CVCWA’s Annual Conference will be held on Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 9:00am to 3:00pm at Sacramento Area Sewer District in Sacramento. Lunch will be provided. Annual Members’ Meeting will be held before the lunch break.

This year’s conference theme is “Navigating through Uncertainty.” Our speakers will focus on relevant regional and statewide issues.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS*

• CVCWA’s Annual Update: Providing a Path forward in the Midst of Uncertainty – Speaker: Debbie Mackey (CVCWA)
• CVCWA’s Annual Membership Meeting – Speaker: Casey Wichert (City of Brentwood)
• What’s Happening at Your Water Board and How it Impacts the POTW Community – Speaker: Patrick Pulupa (Central Valley RWQCB)
• The Permits and Regulatory Special Project – What is Does for CVCWA Members – Speaker: Brittany Johnson (Somach Simmons & Dunn)
• Recent Court Decisions Regarding Whole Effluent Toxicity – Speaker: Melissa Thorme (Stoel Rives, LLP)
• The Five-year Mark of CV-SALTS: Halfway into the Phase 1 of the P&O Study – What we know and what is planned.  Nitrate: Decisions and Perspectives on Compliance Options from POTWs in Priority 1 and 2 areas – Panel Discussion with Tom Grovhoug (Larry Walker), Paul Bedore (RBI), Heather Grove (City of Manteca)
• California Air Regulatory Update – Speaker: Jason Nettleton (City of San Jose)
• Septic to Sewer (SB 1215) & Ragionalization by the State Water Resources Control Board – Speaker: Dania Jimmerson (SWRCB), David Kehn (City of Chico), Keith Knibb (Lake Oroville Area Public Utility District)
• Recruiting and Maintaining an Effective Workforce for Now and the Future.  What can the data tell us? – Speaker: Keisha Kelley (State Water Board – Office of Operator Certification), Audience Participation: Jofil Borja (SacSewer)

*Topics are Subject to Change and Speakers are To Be Determined

REGISTRATION

Late/On-Site Registration (after September 17)

• CVCWA Members: $235
• Non-Members $285
• Regulators: $70

CANCELLATION POLICY
The registration deadline for CVCWA’s 2025 conference is September 25, 2025. Refunds, less a $35.00 cancellation fee, will be given for cancellations received in writing to admin@cvcwa.org prior to September 18, 2025. After this date, you may send an alternate from your agency to the event without additional charge, although we request 48-hour advance notice, if possible. To request a cancellation or to make a change, please send an email to admin@cvcwa.org.