Download Warming Watersheds Workshop Materials from River Rally 2010

This year’s National River Rally took place May 21-24 at Snowbird, UT and was a huge success, featuring over 80 workshops and intensive sessions on the most important topics facing the river and watershed protection community. Here we have collected the materials from workshops in our Warming Watersheds track, which covered a range of issues related to water, energy and climate change.

Building Green Cities with Green Plumbing Programs: Water Heating, Distribution and Conservation
Day/Time: Friday, May 21 ~ 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
Water heating is typically the 1st, 2nd or 3rd largest energy use in a home. This workshop will put the magnitude of hot water use in perspective and explore the various components of typical hot water systems. Water heaters, faucets, showers, appliances, piping layouts, pipe insulation and drain water heat recovery will be addressed. Particular attention will be paid to the interactions among the components, so that the system as a whole provides the desired performance while saving water and energy.

Presenter: Gary Klein, Affiliated International Management, LLC

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Human Affects of Carbon Politics
Day/Time: Saturday, May 22 ~ 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM PDT
This session will discuss the work of environmental justice groups and how climate change makes engaging disadvantaged communities even more essential to the work of river and watershed groups.

Presenter: Nia Robinson, Environmental Justice Climate Change Initiative

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Integrating Energy & Water Conservation
Day/Time: Sat, May 22 ~ 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
Energy and water are inextricably linked. Utilities' and regulators' understanding of the 'energy-water nexus' is growing, and many Western utilities are starting to pursue solutions that benefit both energy and water resources, like water conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable sources of energy. This presentation will highlight success stories in the Interior West - cases where energy and water utilities are considering both energy and water in their planning strategies.

Presenter: Stacy Tellinghuisen

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Low-Impact Development Protects Water Supply
Day/Time: Sun, May 23 ~ 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
As global warming threatens our water resources, communities are faced with a need to respond quickly and economically to water supply shortfalls. Low Impact Development (LID) is a land planning and engineering design approach to stormwater management that evolved as a means of reducing the pollution and other problems generated by runoff from urban development. LID practices that infiltrate runoff to recharge groundwater or capture runoff for reuse can increase access to reliable sources of water while reducing the energy consumed and global warming pollution generated by its supply. This workshop will discuss LID’s benefits and ways to advocate for requiring its implementation.

Presenter: Noah Garrison, Natural Resources Defense Council

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Breaking Barriers to Water Harvesting & Reuse
Day/Time: Sun, May 23 ~ 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
Interested in learning more about water harvesting and the various methodologies for water reuse? You will learn how to create strategies and use these methods to protect rivers and watersheds. Strategies covered include influencing policy decisions and facilitating the passage of reuse legislation. This session is targeted towards advocates working primarily in the Western U.S.

Presenter: Paul Paryski

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How Watershed Groups Solve Climate Change
Day/Time: Sun, May 23 ~ 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
River Network is embarking on a nationwide strategy to engage grassroots river and watershed groups in solving the climate crisis by connecting water and energy to protect our water resources. Participants will learn key information on climate change, its anticipated impacts and the connections between water and energy.

Presenter: Wendy Wilson, River Network

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Low Flows, Hot Trout: Converting Climate Science into Political Action
Day/Time: Sat, May 22 ~ 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
This workshop will detail how watershed groups can relate climate change to backyard creeks, and explore messages that resonate with policy-makers for transforming climate science into actions that protect our waterways. Montana's Clark Fork Coalition will share its report “Low Flows, Hot Trout,” and provide a “how-to” for creating a watershed-specific climate change report.

Presenter: Brianna Randall, Clark Fork Coalition

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