Colorado Water Congress

52nd Annual Convention

Respecting Our Past,
Leading in the Present,
Building for the Future

January 27 – 29, 2010
Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center

Wednesday, January 27

8:00 am	Colorado Water Conservation Board Meeting (Hilton Garden Inn)
8:00 am	Water Leaders Training by Colorado Foundation for Water Education (Bristlecone Room)
3:00 pm	Colorado Water Conservation Board Meeting – Colorado Water Congress Joint Board Meeting (Hilton Garden Inn)
7:00 pm	Colorado Water Congress Board Meeting (Wind Star Room)

PRE-CONVENTION WORKSHOPS

8:30 am – 12:00 pm	Colorado Compacts Workshop Co-sponsored by the Colorado Foundation for Water Education Administration of Colorado’s East Slope Compacts Case Studies on South Platte and Republican Rivers Kansas v. Colorado, A Case Study - David W. Robbins (Mesa Verde Room)
8:30 am – 4:00 pm	Water Quality Workshop (lunch is included) (Grand Mesa Room F)
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm	Directors and Officers Training for Ditch Companies Workshop Co-sponsored by the Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance Directors & Officers Training for Ditch Companies Directors & Officers Liability, Management Liability - Charles F. Hix
2:30 pm – 5:00 pm	Communication Skills Workshop Getting Your Message Across Presented by Hartman and Brown (Centennial Room)

Thursday, January 28

7:00 am	LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST (Grand Mesa Ballroom) Hosted by the Colorado Water Congress State Affairs Committee Breakfast Program: Moderator: Chris Treese, Vice-President, Colorado Water Congress 2010 State Legislation of Interest to the Colorado Water Community 2010 Ballot Proposals on Taxation Update on CWCB Loan Funds
9:00 am	OPENING GENERAL SESSION A TRIBUTE TO THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD Moderator: Jennifer Gimbel, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board Reflections on the events that have shaped Colorado's principal water policy agency with former CWCB Directors: J. William McDonald Rod Kuharich SPECIAL ADDRESS BY COLORADO GOVERNOR BILL RITTER
10:15 am	BREAK
10:45 am	CONCURRENT SESSIONS I
Session 1A	Water Governance (Grand Mesa Room A) Trans-Boundary Water Governance in the Western United States Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado at Denver 1,000 Years of Water Management in the Netherlands Carla Schnitker, Turnaround Leadership Expertise
Session 1B	New Ways of Thinking About Water Conservation (Grand Mesa Room B) Moderator: MaryLou Smith Out of This World Water Conservation Video Mark Shively, Douglas County Water Resource Authority How Landscapes Can Become a Community’s Protection Against Drought Stephen Smith, The Irrigation Association Landscape Water Conservation Strategies in Colorado and Across the Country Paul Lander, American Society of Landscape Architects Water Conservation Network Integrating Land Use Planning and Water Conservation Beorn Courtney, Headwaters Corporation
Session 1C	Water Project Financing In Uncertain Times (Grand Mesa Room C) Water Infrastructure Network - Colorado Marilen Reimer, American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado Updates on Recovery Act Funds and Changes to the State Revolving Fund Programs Mike Brod, Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority
Session 1D	Everything You Wanted to Know About The Gap* * And Haven’t Been Afraid to Ask Moderator – Eric Hecox, Colorado Water Conservation Board History of the Municipal and Industrial Water Supply Gap Nicole Rowan, CDM Current Efforts to Recalculate the Gap Eric Hecox, Colorado Water Conservation Board Open Discussion
Session 1E	Water Science: Ground Water Research Update (Mesa Verde Room) Moderator – Reagan Waskom, Director, Colorado Water Institute The Groundwater-Land Surface-Atmosphere Connection Professor Reed Maxwell, Colorado School of Mines Aquifer Water Quality During Carbon Sequestration Professor John McCray & Dr. Alexis Sitchler, Colorado School of Mines Groundwater Quality and Vulnerability in the Eagle River Watershed Valley-Fill Aquifer Michael G. Rupert and L. Neil Plummer, U.S. Geological Survey
12:00 am	LUNCHEON (Grand Mesa Ballroom) FEATURE PRESENTATION Cowboy Ethics: Getting America Back on Track A multi-media presentation by Jim Owen, Author and founder of The Center for Cowboy Ethics and Leadership
2:00 pm	CONCURRENT SESSIONS II
Session 2A	Innovations in Project Construction (Grand Mesa Room A) Long Hollow Dam and Reservoir – A Storage Project to Benefit Colorado Stephen G. Brown, GEI Consultants, Inc. Water Saving Basins for the Panama Canal Rich Tocher, TetraTech Energy Efficiency Gains for Pumps Coating Pumps to add Energy and Output Gains with Extended Lifespan Eric Oakes, Colorado Belzona a large animation Eric included with his presentation Regional Construction Methods and Design-Build Benefits Kyle Vanderberg, Mays Construction Specialties
Session 2B	Assessment and Modeling (Grand Mesa Room B) Watershed Assessment Methodology for Zebra Mussel Infestation Dr. Philip Brandhuber, HDR A New, Dynamic Internet-based Reservoir Water Management Tool James Kunkel, Knight-Piesold IT Solutions for Operations/Water Delivery and Revenue Management Scott Davis/Kent Johnson, TruePoint Solutions Drought Vulnerability Assessment for Colorado Using Geospatial Technology Graeme Aggett, AMEC
Session 2C	CWCB/SEO Forum An open dialogue with the State water agency leadership (Grand Mesa Room C) Jennifer Gimbel, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board Dick Wolfe, Colorado State Engineer
Session 2D	Colorado River Water Availability Study (Chasm Creek Room) Moderator – Ray Alvarado, Colorado Water Conservation Board Colorado River Water Availability Report Presentations Blaine Dwyer, AECOM Water Ben Harding, AMEC Erin Wilson, Leonard Rice Engineers How Will the Results of the Water Availability Study Be Used? Panel Discussion Jennifer Gimbel, Colorado Water Conservation Board Eric Kuhn, Colorado River Water Conservation District Eric Wilkinson, Northern Water
Session 2E	Water Science: Climate and Hydrology (Mesa Verde Room) Moderator – Michael Lewis, Associate Director for Data Programs U.S. Geological Survey Colorado Water Science Center National Integrated Drought Information System Upper Colorado Drought Pilot studies Jim Verdin, U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Modeling for the Upper Cache La Poudre Basin Stephanie Kampf, Colorado State University Biofuels in the South Platte: Economic Futures and Current Realities James Pritchett, Colorado State University
3:30 pm	BREAK
4:00 pm	GENERAL SESSION II (Grand Mesa Ballroom) Water and the Colorado Economy The Front Range Water Council - Tom Billings, Summit Economics Panel Discussion with: Greg Fisher, Denver Water Mark Pifher, Aurora Water Bruce McCormick, Colorado Springs Utilities Paul Rochette, Summit Economics
5:00 pm	RECEPTION (Centennial Room)

Friday, January 29

7:00 am	CWC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP & BUSINESS BREAKFAST (Grand Mesa Ballroom) Breakfast Program The Power of Partnerships in Providing Safe Drinking Water Dick Kuchenrither, Water For People
8:30 am	BREAK
8:30 am	Colorado Water Congress Board Meeting (Grand Mesa Ballroom)
9:00 am	GENERAL SESSION III (Grand Mesa Ballroom) AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL Hosted by the Colorado Water Congress Federal Affairs Committee Federal Legislation of Interest to the Colorado Water Community Oberstar Legislation and Water Transfer Rule Mark Pifher, Director of Utilities Aurora Water A Perspective on Working with the Bureau of Reclamation Robert Johnson, Senior Consultant, Water Consult and HDR Engineering, and former Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Plain Talk on Federal Water Quality Regulation John Hall, Attorney at Law Hall and Associates, Washington, D.C.
10:15 am	BREAK
10:45 am	CONCURRENT SESSIONS III
Session 3A	Birds, Farms and Cities (Grand Mesa Room A) Moderator: Joe Frank Strategies for Success: A Dynamic Partnership in Alternative Agricultural Transfer Methods. Practical Guidance for Alternative Water Transfers – Report from the field. Don Ament and Matt Lindburg, Brown and Caldwell Water for Wildlife – Greg Kernohan, Ducks Unlimited Matt Lindburg, Brown and Caldwell Mark Sponsler, Colorado Corn Lisa Darling, Aurora Water
Session 3B	Mixing Oil and Water (Grand Mesa Room B) Oil & Gas and Coal Bed Methane 101 Phil Loftin, BP America Colorado Water Resources Division Permitting for Oil and Gas Wells Kevin Rein, Colorado State Engineer's Office
Session 3C	Potpourri (Grand Mesa Room C) Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Water Plan Update and Look Ahead Jerry Kenny and Beorn Courtney, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Executive Director's Office At Your Service: The Water Resources Archive Patty Rettig, Water Resources Archive at Colorado State University 1031 Exchanges of Water Rights Kennen Cohen, Asset Preservation, Inc.
Session 3D	Climate Change Modeling and Tracking (Chasm Creek Room) Advancing the Capability of Colorado Spring Utilities to Incorporate Climate Change into Integrated Water Resource Planning David Yates, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research A Decision Support System for Climate Change Impact Analysis Jay Day, Riverside Technology, Inc Colorado's Observed Climate Trends Nolan Doesken, Colorado State Climatologist
Session 3E	Water Science: A Better Understanding of Consumptive Use (Mesa Verde Room) Moderator – Reagan Waskom, Director, Colorado Water Institute Recent Trends in Dust Deposition to Mountain Snowpacks in Colorado: Influence on Snowmelt Timing Dave Clow, U.S. Geological Survey Evaluating Crop Coefficients Using Massive Weighing Lysimeters Alan Andales, Colorado State University Improving Evapo-Transpiration Calculations Using the Best Science Tom Trout/USDA Agriculture Research Service
12:00 pm	ASPINALL AWARD LUNCHEON Co-sponsored by the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority (Grand Mesa Ballroom) KEYNOTE VIDEO PRESENTATION BY U.S. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, KEN SALAZAR Recognition of Dan Law Mike Brod, Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority Recognition of Honorary Life Members and CWC President The Wayne N. Aspinall Legacy Presentation of 2010 Aspinall Water Leader of the Year Award Tillie Bishop, 2009 Aspinall Award Recipient

POST-CONVENTION MEETINGS

1:30 pm	Colorado Foundation for Water Education Board Meeting Mesa Verde Room B
2:00 pm	CWRPDA Board Meeting Wind River Room

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