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National Public Works Week on the Hill Mark Your Calendars! APWA Ice Cream Social May 19th 1:30 - 5 p.m. Public Works Is Everywhere You Look Join Us for these Events! Tuesday May 17 - Luncheon 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. House Capitol 5 (HC-5) State of Our Cities: Focus on Our Infrastructure Wednesday May 18 - Luncheon 12:00 – 1:30 p.m., Senate Hart 902 Water & Wastewater Infrastructure: When the Well Runs Dry Thursday May 19 - Luncheon hosted by the VA/DC/MD Chapter of The American Public Works Association 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building B-338 Virginia, District of Columbia and Maryland Infrastructure Issues Discussion Thursday May 19 - Ice Cream Social & Public Works Showcase 1:30 – 5 p.m., House Capitol 5 (HC-5) National Public Works Week on the Hill Tuesday May 17 Wednesday May 18 Between meeting the demand for new growth, replacing aging Luncheon 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. systems and fulfilling regulatory House Capitol 5 (HC-5) Senate Hart 902 responsibilities, water and State of Our Cities: Water & Wastewater wastewater utilities are tapped out of Focus on Our Infrastructure Infrastructure: funds. When the Well Runs Dry Over the last decade trends for Join the American Public Works Federal support and investment in Local communities have spent more Association to discuss several water our local infrastructure have not than $1 trillion on drinking water and wastewater funding proposals on kept pace with the needs. Across treatment and supply and wastewater the table, including the EPA’s “Four the nation, demands on our water, treatment and disposal in the last 20 Pillars of Sustainable Infrastructure” - wastewater, transportation and other years, not including the investments Better Management, Full-Cost Pricing, public infrastructure have grown made by privately owned water Water Efficiency, and Watershed while investment has decreased. utilities. Even with this enormous Approaches to Protection; the WIN Additionally, even projects that have coalition’s trust fund proposal; and been funded are often “too little, too local investment, various reports late” and force some communities document a need of up to $1 trillion recommendations for changes to the to build less than optimal projects more to ensure a safe, sustainable SRF program. because by the time permitting and supply system. Speakers Include: funding processes are complete the Water and wastewater utilities face Michael Arceneaux, Deputy Executive Director, technologies have improved and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies costs increased. massive expenditures to comply with various Federal environmental Joanna Liberman Turner, Senior Policy Analyst, National League of Cities Join the American Public Works and homeland security demands; Peter Cook, Executive Director, National competing unfunded federal Association to discuss the state of our Association of Water Companies cities, projected needs for the future mandates including Phase II Ken Kirk, Executive Director, National and how local communities will need implementation, arsenic standards, Association of Clean Water Agencies, Water to start thinking to get their needs security upgrades and planning for Infrastructure Network* met. capital projects. Additionally, the cost Ben Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for of maintenance increases annually Water Programs, U.S. EPA* Speakers Include: Ed Mortimer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce as much needed repair and upkeep Moderator: Bill Spearman, Chair, APWA Director of Americans for Transportation are put off to meet more urgent Water Resources Technical Committee & Vice Mobility President, Woolpert, Inc. demands. Rodney Slater, former Secretary of *Invited Transportation & Principal, James Lee Witt & Associates* Casey Dinges, Managing Director, External Affairs, American Society of Civil Engineers Chris Hoene, Research Manager, State of the Cities Report, National League of Cities APWA moderator: Peter B. King, Executive Director, APWA *Invited Reps. Phil Crane and Howard Coble at the 2004 Staffers & P.W. Paws enjoy a cool treat at the 2004 National Public Works Week National Public Works Week On The Hill Ice Cream Social. On The Hill showcase. National Public Works Week on the Hill May 15-21 2005 celebrate with us! Thursday May 19 Sponsors Luncheon hosted by the Virginia/ Benefactor District of Columbia/Maryland Chapter of the American Public Works Association Associated General Contractors 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building B-338 Sponsors Join the invited elected officials from Maryland, the District of Columbia Association of Equipment Manufacturers and Virginia to discuss transportation, water and wastewater and other topics of interest to the region. American Society of Civil Engineers Senator George Allen (R-VA) National Association of Clean Water Agencies Senator John Warner (R-VA) Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Water Environment Federation Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) Public Works Departments Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) City of Baltimore, Maryland City of Washington, D.C. Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) City of New York, New York Derry Township, Pennsylvania City of Richmond, Virginia Town of Plymouth, Massachusetts APWA Ice Cream Social & Public Works Showcase Hosts 1:30 - 5:00 p.m. Davey Resource Group, Division of House Capitol 5 (HC-5) Davey Tree Expert Co. Dewberry Join our sponsors, public works Parsons Brinckerhoff professionals and P.W. Paws for a National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association treat at our ice cream social. The showcase will feature technologies, APWA Partners programs and equipment used to International City/County Management Association (ICMA) run our communities safely and National Association of Counties (NACo) effectively and show the local National League of Cities (NLC) implications of Federal policy U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) decisions. Rep. Bobby Scott at the 2004 National Public Works Week On The Hill luncheon. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton at the 2004 National Public Works Week On The Hill luncheon. National Public Works Week on the Hill Mark Your Calendars! APWA Ice Cream Social May 19th 1:30 - 5 p.m. Celebrate With Us! 1401 K Street, NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20005.