Do the math. We need 1.4 billion gallons per day just to meet today’s needs. Factor in rapid growth, recent droughts and the lack of leadership attention to water issues and you have the makings of a major water crisis in our state.

NC SPIN, North Carolina’s only independently produced statewide TV and radio talk show, is presenting a 1-day conference devoted entirely to water, including subjects like:

• Who owns the water?
• Can anything be done about supply and    demand?
 • How does water impact economic development?
• What role should government play in water issues?
 • How can we finance water systems?
• What are practical solutions to our issues?

NC H20 will be Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at the Brownstone Hotel in Raleigh. A distinguished list of North Carolina’s “Who’s Who in Water” will make formal presentations and participate in significant panel discussions. Unlike many conferences the audience also contributes.

Click here to see an agenda of the event.

Speakers and panelists include:

Dr. David Moreau, NC Environmental Management Commission, Professor Water Resources & Environment, UNC-CH
Norris Tolson, President, North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Brian Hiatt, City Manager, Concord
Larry Wooten, President, NC Farm Bureau
Linda Hickok, Lead Environmental Specialist, Progress Energy
Keith Crisco, Secretary, NC Department of Commerce
Randy Gore, State Director, USDA Rural Development
Edward Boyles, Managing Director, Wells Fargo Securities
Billy Ray Hall, President, NC Rural Economic Development Center
Tom Roberts, President, Aqua NC
Jeff Hughes, Director, Environmental Finance Center, UNC School of Government
Bill Holman, Nicholas Institute, Duke University, Former Secretary NC DENR
John Morris, Retired Director, Division of Water Resources, DENR
Jo Ann Sanford, former chair NC Utilities Commission, Sanford Law Office PLLC
Mitch Peele, Senior Director of Public Policy, NC Farm Bureau
James Perry, Executive Director, Lumber River Council of Governments