2023 OC Water Summit - Session 1

Session 1: Drought or Missed Opportunities? Recorded Friday, October 13, 2023. Session description: After 1955 floods killed 64 people and caused $200 million in damage to Northern and Central California, the state created the Department of Water Resources and built a portion of the State Water Project recommended in the 1957 California Water Plan. But the Plan was never fully implemented. Why did that occur? Have we addressed those reasons and does the current Plan show us a way forward to adequate water supplies and secure infrastructure? Have past projects held up and will they in the future? If not, what are the impediments? Speakers: • Moderator: Lisa Ohlund, Principal, Ohlund Management & Technical Services • Darcy Burke, Director, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District and President, Watermark and Associates • Bill Jones, Former California Secretary of State • Jason Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, Friant Water Authority