AGENDA

WSWC/WGA/CDWR Climate Change Adaptation Policy Workshop

September 24-26, 2008

Hilton Irvine/Orange County Airport

18800 MacArthur Blvd, Irvine

Wednesday, September 24^th

  9:30           Registration

10:30          Opening remarks

                         Tony Willardson – Deputy Director, Western States Water Council (WSWC)

                         Jeanine Jones – Interstate Resources Manager, California Department of Water Resources (CDWR)

10:50          Implementation of Western Governors Association (WGA) Report, WGA Actions on Climate Change

                         Garland Erbele, Chief Engineer, South Dakota Water Rights Program and WSWC Chair

11:10          Hydrology in a Brave New World

Old and New Hydrology – Ben Harding, Principal Engineer, AMEC Earth and Environmental

Legal Implications and Standard of Practice – Laura Zuckerman, Deputy Attorney General, California Attorney General’s Office

Where do we go from Here: Technical Approaches – Soroosh Sorooshian, Professor, University of California, Irvine

Where do we go from Here: Policy and Management Implications – Jeanine Jones, Interstate Resources Manager, CDWR

12:45          Lunch

 1:45            Opportunities at the Federal Level

                         Establishment of a National Climate Service – Ahsha Tribble, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Weather Service Climate Services Division Chief

US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Reservoir Reallocation Study – Rolf Olsen, Water Resources Systems Engineer, USACE

                         Bureau of Reclamation Planning – Chuck Hennig, Research Coordinator, Reclamation

                         Activities at USEPA – Roger Gorke, Policy Advisor to the Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, USEPA

 3:00            Break

 3:15            Examples of Management Tools, Part I

Development of a Western Regional Climate Model -- Jim Hurrell, Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Urban Water Mgmt Plans and Reconstructed Hydrology – Connie Woodhouse, Associate Professor, University of Arizona

Improvements in Weather Forecasting – Ed O’Lenic, Chief, Operations Branch, Climate Prediction Center, NOAA National Weather Service

Opportunities for Decadal-Scale Climate Prediction – Kathy Jacobs, Executive Director, Arizona Water Institute

 5:00            Adjourn

 5:30            Reception - - sponsored by:

AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc.

Camp, Dresser & McKee (CDM)

CH2M Hill

Thursday, September 25^th

 7:30            Continental Breakfast

 8:30            Examples of Management Tools, Part II

                         Risk-based Decision-Making -- Michael Hanemann, Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley

                         Analyzing Impacts to Water Rights – Doug Kenney, Research Associate, University of Colorado

            Evaluating Effects of Climate Change on Water Utility Planning Criteria and Design Standards –

Ed Means, Principal Investigator, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Use of Hydromet Testbeds (HMT) – Tim Schneider, NOAA HMT Project Manager

10:15          Climate Change Response Capabilities

Incorporating Climate Change into Water Supply Planning, Puget Sound example – Dan Rodrigo, CDM

UASCE/CDWR Pilot Study on Reservoir Reoperation – Rolf Olsen, Water Resources Systems Engineer, USACE

Capabilities in Consulting Industry – Kathy Freas, Water Resources Director, CH2M Hill

Water Utility Climate Alliance Formation – Keiba Crear, Environmental Monitoring and Management Division Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority

12:00          Lunch

 1:00            Potential Institutional Frameworks for Water Sector Adaptation

Stationarity is Dead – Dennis Lettenmaier, Professor, University of Washington Hydrology Group Use of BMPs – Chris Brown, Executive Director, California Urban Water Conservation Council

                         State Water Planning – Barney Austin, Surface Water Resources Division Director, Texas Water Development Board

Colorado Climate Change Project – Tom Easley, Director of Programs, Rocky Mountain Climate Organization

How RISAs Can Help – Brad Udall, Director, Western Water Assessment, NOAA Earth Science Research Laboratory 

3:00            Break

3:15            Partnership Opportunities

American Meteorological Society – Bill Hooke, Director, American Meteorological Society Policy Program

WSWC and Federal Agency Support Team – Mike Fallon, Director of Programs, SW Division, USACE

                         California State & Local Agencies -- Integrated Regional Management Planning – Tracie Billington, Chief, Resource Restoration & Project Support Branch, CDWR

  5:00           Adjourn

Friday, September 26^th

 7:30            Continental Breakfast

 8:30            Strategies for Federal Legislation to Support Adaptation

Panel Discussion – Moderator, Jeanine Jones

                         Veva Deheza, Section Chief, Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning, Colorado Water Conservation Board

                         Mark Schafer, Director of Climate Information, Oklahoma Climatological Survey

                         Bill Hume, Office of the Governor, New Mexico

                         Tony Willardson, WSWC

 9:30            Strategies for Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into State Planning

                         California Whitepaper on Adaptation – John Andrew, Chief, Special Planning Projects, CDWR

Oregon Climate Change Adaptation Group – Barry Norris, State Engineer, Oregon Water Resources Department

10:15          Break

10:30          Emerging Topics

Carrying Out Vulnerability Analyses – Kirstin Dow, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina

Remote Sensing Tools for Land Use/Land Cover – Bradley Reed, Associate Program Coordinator, Geographic Analysis and Monitoring, USGS

                         NASA’s Water Management Program – Ted Engman, Hydrological Sciences Branch, NASA

11:45          Closing Remarks

12:00          Adjourn