Integrated Groundwater Management: Best Practices for Managing Limited Supplies Under Different Policy and Legal Settings
Integrated Groundwater Management: Best Practices for Managing Limited Supplies Under Different Policy and Legal Settings
Presented on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The goal of this session is to explore and contrast through case study presentations a cross section of integrated groundwater management approaches in varied policy and legal settings and identify challenges and best management practices at work. Presenters will be a mix of invited and abstract submittals with a broad geopolitical variety from different states and countries, and presenters are asked to cover the legal, policy, institutional, and groundwater management framework; major obstacles and impediments; and what they consider best practices that are working in their area to address specific challenges.
Moderator:
Timothy K. Parker, PG, CEG, CHG
Parker Groundwater Management, Sacramento, CA
Parker Groundwater Management, Sacramento, CA
Tim Parker is Principal Hydrogeologist, Parker Groundwater Management, California, specializing in groundwater resources management. His experience includes water policy analysis, groundwater management and monitoring, recharge & storage, and assessing potential impacts to groundwater from carbon sequestration and hydraulic fracturing. Tim serves GRA as Director and Legislative Chairman, CGC as Director, and National Ground Water Association as Scientist’s and Engineers Division Director. He is principal writer on Sustainability from the Ground Up, Groundwater Management in California, a Framework (ACWA 2011), and co-authored the books Potential Groundwater Quality Impacts Resulting from Geologic Carbon Sequestration (WRF 2009), and California Groundwater Management (GRA 2005).