Hon. Ras BarakaMayor, City Of Newark

Introduction: Joseph Della Fave, Ironbound Community Corporation

Welcome

Commissioner Robert MartinNew Jersey Department ofEnvironmental Protection

Introduction: Daniel KennedyNew Jersey Department of Environmental ProtectionMember, Jersey Water Works Steering Committee

Joan Leary MatthewsDirector, Clean Water Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2

Introduction: Kate AndersonU.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2Member, Jersey Water Works Steering Committee

Radhika FoxChief Executive Officer, U.S. Water AllianceDirector, Value of Water Coalition

Introduction: Bob IaculloSUEZ

Keynote Address

Water Infrastructure: Laying the Groundwork for Economic Development and Sustainable Communities

Plenary Session

Albert ChoVice President, Strategy and Business Development, Xylem Inc.

Rahwa GirmatzionProgram Director, PUSH Buffalo

Michael DeaneExecutive Director, National Association of Water Companies

Anthony PernoChief Executive Officer, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership

Moderator: Michele SiekerkaPresident and Chief Executive Officer,New Jersey Business & Industry Association

Plenary Session

Michele SiekerkaPresident and Chief Executive Officer,New Jersey Business & Industry Association

Plenary Session

Albert ChoVice President, Strategy andBusiness Development, Xylem Inc.

Plenary Session

Michael DeaneExecutive Director, National Association of Water Companies

Plenary Session

Anthony PernoChief Executive Officer, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership

LIVE. WORK. Green. CAMDEN.

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Camden SMART

NJ Urban Water Conference

A Collective Impact Approach to Stormwater Management

Anthony J. Perno, CEOCooper’s Ferry Partnership

A COMPLEX CAUSE

more development

more paved surfaces

more stormwater runoff

10% 20% 30%

55%

CAMDEN 1957

Regional Waterfront Destination Multi-Modal Transportation Options Educational & Medical Hub Camden Promise Zone designation Community Policing Model Sustainability Agenda Economic Opportunity Act

CAMDEN: A City Invincible

July 2013 Flooding on the Camden Waterfront stranded concert goers and suspended

regional transportation connections.

Camden’s Struggle With Stormwater

Stormwater Management A NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PRIORITY

HOW DO WE TACKLE COMPLEX PROBLEMS?

The Camden SMART Initiative

The Camden SMART Initiative a community-driven movement to protect human health, improve conditions for economic development, improve water quality, and

enhance the quality of life for Camden City, its residents, and the Delaware River watershed through the broad use

of green and grey infrastructure techniques for stormwater management.

EDUCATE. IMPLEMENT. ENGAGE.

Neighborhood Center cistern

A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN APPROACH

SMART IN NUMBERS

47 GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS COMPLETED

1,458 TREES PLANTED

223 RAIN BARRELS DISTRIBUTED

4,000 RESIDENTS ENGAGED

40+ PARTNERSHIPS CREATED

$25 MILLION INVESTED CAMDEN FROM 2011-2015

6,126,814 + GALLONS OF STORMWATER

LIVE. WORK. Green. CAMDEN.

Anthony J. Perno III, Esq.Chief Executive Officer

Cooper’s Ferry PartnershipOne Port Center

2 Riverside Drive, Suite 501Camden, NJ 08103

www.coopersferry.comwww.camdensmart.com

Phone 856/757-9154Fax 856/757-9478

Plenary Session

Rahwa GirmatzionProgram Director, PUSH Buffalo

Water Infrastructure: Laying the Groundwork for Economic Development and Sustainable Communities

Plenary Session

Albert ChoVice President, Strategy and Business Development, Xylem Inc.

Rahwa GirmatzionProgram Director, PUSH Buffalo

Michael DeaneExecutive Director, National Association of Water Companies

Anthony PernoChief Executive Officer, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership

Moderator: Michele SiekerkaPresident and Chief Executive Officer,New Jersey Business & Industry Association

MARK MAURIELLOEdgewood Properties; Co-Chair, Jersey Water Works

MARGARET WALDOCKGeraldine R. Dodge Foundation; Member, Jersey Water Works Steering Committee

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORSLEADERS

ADVOCATES

SUPPORTERS

WHAT WE’RE FACING

ASSESSING THE SITUATION AND SEEING THE POSSIBILITIES

THE POWER OF COLLABORATION

INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS COLLABORATIVE ACTION

STEERING COMMITTEE

DREW CURTISIronbound Community Corporation

DONNA DREWESSustainable Jersey

JENNIFER GONZALEZLouis Berger

ANDREW HENDRYNew Jersey Utilities Association

PETER KASABACHNew Jersey Future

MEISHKA MITCHELLCooper’s Ferry Partnership

SHOSHANNA PAGENew Jersey Urban Mayors Association

ROB PIRANINY/NJ Harbor and Estuary Program

DAN VAN ABSRutgers University

MARGARET WALDOCKGeraldine R. Dodge Foundation

KATE ANDERSON U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Region 2

DAN KENNEDY New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

DAVID ZIMMER New Jersey

Environmental Infrastructure Trust

EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING GOVERNMENT MEMBERS

MARK MAURIELLO Edgewood Properties

Co Chair, Jersey Water Works

JANE KENNYWhitman Strategy Group

Co Chair, Jersey Water Works

ANDY KRICUNCamden County Municipal Utilities Authority

LARRY LEVINENational Resources Defense Council

DEBBIE MANSNY/NJ Baykeeper

STEPHEN MARKSCity of Hoboken

SHARED GOALS

Smart Combined Sewer Overflow

Plans

Financially Sustainable Systems

Empowered Stakeholders

Effective Green and Gray Infrastructure

Effective Green and Gray Infrastructure

Smart Combined Sewer Overflow Plans

Financially Sustainable Systems

Empowered Stakeholders

JERSEY WATER WORKS STRUCTURE

Our first officialcollaboration exercise!

• On your smartphone, tablet or computer, open a browser and navigate to

www.govote.at

• Enter the code 37 39 94 (without spaces)(Fun fact: If you have location-sharing enabled on your device,

the code should appear automatically!)

WANTS YOU!

A COMMITMENT TO OUR FUTURE

Water Infrastructure ThatWorks for CitiesHon. Chris Bollwage, Mayor, City of Elizabeth

Hon. Wilda Diaz, Mayor, City of Perth Amboy

Hon. Dawn Zimmer, Mayor, City of Hoboken

Moderator: Barbara George JohnsonExecutive Director, New Jersey Urban Mayors Association

Closing Remarks

Peter KasabachNew Jersey Future