UNA-USA Dane County Events

Featuring keynote speaker, Rich Meeusen, co-chair of the Badger 7 Water Council, and CEO and President of the Milwaukee-based Badger Meter company. Mr. Meeusen is a leader in efforts to maximize the positive potential of Milwaukee's recent designation as one of 13 United Nations Global Compact Cities, in its role as a water technology hub.

Milwaukee is one of only 14 cities worldwide to receive this designation, and only one of two in the US. More than one billion people - nearly one-fifth of the world's population - lack access to safe drinking water, according to the most recent U.N. World Water Development Report.

A 2003 U.N. report concluded: "Of all the social and natural resource crises we humans face, the water crisis is the one that lies at the heart of our survival and that of our planet earth." The Water Council aims to boost the region's economy and refresh its economic image with a focus on a sector that economists expect to grow, as water becomes more scarce and polluted around the world.

Further details in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article: http://www.jsonline.com/business/43835922.html

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This year's keynote speaker,
Rich Meeusen