Big-picture water and wastewater industry thinking paired with innovative water solutions in real-world applications. Welcome to Brown and Caldwell’s WaterXchange®, our live webinar series and Q&A that brings together subject matter expertise and utilities for honest conversations about challenges impacting our industry and the future.

Originally broadcast on LinkedIn Live, each peer-to-peer discussion features a utility stakeholder, a Brown and Caldwell subject matter specialist, and a moderator on topics such as the realities of research and innovation, sustainable design, water treatment resiliency, and cultivating cross-functional collaboration. It’s a firsthand look at real talk about real outcomes.

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Stay tuned for more insight-packed WaterXchange® videos coming soon!

WaterXchange® with Colorado Water Conservation Board & Jordan Valley Water: How can we drive real progress toward collaborative solutions for a more secure water future?

Featuring Colorado Water Conservation Board’s Section Chief, Water Supply Planning, Russ Sands; Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District’s General Manager, Alan Packard; and Brown and Caldwell’s Rockies Area Water Resources Practice Leader, Matt Lindburg, expect to learn more about:

• Key factors that led to effective stakeholder collaboration on projects and water management strategies
• How to facilitate open conversations around water issues when each stakeholder represents individual organizations and interests
• Critical trade-offs to consider when looking at alternative solutions that require a collaborative approach
• The role data plays in fostering trust and advancing feasible solutions that are supported by stakeholders
• How organizations and communities handle uncertainty when planning for the future
• How to demonstrate and measure real progress to internal and external stakeholders
• Lessons learned from a District that has invested in significant planning to provide a sustainable water supply to cities, improvement districts, and retailers

WaterXchange® with Portland Water Bureau: How can we prepare our water treatment systems to withstand impacts from climate change and increase resiliency?

This WaterXchange® with Portland Water Bureau’s Water Quality Engineer, Mac Gifford, and Brown and Caldwell’s Northwest Drinking Water Area Practice Leader, Lynn Stephens, covers:

• What climate change vulnerabilities water systems are preparing for now
• How organizations can get the support needed to invest in resilient water system infrastructure
• How to best support utilities’ climate change readiness from planning to engineering
  What the latest research and innovation is showing us about how to address water quality challenges due to climate change
• Lessons learned from a utility piloting the latest water treatment technologies and strategies for long-term sustainability and resilience

WaterXchange® with UK’s Southern Water: How can the water industry best plan and design a more sustainable future amid ambiguity?

Watch UK’s Southern Water Principal Process Engineer, Varsha Wylie, and Melanie Holmer discuss what sustainability in the water industry truly looks like. Learn more about:

• On-the-job success stories
• Challenges in drinking water treatment and water recycling programs
• How to effectively engage in policy development and regulations to transform water supplies in our industry today and tomorrow

WaterXchange® with Great Lakes Water Authority: How can the water industry think more creatively to solve challenges on a day-to-day basis?

What do leading researchers really talk about in their labs? Watch this discussion between Dr. John Norton, the Director of Energy, Research, and Innovation for Great Lakes Water Authority, and Dr. Kati Bell. Learn more about:

• Perceptions and realities of research and innovation in the water industry
• On-the-job success stories
• Applying new solutions for some of the toughest challenges in the water industry