CWEA Wastewater Professional :: April 2014 March 2014 Volume 2 | Page 9

News Briefs Silicon Valley like this:“The heartland of Silicon Valley runs from San Carlos and Redwood City through Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Santa Clara, San Jose, and Milpitas. Strong outposts are in Fremont, Hayward, San Leandro, Emeryville, Berkeley, San Ramon, Pleasanton, San Rafael, South San Francisco, Scotts Valley, and Monterey.” Contact your Congressional Representative to join the Congressional Clean Water Caucus N ACWA has announced the formation of the Congressional Clean Water Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, a bipartisan coalition to spotlight efforts related to the Water Resources Utility of the Future initiative, including cutting-edge technologies and innovative techniques in the clean water sector — such as green infrastructure, water reuse and reclamation, energy production and conservation, resource recovery, resiliency, and more — through a series of Congressional Briefings beginning during Water Week 2014. The Caucus is being chaired by Representatives John Duncan (R-TN) and Timothy Bishop (D-NY), the former chair and current ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment. Please reach out to your Member(s) of Congress asking them to join this Clean Water Caucus today! A draft letter that you can use to send along to your Member of Congress for this request can be downloaded at: http://wp.cwea.org/?p=8666. If your Members of Congress would like to sign on, have their staff contact either Don Walker in Rep. Duncan’s office [email protected] or [phone] or Eddie Shimkus in Rep. Bishop’s office [email protected] or [phone]. Dudek’s civil engineering, environmental permitting, construction management and operational professionals provide a one-stop solution for teams of experts to meet any wastewater project challenge: • Treatment Design • Collection System Design and Rehabilitation • GIS-based Master Planning • Contract Operations Staffing • Right of Way Management • Construction Management • Environmental Permitting Learn more about our solutions for water and wastewater projects at dudek.com [email protected] 800.450.1818 Wastewater Professional April 2014 7