philosophy to a sustainable model that integrates local self-reliance, market mechanisms, and aggressive conservation to ensure water security for its 300,000 residents currently lacking safe drinking water.

  2. Milken Institute1h 31m

    Staying Afloat During the Drought: Using Technology to Reshape Our Relationship to Water

    Steve Gregory, Kelly Sanders, Nick Haan, Lorcan O’Herlihy, David R. Pettijohn, Andrew Fahlund, Matt Horton

    Co-hosted by the Milken Institute and KPCC, this forum convened experts to address California's unsustainable water reliance through strategies like the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's goal to cut imported water use by 50% by 2024. The discussion highlighted innovative approaches including decentralized neighborhood capture, the Singularity University global challenge for new water sources, and a shift toward treating energy and water as an interconnected system. Panelists ultimately identified conservation, recycled water, and agricultural efficiency as the most immediate solutions while noting persistent legal and structural barriers to implementing tiered pricing and direct potable reuse.