Event: SWIFT funding workshop on water conservation, Gulf Coast

What: SWIFT Funding Workshop on Water Conservation Projects, Gulf Coast area. With the application period for the third round of SWIFT funding beginning on Dec. 1, the workshop offers the opportunity for utilities to learn about funding from experts that have evaluated their conservation programs, assessed funding options and been through the SWIFT application process.

Who: Paul Nelson, Gulf Coast Water Efficiency Network/Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District; Mike Turco, Fort Bend Subsidence District; Jason Afinowicz, Freese & Nichols/Region H Water Planning Group; Tom Entsminger, Texas Water Development Board; Heather Cooke, City of Austin; Carlos Rubinstein, RSAH2O and former chairman of the TWDB; Jennifer Walker and Ken Kramer, Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter; Bill Moriarty and Tom Hoover, Cities of Keller and Bedford; Jonathan Kleinman, Aiqueous. 

Hosted by: Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter; National Wildlife Federation; Galveston May Foundation; Texas Living Waters Project; Gulf Coast Water Efficiency Network; Region H Water Planning Group; Fort Bend Subsidence District; Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State; Texas Water Foundation.

When: Dec. 15, 9:30 a.m.– 2:30 p.m.

Where: William B. Travis Bldg., Room 603, 301 Jackson St., Richmond