2025 CWA Spring Policy Symposium
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May 21 @ 8:00 am - May 23 @ 5:00 pm
The California Water Association is hosting its 2025 Spring Policy Symposium themed “The Price of a Drop” at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel in Sacramento, California, on May 21-23, 2025.
SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Event Registration Rates:
Class A Member Companies: $700
Class B Member Company: $400
C & D Member Companies: $200
Industry Affiliates: $700
Government/NGO Partners: $200
Students: $100
Non-Members: $700
You must register by May 21,2025.
Please have your method of payment ready when you register.
VENUE INFORMATION
Hotel Information:
Kimpton Sawyer Hotel
500 J Street
Sacramento California 95814
You may also contact the hotel directly at: 1-877-678-6255.
Deadline for Hotel Discount: CLOSED
SYMPOSIUM AGENDA (PDF HERE)
| Wednesday, May 21, 2025 | |
| 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Board of Directors Meeting (Open to all CWA Members) |
| Thursday, May 22, 2025 | |
| All Thursday sessions will be held in the Magnolia Ballroom | |
| 7:00 AM – 5:00 p.m. | Registration – 2nd Floor Magnolia Foyer |
| 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM | Breakfast – 2nd Floor Magnolia Foyer |
| 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM | Welcome: Carmelitha Bordelon, 1st Vice President, California Water Association |
| 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM | The State of Water Affordability in California: Professor Manny Teodoro, University of Wisconsin |
| 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM | Defining Water Affordability |
| Moderator: Carmelitha Bordelon, Vice President Regulatory Affairs and Accounting, Suburban Water Systems | |
| Panelists: | |
| Darrin Polhemus, Deputy Director, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board | |
| Ankit Jain, Program and Project Supervisor, California Public Utilities Commission | |
| Jeremey Ho, Utilities Engineer, California Public Utilities Commission | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Unpacking the Rising Cost of Water |
| Moderator: Rik Hull, Vice President, National Association of Water Companies | |
| Panelists: | |
| Jennifer Barrera, President and CEO, California Chamber of Commerce | |
| Greg DiLoreto, President Emeritus, American Society of Civil Engineers | |
| Adan Ortega Jr., Chair, Board of Directors, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | |
| Robert Brownwood, Assistant Deputy Director, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board | |
| 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Legislative Solutions: Drinking Water Affordability: Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom |
| 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Mitigating Water Cost Increases |
| Moderator: Willis Hon, Partner, Nossaman LLP | |
| Panelists: | |
| Regina Cullado, Customer Service Manager, Golden State Water Company: Low-Income Rate Assistance | |
| Bob DiPrimio, President, San Gabriel Valley Water Company: Grants and Polluter Pay Strategies | |
| Cathy Hongola-Baptista, Senior Director, Corporate Counsel, CA American Water: Water System Consolidations | |
| Cooper Cameron, Regulatory Program Manager, California Water Service: Alternative Rate Structures | |
| 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Breakout Groups: Water Affordability Solutions |
| 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM | Report Out from Breakout Groups |
| 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Turning Solutions into Action |
| Moderator: Allen Young Vice President, Cobalt Public Affairs | |
| Panelists: | |
| Kristyn Abhold, Assistant Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Water Solutions, Division of Financial Assistance, State Water Resources Control Board |
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| Kip Lipper, Chief Policy Advisor on Energy and Environment to the Senate pro Tem | |
| Terence Shia, Director, Water Division, California Public Utilities Commission | |
| Evan Jacobs, Vice President, External Affairs, California American Water | |
| Greg Pierce, Co-Director of the Luskin Center for Innovation (LCI), University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Kyle Jones, Policy and Legal Director, Community Water Center | |
| 5:00 PM | Closing: John Tang, President, CA Water Association |
| Friday, May 23, 2025 | |
| Meetings are Friday are open to CWA Members, CPUC Representatives, special guest, and upon invite | |
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast – 2nd Floor Magnolia Foyer |
| 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM | CPR/AED Certification – Oak Conference Room *Limited Availability and Registration Required* |
| 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Small Company Regulatory Seminar – Magnolia Ballroom |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Large Company Regulatory Seminar – Magnolia Ballroom |
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Sponsorship opportunities are available. If your company is interested in any CWA event sponsorship, please contact us at
contact@calwaterassn.com.
