February 21, 2023

Smart Cities & Connected Communities Panel Discussion on Water Technology

1 hour 20 minutes

Wayne Griffith, now the Acting Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of DC Water, Ben Grumbles, the Executive Director of Environmental Council of the States, Christine Boyle, Vice President of Business Incubation for Xylem, and Dave McGimpsey, water, energy and utility Partner at Dentons engage in a panel discussion surrounding water technology and its role in finding solutions for utilities.

In this session, you’ll learn about:

DC Water’s Strategic Plan

How DC Water uses technology to assist customers

DC Water’s Blue Plains Facility

Why the US needs a national water policy that affords State and local governments flexibility to achieve policy goals

Why innovation at the State and local government levels are needed to address water quantity and water quality concerns

How interplay between grey infrastructure and nature based solutions

Examples of collaboration and conflict between States

The connection between the “Conservation Conundrum” and data science

Digitization and data aggregation leading to real-time decision making

How utilizing digital strategies can leverage nature-based solutions and reduce grey infrastructure costs

Convergence in the energy and water sectors

Changing the utility paradigm

What the panel sees for the future of water technology implementation

Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:

Wayne Griffith’s LinkedIn profile

Ben Grumbles bio on the ECOS website

Christine Boyle’s LinkedIn profile

Dave McGimpsey’s bio on Dentons’ website

Moderator Linda Willard’s bio on Dentons’ website

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