CCNet Educational Meetings
Urbana's Sustainable Water Management Plan
Guest: Scott Tess, Environmental Sustainability Manager, City of Urbana
Noon, Thursday, November 21, 2013
Natural Resources Building, room 101
615 E. Peabody
Champaign, IL 61820
(Metered parking available on Pennsylvania)
In 2013, the City of Urbana approved a Sustainable Water Management Plan that reviews the current state of five Aspects of water management and lays out goals to manage these aspects more sustainably by implementing specific
, achievable actions. The five aspects are:
• Potable Water Supply and Demand
• Potable Water Quality
• Surface Water and Stormwater Quality
• Flood Management
• Recreational Waters
The scope of actions prescribed by the plan include:
• Conservation retrofits in city-owned facilities
• Regional collaboration
• Public policies
• Public engagement
Scott will discuss the existing conditions and the goals for each aspect of the plan and share some thoughts on plan making.
Free Lunch provided by Pekara Bakery!
Plenty of Free Parking!
The ideas for upcoming meeting topics can be found in this Google doc.
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CCNet will foster collaboration around leadership opportunities for Champaign County. The current topic that creates an opportunity for competitive differentiation is sustainability. This opportunity enables us to attract and retain innovative ideas, products and people, and it will attract external financial resources in the form of federal funds, research dollars and new corporate investments.
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