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Presentation #1: What have we accomplished and what is projected for the future? In days past onsite wastewater
technology and regulation focused solely on disposal. Today with an emphasis on sustainability and
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resilience, the reuse and conservation of wastewater is now being evaluated. John will review the
County’s current position and the path forward for the Houston Region, including discussion of massive
reuse that goes mainly unnoticed and the future of onsite reuse and its impact in land planning.
Presentation #2: What are the big research needs to achieve more sustainable environmental quality? The United
Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals provide a global framework to assist in advancing a more
sustainable future for all people while protecting natural resources, but degradation of environmental
quality decidedly challenges achieving these noble Goals. Studies of environmental quality have often
been reactionary, responding to the newest disease, impaired ecosystem or species, and class of
understudied chemical, physical or biological stressors.
Presentation #3: Dr. Sawyers will discuss EPA’s activities in support of onsite and decentralized wastewater systems. He
will place particular emphasis on their implementation of federal legislation related to decentralized
wastewater, and other EPA programs.
Presentation #4: Tracy Hammond is a member of the firm's National Public Policy group and assists clients interested in
shaping energy, environmental, and infrastructure legislation and regulation. He is part of the team
which represents NOWRA on Capitol Hill. He will provide an analysis of the legislative and regulatory
landscape, initiatives underway which may have an impact on the onsite/decentralized industry, and
steps the industry can take to increase its influence in Washington on those initiatives.