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Presentations from
April
11, 2005
Water
Wisdom
Issues, Commercial Opportunities, and Solutions
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1.
Daniel Robin, C3SN Co-Founder and Moderator; Managing Director
of Integrated Investments
Topic:
Event Agenda and Kickoff Presentation
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Situation - Threats and Opportunities
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Globally, an estimated 1.1 billion people are without access
to clean water. In some countries this will further limit food
supplies
- Use Patterns Not Sustainable: Local water supplies are threatened
due to overdrawn aquifers, salt-water intrusion, pollution,
and other serious issues. Ground water is inadequate to meet
demand.
- Land Use: An estimated 80% of our local water supply goes
to agriculture and farming, with many crops "unreasonably"
thirsty yet quite profitable economically (e.g., berry production
at ~$500M/yr)
... We are literally awash in water use issues and inefficiencies.
2. Presentation: Mary
Bannister,
Technical Division Manager, Pajaro Valley WMA
Topic:
Water Basin
Resource Management Challenges and Issues
Select: [HTML version]
or [PowerPoint version]
(NOTE: PPT version requires fast connection (9.3M file) and
MS PowerPoint viewer on your computer)
Water
Conservation, Reuse and Recycling:
Testing your Water IQ -- Presentation: Lili
Wright, owner, Wright Design; interior designer and sustainability
coach. Ms. Wright is the honored recipient of the Watershed
Hero Award from Rising Leaf Watershed Arts. A CSN Board member
as well as a member of the USGBC, SBRI, and Green Home Guide's
Tech Advisory Council.
- Eliminate water waste: Repair leaks and correct faulty
business practices (including ineffective usage habits)
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Replacing old or outmoded fixtures and appliances with more
modern, water-efficient versions. E.g., waterless urinals.
These two measures alone can greatly reduce daily water consumption
(e.g., from 75 gallons per person per day to less than 50 gal/p/d).
- Eco-effective Landscapes and Crops: Water used to irrigate
landscaping alone often equals or exceeds interior water use.
When considering your landscaping design ...
4. Presentation by Sharon Sarris,
Founder and Principal, Green
Fuse, co-chair, US Green Building Council, Monterey Bay Committee
5.
Additional Strategies, Water Technologies, Discussion and Wrapup
Daniel
Robin, C3SN Co-Founder and Moderator
Topic:
Steps Beyond Water Resource
Management [HTML
version] | [PPT
version]
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Use
native, drought-tolerant varieties of shrubs, plants, trees
and grasses. They typically require much less water than most
non-native species.
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Use
drip irrigation … can reduce water consumption by
60% over conventional watering methods-
Grey water recycling
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Rainwater
Harvesting:
Presentation by Craig Boswell and Dylan Coleman,
WONDERWATER president and founder. Dylan will present their
company's vision and give examples of residential and commercial
rainwater catchment systems. (See
www.wonderwater.net).
Envisioning
New Technologies, Process Redesign, and other Sustainable
Solutions
- Common
Heritage Corp ColdAg™ & SkyWater™ solutions,
Hawaii
- AgWise (www.aqwise.com)
- Wise Water Technologies, biological treatment of wastewater,
HQ in Israel
- Osmotic Technologies (www.osmotictechnologies.com),
desalination and purification processes developed at Yale
University; company is based in New Haven, CT
Check
back for additional water resource management and supply
solutions or ...
Speaker
and Presenting Company Backgrounds
Mary
Bannister, RG, CEG, Technical Division Manager, Pajaro Valley
Water Management Agency (http://www.pvwma.dst.ca.us/),
is a state of California registered geologist (RG) and certified
engineering geologist (CEG) with a background in ground water
management, contamination and supply projects. Mary earned her
bachelors in Earth Science from UC Santa Cruz.
Craig
Boswell has a background in real estate investment and construction
management, and consults with Wonderwater from a business and
marketing perspective. Craig brings a strong interest in building
sustainable homes and protecting the environment and the natural
resources with which we are entrusted, Currently, Craig is a development
partner in the Wallace Lake Estates subdivision, located in the
foothills east of Lodi, CA. Craig intends to instill an awareness
in the community and this partnership to increase the use of green
building practices, eco-sensitive wetlands management and water
catchment systems. Craig earned a bachelors of science in Marketing
and his MBA from San Jose State University.
Dylan
Coleman, Wonderwater president and chief systems architect,
researches products, builds models for feasibility assessment,
and scales them up for installation for both residential and commercial
customers. With more than a decade of building, landscape design
and construction experience, Dylan's focus is on water catchment
systems and water purification filters.
WONDERWATER,
a California-based company, designs, creates and installs Rain
Catchment Systems. Wonderwater is a member of the US Green Building
Council, as well as the American Rain Catchment Systems Association.
Wonderwater provides the ability to have an alternative water
source as well as an integrated overflow management system.
Using state of the art products from around the world, we are
committed to creating the most effective raincatchers available.
Catching, storing and using the rain that falls on our roofs
is a viable way to prevent the impending water crisis. Water
is not only the most basic of human needs, it is the prerequisite
for all life. Our goal is to install enough Rain Catchment Systems
to ensure that those basic needs are being met. Instead of saving
it for a rainy day, our motto is … save it on a rainy day.
Daniel
Robin, CSN co-founder and executive director, brings more
than 20 years Board leadership, financial and venture development
experience to clients. Daniel is principal of Daniel Robin &
Associates, a leadership consulting and training firm established
in 1985 (www.abetterworkplace.com),
and managing director of Integrated Investments International
(www.in3inc.com).
Daniel is also partner in SustainabilityWorks
with Sharon Sarris and Gam Dias, specializing in sustainability
reporting systems and training. Daniel received his bachelors
in Computer & Information Science from University of California
at Santa Cruz, completed advanced studies in Marketing and International
Business (UC Berkeley), and earned certificates in coaching and
conflict resolution, with master's level/trainer certificates
in NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) and public speaking.
Integrated
Investments Int'l (In3) is a "venture catalyst network,"
specializing in clean and sustainable technology, product and
service commercialization. In3 assists investors and companies
with reaching their goals through market trends and strategy
consulting, investment match making, team development, training
and coaching.
Sharon
Sarris, C3SN Advisory Board member, is founder and principal
of Green Fuse, specializing in eco-effective water and energy
solutions. Sarris is a US Green Building Council LEED accredited
professional, a Steering Committee Member for the U.S. Green
Building Council, Northern California Chapter, and Co-founder,
Co-chair for the U.S. Green Building Council, Monterey Bay Committee.
Sarris is a former General Motors' executive who contributed
to GM's sustainability report based on the Global Reporting
Initiative. She managed project teams with members from engineering,
R&D, and manufacturing in GM's highest quality U.S. plant
in California and at the GM Technical Center, and was a quality
improvement and organizational development director for the
GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. Sarris was also a member
of the innovative team process that introduced GM's EV1 electric
vehicle in the mid-'90s.
Green Fuse is a company based on sustainable business practices
and an endorsing member of CERES (www.ceres.org),
with offices in Aptos and Marina. Sarris is a former General
Motors' executive who contributed to GM's sustainability report
based on the Global Reporting Initiative. She managed project
teams with members from engineering, R&D, and manufacturing
in GM's highest quality U.S. plant in California and at the
GM Technical Center, and was a quality improvement and organizational
development director for the GM Technical Center in Warren,
Michigan. Sarris was also a member of the innovative team process
that introduced GM's EV1 electric vehicle in the mid-'90s.
Lili
Wright, CSN Advisory Board member, is owner of Wright Design,
www.wright-design.net,
an interior design and lifestyle coaching firm based in Carmel Valley,
CA, specializing in eco-effective interior design strategies, planning,
and workshops and coaching. Wright Design … Naturally.
Water-Related
Issues Overview:
* Clean water (potable) supply shortage, particularly in developing
countries
*
Contamination of groundwater; cost-effective water treatment
* Salt-water intrusion due to overdrawn aquifers
* Agriculture and energy requirements for pumping
Water
Supply and Usage Themes:
1. Water Resource Management Solutions: new and established
technologies, including water-efficient fixtures, drought-tolerant
landscaping systems, leak detection equipment, permeable pavement,
drip irrigation and rainwater harvesting systems
2.
Salts / desalinization (bio-conversions at high salt concentrations,
development of selective membranes for the separation of specific
compounds, etc)
3. Decentralized preparation of process and drinking water
and waste water treatment methods (remote monitoring, cost
effective and efficient point-of-use and point-of-availability
technologies, reuse of low-strength municipal waste water, etc)
4. Membrane bioreactors (decrease energy consumption, increase
of flux by prevention of fouling, development of new applications,
etc)
5. Biofouling of membranes (development of new treatment
and prevention methods, new design rules, etc)
6. Energy from water (reuse of water pollutants in the
form of energy by direct production of hydrogen or electricity,
etc)
7. Agricultural requirements for water, which in coastal
areas tends to overdraw aquifers.
8. Conservation and use efficiency ... Existing areas for
water conservation and resource management technologies (see also
#1)
· water meters
· flow controllers
· leakage detection equipment
· low flush toilets or waterless urinals
· efficient taps
· pumping (e.g., solar-powered water pumping for agriculture)
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