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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