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Jennifer Thompson SSV Executive Director

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Jennifer Thompson SSV Executive Director

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Chairman John L. Varela, District 1, SCVWD

Gary Kremen, Director, District Seven, SCVWD

Councilmember Pat Showalter, City of Mountain View

Councilmember Mark Millan, City of Windsor

Elected Officials

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Special Thank You

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Gold Sponsors

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Silver & Bronze Sponsors

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SSV Board of Directors & Volunteers

SSV Board of Directors

Drew Clark - Board Chair

Elan Scheinman - Vice Chair

Larry Smith - Treasurer

Russ Drinker

Olivia Teter

Jennifer Thompson

Ty Walrod

Brad Rock - Counsel

SSV Volunteers

Brianna Beck

Mary Biswal

Laia Brugarolas Macia

Laura Maria Ciravolo

Andrea Fuchilieri

Greg Larkins

Kerry Lindholm

Ryan Moin

Bruce Naegel

Phu Nguyen

Janna Sorjonen

Vijayalakshml

Sundararaman

Annee Tousseau

Sabine Touze

Cara Wynn

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SSV Members

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Over 200 people in the audience – event is sold out!

• 7 Cities -- City of Menlo Park, City of Morgan Hill, City of Palo

Alto, City of Mountain View, City of San Jose, City of Brisbane,

City of Hayward, City of Windsor

• 2 Counties -- County of Santa Clara, County of San Mateo

• 9 Agencies

• 8 Leading Tech Companies

• 20 Water Technology Companies

• 22 Engineering Firms & Design Groups

• 15 NGO's, Non-profits, Education, and Research institutions

In Attendance

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Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is a nonprofit organization

dedicated to creating collaborative solutions to the toughest

sustainability challenges in the Bay Area.

Mission

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SSV envisions a Net Positive Bay Area by 2050 where we:

• Produce more renewable energy than we consume

• Capture more carbon than we emit

• Optimize water resources to ensure water resilience

Net Positive 2050 Goals

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Energy Upgrade Services in San José Multifamily Housing

SSV partnered with the City of San José

Environmental Services Department on the local

City Energy Project to increase multifamily housing use of energy upgrade resources.

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LIWP in San José With Build It Green (BIG), SSV working to bring

energy efficiency to residents in San Jose through

the State Low Income Weatherization Program

(LIWP).

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Net Positive Communities With support from BAAQMD, continuing to work with residents

in East Palo Alto on energy efficiency • Solar brought the Ecumenical Hunger Program into the 21st century.

- Kurt Taylor, Board Chair of Ecumenical Hunger Program

• SSV has cracked the code on community outreach in East Palo Alto.

- Michelle Daher, City of East Palo Alto

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The ultimate goal of the SmartTA project is to enhance the quality of life in the community and improve respiratory health associated with transportation emissions through emissions reduction.

- Kamal Fallaha, P.E. Public Works Director,

City of East Palo Alto

SmartTA (Traffic Analytics)

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Cindy Clark SSV Water Director

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Intelligent Water REuse

Promoting Fit for Purpose Water

• Three Main Drivers

• Brief History

• Current Work

• Future

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2015 Population

2040 Population Projection

1. Projected Population Growth

25% 16% 29%

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Bay Area: 24% Growth

2015 Population

2040 Population Projection

Projected Population Growth

Source: Department of Finance, State of CA

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2. Climate Change

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Bay Area is dependent on Imported water Santa Clara County: 55% and San Mateo: 92%

3. Imported Water

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Wastewater: 433 million gallons per day released into the bay Only 3 to 5% of our water is recycled

An Under Utilized Asset

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March 2015: Kick Off Meeting

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Waste

water from

toilets and

kitchens

Wastewater from washers, showers, tubs and bathroom sinks

Plus condensate

Precipitation collected on roofs

Precipitation on the ground

Nuisance water from dewatering

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A mindset change: Augmenting our aging

centralized water infrastructure with

distributed water treatment, enabling

communities to take an active role in

preserving and protecting our water

supplies

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1. Advocate for policy change to enable the adoption of onsite reuse

2. Educate leaders about the benefits of onsite reuse

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Reducing the friction for our members who are early adopters

• Meetings with regulators

• Tours for stakeholders

• Speaking at city council meetings

• Model Ordinance: New Development Task Forc

Education and Policy

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Connection & Collaboration

Dec 2016

Resilience & Reuse May 2016

Water Symposium

October 2015

Plus many small meetings

Education: Large Event

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Event Slides

Education: Panels

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Advocate

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Policy

• SB740 2.0

• Model Ordinance Adoption

Educate

Onsite systems will normalize recycling

Next Steps

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Back by Popular Demand:

– Table seating

– Reception

– Guided Table Activity

– Interesting Speakers

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• Microsoft’s Campus Redevelopment: Katie

• Centralized Water Systems

• Three Emcees

• Schedule Change

• Technology Checklist

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• New