The sixth annual Jersey Water Works Conference will bring together more than 350 state and local decision-makers, practitioners, and stakeholders to amplify the importance of addressing New Jersey’s water infrastructure, explore innovative solutions and national models, and celebrate the Jersey Water Works collaborative and its members.

WHEN:

Wednesday, December 9 to Friday, December 11.

WHERE:

This is a virtual conference. One free registration allows access to all sessions.

SPEAKERS:

• U.S. Rep. Donald Payne, Jr., New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District
• Hon. Ras Baraka, Mayor, City of Newark
• Ruby Cotton, Councilwoman, City of Paterson
• Kareem Adeem, Director, City of Newark Department of Water & Sewer Utilities
• David Zimmer, Executive Director, New Jersey Infrastructure Bank
• Don Shields, Vice President and Director of Engineering, New Jersey American Water

The full list of speakers can be found here.

SESSIONS:

• Federal funding recommendations for water infrastructure
• Trending topics in New Jersey’s top water infrastructure issues
• Keynote address from Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome, The Kresge Foundation: “The Race for Clean Water: Racial Equity, Collaboration, and Resilience”
• Workshop sessions on how to drive change in your community, affordable funding approaches for combined sewer solutions, using data to build trust in our water systems, and building our water workforce pipeline.

Jersey Water Works members will announce their commitments to action for 2021. Come see how this year’s members have pledged to transform New Jersey’s water infrastructure.

Full agenda