Conference Agenda

Advancing water reuse requires considerable community outreach and engagement. This session will highlight effective water reuse communication engagement efforts with real case examples. Attendees will gain tools and strategies to effectively engage with their communities about projects that span complex science, engineering, and financial topics. This will include examples of building an engagement plan, translating complicated ideas into resident-focused language, and finding ways to make engagement relevant to the audience.

In this presentation, staff from the WateReuse Association will provide updates on important federal legislation and regulatory activities that impact water recycling throughout the Pacific Northwest. We will cover the latest legislative developments related to federal appropriations, PFAS, and other important items. We will also provide an update on Executive Branch actions, including the federal Interagency Working Group on Water Reuse, the National Water Reuse Action Plan, PFAS and Build America, Buy America regulations, and the Administration's implementation of federal water recycling programs.

Embracing water reuse requires people to shift their mindset about clean water. This session will highlight innovative and creative water reuse demonstration projects that have occurred in the Pacific Northwest and nationally. From recycled water beer to a recycled water supplied public wading pool, attendees will learn about how demonstration projects can be leveraged to change public attitudes and grow support for water reuse. From small, low-budget projects to large projects, attendees will gain new ideas about how demonstration projects can grow public support for water recycling and clean water services more broadly.