"Be Sewer Smart" Summit 2008

• Infrastructure Disaster Mitigation & Recovery:
• How to Assess Your Sewer System Vulnerability
• How to Minimize Damage and Disruption

WHEN: Thursday, October 9, 12 NOON

WHERE: Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, Auditorium 101 8th Street in Oakland

WHY: This year's conference will bring together Sanitary District Operators, Public Works Directors, City Engineers, Water District Operators and others to explore infrastructure, hazard mitigation and recovery. Model sewer district plans for disaster recovery and 2008's best practices and strategies for preventing backups and backflows will be featured.

YOU'LL LEARN: ABAG cities and towns have disaster plans in place, but what plans do you have for mitigating damage to your sewer system and how will you recover as quickly as possible?

• How natural disasters - earthquakes, global warming and rising water levels - impact sewer lines and treatment facilities
• What you need to do now to assess your vulnerabilities (including case studies from earthquake and flood disasters)
• What you need to do to now to qualify for FEMA and local financial support in the face of a natural disaster
• How to easily develop a business continuity disaster plan
• What communications plans you need to have in place
• Best Practices for capital improvements and the prevention of backups and backflows

AGENDA

12 NOON Registration and Lunch

1 pm - Program Introduction - Welcome to ABAG's 2008 Sewer Smart Summit

• Marcus Beverly, Risk Manager, ABAG PLAN

1:05 pm - What Happens When Disaster Hits? Disaster Mitigation and Recovery

• Don Ballantyne, Senior Consultant, MMI Engineering
  • Lessons from Seattle, Loma Prieta, Northridge, Kobe and Nisqually earthquakes
  • Insights from 1990 "San Francisco Liquefaction Study" and recent Vulnerability Study for King County, WA
  • Sewer operators need to understand the vulnerability of their sewer system - lines and treatment plants in the face of disaster

2:00 pm - Real Data on How a Hayward Fault Earthquake Will Impact Your Water and Sewer Lines

• Jeanne Perkins, Earthquake Hazards Program Consultant

2:15 pm - Q&A with all program speakers

2:30 pm - Break - Exhibits

2:45 pm Business Continuity Planning for Public Works Made Easy The California Sanitation Risk Management Authority (CSRMA) Online BCP Builder

• David Patzer, CSRMA

3:30 pm - Immediate Response -What Is Your Communication Plan, When Disaster Strikes?

• Scott McCormick, Program Manager, Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (CARD)
• Facilitated by Sewer Smart Outreach Coordinators
  • Community Outreach
  • Interactive discussion about how to communicate when a disaster strikes
  • Audience Q&A and Comments

4:00 pm - Why Sewer & Water Must Talk

• Jim Fischer, Engineer, State Water Resources Control Board
• Steve Dennis, Environmental Compliance Officer/Emergency Services Supervisor, Alameda County Water District
  • California's program to protect the infrastructure
  • How to make systems less vulnerable?
  • What is the connectedness between water and sewer?
  • What happens with lack of water?
  • How does lack of water affect the brittle sewer system or sewage treatment plants?
  • Other reasons water and sewer must talk

4:45 pm - Wrap up of 2008 Summit

• Marcus Beverly, Risk Manager, ABAG PLAN
  • Status of efforts to prevent backups and backflows among ABAG PLAN members
  • What's new with the "Be Sewer Smart" Education campaign

5:00 pm Reception & Exhibits

COST: Free REGISTER NOW!

View the 2007 Summit Summary