PROGRAM
(Conference Information Page)
26th Biennial Groundwater Conference
and 16th Annual Meeting of the
Groundwater Resources Association of California

September 18-19, 2007
Sacramento Convention Center
Sacramento, California

California's Water Future: Expanding the Role of Groundwater

Day 1: Tuesday's Program

Day 2: Wednesday's Program

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Joint Session: Role of Groundwater -- Quantity, Quality, and Policy Perspectives

	8:15	Welcome Message Tom Mohr, President, Groundwater Resources Association
	8:30	Emerging Issues in California Water Management Jerry Johns, Deputy Director, California Department of Water Resources
	9:00	The State Water Board's Many Roles in Protecting Groundwater Dorothy Rice, Executive Officer, State Water Resources Control Board
	9:30	The Expanding State Regulation of Groundwater Anne Schneider, Partner, Ellison, Schneider & Harris
	10:00	Break

	TRACK 1	(Technical)		TRACK 2	(Policy + Mgt.)
	Session:	Salt Water Intrusion: Current Status and Future Implications Moderator: Eric Reichard		Session:	Groundwater Resources and Land Use Planning Moderator: Thomas Harter
	10:30	Battling Saltwater Intrusion in Los Angeles County -- Current and Future Challenges Ted Johnson, Water Replenishment District of Southern California		10:30	Review and Integration of City and County General Plans as part of the Upper Kings Basin Kings Integrated Regional Water Management Plan Matthew Zidar, Water Resources and Information Management Engineering, Inc. (WRIME)
	11:00	Exchange of Water at the Continental Ocean Interface John A. Izbicki, US Geological Survey		11:00	Land Use Planning and Dairies Deanne Meyer, University of California Cooperative Extension
	11:30	Seawater Intrusion in California’s Central Coast Randall T. Hanson, US Geological Survey		11:30	Using Groundwater in Water Supply Assessments Ryan Bezerra, Bartkiewicz, Kronick & Shanahan

12:00

LUNCH Luncheon speaker: Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District

	Session:	Desalination for Groundwater Basin Management Moderator: Roy Herndon		Session:	How the Delta Vision Connects with California’s Groundwater (Panel Discussion) This session will explore the delta vision, habitat issues, government’s agenda Moderator: Jay Lund
	1:30	Groundwater Remediation in the Chino Basin Kenneth Manning, Chino Basin Watermaster & Andrew Malone, Wildermuth Environmental		1:30-3:00	Panelists: Joe Grindstaff, California Bay-Delta Authority Dave Mraz, California Department of Water Resources Karen Scarborough, California Resources Agency (invited)
	2:00	West San Jacinto Groundwater Basin Management -- Moving Forward with Desalination Behrooz Mortazavi, Eastern Municipal Water District
	2:30	Developing and Managing Brackish Groundwater Facilities to Produce New Local Supplies Dennis Bostad, Sweetwater Authority
	3:00	Break		3:00	Break
	Session:	Groundwater Quality: Does Better Analysis Equal Greater Risk? Moderator: Vicki Kretsinger		Session:	Investing in Infrastructure -- Pay Now or Pay Later Moderator: Tim Parker
	3:30	Emerging Contaminant Analysis -- Can We Trust the Results? Andrew Eaton, MWH Labs		3:30	Can California’s Water Infrastructure Sustain Future Climate Change? Norman Miller, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
	4:00	Development and Application of Health-Based Screening Levels for Water Quality Assessments Patricia L. Toccalino, US Geological Survey		4:00	Infrastructure Investments: Water Reliability John Rossi, Western Municipal Water District
	4:30	Emerging Contaminants: Challenges in Assessing Human Health and Ecological Risks Lee R. Shull, Environmental Resources Management, Inc.		4:30	Infrastructure Building for Groundwater Management Roy Herndon, Orange County Water District

5:00-7:00

Adjourn to Poster Session and Reception

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Day 2: Wednesday, September 19

	TRACK 1	(Technical)		TRACK 2	(Policy + Mgt.)
	Session:	Assessing California’s Groundwater Quality: What have we learned from GAMA? Moderator: Todd Miller, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.		Session:	Expanding Groundwater Supply through Banking and Exchange Moderator: Jim Strandberg, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
	8:30	GAMA’s Statewide Basin Assessment Program: The First 1000 Wells Kenneth Belitz, US Geological Survey		8:30	Saving for a Dry Day: The Promise and Challenges of Groundwater Banking Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California
	9:00	GAMA Special Studies: Focused Water Quality Investigations of Statewide Relevance Jean E. Moran, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory		9:00	Aquifer Storage and Recovery in California - Benefits and Considerations Christian Petersen, Montgomery Watson
	9:30	Domestic Wells -- Is the Water Safe to Drink? John Borkovich, State Water Resources Control Board		9:30	New Opportunities for Groundwater Banking in California’s Central Valley Project Tracy Slavin, US Bureau of Reclamation
	10:00	Break		10:00	Break
	Session:	Assessing California’s Groundwater Quality: Interpretation of GAMA Results Moderator: Sarah Raker		Session:	Preparing for Tomorrow by Managing Data Today Moderator: Matt Zidar
	10:30	Elevated Levels of Naturally-Occurring Uranium in Groundwater in the Eastern San Joaquin Valley, California Bryant C. Jurgens, US Geological Survey Relation of Low-Level VOCs and Pesticides to Land Use in the Central Valley George Bennett, US Geological Survey		10:30	Tackling the Gordian Knot or A Guide to Dealing with Knotty Data Curt James, Mojave Water Agency
	11:00	Groundwater Quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins: Results from the California GAMA Program Justin T. Kulongoski, US Geological Survey Using Low-Level Detections of Anthropogenic Compounds to Trace Groundwater Movement in the Southern Sierra Miranda S. Fram, US Geological Survey		11:00	Opening Your Eyes to IWRIS Mary Scruggs, Department of Water Resources
	11:30	Assessment of Processes Affecting Groundwater Quality, Central-Eastside San Joaquin Valley Matthew K. Landon, US Geological Survey Question/Answer All speakers from this session		11:30	The Arc Hydro Groundwater Data Model Norm Jones, Brigham Young University

12:00

LUNCH Darrell Steinberg, CA Senator; GRA Awards and Paul Bauer on legislative updates

Joint Session: Preparing for Climate Change

		Moderator: Jim Crowley
	1:30	California Water Management: Subject to Change John Andrew, Department of Water Resources
	2:00	Groundwater’s Changing Role with Climate Change for Water Supply in the Central Valley Jay Lund, University of California, Davis
	2:30	Global Warming and its Impacts on Irrigated Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) Jan Hopmans, University of California, Davis
	3:00	Closing Remarks for the Conference Tom Mohr, President, Groundwater Resources Association