Draft Agenda
2009 GOVERNOR'S WATER CONFERENCE
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Tuesday, November 3 |
*invited but unconfirmed
TBA = to be announced |
| 7:45 |
Registration |
| 8:15 |
Welcome & Introductions |
Rudy Herrmann, OWRB Chairman |
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Lt. Gov. Jari Askins |
| 8:45 |
America’s Water Crisis |
Robert Glennon, Law Professor, Author |
| 10:00 |
Break/Book Signing (Robert Glennon) |
| 10:30 |
Oklahoma's Water Resources: Past, Present, & Future |
Duane Smith, OWRB Executive Director |
| 10:50 |
National Water Policy |
Steve Stockton, Director of Civil Works, USACE |
| 11:10 |
Regional Water Issues |
Col. Anthony Funkhouser, Tulsa District and Southwestern Division Commander, USACE |
| 11:30 |
Reclamation Activities |
Mike Ryan, Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation |
| Noon |
Luncheon |
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Oklahoma Water Pioneer Awards |
Rudy Herrmann
Duane Smith |
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Water Outlook from Washington DC |
U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin |
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Rural Development Stimulus Funding |
Ryan McMullen, State Director, USDA Rural Development |
| 2:00 |
Legal Update |
Drew Edmondson, OK Attorney General |
| 2:20 |
Planning for Oklahoma's Water Quality |
Derek Smithee, Chief, OWRB Water Quality Division |
| 2:40 |
ODEQ/OWRB Stimulus Funding |
Steve Thompson, ODEQ Executive Director |
| 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30 |
Legislative Water Perspective |
Susan Paddack, OK State Senate |
| 3:50 |
Arbuckle-Simpson Hydrology Study |
Duane Smith |
| 4:10 |
Garber-Wellington Aquifer Study |
Scott Christenson, USGS |
| 4:30 |
OCWP Tribal Issues |
Lindsay Robertson, Professor, OU College of Law |
| 4:50 |
Adjourn to Reception |
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Wednesday, November
4 |
| 7:45 |
Registration & Poster Viewing |
| 8:15 |
Welcome & Introductions |
Duane Smith |
| 8:30 |
Panel: OK Comprehensive Water Plan |
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OCWP Overview & Update |
Kyle Arthur, OWRB Director of Planning |
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OCWP Technical Studies Update |
John Rehring, Engineer, CDM |
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OCWP Public Participation Process Update |
Will Focht, OWRRI Director |
| 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:30 |
Oklahoma Water: Leading the Way |
Glenn Coffee, President ProTempore, OK State Senate
*Chris Benge, Speaker, OK House of Representatives |
| 11:00 |
GRDA Water Planning |
Grant Burget , Director of Business Development/Special Projects, Grand River Dam Authority |
| 11:20 |
Interstate Stream Compacts |
Chuck Dumars, Attorney |
| 11:40 |
OCS Water Planning Research |
Renee McPherson, Acting Director, OK Climatological Survey |
| Noon |
Luncheon |
J.D. Strong, Secretary of the Environment
4-H Club Speech Contest Winners |
OWRRI WATER RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM |
| 1:00 |
Poster Viewing |
Poster Session Chair: Michael Holmes |
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| 1:30 |
Session 1: Updates and New Developments |
Chair: Glenn Brown, Professor, Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, OSU |
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Development of a Model for
Evaluating Future Supply Needs of Rural Water
Districts and Small Communities |
Dee Ann Sanders, Civil
& Environmental Engineering, OSU |
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Arkansas River Low Water Dams |
Gaylon Pinc, Program
Management Group |
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Bioretention Cells/LID
Project in Grove, OK |
Glenn Brown |
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Using Geologic Data and GIS
to Make Base of Treatable Water Maps that Protect
Fresh Water Aquifers |
Charles Lord, Oklahoma Corporation Commission |
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3-D Booth Introduction |
Tim Sickbert, Boone
Pickens School of Geology, OSU |
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| 3:05 |
Break & Poster Viewing |
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| 3:30 |
Session 2: Garber-Wellington
Aquifer in Central Oklahoma |
Session Chair: Noel
Osborn, OWRB |
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Using Outcrops to Describe
Aquifer Properties: A Garber-Wellington Example |
Stan Paxton, USGS |
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Water Levels in the
Garber-Wellington (Central Oklahoma) Aquifer,
1986-87 to 2009 |
Shana Mashburn, USGS |
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Removing Arsenic from the
Garber-Wellington Aquifer with Granular Ferric
Oxide |
Mary Elizabeth Mach, Garver Engineers |
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Potential for Arsenic
Remediation by Well Modification, Norman, Oklahoma,
2003-2006 |
Jerrod Smith, USGS |
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| 5:00 |
Adjourn/Poster Viewing |
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Thursday, November 5 |
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| 7:45 |
Registration & Poster Viewing |
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| 8:15 |
Welcome & Introductions |
TBA |
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| 8:30 |
Session 3: Surface Water |
Session Chair: Kim Winton, District Chief, USGS |
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Volunteers and Their Data:
What We Know About Blue Thumb Streams |
Jean Lemmon, Oklahoma
Conservation Commission |
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Assessment of Environmental
Flows in OK |
Don Turton, NREM, OSU |
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Changes in Selected Metals
Concentrations from the Mid-1980s to the
Mid-2000s in a Stream Draining the Picher Mining District of Oklahoma |
William Andrews, USGS |
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Concentrations of Selected
Metals in Bottom Sediments from Grand Lake o'
the Cherokees, Oklahoma |
Mark Becker, USGS |
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| 10:00 |
Break & Poster Viewing |
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| 10:30 |
Session 4:Evaporation, ET, and Soil Water |
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Introduction |
Session Chair: Dave Engle,
Water Research & Education Center, OSU |
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Quantifying
Evapotranspiration Across Varying Seasonal and Within-Season Climatic Signals Across Oklahoma |
Jeffrey Basara, OK
Climatological Survey |
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Oklahoma's White Water |
Tyson Ochsner, Plant
& Soil Sciences, OSU |
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Remote Sensing of
Evapotranspiration |
Yang Hong/Baxter Vieux,
Civil Engineering & Environmental Science, OU |
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Soil Water in Oklahoma
No-Till |
Jason Warren, Plant &
Soil Sciences, OSU |
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| Noon |
Luncheon |
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The
Nabataeans: An Ancient Hydraulic Society |
Dr. Mac McKee, University of Utah |
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Announcement of Poster Contest Winner |
| 1:30 |
Session 5:Field Techniques in Water Research |
Session Chair: Baxter
Vieux |
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Using Helicopter
Electro-Magnetic Survey Maps and Cross-sections
and Aerial Photos to Locate and Differentiate Salinity Pollution Sources |
Patricia Billingsley, OK Corporation Commission |
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Three-Dimensional Electrical
Resistivity Imaging in the El Reno Well Field,
Canadian County, Oklahoma |
John Harrington, Association of Central OK Governments |
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Implementation Monitoring:
Use of Automated Samplers to Effectively Document
Water Quality Improvements |
Brooks Tramell, OK Conservation Commission |
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Climate Impacts on Sediment
Production at Fort Cobb Reservoir |
Jurgen Garbrecht, USDA |
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| 3:00 |
Break |
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| 3:30 |
Session 6: Monitoring and Modeling Nutrient Transport
Processes |
Session Chair: Mike Smolen, Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, OSU |
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Distributing Phosphorus Load
for a TMDL |
Mike Smolen |
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Estimates of Nutrient
Concentrations in the Eucha-Spavinaw Basin using
Real-Time Continuous Water Quality Monitoring |
Rachel Esralew, USGS |
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Subsurface Transport of
Phosphorus in Alluvial Floodplains |
Garey Fox, Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, OSU |
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Demonstrating Success:
Oklahoma's Beaty Creek Watershed Implementation
Project |
Greg Kloxin, OK Conservation Commission |
| 5:00 |
Adjournment |
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