Meeting Location

South Florida Water Management District Office

SFWMD Auditorium (3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406)

Meeting Sponsors

Thank you to our Sponsors!  If you'd like to sponsor please contact Samuel Palermo at 561-351-5278.

Agenda

11:45 am - Event Registration

12:00 pm - Lunch Served

12:30 - 5:00 pm - Program

5:00 pm - Happy Hour at Embassy Suites

Program

Opening Remarks

Drew Bartlett, SFWMD Executive Director

Flooding in Fort Lauderdale Following the 1000-Year Storm

Nancy Gassman, Ph.D., CC-P, LEED Green Associate, Assistant Director of Public Works and Sustainability for the City of Fort Lauderdale

Broward Groundwater Modeling and Map Updates

Gregory Mount, PhD,  Assistant Chief Resilience Officer, Broward County

C43 Water Quality Testing and Treatment Facility Phase 2 - Focus on Nitrogen Removal

Georgia Vince Tetra Tech and Chris Keller Wetland Solutions Inc.

Stormwater Treatment Area 1 West Expansion #2 (STA1W E2) Underground Pipes Project

Fernando Navarrete, PE, AECOM

Conversion of NGVD to NAVD88

Tibebe Dessalegne, SFWMD

C-111 Level of Service Modeling

Tom Conboy, SFER

SFWMD Resiliency Strategy Studies

Ana Carolina Coelho Maran, PE, PhD, District Resiliency Officer

AWRA Florida Board of Directors Meeting

9:30 - 11:30 am

SFWMD Auditorium (3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406)

All are welcome to attend as the Board of Directors handles the business of the section.

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AWRA Florida Annual Meeting

Meeting Location
Key West, FL

Sponsors
Organizations wishing to participate as meeting sponsors should contact Luna Phillips at 954-712-1478 or Sam Palermo at 561-351-5278. Pay your sponsorship online here.  

Confirmed Speakers

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Wendy Graham, Director of University of Florida Water Institute

Water Management District Update from the Executive Directors of the State’s Five WMDs - Drew Bartlett, SFWMD; Brian Armstrong, SWFWMD; Mike Register, SJRWMD; Lyle Siegler, NWFWMD; Hugh Thomas, SRWMD

Monroe County Update - Roman Gastesi, Monroe County Administrator

Florida Keys Update - Allison Higgins, City of Key West Sustainability Coordinator

Update on Climate Change and Resiliency Developments in the State of Florida - Erin Deady, Erin Deady Law, P.A.

Emerging Issues related to Florida’s Water Supply - Beth Ross, Gunster

Federal Agency Update - Colonel James Booth, US Army Corps of Engineers

Draft Agenda

Thursday, August 3

TBD

Friday, August 4

TBD

Hotel Information
Hotel Recommendations and Information

Guests

Each professional attendee is eligible for one Guest Registration at $100 to attend the Thursday and Friday evening events.

Registration

Online meeting registration payments are processed by PayPal. However, a PayPal account is not required. Click on the "Register" button to get started. After being directed to the PayPal website, click "Pay with Debit or Credit Card".

AWRA Florida Board of Directors Meeting
Date/Time: August 3, 2023 @ 10 am

Location: TBD
All are welcome to attend as the Board of Directors handles the business of the section.

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