Colorado River Water Users Association

The Power of Water
Dec 15-17, 2008

Monday, December 15

2:30 - 5:00 Legal Colloquium:
Moderator: Douglas K. Miller, General Counsel,
Central Arizona Project

Topic: This year's topic for the Lawyers' Colloquium is:

  • “Glen Canyon Dam -- Historic Uses, Modern Challenges.” Presenters
    include Joe Feller (PowerPoint)
  • National Wildlife Federation, Richard Ingebretsen (PowerPoint)
  • Glen Canyon Institute and Clayton Palmer, Western Area Power
    Administration (PowerPoint)
  • Douglas K. Miller, General Counsel, Central Arizona Project and host
    of the annual Colloquium, will provide a brief presentation on recent
    litigation challenging the operation of Glen Canyon Dam. (PowerPoint)

Engineering Colloquium: Colorado River Augmentation Study
Moderator: Thomas A. Minwegen, Deputy General Manager of Engineering/Operations, Las Vegas Valley Water District

Tuesday, December 16

7:30 State Breakfasts
9:00 Welcome/Introduction, Ron Thompson - CRWUA President
9:10 Business Meeting
9:30 The Power of Water Video
9:45 - 10:15 Dam Powerful: hydropower and its impacts (PowerPoint)
10:15 - 10:45 Currency from Currents: water as an economic driver
10:25 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:30 No Drop Left Behind: the never-ending quest for new water supplies
- Tom McCann, Resource Planning and Analysis Manager, Central Arizona Project (PowerPoint)
11:30 – 12:00 Through Green-Colored Glasses: eco-friendly water supplies
- Taylor Hawes, Nature Conservancy (PowerPoint)
12:00 – 1:45 Lunch and Entertainment: Soul Acrobats
2:15 – 4:30 World: water management issues around the globe (Powerpoints: Lopez, Adair, Warburton)
5:00 – 7:00 Percolation and Runoff

Tuesday, December 17

8:00 - 9:15 Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation (invited)
9:15 - 10:30 Transition of Power

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