Conference Summary
The Conference was designed to acquaint managers with the methods used by scientists to project the coming water environment, the nature of the impacts on water to be expected, and the ways in which global and regional changes affect Western irrigation, drainage and flood control.
The following version of the Conference program includes links to a .pdf version of each Conference presentation.
Overview Session
Overview of Climate Change Impacts and Implications for the U.S. West
Brad Udall, Western Water Assessment, Boulder, CO
Tree Ring Drought Analysis and Reservoir Operations
Charles Ester, Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ
Changes in Western Basin Hydrology
Alan Hamlet, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Climate to Hydrology: the Australian Experience
Tom Hatton, CSIRO, Black Mountain, ACT, Australia
What about Sea Level Rise?
Maurice Roos, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA
Reservoir Operations and New Storage
Re-Operating Multi-Purpose Reservoirs and second presentation on Reservoir Operations
Alan Hamlet, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Impact of New Estimates of Water Availability under Climate Change for Yakima Basin Agriculture
Michael J. Scott, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
Climate Change Effects on the Operation of Boise River Reservoirs
Leslie Stillwater, Bureau of Reclamation, Boise, ID
Designing Hydraulic Structures under Non-Stationarity
Ronnie M. Lemons, Freese and Nichols, Inc., Fort Worth, TX
Climate Change and Reclamation’s Hydrologic Hazard Assessment Approach
David Raff, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO
U.S. Water Laws
Water Laws of the United States: Can They Provide Certainty and Also Provide Flexibility to Address Changes Created by Climate Change?
Laura A. Schroeder, Schroeder Law Offices, PC, Portland, OR
On-the-Ground Approaches To Meeting Water Needs - An Idaho Perspective
David Tuthill, Idaho Department of Water Resources, Boise, ID
Meeting Water Needs In A Changing Environment - The Las Vegas Story
Richard B. Holmes, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, NV
Summary of Proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement for the Sustainability of Public and Trust Resources and Affected Communities
Ed Sheets, Consultant and Facilitator for the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, Portland, OR
Modeling, Data and Information Systems
How Global Circulation Climate Models Work
Levi D. Brekke, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO
Climate Change Adjusted Hydrology Database for Washington State
Marketa McGuire Elsner, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
An Archive of Downscaled Climate Projections for Planning Applications
Levi D. Brekke, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO
An Integrated Framework for Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Water Supplies
Phil Pasteris, CH2M Hill, Inc., Portland, OR; and Armin Munévar, CH2M Hill, Inc., San Diego, CA
Paleohydrology
Water, Energy, and the Environment under Climate Change
John Breiling, Corps of Engineers, Portland, OR
Alternative Sources of Supply - Treated Wastewater Reuse for Agriculture
International Perspective on Wastewater Reuse
Peter McCornick, Duke University, Durham, NC
Regulatory Climate for Wastewater Reuse in California
James D. Oster, University of California, Riverside (Emeritus), Riverside, CA
Irrigating with Wastewater in the Jordan Valley
Bahman Sheikh, Consultant, San Francisco, CA
Alternative Sources of Supply - Groundwater Storage and Water Banking
Groundwater Banking in California
Steve Collup, Arvin Edison Water Storage District, Bakersfield, CA
Groundwater Storage in Westland Irrigation District
Mike Wick, Westland Irrigation District, Echo, OR
Groundwater Storage and Retrieval Systems: Planning and Implementation
Ali M. Elhassan, Robertson-Bryan Inc., Elk Grove, CA
Alternative Sources of Supply - Conservation and Efficient Use
Improving Irrigation System Efficiency to Conserve Water
Steven C. Johnson, Central Oregon Irrigation District, Redmond, OR
Piping Main Canal Delivery Systems to Reduce Losses
Jonathan Burgi, David Evans Consultants, Bend, OR
Environmental Benefits of Agricultural Water Conservation
John DeVoe, WaterWatch, Portland, OR
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