
Harnessing the Power of Water Features & Water Harvesting Solutions: Innovative Resolutions for a Sustainable Future and Profitable Ventures - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)
Includes a Live Web Event on 06/10/2025 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
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Learn to approach water with a proactive mindset, recognizing its essential role in sustaining life and the environment. This means promoting efficient design and construction methods, integrating smart water management solutions into landscape architecture and water features, and helping clients maximize returns through sustainable water use practices.
Learning Objectives:
- Gain knowledge about various water harvesting methods and technologies, including runoff collection, condensate collection, and water well collection.
- Explore ways to monetize collected water through commercial applications and community projects, highlighting the economic advantages of sustainable water practices.
- Learn how effective water harvesting can contribute to environmental sustainability by reducing water waste and improving water uses.
- Learn how to integrate water-efficient design and construction practices into landscape architecture and urban planning projects.
- Review successful water harvesting projects and best practices from around Texas, gaining insights into practical applications and innovative solutions.
Hosted by ASLA's Water Conservation Professional Practice Network (PPN)
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Jesse Wells, RLA
Vice President
inCon-trol Water Systems
Jesse Wells joined inCon-trol Water Systems in 2010 and currently serves at the Director of Business Development. He has been in the construction industry for over seven years serving in both project management and designer roles. As the primary external representative of our organization, he is responsible for establishing and maintaining profitable relationships with clients on behalf of inCon-trol. This contact and interaction with current and potential clients, makes him key to the influence and growth at inCon-trol.
Jesse earned a bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at Texas Tech University. He also holds licenses for Irrigation and Landscape Architecture in Texas.
His expertise has emerged in numerous projects, from coordinating the installation of single trades to managing multiple trades under a single contract. This knowledge and wide array of experiences has given him a unique ability to anticipate, and work within the construction scope of a project. Jesse's tact, education, drive, and integrity have allow him to lead inCon-trol's short-term & long-term operational growth goals.

Nick Phelps, PE
Vice President
inCon-trol Water Systems
Nick joined inCon-trol Water Systems in 2015 and currently serves as Vice President. His responsibilities include assisting in the development of in-Control’s manufactured products, streamlining various processes such as product pricing, improving efficiencies, negotiating vendors, and increasing product awareness. His job entails a variety of skills including the ability to effectively communicate and explain ideas with vendors, identify and implement successful systems and work with peers to produce a robust line of inCon-trol Products. Nick earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A & M University. His studies in Industrial Engineering included Quality Control, Production System Planning and Operations, Operations Research and Systems Simulation. To assist team leaders in various capacities, he leads the team in many ways and has a passion for designing and producing products that will excel the pump and water feature industry and give customers a leg up on the competition. He has a thorough understanding of the systems that inCon-trol uses on a daily basis and analyzes this information to develop methods to improve efficiencies in an effort to keep costs low so that inCon-trol can provide quality products.

Chris Davis, ASLA, RLA, CLARB (Moderator)
Sr. Landscape Architect / Project Manager
JBI Partners
A Landscape Architect redefining outdoor spaces where green meets design. With over 20 years of experience from both being the designer and working for the contractor, Chris has handled projects from all different aspects of the spectrum in the world. Chris’s passion for nature has driven him to develop a specific interest in water conservation and always following the path of using native plants for all projects.
In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 daughters, traveling and spending as much time outside as possible.