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Source: PRESS RELEASE, 10/5/21 Today, Rep.
Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) announced that he will be hosting the first annual Water Adaptations to Ensure Regional
Success (WATERS) Summit on Wednesday,
October 13, 2021. The purpose of this bipartisan conference will be to hear
from leading experts about human adaptation strategies to waterway challenges
in North Carolina and develop legislative plans to combat these challenges over
the next 5, 25, and 100-years. Summit attendees will cover a range of waterway
issues, from flooding in inland streams, creeks, and rivers to hurricane
mitigation and other marine coastal issues.background:white'>Rep.
Greg Murphy, M.D. will be joined by Rep. David Rouzer (NC-07), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) (virtual), Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC-01), leading
scientific and academic experts, and many state and local leaders. WATERS
Summit presenters include: Jay
Faison, Chairman, American Flood Coalition Dr.
Ed Kearns, Ph.D.,
Chief Data Officer, First Street Foundation Dr.
Antonia Sebastian, Assistant Professor, Department of
Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill Dr.
Barbara Doll Ph.D., PE Associate Extension Professor
and Extension Specialist, Biological & Agricultural Engineering Dept &
NC Sea Grant, NC State University Dr.
Hans Paerl, Ph.D., Kenan
Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, UNC-CH Institute of Marine
Sciences Dr.
Reide Corbett, Ph.D., Dean
& Executive Director, Integrated Coastal Programs, Coastal Studies
Institute, East Carolina University Dr.
Laura Moore, Ph.D., Professor,
Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences; Director,
Collaboratory for Coastal Adaptation over Space and Time (C-CoAST), University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Melissa
Roberts, Founder and Executive Director,
American Flood Coalition Dave
Canaan, Director, County Storm Water
Engineering & Flood Mitigation, Mecklenburg County Saskia
Pardaans, Senior Advisor on Infrastructure
and Water Management at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Matthijs
Bouw, Dutch architect and urbanist and
founder of One Architect (est. 1995), an award-winning Amsterdam and New
York-based design and planning firm. Mr.
Mark Harrell, Expert in Water Adaptation from
coastal Louisiana Speaker
Tim Moore Lt.
Governor Mark Robinson Colonel
Ben Bennett, Ph.D., U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Dr.
Greg Williams, Ph.D., U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers Dr.
Joseph Long, Ph.D., Earth
and Ocean Sciences Department, University of North Carolina-Wilmington Mr.
John Preyer/Mr. George Howard, Restoration
Systems John
Nicholson, Chief Deputy Secretary for the NC
Department of Environmental Quality Colin
Mellor, Environmental Policy Advisor for
the NC Department of Transportation Tim
Beard, US Department of Agriculture
representative to the Natural Resources Conservation Service of North Carolina
(Virtual) Dr.
Gavin Smith, Research Center at NC State University Dr.
Amanda Martin, NC Office of Recovery and Resiliency Members
of the public are invited to watch the WATERS Summit live via YouTube livestream on October 13, 2021 from
9:00am-4:30pm.
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