Water ... Our Future
How Far Have We
Come? What's Next?
Saturday, October 24, 2009 Thirteenth Annual Water Assembly UNM Dane Smith Hall
8:00 Registration,
Poster Session
and Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome
and Introduction
9:15 The
Regional Water Plan - Deficit
Spending of Water; Mission to
Balance Use with Renewable
Supply
Kevin
Bean, Water Assembly link
to slides
(0.2 MB)
9:30 Entity
Panel 1 - Water Users and
Water Stakeholders
Roles,
Accomplishments and Concerns
Steve
Glass, Ciudad Soil and Water
Conservation District link
to slides
(0.4 MB)
Bob Simon, Lawyer and Business Representative Isaac Benton, Albuquerque City Council Ann Watson, Santo Domingo Pueblo Larry Sanchez, Valencia County Farmer
10:15 Questions
and Comments
10:30 Break
and Outreach/Poster Session
(continued)
10:45 Entity
Panel 2 - Water Regulators
and Water Suppliers Accomplishments
against the Region's Deficit
Spending
John
D'Antonio, NM State Engineer Mark Sanchez, ABC Water Utility Authority link
to slides
(0.1 MB) Kevin Flanigan, NM Interstate Stream Commission link
to slides
(2.4 MB)
Steve Hansen and Valda Terauds, US Bureau of Reclamation Larry Webb City of Rio Rancho Utility Department
11:30 Questions
and Comments
11:45 Presentation: Water
Assembly Advocacy Groups and
Directors
12:00 Lunch (separate tables for each
Advocacy Group, elect two directors, one alternate)
1:00 Keynote:
Are
We Doing Enough?
Tom
Turney, former NM State
Engineer link
to slides
(9.7
MB)
1:30 What's
Changed Since the 2004 Plan? Climate Acequia Hydrology,
Environmental, and Desalination
Information
Kelly
Isaacson, UNM Water Resources
Program link
to slides
(1.7 MB) Sam Fernal, NMSU and Vince Tidwell, Sandia National
Labs Michael Jensen, Amigos Bravos link
to slides
(0.3 MB) Bruce Thomson, UNM Water Resources Program link
to slides
(1.5
MB)
2:00 How Can
We Build a Credible Future
View?
A
Proposal for Proceeding
Bob
Wessely, Water Assembly link
to slides
(0.1
MB)
2:15 General
Discussion - Moving Forward:
The Next Steps
2:55 Drawing
for Door Prize
3:00 Adjourn
3:15 New
Board of Directors -
Personal
Introductions, Schedule
Next Meeting
Assembly
Flyer (0.3
MB)
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