Dr. David Sedlak is a Plato Malozemoff Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Co-Director of the Berkeley Water Center, and Deputy Director of the NSF Engineering Research Center for Reinventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure (ReNUWIt).
Water UCI Colloquium Series: The Local Water Transition for California Cities
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California’s cities developed during a period when access to an adequate supply of inexpensive, imported water could be assumed. The recent drought, predictions related to climate change, and increasing pressures from a growing population are leading many leaders to question these assumptions. This talk will focus on local water supply options that could serve as cost-effective alternatives to imported water.
Specifically: Demand management, Water reuse, Stormwater harvesting