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Annual Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference Set for September 15th
Sweet Water will be hosting the Annual Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference on Wednesday, September 15th from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm at the Radisson Hotel West, 2303 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa.
Keynote speaker for the conference will be Judy Beck, Lake Michigan Manager for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office. Ms. Beck will offer updates on the agency’s work in the Great Lakes highlighting Lake Michigan. Ms. Beck has managed the Lake Michigan Team since October 1995. In this capacity in the Great Lakes National Program Office, she chairs the multi-agency lake-wide management planning process called for in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement signed by the United States and Canada. Prior to that she served as State Relations Manager in the Office of the Regional Administrator and worked in the Superfund Program.
Produced jointly by Sweet Water and its regional partners, including the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, the 2010 Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference will offer a full day of information, including workshops for engineering professionals, residents and businesses concerned about water quality in their water-sheds, and elected officials and representatives of local government and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). More than 300 are expected to attend the 2010 event.
The day will include three plenary sessions and nine workshops offered in three tracks. New this year – a field trip to the nearby $99 million Underwood Creek storm water retention project and exhibit opportunities for service and equipment vendors, academia, and NGOs! Watch swwtwater.org for updates.