2008 Annual Conference - The Importance of the Colorado River for Arizona's Future
- 2021-Tribal Water Resilience in a Changing Environment
- 2020-Water at the Crossroads
- 2019-Scarcity, Challenges & Solutions
- 2018-Business of Water
- 2017-Irrigated Agriculture
- 2016-Tech, Talk & Tradeoffs
- 2015-Indigenous Perspectives
- 2014-Supply & Demand
- 2013-Water Security
- 2012-Urbanization, Uncertainty & Water
- 2011-Salinity & Desalination
- 2010-Creating New Leadership
- 2009-Stakeholder Engagement
- 2008-Colorado River
- 2007-Environmental Quality Act
- 2006-Growing Population
- 2005-Ecosystem Restoration
- 2004-Agricultural Water Use
- 2003-Resolving Water Resource Issues
Presented in Collaboration with the Central Arizona Project
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa
2400 East Missouri Ave.
Phoenix, Arizona
AGENDA
7:30 – 8:30
Registration and light breakfast
8:30 – 8:40
Welcomes: Sharon Megdal, Director, WRRC and Sid Wilson, General Manager, CAP
8:40 – 9:40
Looking at the Past; Looking toward the Future
A Report from 2048 –Tom McCann, Resource Planning & Analysis, CAP
9:40 – 10:45
Where and how will the water be used in 2048?
Part 1
Moderator: Sid Wilson, General Manager, CAP
Gila River Indian Community – Governor William R. Rhodes
Tohono O’odham Nation – Chairman Ned Norris, Jr.
State Land – What State Land will be developed by 2048? – Commissioner
Mark Winkleman, State Land Department
The CAGRD – What will the 2044 Plan of Operation look like? – Susan Bitter Smith, Board President, CAP
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 12:00
Where and how will the water be used in 2048?
Part 2
Moderator: Sid Wilson, General Manager, CAP
Yuma County – Wade Noble, General Counsel, Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation & Drainage District
Mohave County – Maureen George, General Counsel, Mohave County Water Authority
Pima County – Chuck Huckelberry, County Administrator, Pima County;;
Pinal County – David Snider, Supervisor, Pinal County;
Maricopa County – Ray Jones, Chairman, WESTMARC
12:15 - 1:15
Lunch and Keynote Address: Introduction by Carol Erwin, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
An Overview of West-Wide Water Challenges – Commissioner Bob Johnson, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
1:30 - 2:30
Addressing Uncertainties Associated with Drought and Climate Change: The 40 year outlook
Moderator: John Hoffmann, Director, USGS Arizona Water Science Center
Arizona Water Banking Authority and Shortage Sharing – Herb Guenther, Director, ADWR;
Lower Colorado River Flow Modeling –;Terry Fulp, Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Water Management Adaptation Considerations – Kathy Jacobs, Executive Director, Arizona Water Institute
2:30 - 3:00
Desalination and Public-Private Partnerships – Sam Kramer, Engineering Manager, Ambient Technologies, Inc.
3:00 - 3:15
Break
3:15 - 4:15
The Environment as a Water Using Sector: The 40 year outlook
Moderator: Sharon Megdal, Director, WRRC
The Lower Colorado River Multispecies Conservation Program - Lorri Gray, Regional Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Four Scenarios for the Lower Colorado River Basin –Mark Lellouch, Project Manager, Sonoran Institute
A Conservation Vision for the Colorado River in 2050– Sandy Bahr, Conservation Outreach Director, The Sierra Club
4:15 - 4:45
Key Challenges and Audience Discussion