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American Water Summit

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Partner:: American Water Summit
Location:: Dulles Westin Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 11.03.10
Speakers:: Bruce Babbitt,; Bill Bertera,; Anne Castle,; George Hawkins,; Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Tags:: water; water and environment; infrastructure

Summary: It is crunch time in the U.S. water sector. The irresistable force of growing water scarcity and crumbling underground infrastructure is meeting the immovable object of public finances. The policy response will determine what happens next.

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Bruce Babbitt

Bruce Babbitt is the former United States Secretary of the Interior and Governor of Arizona.

Bill Bertera

Bill Bertera is the Executive Director of the Water Environment Federation.

Anne Castle

Anne Castle was confirmed as Assistant Secretary for Water and Science on June 19, 2009. She was nominated by President Obama for the position on March 31, 2009. In this capacity, Castle oversees water and science policy and has responsibility for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey.

George Hawkins

George Hawkins, General Manager of the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), was named to the post in a unanimous vote September 3, 2009 by the board of directors. With an operating and capital budget of nearly $800 million dollars, DC Water provides drinking water delivery and wastewater collection and treatment for a population of more than 600,000 in the District of Columbia, as well as the millions of people who work in or visit the District. DC Water also treats wastewater for a population of 1.6 million in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. The Authority operates the world's largest advanced wastewater treatment plant at Blue Plains, with a capacity of 370 million gallons per day and a peak daily capacity of more than a billion gallons. DC Water's service area covers 725 square miles.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. is an attorney specializing in environmental law and was co-host of Ring of Fire on the Air America Radio network.

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01.: Introduction

02 min 05 sec

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02.: History of Water Protection Advocacy

10 min 28 sec

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03.: The Public Trust Doctrine

04 min 38 sec

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04.: Connection of Water and Energy

01 min 52 sec

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05.: Subsidies to Oil and Coal Industries

07 min 38 sec

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06.: No Marketplace for Renewable Energy

04 min 11 sec

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07.: Water Utility Is Best Public Investment

07 min 21 sec

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08.: The Water Industry Agenda

05 min 25 sec

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09.: The Sweet Smell of Success on the Cuyahoga River

02 min 24 sec

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10.: Department of Interior Stewardship Responsibility

03 min 41 sec

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11.: Water Infrastructure Investments

05 min 51 sec

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12.: Water Use in Production of Energy

04 min 13 sec

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13.: Shale Gas and Water Needs

02 min 41 sec

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14.: Carbon Sequestration

02 min 12 sec

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15.: Positive Developments in Hydro Power

02 min 28 sec

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16.: Innovative Water Projects

06 min 32 sec

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17.: New Balance of Private and Public Interests in Water

04 min 08 sec

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18.: Leninist Tradition of Water Management in America

05 min 25 sec

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19.: Water Must Be Priced Correctly

06 min 24 sec

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20.: Level the Financing Playing Field

03 min 00 sec

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21.: Q&A

00 min 41 sec

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22.: Q1: Conflict of Interest Around Regulations

08 min 36 sec

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RFK Jr. Speaks Out Against Water Supply Contamination

03 min 48 sec

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. describes how the coal industry illegally filled two thousand miles of U.S. waterways over the past 8 years while mountaintop mining in the Appalachian. After Kennedy successfully sued the companies involved in the practice, coal lobbyists promptly re-defined the meaning of the word "fill" in the Clean Water Act to allow the continuation of the practice.
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water resource: Any of the entire range of natural waters (vapour, liquid, or solid) that occur on the Earth and that are of potential use to humans. These resources include the waters of the oceans, rivers, and lakes; groundwater and deep subsurface waters; and glaciers and permanent snowfields. Continuing increase in water use has led to growing concern over the availability and quality of water supplies.; water resource on britannica.com

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