| Thursday, 10:30 AM –12:00 PM |
| 1A: Water Supply vs. Public Policy I: The Big Picture |
Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona Institute for the Study of Planet Earth — Predicted Impacts of Climate Change on Snowpack and Streamflow in the West |
| Bill Alley, USGS — Are We Running Out of Groundwater? What Factors Limit Supply? |
| Lester Snow, California Dept. of Water Resources — Adapting Water Policy to Meet Future Needs |
| 1B: Comparing State Water Policies |
Susan Hughes, Edwards Aquifer Authority — They Paved Paradise |
| Amy Lewis, hydrologist — Projected Demand and Available Supply in New Mexico Water Planning Regions |
| Maureen Reilly, Todd Engineers — Water and Growth in California: SB 610 Water Supply Assessments |
| Kenneth Seasholes, Arizona Dept. of Water Resources — Growth and Water in the Tucson Active Management Area |
| 1C: Regional Water Quality: Science and Policy |
David Anning, USGS — Sources and Accumulation of Dissolved Solids in Water Resources of the Southwest |
| Susan Thiros, USGS — Potential Factors that Affect Water Quality in Southwest Basin-fill Aquifers |
| Mark T. Murphy, New Mexico Office of the State Engineer — The Arid West Water Quality Research Project: What the Last Five Years Have Told Us |
| David Laney, SCS Engineers — The Brave and the Damned: Casting the Regulatory Net |
| 1D: Artificial Recharge |
Tim Thomure, Tucson Water — Tucson’s Clearwater Program: Blending Native Groundwater and Surface Water to Supply a Growing Community |
| Deborah Tosline, Bureau of Reclamation — Recharge of Central Arizona Project Water in San Xavier District Arroyos |
| Tony Morgan, Layne GeoSciences — The Use of Neutron and Compensated Density Technologies to Monitor Water Recharge at ASR Facilities: An Example from Southern California |
| Peter Mock, PMGC Inc. — Advanced Well Test Analysis for Injection Well Evaluation |
| Thursday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM |
| 2A: Water Supply vs. Public Policy II: Technical Aspects of Supply |
Mike Hightower, Sandia National Laboratories — At the Crossroads of Energy and Water Supplies and Demands |
| Jeff Mosher, National Water Research Institute — Water Reuse: Creating New Sources of Water Supply |
| Bill DeOreo, Aquacraft, Inc. — How Much Water Conservation Should Be in Your Water Supply Portfolio? |
| 2B: Arizona Water Policy Issues |
Cliff Neal, Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District — CAGRD: Walking a Tightrope Without a Net |
| Taylor Shipman, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center — The Economics of “Paper Water”: Preliminary Results from an Innovative Study |
| Mark Frank, Arizona Dept. of Water Resources — How Could Water Rights Be Wrong? Phoenix AMA Safe Yield Musings |
| Chuck Cullom, Central Arizona Project — Central Arizona Project Water Supply: Do We Have Enough Through 2040? |
| 2C: Water Quality of Small and/or Rural Systems |
Kelley Riley, University of Arizona Dept. of Soil, Water and Environmental Science — Assessment of the Microbial and Chemical Water Quality of Individual and Small Systems Groundwater Supplies in Arizona |
| Peter Quinlan, Dudek — Analyzing Groundwater Recharge and Storage in Desert Basins: How Important is Septic Recharge? |
| David Christiana, Arizona Water for People Committee — Arsenic Mitigation in West Bengal, India: New Hope for Millions |
| 2D: Re-Use Technologies and Approaches |
Val Frenkel, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants — New Water Resources Brought by Membrane Technologies |
| Adam Festger, Trojan Technologies — Advanced Treatment with UV/Hydrogen Peroxide in Indirect Potable Reuse/Drinking Water Applications |
| Eddie Livingston, Livingston Associates — Village of Cloudcroft, NM PURe Water Project |
| Bradley Hill, City of Peoria — Water Reuse and the Future: Affecting Public Perception Through Social Marketing |
| Thursday, 3:30 – 5:00 PM |
| 3A: Water Supply vs. Public Policy III: Moderated Discussion |
Moderated discussion |
| 3B: New Approaches to Development |
Elno Roundy, Mardian Ranch — Integrated Public and Private Land Use to Enhance Groundwater Recharge: The Mardian Ranch Planned Development, Mohave County, Arizona |
| Trevor Hill, Global Water Resources, LLC — Reclaimed Water: Changing the Paradigm for Sustainable Resource Management |
| Steve Rossi, City of Phoenix — Water and Livability in an Arid Urban Downtown Environment |
| Jason Hansen, University of New Mexico Dept. of Economics — Policy Tradeoffs: Development vs. Water Conservation |
| 3C: Water Quality Reparations |
Leo Leonhart, Hargis + Associates Inc. — Quality of Water vs. Quality of Spiritual Life: The Topock Maze |
| Jim McCord, Hydrosphere Resource Consultants — Potential for Injury to Pueblo Water Rights Due to Surface Water-to-Groundwater Transfers in the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico |
| Steven Michelson, Applied Water Resources Corp. — Funding Water Resource Projects with Compensatory Restoration, Mitigation,and Resource Equivalency Analysis |
3Ca: CAP Award for Water Research, 1st place
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Payal Sarkar, University of Arizona — Occurrence and Control of Naegleria fowleri in Well Water Supplies in Arizona |
| 3D: Urban Runoff/Recharge |
Jeff Kennedy, USGS — Runoff Generation in a Suburban Development |
| John Partridge, Stantec — Cochise County Flood Control/Urban Runoff Recharge Plan: 1 of 2 |
| Sheng Peng, GeoSystems Analysis— Cochise County Flood Control/ Urban Runoff Recharge Plan: 2 of 2 |
| Frank Postillion, Pima County Regional Flood Control District — Multipurpose Benefit of Regional Detention/Retention Facilities in Pima County |
| Friday, 8:30 – 10:00 AM |
| 4A: Dealing with Growth I: Presentations |
Gary Woodard, SAHRA, University of Arizona — How Are Shifting Sociodemographics Altering Water Demand? |
| Michelle Henrie, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck — Shifting Roles: Developers Take on Water Services Responsibilities |
| Kris Mayes, Arizona Corporation Commission — The Role of the Arizona Corporation Commission in Water Policy |
| Grady Gammage, Arizona State University Morrison Institute — Superstition Vistas: The Future of Large Developments? |
| Tim Parker, Schlumberger Water Services — Integrated Regional Water Management, California Style: How Is It Working? |
| 4B: Coupled Water and Energy Demand in the Border Region |
Bonnie Colby, University of Arizona Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics — Water Shortage Sharing Agreements and Sustainability in the Face of Climate Change |
| George Frisvold, University of Arizona Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics — Trends and Patterns in Irrigation Water and Energy Demand in Arizona |
| Terry Sprouse, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center — Binational Wastewater Treatment and Potential for Binational Energy and Water Cooperation Between the U.S. and Mexico in Ambos Nogales |
| Anne Browning-Aiken, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona — Energy and Water in the U.S.-Mexico Border Mining Industry: Looking Towards Sustainable Development |
| 4C: Riparian Issues Overview |
James Hogan, SAHRA, University of Arizona — Riparian Water Sources: Regional Groundwater Discharge and Flood-Driven Recharge |
| Thomas Meixner, University of Arizona Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources — Water Quality Implications of Alluvial Aquifer Storage |
| Julie Stromberg, Arizona State University School of Life Sciences — Restoring De-watered Riparian Ecosystems: Role of Soil Seed Banks |
| Margaret White, Arizona State University School of Life Sciences — Spatial and Temporal Changes of Effluent-Dependent Waterways in Arizona |
| 4D: Regional Water Resource Management |
Sharon Megdal, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center — Water Resource Availability for the Tucson Region |
| Patrick Shriver, San Antonio Water System — Texas Hold’Em Water Market Challenges: San Antonio Water System |
| Craig Roepke, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission — A Science-Based Collaborative Approach: Can We Have Any of It? |
| Mohammed Mahmoud, SAHRA, University of Arizona — The Value of Scenario Development in Environmental and Socio-economic Policy Applications Within the U.S. Southwest |
| Friday, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM |
| 5A: Dealing with Growth II: Moderated Discussion |
Moderated discussion |
| 5B: Energy/Water Initiatives and the Arizona Water Institute |
Christopher Scott, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona — Water and Energy Management Challenges on the Arizona-Mexico Border |
| James Holway, Arizona State University Institute of Sustainability — Characterization of Arizona Energy/Water Issues |
| James Androwski, Northern Arizona University — Regional Assessment of Wind-Powered Desalination Opportunities in the Southwestern U.S. |
| Dennis Shirley, E. L. Montgomery and Associates — Power Generation, CO2 Production, and the Search for CO2 Sequestration Sites in Deep Saline Aquifers in Northeastern Arizona |
| 5C: Riparian Preservation |
Jeanmarie Haney, The Nature Conservancy — Developing Flow-Ecology Science to Support Decision-Making in the Verde River Watershed, Arizona |
| Holly Richter, The Nature Conservancy — Adaptive Management of Groundwater Resources Toward Sustainable Yield Along the San Pedro River |
| Andrew Hautzinger, U.S. Fish and Wildlife — Ecosystem Flow Requirements for the Bill Williams River, Arizona, USA: A Sustainable Rivers Project |
Andy Laurenzi, Sonoran Institute — Sustainable Water Management: Guidelines for Meeting the Needs of People and Nature in the Arid West
Water Resource Services: Supporting NIDIS in the Southwest U. S. |
| 5D: Southwest Regional Efforts |
Terri Sue Rossi, Central Arizona Project — Regional Municipal Water Demand and Supply: Where the Lines Cross for Central Arizona |
| Karl Kohloff, HDR Engineering — Beyond the Colorado River: Is an International Water Augmentation Consortium in Arizona’s Future? |
| James Davenport, Colorado River Commission of Nevada — Softening the Divides: The Seven Colorado River Basin States’ Recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior Regarding Lower Basin Shortage Guidelines and the Operation of Lakes Mead and Powell in Low Reservoir Conditions |
| Dave Brandon, NOAA, National Weather Service — NOAA’s Integrated |
| Friday, 1:30 – 3:00 PM |
| 6A: Quality of Life: Presentations and Discussion |
Pat Graham, The Nature Conservancy — The Value of Riparian Ecosystems in the Competition for Water |
| Larry MacDonnell, water attorney — Maintaining Water-Based Ecosystem Services in an Era of Water Reallocation |
| Jeffrey Loux, UC Davis Land Use and Natural Resources Program — Sustainable Water Resources in the Southwest: Can We Have It All? |
| 6B: Colorado River Basin Climate and Hydrology: Past, Present, and Future |
Connie Woodhouse, University of Arizona Dept. of Geography and Regional Development — Tree Rings and the Colorado River: Lessons from the Past |
| Kelly Redmond, Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute — Colorado River Basin Climate from Instrumental Records: Climate Change Yet? |
| Brad Udall, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado — Colorado River Basin Climate: What Lies Ahead? |
| 6C: Riparian Restoration |
Yamilett Carrillo-Guerrero, University of Arizona — Water Conservation and Wetland Restoration in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico |
| Bruce Goff, AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc. — Hope Springs Eternal: Adaptive Management of Mitigation Water Supplies in a Desert Wetland |
| Alicyn Gitlin, Northern Arizona University — Drought Predictions and Spatial Models as Tools for Prioritizing Riparian Habitat Restoration |
| Sharon Ferrier, Northern Arizona University — The Importance of Genetic Diversity in Riparian Restoration |
| 6D: GIS for Water Resource Planning |
Kristine Uhlman, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center — Depicting Population Change for Watershed Planning |
| Karen Martini, Arizona Dept. of Water Resources — Applied Mobile GIS for Investigation of Arizona Surface Water Rights |
| Tim McKinney, USGS — Using GIS to Develop a Framework for Basin-fill Aquifers in the Southwest |
| Friday, 3:30 – 5:00 PM |
| 7A: The Southwest at 50M People; the Colorado River at 10 MAF: What If? |
Robert Glennon, James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona |
| Robert Johnson, Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Mark Lellouch, Sonoran Institute |
| Rita Maguire, Maguire & Pearce, PLLC |
| 7B: Residential Water Use |
Andrew Funk, University of New Mexico Water Resources Program — The Potential of Water Saving and Water Capturing Innovations: A Case Study of Albuquerque Single Family Homes |
| Doug Kenney, University of Colorado Natural Resources Law Center — Residential Water Demand Management in Aurora, Colorado: Lessons Learned and Remaining Questions |
| Eve Halper, University of Arizona Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics — Do Open Space Resources Shape Residential Outdoor Water Consumption? |
| Ann Audrey Phillips, City of Tucson Office of Conservation and Sustainable Development — City of Tucson Water Harvesting Guidance Manual: A Multifunctional Tool for Sustainable Water Use, Water Conservation, and Stormwater Management |
| 7C: Water Use of Trees |
James Leenhouts, USGS —Hydrologic Requirements of and Evapotranspiration by Riparian Vegetation along the San Pedro River, Arizona |
| Russell Scott, USDA — Agricultural Research Service, Multiyear Riparian Evapotranspiration and Groundwater Use for the Upper San Pedro Basin |
| Daniel Neary, U.S. Forest Service — Water Yield from Harvesting and Thinning Southwestern Mountain Forests: Historical Experience from U.S. Forest Service Research |
| Boris Poff, U.S. Forest Service — Hydrologic Research in Large Scale Fire-Restoration Treatments: More Water for Arizona? |
| 7D: Complex Data Management Tools |
John Kay, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates — Data Acquisition and Management for Accurate and Defensible Water: A Case Study |
| Chin Man Mok, Geomatrix Consultants Inc. — Reliability-Based Optimization for Managing Water Supply Operation |
| David Jordan, INTERA — Water Resources Supply Decision Support System for Santa Fe County, New Mexico |
| Les Chau, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Inc. — A Simplified Approach to Asset Information Management and Decision Support for Mid-Size Water and Wastewater Utilities |
