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Fall 2025 Water Forum

Friday, November 21, 2025
9:00 AM 3:00 PM

The Ridge Golf Course & Events Center 2020 Golf Course Road Auburn, CA, 95602 United States (map)

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Connecting Landscape Grants to Local Action

Watch Duty: Stay Safe from Wildfires When Seconds Count

Cybersecurity Mitigations for Water Utility SCADA Systems

Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations: Modernizing Water Management

From Legislation to Implementation: Aligning Senate Bill 72 and Proposition 4 with California's Next Phase of Water Management

Local Action in a Time of Uncertainty: Roseville's Approach to Sustainable Affordability

California's Water Affordability Challenges

  
    

  
    Time
    Topic / Panel
    Speaker(s)
  

    8:15AM
    Registration, Coffee and Networking
    
  

    9:00AM
    Welcome and Morning Keynote Introduction
    
      Scott Ratterman
Director, Calaveras County Water District
    
  

    9:05AM
    Morning Keynote
    
      Josh F.W. Cook
Former Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    
  

    9:30AM
    California Working Together as One – Building a Reliable Water Future
   Adán Ortega, Jr.
Chair, Metropolitan Water District
David Guy
President, Northern California Water Association
Michael Saunders
Vice Chair, ACWA Region 3
Nicholas Schneider (Moderator)
General Manager, Georgetown Divide Public Utility District
  

    10:30AM
    State Resources for Regional Resilience: Connecting Landscape Grants to Local Action
    
      Angela Avery
Executive Officer, Sierra Nevada Conservancy
    
  

    10:55AM
    State Legislative Update
    
      Jason Bryant
Principal, Bryant Government Affairs
    
  

    11:20AM
    Emergency Preparedness: Wildfire Awareness and Cybersecurity in the Sierra Nevada
   Max Rudsten
Chief Commercial Officer, Watch Duty
Hunter Sargent
Cybersecurity Risk Specialist, ACWA JPIA
Moderator
Title to come
  

    12:00PM
    Lunch Buffet
 2025 Legislator of the Year Award: Assembly Member Diane Papan
    
      Justin Caporusso
Executive Director,
Mountain Counties Water Resources Association
    
  

    12:05AM
    Sponsor Recognition - PCWA and Pioneer Community Energy
    
  

    12:30PM
    Afternoon Keynote Introduction
    
      Michael Saunders
Director, Georgetown Divide Public Utility District
    
  

    12:35PM
    Afternoon Keynote
    
      Kevin Kiley
Congressman
    
  

    1:00PM
    Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO): Modernizing Water Management
   Chris Delaney
Principal Engineer, Sonoma County Water Agency
Nathan Pingel
Surface Water Hydrology and Hydraulics Practice Lead, HDR
Joel Fenolio
Deputy Operations Manager, Central Valley Office
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Kaitlyn Chow
Water Operations Manager
Yuba Water Agency
Michael Konieczki (Moderator)
Senior Hydrologic Engineer, HDR
  

    1:50PM
    From Legislation to Implementation: Aligning SB 72 and Prop. 4 with California’s Next Phase of Water Management
    
      Joel Metzger
Deputy Director, Statewide Water Resources Planning and Enterprise Project Management
California Department of Water Resources
    
  

    2:15PM
    Closing the Affordability Gap: Solutions for Small and Rural Water Systems
   Larry McKenney
General Manager, Amador Water Agency
Noelle Mattock
Utility Government Relations Administrator
City of Roseville, Environmental Utilities
Bradley Franklin
Research Fellow, Public Policy Institute
of California
Susan Peters (Moderator)
Director, Amador Water Agency
  

    2:55PM
    Closing Remarks
    
      Justin Caporusso
Executive Director,
Mountain Counties Water Resources Association
    
  

    3:00AM
    End
    
  


  