Registration closes Friday for our 2024 Water Summit, set for next Wednesday, Oct. 30, in downtown Sacramento with conversations focused on our theme, Reflecting on Silver Linings in Western Water.

Get your ticket to our premier annual event by Friday at 5 p.m. Foundation members can take advantage of a $100 discount on registration!

LAST CALL FOR SPONSORS! This event is a prime networking opportunity for the water professionals in attendance and general sponsorship opportunities are still available, but this Thursday is the deadline to grab a coveted sponsor spot! View details of the various sponsorship levels and benefits here.

Now in its 40ᵗʰ year, the Water Summit will gather leading experts and top policymakers for conversations on the promising advances that have developed from myriad challenges faced in managing the West’s most precious natural resource.

Karla Nemeth, Director of California’s Department of Water Resources, will deliver the Water Summit’s keynote address. Nemeth is focused on preparing California to adapt to more extreme weather under climate change by improving aging and green infrastructure, management of groundwater supplies and local water resilience.

You can check out the other speakers in the full agenda here. 

Lively discussions will focus on topics such as:

• The pivot to a wider array of water management strategies including floodplain restoration, groundwater recharge & more
• The development of improved monitoring of water resources and greater access to data
• The progress toward more inclusive approaches to water decisions while navigating recent water management challenges

Attendees will also be treated to a presentation by visual artists Hughen/Starkweather titled Beneath the Flow: The Confluence of Art, Research & Water. The artists are known for their water-related works, including a four-story mural inside a building overlooking San Francisco Bay and Between Water and Land at the Chase Center in San Francisco.

We will also be announcing our water journalist of the year during the Water Summit. Previous winners of the Rita Schmidt Sudman Award for Excellence in Water Journalism include Kurtis Alexander of the San Francisco Chronicle and Rachel Becker at CalMatters.

The Water Summit is an ideal event for water district managers and board members, state and federal agency officials, city and county government leaders, farmers, environmentalists, attorneys, consultants, engineers, business executives and public interest groups. 

Get your ticket to the Water Summit here!