Speeches, Articles & 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

• Effective Compliance and Ethics Programs for Plant Operators and Managers, Water Jam, September 2007, Hampton, VA
• Virginia's Water Regulation Odyssey, Virginia Water Environment Association Conference, December 2006, Richmond, VA
• Building Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Credit Exchange Program, NACWA Developments in Clean Water Law Seminar, November 2006, Boston, MA
• Allocating Liabilities and Improving Relationships With Satellite Systems, NACWA Developments in Clean Water Law Seminar, November 2006, Boston, MA
• Market-Based Strategies for Water Quality Protection, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Virginia Chapter, October 2006, Richmond, VA
• When the Clean and Safe Drinking Water Acts Collide, AWWA Virginia Chapter, October 2006, Richmond, VA
• Subdivision Homeowners Associations as Management Entities for Clustered Systems, National Environmental Health Association Annual Conference, June 2006, San Antonio, TX
• Municipal Storm Water Legislative and Legal Developments, American Public Works Association Annual Conference, VA Chapter, May 2006, Richmond, VA
• Current Issues in Storm Water and Wetlands Regulations, Lorman Educational Conference, Bowie, MD, March 2006
• Integrating Local Government Land Use Policy with Onsite Management Systems, Virginia Department of Health/VOWRA Biennial Conference, Richmond, VA, 2006
• Equitable TMDL Allocations: Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay, National Association of Clean Water Agencies Conference, Santa Fe, NM, November 2005
• Whole Effluent Toxicity NPDES Permitting, National Association of Clean Water Agencies Conference, 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, Water Environment Federation TMDL Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2005
• TMDLs Addressing General Standards and Benthic Impairment - Effects of Challenges to EPA's Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Procedures, Water Environment Federation TMDL Conference, 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, Water Environment Federation TMDL Conference, Washington D.C., October 2005
• Clean and Safe Drinking Water Acts Collide, Kentucky-Tennessee AWWA, Covington, KY, September 2005
• Current Issues in Storm Water Regulation, Lorman Educational Conference, Norfolk, VA, August 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
• Successful TMDLs for NPDES Facilities, VA DEQ TMDL Workshop, November 2004
• Best Practices for Managing Regulatory Inspections, NACWA Law Seminar, San Diego, CA, November 2004
• Water Quality Credit Trading Regulatory Framework: Tools for Assessment and Implementation, WEF Watershed Conference, Dearborn, MI, July 2004
• No Pain, No Gain: Nutrient Legislation for the Chesapeake Bay, VWEA Conference, VA, May 2004
• Forging a State Water Policy, VWEA Annual Conference, Roanoke, VA, April 2003
• Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Whitman: Regulatory Flexibility in Implementing the Antidegradation Policy, NACWA Law Seminar, Denver, CO November 2002
• Legal Issues Surrounding Water Reuse, VWEA-AWWA Joint Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, VA, September 2002

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
• What You Never Learned In School About Hiring an Engineer And Negotiating an Engineering Contract, Kansas Rural Water Association Magazine, March 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
• Creating Wastewater Revenue Streams for Water Districts, Rural Water Magazine, First Quarter 2003
• Phelps County Update: Case Study of a Public Water Supply District Providing Centralized Management of Decentralized Wastewater,Small Flows Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2003
• Public Water Supply Utility Providing Wastewater Treatment Services Case Study, National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association 2002 Annual Conference Proceedings, September 2002.
• 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