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Tools
For Peace or Treasures of War!
Conjunctive Use,
Water Banking and Water Transfers
in
the Southwestern U.S.
Date:
WEDNESDAY
& THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
1-2, 1999
Location:
Scottsdale, AZ
DAY
ONE
~ WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
~
Potential
Role of Conjunctive Use, Water Banking and Water
Transfers in Water Resources Management in the Southwest
7:30-8:15am
REGISTRATION
8:15-8:45am
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
8:45-9:45am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
“Conjunctive
Use, Water Banking, Water
Transfers and The Safe
Drinking Water Act”
John Gaston, Vice President, American Water Works Assoc.
9:45-10:00am
COFFEE BREAK
10:00-12:00pm
COLORADO PANEL:
Role of Conjunctive Use, Water Banking,
and Water Transfers in Resolving Conflicts on the
Colorado
River
Herb Guenther, Arizona State Senator, Colorado
River Water
Users Association
Herb Dishlip, Arizona Department of Water
Resources
David Donnelly, Southern Nevada Water Authority
Robert Johnson,
US Bureau of
Reclamation, Lower Colorado
River Region
Jeanine Jones, Department of Water Resources,
California
12:00-2:00pm
LUNCHEON and KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
"Groundwater in the
American West: A
Perspective from the Western Water
Commission”
Professor
Denise Fort, University of New Mexico and Chair,
Western
Water Policy Review Advisory Commission
2:00-3:15pm
CVPIA AND CALFED PANEL:
"Role of Conjunctive Use, Water
Banking,
and Water Transfers in the CVPIA and CALFED Bay
Delta
Programs"
Jim Costa, California State Senator and Chair of
the
Agriculture and Water Resources Committee
Lester Snow, CALFED Program
Kirk Rodgers, Acting Regional Director USBR
3:15-3:30pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:30-5:30pm
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PANEL:
"Ingredients for
Successful
Public/Private Partnerships In Conjunctive Use,
Water
Banking, and Water Transfer Projects
Will Boschman, SemiTropic Water Storage Project
Tim Quinn, Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California
Mike Schlehuber, Vidler Water Company
Michael George, Western Water Company
6:00-7:30pm
RECEPTION [Sponsored
by CH2M Hill Inc.]
DAY
TWO
~
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
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Implementing
Conjunctive Use, Water Banking
and Water Transfers
8:30-10:30am
LEGAL ISSUES PANEL:
"Managing Intra and Inter-Basin
Transfers; Why
Can’t We Share? Whose Storage Space Is It?
Indian Water Rights
Scott Slater, Hatch & Parent
Christine
Frahm, Hatch & Parent and Former Chair of the San
Diego County Water Authority
William Swan, Attorney
James Markman, Richards, Watson & Gershon
10:30-11:00am
COFFEE BREAK [sponsored by Hatch & Parent ]
11:00-12:00pm
ENVIRONMENTAL PANEL:
"Environmentalists Perspectives on
Successful Conjunctive Use, Water Banking, and Water
Transfer
Programs. How
To Gain Support From The
Environmental
Community
Greg Thomas, Natural Heritage Institute
12:00-1:00pm
LUNCHEON
1:15-1:45pm
“The
Value of Groundwater”
Katharine Jacobs, AZ Department of Water
Resources, Tucson
1:45-3:15pm
WATER BANKING PANEL:
"Ingredients of a Successful
Regional Water
Banking Project
Bruce Johnson, Tucson Water Utility
Bill Mills, Orange County Water District
Rick Iger, Kern County Water Agency
3:15-3:30pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK
3:30-5:00pm
PANEL DISCUSSION:
"Implementing Local Conjunctive
Use/Water Banking
Programs
Terry Foreman, CH2M Hill
Bruce Johnson, Tucson Water Utility
Michael Goff, Southern Nevada Water Authority
5:00pm
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
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