1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Eastern
Speakers:
Lenise Marrero, Brown and Caldwell
One Water in Action: Holistic Water Management for Resilient Communities
By embracing holistic, One Water approaches we can advance solutions that consider the entire water cycle and its multitude of stakeholders. As water planning practitioners we've seen the growth of the One Water movement and how people and collaboration have been at the core of successful One Water efforts across North America. Dive into how organizations are applying One Water thinking to advance integrated policy, align goals between multiple agencies, forge new project partnerships, and arrive at multi-benefit, resilient infrastructure.
Mario Rodriguez, FPAC-NRCS, PR
Integrated Water Management: Irrigation Water Supply in Puerto Rico’s South-Coast Corridor
Puerto Rico’s arid south-coast plain faces chronic groundwater depletion, seawater intrusion, and aging surface-water infrastructure. This session showcases a roadmap that integrates stormwater capture, advanced agricultural waste water reuse, and managed-aquifer recharge to secure reliable supply for agriculture, communities, and ecosystems. We will highlight:
- converting drainage canals and retired settling basins into recharge galleries that potentially return up to 600 acre-feet of water annually;
- leveraging smart stormwater controls to reduce peak urban runoff while augmenting groundwater storage; and
- aligning federal, commonwealth, and municipal investments to maximize resilience and water-quality gains.
Attendees will learn about actionable strategies to optimize infrastructure dollars, meet regulatory goals, and build drought-ready, climate-resilient water systems.
| 7/15/2026 - 7/15/2026 |    |