No Shortage of Concern: Beyond the Shadow of Drought
December 12-14, 2018
2018 CRWUA Conference Highlights
December 12
- Colorado River 101 - A View of the River
- Colby Pellegrino, Director of Water Resources, Southern Nevada Water Authority (PDF) - Colloquium - #Israeli and U.S. Water Technology: Versatile Solutions for Colorado River Challenges
- Moderator: Sharon Megdal, Ph.D., Central Arizona Project Board Secretary and Director of University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (PDF)
- Oded Distel, Director of Israel New Tech Program, Israeli Ministry for the Economy (PDF)
- David Johnson, Deputy General Manager of Engineering and Operations, Southern Nevada Water Authority (PDF)
- Tamar Shor, Chief Operating Officer, N-Drip, and former Senior Deputy Director, Israel Water Authority (PDF)
- Maureen Stapleton, General Manager, San Diego County Water Authority (PDF)
- Abraham Tenne, Consultant, and retired Head of Desalination Division, Israel Water Authority (PDF)
- Dan Thelander, Partner, Tempe Farming Co. (PDF) - Colloquium - Show Me the Money: Innovative Funding Mechanisms for Water Projects
- Moderator: Season Martin, Water Projects and Sustainable Finance Director, The Nature Conservancy
- Ricardo Bayon, Partner, Encourage Capital
- Astor Boozer, Regional Conservationist, West, Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Cynthia Koehler, Executive Director, WaterNow Alliance (PDF)
- Avra Morgan, Program Analyst, US Bureau of Reclamation (PDF)
- Todd Reeve, Chief Executive Officer, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
December 13
- Welcome - Jim Broderick, CRWUA President (Video)
- Commissioner's Perspective: Responding to Risk in the Colorado River Basin (PDF)
- Brenda Burman, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation - DCP: An Upper Basin Perspective
- Moderator: Andy Mueller, General Manager, Colorado River Water Conservation District
- Tom Blaine, Commissioner for the State of New Mexico, Upper Colorado River Commission
- James Eklund, Commissioner for the State of Colorado, Upper Colorado River Commission
- Amy Haas, Executive Director, Upper Colorado River Commission
- Eric Millis, Commissioner for the State of Utah, Upper Colorado River Commission
- Pat Tyrrell, Commissioner for the State of Wyoming, Upper Colorado River Commission - DCP: A Lower Basin Perspective (Video: 00:00-45:00)
- Moderator: John Fleck, Director, Water Resources Program, University of New Mexico
- Thomas Buschatzke, Director, Arizona Department of Water Resources
- Ted Cooke, General Manager, Central Arizona Project
- DCP: A Stakeholder Perspective (Video: 48:00-1:27:38) (Slides PDF)
- Moderator: Mary Kelly, Partner, Culp and Kelly, LLP
- Aaron Derwingson, Agricultural Coordinator, Colorado River Program, The Nature Conservancy
- Mark Harris, General Manager, Grand Valley Water Users Association
- Keith Moses, Vice Chairman, Colorado River Indian Tribes
- Kathryn Sorensen, Director, City of Phoenix Water Services Department - Lunch
- Tribal Water: Opportunities and Challenges (Map PDF)
- Moderator: Darryl Vigil, Water Administrator, Jicarilla Apache Nation- Russell Begaye, President, Navajo Nation (PDF)- Levi Pesata, President, Jicarilla Apache Nation
- Tim Williams, Chairman, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe (PDF) - Adaptation Strategies in a Changing Climate
- Introduction: Jennifer Brown, Director, Central Arizona Project
- Moderator: Jim Holway, Director, Central Arizona Project (PDF)- Taryn Finnessey, Senior Climate Change Specialist, State of Colorado (PDF) - Agricultural to Urban Water Transfers (Slide PDF)
- Moderator: AWarren Peterson, Vice President, Farmland Reserve- Tom Iseman, Director of Water Scarcity and Markets, Global Freshwater Program, The Nature Conservancy- Jack Seiler, Trustee, Palo Verde Irrigation District - Wildfire Impact on Water Quality and Watershed Restoration
- Introduction: Chris Finlinson, Assistant General Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District- Christina Burri, Watershed Scientist, Denver Water (PDF)- Brad Sherwood, Community and Government Affairs Manager, Sonoma Water (PDF)- Gerard Yates, Water Quality and Treatment Manager, Central Utah Water Conservancy District (PDF)
December 14
- Business Meeting (Video: 00:00-4:30)
- 50th Anniversary of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (Video: 4:30-13:39)
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US-Mexico Cooperation on the Colorado River (Video: 00:00-18:00)
- Jayne Harkins, U.S. Commissioner, International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico (PDF) -
Senior Federal Agency Water Officials Panel (Video: 18:40-1:40:34)
- Dr. Tim Petty, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Dept. of the Interior
- Brenda Burman, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
- Dave Ross, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Bill Northey, Under Secretary, Farm Production and Conservation, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
- Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Acting Under Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Commerce/National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
- Brig. General Pete Helmlinger, Commander, Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers