At a time when addressing U.S. water infrastructure must become a national priority, theValue of Water Coalition will host an in-depth conversation on May 14 on the current condition of the nation’s water infrastructure, the consequences of letting these failing systems worsen and solutions to meeting water challenges. As part of the broaderInfrastructure Week 2014 observance, the panel discussion entitled From Invisible to Invaluable: Changing the Way We Think About Water Infrastructure will be webcast from The Newseum in Washington, D.C. from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET.
Cathleen Kelly, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, will moderate a panel including: Ed Pinero, Chief Sustainability Officer, Veolia North America; George Hawkins, General Manager, DC Water; Ken Kopocis, Senior Advisor for Water, U.S. EPA; Mark Strauss, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development, American Water; and Tony Parrott, Executive Director, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati.
The event will feature a live Twitter conversation. Questions for the panel can be tweeted to @TheValueOfWater with the hashtag #valueofwater.