WATER FOR ALL 2020The Real Cost of Water
Gastonia, NC 
February 13, 2020
9:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.
Gastonia Conference Center
145 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Gastonia, NC 28052
Issues of water affordability affect communities throughout the entire nation. Utilities are modernizing outdated infrastructure, consolidating regional resources to achieve economy of scale and looking towards future growth in the region to ensure that we are not just sustainable for the present, but for the future as well. We addressed this issue at our annual Water for All Summit.
Thinking Bigger: Regional Approaches to Water Resource Management
Three things don’t follow jurisdictional lines; money, people, and water. Yet so many of our water infrastructure plans are confined by city and county boundaries. A look at how our region is crossing boundaries to plan for safe and sustainable water future for residents.
Navigating the Risks of Water Infrastructure Investments
What happens when water quality issues, changing regulations, and loss of industry impact the bottom line? A look at how utilities handled planned and unplanned infrastructure investments.
The Philosophy of Rate Setting
There are many factors that can shape how rates are structured. See different approaches to the water and wastewater rate setting.
9:00 a.m.Breakfast, Registration, Networking
9:30 a.m.Welcome
9:40 a.m.State of the Basin
About CWWMG
Citizens' Water Academy (opens in a new tab)
10:30 a.m.Topic I - Panel Discussion Thinking Bigger: a Regional Approach to Water Management (opens in a new tab)
12:30 p.m.Lunch/Keynote (opens in a new tab)
1:45 p.m.Topic II - Panel Discussion Navigating the Risks of Water Infrastructure Investments
• Carel Vandermeyden (opens in a new tab)
• Clint Shealy (opens in a new tab)
• Mohamed Balla (opens in a new tab)
3:00 p.m.Topic III - Presentation The Philosophy of Rate Setting
• Doug Carter (opens in a new tab)
• Shadi Eskaf (opens in a new tab)
4:00 p.m.Closing Remarks
4:30 p.m.Networking Reception