Western Water Supply Challenges Workshop

State Presentations

Utah - Larry Anderson, Director, Division of Water Resources

Nevada - Hugh Ricci, State Engineer

California - Gerald Johns, Deputy Director, Department of Water Resources

Arizona - Herb Guenther, Director, Department of Water Resources

New Mexico - John D'Antonio, State Engineer

Oklahoma - Duane Smith, Executive Director, Water Resources Board

Kansas - Dave Pope, Chief Eingineer, Division of Water Resources

North Dakota - Dale Frink, State Engineer

South Dakota - Dave Templeton, Director, Division of Financial and Technical Assistance, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Colorado - Rod Kuharich, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board

Montana - Jack Stults, Administrator, Water Resources Division

Oregon - Barry Norris, State Engineer

Washington - Doug McChesney, Policy Section Manager, Water Resources Program, Department of Ecology

Water Resource Challenges: Growing Demands & Scarcity

Estimating Water Supplies and Water Use in the West
Bob Hirsch, USGS Assistant Director and Chief Hydrologist

Water Supply and the Role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Fred Caver, Deputy Director, Civil Works, Army Corps of Engineers

The Current Drought in the West: Status and Impacts

Randall Julander, NRCS Snow Survey Supervisor and Adjunct Professor, University of Utah, Snow Hydrology

The Potential Water Resources Consequences of Future Climate Variability

Chet Koblinsky, Director, Climate Program Office, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Brad Udall, University of Colorado, Western Water Program, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research

Phil Pasteris, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Water and Climate Center

Greg Johnson, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Water and Climate Center

Mike Dettinger, U.S. Geological Survey, Global Change Hydrology Program