Events with CalDesal

2026 CalDesal Annual Conference – February 12-13, 2026

Planning is already underway for the 2026 CalDesal Annual Conference. CalDesal will be back in Sacramento at the Sheraton Grand Hotel on February 12-13, 2026. Additionally, the CalDesal Events Planning Committee is developing a “CalDesal Legislative Advocacy Day” on Wednesday, February 11 – before the start of the annual conference activities. Stay tuned for more details relating to conference sponsorship opportunities and conference registration.

The CalDesal Events Planning Committee has opened the call for abstracts for our 2026 CalDesal Annual Conference and is looking forward to your submissions!
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Note: NEW “CalDesal Legislative Advocacy Day” planned as a pre-conference event for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Topic Areas
‍We're soliciting abstracts on the following topics:

- Advocacy and/or outreach case studies for desal projects
- Desalination technology innovations and advancements
- Brine and concentrate management strategies and concepts
- Ocean and brackish water desalination projects (existing and upcoming)
- Tackling myths related to desalination
- Renewable energy applications for desalination and reducing the desalination carbon footprint
- Assessing impacts and clarifying mitigation obligations for desalination projects
- Cost-lowering opportunities and funding strategies for desalination projects
- Permitting/regulatory considerations (e.g., new CEQA streamlining/exemptions, sea level rise, establishing “need”, communicating benefits)
- Management innovations and opportunities for desalination project design, construction, and operation
- Other relevant and timely desalination and salinity management topics

Abstract Submission Instructions
‍Abstracts for presentations and the poster session should be submitted through the link below by Thursday, September 25, 2025.

Abstracts are limited to 300 words and must include the following:
- Presenter name(s) and affiliation(s)
- Presenter email and phone number
- Presentation title
- Topic area addressed
- 1-3 images related to your abstract

VIEW LAST YEARS PROGRAM BELOW!‍

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