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GMDA Annual Conference - "Groundwater Management - The Progressive Puzzle"

San Diego, CA     January 7 - 9, 2009

Thursday - January 8, 2009

8:00 a.m. Jan King, GMDA Vice President: Welcome, Announcements, Introductions, & Sponsorship
8:30 a.m. Western Kansas Weather Modification Program, A Water Resources Management Tool - Walter Geiger III, Meteorologist & Kyle Spencer, Chief Pilot, Scott City KS
9:15 a.m. Beyond Reasonable Drought & Climate History of the West - Dr. Wolfgang Berger, Professor at Scripps Institute of Oceanography
10:00 a.m. Break / Vendor Booths
10:15 a.m. Helicopter Geophysical Data Collection - James Cannia, Hydrologist, US Geological Survey - Nebraska
10:45 a.m. Geospatial Data, Efficiency, and Conceptualization as Decision-Making Tools for Groundwater Management - Sachin D. Shah, Hydrologist, US Geological Survey - Texas Water Science Center
11:15 a.m. Non-Point Sources in Water Quality - Karrie Pennington, US Department of Agriculture - NRCS, Mississippi
12:00 p.m. Luncheon
1:00 p.m. Differences in Phosphorus and Nitrogen Delivery to the Gulf of Mexico - Richard A. Smith, US Geological Survey - Virginia
1:30 p.m. Establishing a Water Congress - David A. Brenn, Kansas Water Congress President
2:00 p.m. hOdGePodGe - Jan King, Western Kansas Groundwater Management District #1
2:15 p.m. Break / Vendor Booths
2:30 p.m. State Caucuses
3:00 p.m. GMDA Board of Directors Meeting

 

Friday - January 9, 2009

8:00 a.m. Announcements
8:15 a.m. California Water Issues - Marsi Steirer, Deputy Water Department Director, San Diego Water Department
8:45 a.m. A More Holistic Approach to Groundwater Protection - James L. Crawford, Assistant Director Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
9:15 a.m. Open Forum
10:00 a.m. Break / Vendor Booths
10:15 a.m. Open Forum
10:45 a.m. State Reports
11:00 a.m. GMDA Board Report
12:00 p.m. Lunch on your own
12:45 p.m. Board Bus for Optional Post Conference Tour of USS Midway

Presentations that are Underlined can be Viewed as pdf file.