Preparing for an Uncertain Future: Developing a 50-Year Utah Water Strategy

During his presentation, Alan will talk about the four-year process he had led at the direction of Governor Herbert to outline recommended strategies for addressing Utah's water future. The stakeholder process was challenging, but listening to a diverse set of viewpoints and hashing out differences yielded a better, more enduring product.  The recommendations address issues such as conservation, efficient water development, sustainable agriculture, preserving natural systems, water quality, funding infrastructure, climate change, water law and technology.  Many of the high-priority recommendations are being implemented through legislation and administrative policy.

9:30 a.m. Colorado Groundwater Flux
David Colvin, PG
9:55 a.m. Conjunctive Management of the Waters of the Humboldt River Basin, Nevada
Jon Benedict, Senior Hydrogeologist
10:20 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Integrated Remote Sensing, Groundwater Monitoring & Modeling to Manage Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs)
Brian Schmid
11:10 a.m. Resilience from Below: Proactively Managing Groundwater to Sustain Communities and Nature in an Uncertain Future
Maurice Hall, Ph.D.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. New Ways of Looking at Water Resources Data vs. Instincts)
Todd Halihan, Ph.D., P.Gp.
2:00 p.m. Exempt Wells
Nathan Bracken
2:35 p.m. Break
2:55 p.m. Using Groundwater Models to Inform Water Management Decisions – from Months to Minutes!
James Schneider, PhD
3:20 p.m. Impact of Vertical Discretization of Aquifers in Models on Simulation of Stream Aquifer Interaction
Mesut Cayar, Ph.D., P.E.
3:45 p.m. Riverbank Filtration Provides Natural Filtration of Surface Water
Henry Hunt, CPGS
4:10 p.m. Need for Essential Data/Collaboration for Practical Policy: Case Study of Collaborative Federalism and Management
Sara Larsen
4:35 p.m. Managing Groundwater and Surface Water--Putting Utah's Water Strategy to the Test
Jeff Davis

10:30 a.m. Observing, Documenting, And Quantifying Flow From A Reservoir To A Karst Aquifer
Joe Yelderman Jr., PhD, PG
10:55 a.m. Differentiating Plume Expansion from Regional Climate Effects for Ground Water Discharge Permits
Dan Bryant, Ph.D., PG
11:20 a.m. Physical Considerations in Managing and Modeling Stream-Aquifer Systems
Dan Stephens, Ph.D.