Speeches, Articles and Presentations

Our lawyers are frequently sought out to give presentations to industry associations such as WEF, NACWA, AWWA, APWA, and SETAC, as well as regional and statewide groups. We are contacted to provide commentary to the news media, and to write articles for publications on important developments in water law. Selected presentations and publications are listed below. Clients and others are always welcome to contact us for this purpose, and we always do our best to accommodate such requests, consistent with our client service responsibilities.

Selected AquaLaw Speeches

• The Legislative Solution to the Underground Utility Marking Dispute, Local Government Attorneys of Virginia Conference, Virginia Beach, VA, October 2009
• Stormwater Management Regulation, Virginia Assn of Counties Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, VA, November 2009
• New Developments for Negotiating Federal Consent Decrees, NACWA, Washington, D.C., November 2009
• EPA Under the Obama Administration, NACWA, Washington, D.C., November 2009
• Chesapeake Bay TMDL Nutrient Allocations & Wastewater Capacity, VWEA-AWWA Water Conference, Richmond, VA, September 2009
• The Dirt on the Clean Water Act and Local Stormwater Management, Local Government Attorneys of Virginia Annual Conference, Charlottesville, VA, April 2009
• Water Policy Update, Environment Virginia Conference, Lexington, VA, April 2009 (co-presented with DEQ Water Division Director)
• Designed for Success: Virginia Nutrient Credit Exchange, Virginia Ecosystem Services Conference, Charlottesville, VA, March 2009
• Stormwater Management Regulation, Virginia Lakes & Watersheds Assn Annual Conference, Richmond, VA, March 2009
• Stormwater, TMDLs & Post-Construction Runoff, NACWA, Washington, D.C., November 2008
• Land Development & Clean Water Regulation, Richmond Bar Assn. Envtl. Law Section, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, Nov. 2008
• Current Issues in Stormwater Regulation, LORMAN, Norfolk and Richmond, VA, October 2008
• Wet Weather Developments and Financing Issues, Council of State Governments, Atlantic City, NJ, August 2008
• Keeping Sharks Out of Your Laterals, WEF Collection System Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2008
• Reuse Issues and Strategies, CWEA, Edgewood, MD, May 2008
• Financial Capability and Market Forces Affect CSO Decision-making, Chicago, IL, April 2008
• Key Legal and Regulatory Collection System Issues, VWEA, Richmond, VA, April 2008
• Regulatory, Legislative and Litigation Update, WV EXPO, Charleston, WV, March 2008
• Key Water Quality Issues, March 2008, North Myrtle Beach, SC, March 2008
• Successful Permits & Contracts for Water Reuse, VWEA, Charlottesville, VA, Feb. 2008
• Environmental Compliance, Charleston, WV, February 2008
• Effective Compliance and Ethics Programs for Plant Operators and Managers, VWEA-AWWA Water JAM, Hampton, VA, September 2007
• Virginia's Water Regulation Odyssey, VWEA, Richmond, VA, December 2006
• Allocating Liabilities and Improving Relationships With Satellite Systems, NACWA, Boston, MA, November 2006
• Market-Based Strategies for Water Quality Protection, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Virginia Chapter, Richmond, VA, October 2006
• When the Clean and Safe Drinking Water Acts Collide, VA-AWWA, Richmond, VA, October 2006
• Equitable TMDL Allocations: Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay, NACWA, Santa Fe, NM, November 2005
• Whole Effluent Toxicity NPDES Permitting, NACWA, Santa Fe, NM, November 2005
• The Next Wave of TMDL Litigation: Development and Application of TMDLs, WEFTEC, Washington, D.C., November 2005
• Municipal Storm Water: The Next Clean Water Act Battleground, WEFTEC, Washington, D.C., November 2005
• Surviving SSO Enforcement Actions, WEFTEC, Washington, D.C., November 2005
• Wet Weather TMDLs, WEF, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
• TMDLs Addressing General Standards and Benthic Impairment - Effects of Challenges to EPA's Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedures, WEF, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
• Wet Weather Regulatory Update, Western Virginia Water Authority Infrastructure & Operations Conference, Roanoke, VA, 2005
• Wastewater Nutrient Credit Trading, Virginia Government Finance Officers’ Association Annual Conference, Richmond, VA, October 2005
• Integration of Statewide Voluntary Point/Nonpoint Source Trading Program into Chesapeake Bay Nutrients TMDL Process, WEF, Washington D.C., October 2005
• Clean and Safe Drinking Water Acts Collide, Kentucky-Tennessee AWWA, Covington, KY, September 2005
• Speak-Out on the Progress of the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup: The Point Source Perspective, Joint Annual CWEA/WWOA Conference, Ocean City, MD, July 2005
• National Perspective on CSO Issues, Indiana WEA, Indianapolis, IN, July 2005
• Smart ENR Investments and Achieving Real Water Quality Improvements in the Chesapeake Bay, Ninth Annual Maryland Tributary Team Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 2005
• Legal Ramifications of Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Issues, VWEA Industrial Waste & Pretreatment Seminar, Charlottesville, VA, April 2005
• “12:19-44.1-26” Cracking the Nutrient Code, Virginia Rural Water Association, Williamsburg, VA, March 2005

Selected AquaLaw Articles

• Nutrient Credit Trading: The New Bay Cleanup Tool, Virginia Lawyer , October 2005
• The Battle Down Under: DEQ Efforts To Curb Sewer System Overflows, Virginia State Bar Newsletter , Spring 2005
• TMDLs Done Right: The “Ready, Aim, Fire” Approach for the Chesapeake Bay, American Bar Association, Trends , January/February 2005
• South Carolina’s Evolving TMDL Program: Challenges and Opportunities for Restoring Impaired Waters, Environmental Excellence in South Carolina , Vol. 4, No. 3, 2003
• The TMDL Tango, WEF Watershed & Wet Weather Technical Bulletin , July 2003
• Storm Water Control and the TMDL Program: The Next Clean Water Act Battleground, Stormwater , March/April 2001
• Negotiating Appropriate Environmental Permits and Orders, WEF Watershed & Wet Weather Technical Bulletin , April 2000

Selected AquaLaw Presentations

• Dick Sedgley: Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Offsets for New and Expanding Wastewater Facilities, VRWA, Williamsburg, VA, March 2008
• Chris Pomeroy: Clean & Safe Drinking Water Acts Collide, VAAWWA Annual Conference, Williamsburg, VA, October 2006
• Paul Calamita: Chesapeake Bay Policy and Regulatory Update, Hershey, PA, September 2006