California’s water future is being written right now, and the WateReuse 2026 California Annual Conference in San Francisco is one of the most important rooms to be in as that story unfolds.
CIPO Software is proud to be exhibiting at WateReuse 2026, taking place August 24–26 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco. This year’s program covers the full spectrum of California’s water reuse challenges: from direct potable reuse permitting and membrane technology to workforce readiness, public trust, and the integrated program management approaches that will determine whether California’s water goals get delivered on time.
For us, WateReuse is more than a conference. It’s a gathering of the agencies and professionals doing the hard work of building California’s next water system and many of them are CIPO clients.
Our Clients Are on Stage
One of the highlights of this year’s program is a plenary session presented by Jacobs focused on a critical shift in the water industry: moving from individual project delivery to coordinated, outcome-driven capital programs.
Four of the five organizations represented on the panel — Jacobs, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Rancho California Water District, and Las Virgenes Municipal Water District — are CIPO users.
Hearing these leaders share their experiences managing complex water reuse, infrastructure, and water supply programs is a powerful reminder of why this work matters. The program management strategies they will discuss on stage are the same approaches they put into practice with CIPO every day — connecting projects, workflows, documents, data, and program-level visibility in a single platform.
For us, there is no better validation than seeing the organizations we serve leading the industry conversation and sharing what they have learned with their peers.
We couldn’t be more proud to see them on that stage!
Sessions We Are Following Closely
This year’s agenda is packed with content that sits at the intersection of program delivery, technology, and the future of water reuse in California. A few sessions on our radar:
Program Management as Connected Systems to Deliver Scalable, Integrated Water Reuse Infrastructure Programs
Tuesday, August 25 at 4:30 PM
This session addresses exactly what CIPO was built for. As water reuse programs scale from pilots to full regional infrastructure, the complexity of managing multiple projects, contractors, permits, and stakeholders simultaneously becomes the defining operational challenge. Connected program management, not just project-by-project tracking, is what separates agencies that deliver from those that struggle.
Jacobs Diamond Panel: From Projects to Programs
Tuesday, August 25 at 4:00 PM
The shift from managing individual projects to delivering integrated capital programs is a theme running throughout this conference, and for good reason. California’s water future depends on agencies’ ability to coordinate across projects, agencies, and timelines at a scale that most project management tools were never designed to handle.
Digital Tools for Reuse Planning and Operations
Tuesday, August 25 at 2:00 PM
As water agencies invest in advanced treatment facilities and complex reuse infrastructure, the digital layer that connects those investments becomes critical. From spatial planning tools to operational monitoring, the agencies leading California’s water future are also the ones thinking carefully about how technology supports program delivery, not just individual projects.
CIPO AI Is Going Live This September, Get a Sneak Peek at Booth #11
WateReuse comes at an exciting time for CIPO. This September, we are launching Phase 2 of CIPO AI, introducing new Specification Interrogation and Duplication Detection capabilities designed specifically for capital program and project delivery.
Unlike standalone AI tools, CIPO AI works directly within the project data and workflows your teams already use— no separate implementation, no data migration, and no switching between platforms.
For water agencies managing complex capital programs, that means teams can use natural language to search and interrogate project specifications and documents, identify potential duplication across project records, auto-generate draft submittals, and accelerate review cycles — all within CIPO.
Come see us at Booth #11 for a live look at the platform and an exclusive preview of CIPO AI before these new capabilities go live in September.
Whether you are already using CIPO, evaluating PMIS options, or simply interested in what practical AI can look like inside a capital program, we would love to connect.
