June 15-17 Conference Program

A complete program in PDF format is available here.

Presentations and videos will be posted here later this summer.

Plenary Sessions

Global Groundwater in Agricultural/Rural Regions - Livelihoods and Use of Groundwater in Agriculture with Dr. Thomas Harter, University of California Davis, Paula Landis, Chief of the Division of Integrated Regional Water Management, California Dept. of Water Resources, and Dr. Tushaar Shah, International Water Management Institute (Tuesday 8:30 - 10:00a)

"Unquenchable. America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It" by Prof. Robert Glennon, University of Arizona (Luncheon Speaker, Tuesdaty 12-1p)

Managing Groundwater Use and Groundwater Quality with William Alley, Chief of Groundwater, U.S. Geological Survey, Stephen Foster, World Bank, and Bridget Scanlon, Univ. of Texas, Austin (Wednesday 8:30 - 10:00a)

Law and Legal Policy in Groundwater Governance (Use and Quality) with Dr. Jennifer McKay, University of South Australia, Mike Wiremann, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stefano Burchi, International Association for Water Law (Thursday, 8:30 - 10:00a)

Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture: Challenges, Observations, and Key Outcomes with Dr. Margaret Catley-Carlson, Canadian Water Network, Mark Giordano, International Water Management Institute, Michael Campana, Oregon State University, Jacob Burke, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jean Fried, UNESCO and University of California Irvine (Thursday, 3:20 - 5:30p)

Breakout Sessions

Groundwater and Global Food Security
Groundwater and Environmental Justice
Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water
Groundwater, Salinization, and Salinity
Agricultural Groundwater and Energy Nexus
Irrigation, Water Use Efficiency, Conservation: Effects on Groundwater
Groundwater and Livelihood
Agricultural Groundwater Management
Economic Drivers of Groundwater Management
Policy Drivers of Groundwater Management
Goundwater Quality at the Ag-Urban Interface
Groundwater Use and Management at the Ag-Urban Interface
Pesticides and Nutrients: Groundwater Impacts, Monitoring, BMPS, and Regulation
Groundwater and Climate Change
Forecasting of Agricultural Groundwater Quality and Supply
Aquifer Recharge in Agricultural Regions
Animal Farming, Manure Management, and Groundwater
Regional Groundwater Monitoring Approaches
Regulatory Controls, Compliance, and Monitoring of Agricultural Groundwater

...many California speakers for a full
California program integrated into
a national and international context:

Pamela Creedon, Central Vally Regional Water Resources Control Board
David Orth, Kings River Conservation District
John Bredehoeft, The Hydrodynamics Group
Matt Zidar, GEI Consultants, Inc.
Tim Parker, Layne Christensen
Jack Rice, California Farm Bureau
Paul Martin, Western United Dairymen Association
Graham Fogg, University of California Davis
John Dickey, Newfields Agricultural & Environmental Resources, LLC
Laurel Firestone, Community Water Center
Stefanie Hedlund, Best Best and Krieger
Randall Hanson, U.S. Geological Survey
Jennie Munster, Balance Hydrologics, Inc.
Jose Antonio Ramirez, City of Firebaugh
Richard Joost, United Soybean Board
Michael Steiger, Erler & Kalinowski, Inc.
Larry Russell, Marin Municipal Water District
Eric Suchomel, Geosyntec Consultants
Kathleen Thomasberg, Montery County Water Resources Agency
Keith Loague, Stanford University
Jim Beck, Kern County Water Agency
Sam Schaefer, GEI Consultants, Inc.
Keith Knapp, Univ. of California, Riverside
Daniel Sonke, SureHarvest, Inc.
Robert Turnbull, Roscoe Moss Company
Chris Green, U.S. Geological Survey
Marcus Buchanan, Buchanan and Assoc.
Kristine Uhlmann, University of Arizona
Ruth Langridge, University of California Santa Cruz
Tom Glover, Westlands Water District
Sargent Green, California Water Institute
Brad Esser, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
John Green, Stockton East Water Districts
Calla Schmid, University of California Santa Cruz
Christian E. Petersen, MWH
Carolina Balazs, University of California, Berkeley
Chris Scott, University of Arizona
Scott Bradford, U.S. Salnity Laboratory
John Selker, Oregon State University
Emin Dogrul, CA Dept, of Water Resouces