2007 NATIONAL SALINITY SUMMIT“From Problem to Opportunity”

January 10-12, 2007Catamaran Resort & Spa

San Diego, California

5th AnnualNATIONAL SALINITY SUMMIT

January 10-12, 2007

“From Problem to Opportunity”

Salinity management and desalination continue to be at the helm of sustainable water resource

issues in our nation. The Multi-State Salinity Coalition is pleased to announce the Fifth National Salinity Summit, January 10-12, 2007, at the Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa in San Diego, California.

Join us for the 2007 National Salinity Summit! The Summit will consist of one and one-half days of focused networking, dialogue, and discussion among congressional staff, regional and localpolicymakers, managers, experts and others from throughout the country who have developed, implemented and advanced breakthrough policies and approaches associated with salinity management and desalination. This is a unique event and a great

networking opportunity that you do not want to miss!

This year’s Summit will include sessions that focus on future and pending federal legislation associated with desalination and salinity management, balancing desalination and the needs of the environmental community, applied research, innovative regulation implementation, brackish water and ocean water desalination, recycled water desalination, and project implementation.

We are adding a tour to the Summit Program. The tour will go to the Carlsbad Seawater Desalination Plant and then to to the Hydranautics Membrane Plant.

Angela Adams, Program Analyst U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Jason Allen, Desalination Engineer AWWA

Lorenzo Arriaga, Civil Engineer/Border Coordinator, Bureau of Reclamation

Ernesto Avila, Principal/Executive Director Avila & Associates/Northern California Salinity Coalition, MSSC Salinity Summit Chair

Jack Barnett, Executive Director Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum

Mark Beuhler, Assistant General Manager Coachella Valley Water District

Donna Bloom, Executive Director MSSC/High Sierra Conf. Services

Shahid Chaudhry, Water Energy Group California Energy Commission

Gil Crozes, Research Group Manager Carollo Engineers

Val Frenkel, Principal Process Engineer Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Michael Gabaldon, Director U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Mike Goff, Senior Hydrologist Southern Nevada Water Authority

Kib Jacobson, Program Manager Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Fawzi Karajeh, Chief, Water Recycling and Desali-nation Branch/Office of Water Efficiency and Transfers CA Department of Water Resources

Paula Lisko-Apodaca, Consumer Affairs Officer El Paso Water Utilities

Maria Mariscal, Senior Water Resources Specialist San Diego County Water Authority

Wade Miller, Executive Director WateReuse Foundation

Jeff Mosher, Associate Director National Water Research Institute

Mark Norton Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority

M. Kevin Price, Group Manager U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Toby Roy, Water Resources Manager San Diego County Water Authority

Harry Ruzgerian Metropolitan Water Dist. Of So. California

Andrew Sienkiewich, Manager Metropolitan Water Dist. Of So. California

Kevin Morrison, Water Res. Planner San Antonio Water System

Bill Steele, Area Manager U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Larry Tamashiro, Resource Analyst Southern Nevada Water Authority

Kevin Thomas, Environmental Services Manager RBF Consulting

Frank Turek, Senior Project Manager PBS&J

Nikolay Voutchkov, Senior Vice President Poseidon Resources

MSSC National Salinity Summit Planning Committee

2007 NATIONAL SALINITY SUMMIT SPONSORS(Sponsorship Opportunities are still available, please see below for more information)

Platinum Level Sponsors:

AMTA

Brown & Caldwell

Gold Level Sponsors:

Carollo Engineers

El Paso Water Utilities

Silver Level Sponsor

RBF Consulting

Bronze Level Sponsor

R.W. Beck

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIESThe Summit brings together professionals from throughout the nation, providing an excellent opportunity for networking,education and exchange of ideas. With this opportunity in mind, the Salinity Summit Planning Committee invites you to participate in the Summit through your sponsorship and/or as an exhibitor. The success of these Summits are largely basedon your financial support.

If you wish to secure an exhibit space, the cost is $350. We recommend you reserve early as we will have limited space. Special recognition of individual or joint contributors at the conference is available at the sponsorship levels below.

Participation of both private sector firms and government agencies has been consistently strong over the years, and weare sure this year will be no different. If your firm is interested in being a sponsor or exhibitor, please fill out the attachedform and mail it to the address indicated. Please call Donna Bloom, MSSC Executive Director, at 775/626-6389, or e-mail donnabloom@charter.net if you have any questions. On behalf of the Multi-State Salinity Coalition, thank you for considering sponsorship of this exciting event.

• Bronze Level Sponsorship - $250 Displays your organization’s logo in the Summit Program.

• Silver Level Sponsorship - $500 Displays you organization’s logo in the Summit Program and secures

an exhibitor space.

• Gold Level Sponsorship - $1,000 Sponsors one Continental Breakfast, Break, or Luncheon on either

of the two Summit days. Your logo is displayed at the event and in the Summit Program. Exhibitor space is also secured at this level. Up to six sponsorships are available at this level and are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Gold Level Sponsors receive one registrationto the Summit.

• Platinum Level Sponsorship - $2,000 Hosts the “Successful Policy Icebreaker” reception. Your logo is

displayed at the event and in the Summit Program, and your firmwill also secure exhibitor space. Six sponsorships are available at this level and are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Platinum levelsponsors receive two registrations to the Summit.

• Platinum Level Sponsorship Hydranautics and Carlsbad Seawater Desalination Demonstration Plant Tour:

$2,000 hosts the tour of the Hydranautics Membrane Plant and Carlsbad Seawater Desalination Demonstration Plant, Wednesday, January 10, 2007. Your logo is displayed at the event and in the Summit Program, and your firm will also secure exhibitor space. Two sponsorships are available at this level and are on a first-come,first-serve basis. Platinum level sponsors receive two registrations tothe Summit.

On Wednesday, January 10, 2007, there will be a combined tour of the Carlsbad Seawater Desalination Demonstration Plant and the Hydranautics Membrane Plant, Oceanside, California. Guests will depart from the Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa at 9:30 a.m. The bus will return to the hotel at 5:00 p.m.

CARLSBAD SEAWATER DESALINATION DEMONSTRATION PLANT

This pilot plant is a state-of-the-art treatment system consisting of a 110-gpm raw water intake feed pump station, two 50-gpm pretreatment facilities; filter effluent transferpumps; filtered water storage tanks; 5-micron cartridgefilters; high-pressure reverse osmosis (RO) feed pumps; twosingle-stage RO systems; lime conditioning post-treatment system; and UV disinfection system.

The pilot plant also has a chilled water dispensing station that allows visitors to taste-test the finished product water. Additionally, the testing facility is equipped with a number of ports for sample collection and analysis. The plant operations are designed for remote monitoring and control via the internet.

The source of feed seawater for the pilot plant is the warm cooling water of the Encina Power Plant. The collected water is typically 10 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the ocean seawater which reduces the energy used for desalination. The pilot desalination plant has been

in operation since mid-2003 and produces permeate of consistently high quality. Advanced research in the area of seawater pretreatment, boron removal and assessment of salinity tolerance of marine organisms on desalination plant discharges have won the plant the 2006 Grand Prize for Research of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and the 2006 Project Innovation Award for Applied Research of the International Water Association.

HYDRANAUTICS MEMBER PLANT

Since its founding in 1963, Hydranautics has been committed to the highest standards of technology, research, product excellence and customer satisfaction. In 1987, Hydranautics became part of Nitto Denko, a multi-billion dollar corporation headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Nitto Denko was started in 1918, producing electrical insulation materials; it now has over 114 companies in more than 20 countries, with over 16,000 employees worldwide.

As part of Nitto Denko’s global membrane division, Hydranautics is a vital member of this unique company that continuously creates new value for their customers while striving to contribute to society by delivering innovative products that provide solutions. Hydranautics forms one-third of Nitto Denko’s global membrane division consisting of three production plants and warehouses around the world: Shiga Prefecture Japan, Shanghai China, and our global manufacturing headquarters in Oceanside, California.

Hydranautics’ 14-acre, 160,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Oceanside, California is larger than two soccer fieldsput together – making it one of the largest reverse osmosis membrane manufacturers in the world. Hydranautics uses the latest in automation technologies in their manufacturing processes including automated casting, auto-preparation, sonic welding and gluing robotics. They are the only membrane manufacturer to wet test 100% of their spiral wound elements.

Tours of the Oceanside, California facility offer an up-close look at world-class execution of excellence in manufacturingstandards and practices. Membrane casting, flat sheet welding, manual and automated gluing, glassing, finish work andtest areas are visited by tour members, with plenty of time for questions and answers.

Pre-Conference TourWednesday, January 10, 2007

General View of the Carlsbad Pilot Seawater Desalination Plant

Thursday, January 11, 2007:8:30 AM Introduction

Opening Remarks: Fern Steiner, Vice Chairman San Diego County Water Authority Board (Invited)

Keynote Speaker: Mark Limbaugh, Assistant Secretary, Water and Science, US Department of the Interior

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Legislation UpdateModerator: Claude Mattox, Council Member - City of Phoenix, Arizona• Erik K. Webb, Ph.D., Senator Domenici’s office (Invited)• Nate Gentry, Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources (Invited)• Joshua Johnson, Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources

(Invited)• John O’Donnell, Murray, Montgomery and O’Donnell

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Break – Poster and Reception Area

10:15 AM – 11:05 AM Groundwater DesalinationThis session will address topics specific to inlanddesalination related to implementation, regulatory, permitting, technology, and financial issues andchallenges. The focus of the session will be on thereal-world experience through a series of case studies from three different regions of the United States.Moderator: Dave Mansfield, General Manager,

City of Scottsdale Water Department• Tim Thomure, Lead Hydrologist, City of Tuscon

Central Arizona Project RO Treatment Plant Case Study• William Hutchison, PhD, Water Resources Manager

El Paso Water Utilities Inland Desalination Facility• Craig Parker, Inland Empire Utilities Agency

Chino Basin Desalting Authority Program and Update

11:05 AM – Noon Ocean DesalinationThis session will discuss two very contraryviewpoints on seawater desalination that if a regional desalination plant is a better option, and if so, how to work together to get the job done, or if the distributed production provides a sustainable and secure water supply. On the technology side, a presentation on the optimization of energy recovery without compromising system reliability in SWRO plants will be discussed.Moderator : Shahid Chaudhry, Water-Energy Program Manager,

California Energy Commission• Michael Carlin, Assistant General Manager,

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Investing in A Regional Partnership for Desalination

• Tony Jones, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, Oases Global Services, Inc.Distributed Production by Seawater Desalination: A contrarian Viewpoint to a Sustainable and Secure Water Supply

• Eli Oklejas, President, Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC Optimization of Factors Pertaining to the High Pressure Section SWRO Plants that Affect System Reliability

Noon – 1:30 PM Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Marc Jeffrey Del Piero, Attorney/Consultant,

Board of Directors of the Monterey County Agricultural Land Conservancy, Adjunct Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM Salinity Source Control and ManagementThe Colorado River Basin Salinity ControlProgram has grown from its inception in 1974 to a very significant effort involving several federalagencies, the seven Colorado River Basin States and thousands of agricultural producers. Salts enter the Colorado River in the Upper Colorado River Basin and the damages inflicted by the salt in theriver are felt by water users in the Lower Colorado River Basin in the United States and in Mexico. This large and very successful program requiresa significant amount of coordination. The PanelModerator is the Executive Director of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum and coordinates the efforts for the seven states. The panelistscoordinate the Colorado River salinity control effortfor the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Land Management. The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Programhas reduced the salinity in the Colorado River Basin by several 10’s of mg/L resulting in the avoidance in damages to water users that total many millions of dollars each year. It was thought this program may be the only successful major river salinity control program in the annals of mankind. Recently, however, it has been learned that similar issues are being addressed on the River Murray in Australia and a somewhat comparable federal state cooperative effort has been instigated.Moderator : Jack Barnett, Executive Director,

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum• Kib Jacobson, Manager, CRBSP, US Bureau of Reclamation

Reclamation’s Colorado River Basin-Wide Salinity Control Program

• Travis James, Salinity Coordinator, US Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service USDA-NRCS On-Farm Salinity Control Program

• Heidi Hadley, Salinity Coordinator, US Bureau of Land Management BLM’s Salinity Control Program in the Upper Colorado River Basin

3:00 PM – 3:20 PM Break – Poster and Reception Area

3:20 PM – 4:30 PM Recycled Water

Preliminary Conference Program

Desalination and recycle water case studies, issues, and concernsModerator: Gil Crozes, Research Group Manager, Carollo Engineers• Ken Tanji - Central Basin Municipal Water District

Salt Tolerant Grasses• Paul Kinshella - City of Phoenix

Managing Salinity in Reclaimed Water• Bill Jacoby - Director of Public Affairs, San Diego County Water Authority

Portfolio and their approach to water supply

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM Networking Reception and Poster Session

Friday, January 12, 2007:8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Morning Keynote: Paul Reiter, Executive Director, International Water Association (IWA)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Environmental DiscussionThe purpose of this panel is to stimulate an open andforthright discussion of the various environmental issues associated with salinity and desalination. It is slanted towards the environmental perspective because too many water conferences have panels where the environmental perspective is the minority view. For this panel, the environmental perspective will be the majority view, though the audience may have a very different makeup. The pre-developedquestions will be used to stimulate discussion and hopefully stimulate similar direct and probing questions from the audience. the ultimate goal is a better understanding by both the water and the environmental communities of each perspective, where we have common interests, and where we may just have to agree to disagreeModerator: Mark Beuhler, Assistant General Manager, Coachella Valley Water District• Mary Jane Foley, Consultant and Former California State Water

Resources Control Board Member Overview on permitting and regulatory issues

• Heather Cooley, Pacific Institute• Jennifer Pitt, Senior Research Analyst, Environmental• Marco Gonzales, Surfriders Association

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Project Implementation and FundingThe Panelists will discuss key challenges andsolutions at various stages of desalination project implementation - from initial assessment of project viability to permitting, funding, construction and operation and maintenance. Among the panel participants are key members of the teams that have implemented the largest membrane seawater desalination plants in the US (Tampa, Florida) and in the World (Ashkelon, Israel), who will share their experiences from project inception to full-scale

operations. In addition, this Panel will discuss key public and private desalination project funding initiatives in California and Texas.Moderator: Nikolay Voutchkov, Senior Vice President, Poseidon

Resources• Gustavo Kronenberg, Vice President, Project Development, Israeli

Desalination Engineering Implementation and Funding of the Largest Seawater Desalination Plant in the World in Ashkelon, Israel

• Jorge Arroyo, Director of Special Projects, Texas Water Development Board Progress In the Implementation of the Texas Desalination Program

• Andrew Kingman, CFO/CEO, Poseidon Resources Private Approach for Desalination Project Financing

• Fawzi Karajeh, Chief of Water and Desalination Branch, California Department of Water Resources Status of California Desalination Grant Program

11:00 AM – 10:20 AM Break – Poster and Reception Area

10:20 AM – 11:20 AM Research Update: What are the current research trends?

Moderator: Toby Roy, Water Resources Manager, San Diego County Water Authority

• Bob Hultquist, California DHS, Regulatory Implication of Ocean Desalination

• Wade Miller, Executive Director, WateReuse Association, JWR&DTF Implementation Project

• Michael Gabaldon, Director, Bureau of Reclamation Tularosa Desalination Research Center Plan

11:20 AM – Noon Water and Energy Roadmap Update and Joint Water Reuse and Desalination Task Force Update

This session will focus on the upcoming Sandia Reportand Water Reuse and Desalination Task Force.Moderator: Diane Van de Hei, Executive Director, Association of

Metropolitan Water Agencies (Invited)• Mike Hightower, Distinguished Member Technical Staff,

Sandia National Laboratories• Rob Renner, Executive Director, AWWARF

Noon - Summit Adjourns

Preliminary Conference Program

HOTEL INFORMATIONThe Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa is located at 3999 Mission Blvd., in beautiful San Diego, California. The Catamaran hosts a beach that sits on Mission Bay, the world’s largest aquatic park. Sea World, the world-famous San Diego Zoo and the San Diego International Airport are just minutes away. For those looking to discover some of San Diego’s history, visit Old Town, Cabrillo National Monument, Gaslamp Quarter or one of the regions many missions. The adventurer will love sky sailing or a bi-plane ride. For those with more refined tastes, discover lush botanical gardens and beautiful wineries, and so much more. The Catamaran Spa is located on the waterfront and offers several treatments from masks, massages, watertreatments and exfoliations to relax you while enjoying your stay. All MSSC Summit guests will receive a $20 credit towards any 50 minute spa treatment.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Catamaran Resort Hotel, at a special rate of $159/night. Please call 1-800-422-8386 and mention the MSSC Summit group rate. The room block is reserved through December 11, 2006, so make your reservation right away!

REGISTRATION FORMTo register, complete the registration form and return it, along with a check or purchase order to:

Nevada Water Resources Association, P.O. Box 50081, Sparks, NV 89435You can also register online by going to: www.multi-statesalinitycoalition.com

Summit Registration:

Early Registration (before December 15, 2006) ............................. $295.00 ________

Late Registration (after December 15, 2006) ................................. $325.00 ________

Tour of the Carlsbad Desalination Demonstration Plant and Hydranautics Membrane Plant: (Register Early: The tour is limited to 40 registrants)

Early Bird Registration: (Before December 15, 2006) .................... $40.00_________

Late Registration: (After December 15, 2006) ................................. $50.00_________

TOTAL ......................................................................................................................... $_________

Conference Registration

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SPONSORSHIP ITEM DATE AVAILABLEBronze Level Unlimited

Silver Level UnlimitedGold Level Continental Breakfast January 11, 2007 1

Morning Break January 11, 2007 2Luncheon January 11, 2007 2

Afternoon Break January 11, 2007 2Continental Breakfast January 12, 2007 2

Morning Break January 12, 2007 1Platinum Level Hydranautics/Desalination Tour January 10, 2007Platinum Level Evening Reception January 11, 2007 6

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If you are a Silver, Gold or Platinum sponsor, please provide exhibitor requirements:

Type of Display: Table Top (one 6’ table) _______ Full Display _______

Outlet Requirements: _________________

Exhibitor (Non-Sponsors) $350 _______

Type of Display: Table Top (one 6’ table) _______ Full Display _______

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Please fill out this form and send it to Donna Bloom with a check by December 15th, 2006 to:

MSSC, c/o NWRAAttention: Donna Bloom

P.O. Box 50081Sparks, NV 89435

You may also sponsor online by going to www.multi-statesalinitycoalition.org

Sponsorship/Exhibitor Form