July 24, 2026 TACWA Meeting - Houston
Date & Time
Friday, July 24, 2026
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Host
City of Houston & Gulf Coast Authority
Sponsors
Meeting Agenda
At HPW's building at 7027 Ardmore St. Houston, TX 77054
08:00 – 09:00 Registration and Breakfast
09:00 – 09:15 Opening Remarks – Drew Molly (tentative), Chief Water Officer, City of Houston and Elizabeth Fazio Hale, CEO, GCA
09:10 – 09:25 Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:30 – 09:45 Business Meeting
9:45 – 10:30 Utility Panel – Data Centers and AI (Liz Fazio Hale, GCA; Jody Zabolio, UTRWD; Sterling Beaver, City of Baytown; Ye "Jin" Xuerui, City of Webster (invited); Moderated by Liz Fazio Hale)
10:30 – 11:00 Playing Nice in the Sandbox: Coordinating Four Construction Contracts at the City of Houston’s Southeast WWTP– Gauher Khan, CDM Smith; Singarpal Sekhon, P.E., COH
11:00 – 11:15 Break & Networking
11:15 – 11:45 AI: It’s Not What You Think, Building Actual Intelligence Before Artificial Intelligence – Jennifer Steffens, P.E., Carollo
11:45 – 12:15 Wastewater Operations Training: We Must Evolve to a New Level to Face New Challenges - Lance Mason, P.E., Brown & Caldwell
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch & Networking
1:15 PM Adjourn
June 5, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Lodging
We have a room block for meeting attendees at the Blossom Hotel Houston
7118 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX 77030
The deadline to book your room is June 22, 2026
Click the link below to book with our reserved rate