Water Committee

Speaker: Eric Heppen, P.E., PMP

Topic: Harris County Pct. 3 Update 

Speaker: Alan Black, Vice President, Quiddity

Topic: Strategies for Partnership Funding

Speaker: Jun Chang, General Manager, North Harris County Regional Water Authority

Topic: North Harris County Regional Water Authority Update

Speaker: Rob Thomas, P.E. BC.CE, BC.NE, United States Army Corp of Engineers – Galveston District

Topic: USACE Update

Speaker: Larz Zetterstrom, Vice President, Federal Program Manager, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.

Topic: Halls Bayou Update

Speaker: Marcelo Moacyr, BGE, Inc. & Chris Doherty, P.E., BGE, Inc. 

Topic: Buffalo Bayou Community Plan Update

Speaker: Philip Taucer, Freese & Nichols

Topic: Region H Flood Planning Group Findings 

Speaker: Bret Raley, Lake Conroe Division Manager, SJRA & Greg Lushbaugh, P.E. Project Manager 2, SJRA

Topic: Bear Branch Dam Modification Update

Speaker: Colonel Rhett Blackmon, District Commander, USACE Galveston

Topic: USACE Update

Speaker: Mike Turco, General Manager, Harris-Galveston Subsidence District

Topic: HGSD Update

Speaker: Dr. Tina Petersen, PhD, P.E., Executive Director, Harris County Flood Control District

Topic: HCFCD Update

Speaker: Bret Raley, Lake Conroe Division Manager, SJRA

& Shane Simpson, Water Quality Tech II, SJRA

Topic: Lake Operations & Water Quality Discussion

Speaker: David Munn P.E., & Bailey Keller, P.E., Freese & Nichols, Inc. 

Topic: Strategic Planning for SJRA’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Facility No. 1

Speaker: Carol Haddock, Public Works Director, City of Houston 

Topic: Houston Public Works Update

Speaker: Ekaterina Fitos, GISP, MBA, Houston Water Director of Planning, Houston Public Works

Topic: Planning, Initiatives: One Water, Smart Sewer, Digital Twin

March 3, 2022

Speaker: Michael Lucchesi, Vice President, Director of Strategic  Growth & Sales

Topic: City of Houston’s Northeast Water Purification Plant

May 5, 2022

Speaker: Alia Vinson, Vice Chair, Region 6, San Jac Flood Planning Group
& Partner, ABHR
Cory Stull, Lead, Region 6, San Jac Flood Planning Group
& Principal & Vice President, Freese & Nichols

Topic: San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group Technical Memorandum and Regional 6 Update

September 8, 2022

Speaker: Scott Elmer, Harris County Assistant Director of Operations

Topic: Harris County Flood Control District Flood Tunnel Study

November 3, 2022

Speaker: Ryan Londeen, P.E., CFM Water Resources Project Manager, Halff Associates & Chris Bogert, P.E., City Engineer, City of Conroe

Topic: City of Conroe Drainage Master Plan