Water Information Management Systems Workshop
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wednesday, September 13
7:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Managing Water: What Manager’s Need to Know
Bill Alley, Chief, USGS Office of Ground Water
8:45 a.m. Modeling Runoff and Streamflow
George Leavesley, USGS National Research Program, Denver
9:30 a.m. BREAK
10:00 a.m. Modeling Ground Water and Surface Water Interactions
Dave Prudic, USGS Nevada Water Science Center
10:45 a.m. Ground Water Availability Studies in the Southwest
Stan Leake, USGS Arizona Water Science Center
11:30 a.m. LUNCH
12:45 p.m. Ground Water Recharge and Availability in the Albuquerque Basin
Doug McAda, USGS New Mexico Water Science Center
Peggy Barroll, New Mexico State Engineer Office
1:45 p.m. Optimization Modeling
Wes Danskin, USGS California Water Science Center
2:30 p.m. BREAK
3:00 p.m. Artificial Recharge and Water Quality
Eric Reichard, USGS California Water Science Center
3:45 p.m. Modeling Ecological Water Needs: Habitat and the Upper Salmon River, Idaho
Terry Maret, USGS Idaho Water Science Center
4:30 p.m. Tools to Put the Picture Together
Glenn Patterson, Coordinator, USGS Cooperative Water Program
5:00 p.m. Wrap Up
Bill Alley
6:00 p.m. Meet and Greet - Cash Bar
Thursday, September 14
7:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 a.m. Welcome
Duane Smith, Chairman, Western States Water Council
8:15 a.m. New Mexico Water Issues
John D’Antonio, New Mexico State Engineer
8:45 a.m. New Mexico’s Evolving Water RIGHTS Information System - Joe Summers,
New Mexico State Engineer Office
9:30 a.m. USGS/NHD Stewardship Programs - Jeff Simley, USGS Denver
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. State Presentations
Modeling Surface Water Availability in Southeast Kansas- Sam Perkins, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Division of Water Resources
Oklahoma’s Online Water Information Mapping System - Michael Sughru, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Wyoming Well Monitoring Data- Jeremy Manley, Wyoming State Engineer Office
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:00 p.m. Federal Presentations
Where’s the Data? The Upper Rio Grande Water Operations Model - Mike Roark, USGS New Mexico Science Center
Upper Rio Grande Water Operations Model and CWMS- Roberta Ball and Dennis Garcia, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District
GIS Tool Bar: Access to Other Databases- Ken Pathak, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Design Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi
NRCS Activities to Improve Water Supply Forecasts and New Data Products- Tom Pagano, Water Supply Forecaster, NWCC-NRCS-USDA, Portland, OR
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:30 p.m. Federal Presentations
Reclamation’s ET Toolbox - Steve Bowser, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque Area Office
4:00 p.m. Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future
5:00 p.m. ADJOURN
Friday, September 15
7:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 a.m. State Presentations
Watershed Characteristics for Streamflow Modeling - Bob Harmon, Oregon Water Resources Department
Determining Surface Water Availability in Oregon - Ken Stahr, Oregon Water Resources Department
Water Availability Data Access: The WARS Program - Ken Stahr, Oregon Water Resources Department
Idaho’s Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer Ground Water Model- Michael Ciscell, Idaho Department of Water Resources
10:00 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. State Water Resources Information Management Needs and Challenges
An Informal State Roundtable Discussion
12:00 p.m. WRAP UP/ADJOURN
[For more information, direct questions and comments to Tony Willardson at twillards@wswc.state.ut.us or (801) 561-5300]
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