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 on moving water programs from individual project delivery to coordinated, outcome-driven capital programs. Four of the five agencies 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 experience managing complex water reuse and supply programs is a reminder of what is actually at stake in this work. The program management approaches they will discuss on stage are the same ones they run on CIPO every day, connecting project data, document controls, and capital program visibility into one platform.
We could not 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
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 arrives at a meaningful moment for CIPO. We are launching Phase 2 of CIPO AI this September, bringing Spec Interrogation and Duplication Detection capabilities live for our users. CIPO AI runs directly inside your existing project data — no implementation, no migration, no switching between platforms.
For water agencies managing complex capital programs, this means your team can search across project specifications and documents using plain language, auto-generate draft submittals, and accelerate every review cycle, all within the platform they already use every day.
Come find us at Booth #11 to see the platform in action and get an exclusive first look at CIPO AI before it goes live. Whether you are a current CIPO user, evaluating PMIS options, or simply curious about what AI looks like inside a capital program, we would love to connect.
