Tuesday, October 14, 2008: 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Sociotechnical Aspects
8:00 a.m.The Development of Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources: Ethical Aspects
Maite M. Aldaya1, Manuel Ramón Llamas1 and Luis Martinez Cortina2, (1)Complutense University of Madrid, (2)Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME)
8:30 a.m.Integrated Analysis of the Decision Making Process in a “Mined” Ground Water Basin
Katie Bilodeau, Matthew Darrington, Luke Marchant, Matthew Reeves, Jan Boll, PE, Ph.D., Barbara Cosens, LL.M., J.D., Fritz Fiedler, PE, Ph.D. and Charles Harris, Ph.D., University of Idaho
9:00 a.m.Desired Future Conditions for Texas Aquifers: A Statewide Review of the Ground Water Management Area Process
Rima Petrossian, Texas Water Development Board
9:30 a.m.Break
10:00 a.m.Ground Water Law: What is the logic?
Denise D. Fort, University of New Mexico
10:30 a.m.Unitization: Renewing a Well-Oiled Approach to Nonrenewable Ground Water
W. Todd Jarvis, Ph.D., Oregon State University and John W. Jarvis, Certified Professional Landman (retired)
11:00 a.m.Nonrenewable Aquifers and International Law: Considerations for Managing a Critical Depleting Resource
Gabriel Eckstein, Ph.D., Texas Tech University and Yoram Eckstein, Ph.D., Kent State University
11:30 a.m.Lunch (provided)

The NGWA International Conference on Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources — Sociotechnological Aspects of Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources: Half-Empty, Half-Full, Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Some Paths Forward