2015 Milam & Burleson Counties Groundwater Summit

2015 Milam & Burleson Counties Groundwater Summit
Published On: August 31, 2015Categories: Past Events
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome Honorable Mike Sutherland, Burleson Co. Judge
8:15 – 8:30 POSGCD’s new website! How can it work for you? Meredith Earwood, POSGCD Intern
8:30 – 9:45 Hydrology Basics – How does an Aquifer Work? Robert Mace, TWDB, Deputy Executive Administrator, Water Science & Conservation
9:45 – 10:00 BREAK
10:00 – 11:00 Hydrology Specific to our Central Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer James Beach, LBG-Guyton Associates, Senior Vice President
11:00 – 11:45 GMA 12 Panel- Joint Planning in our Central Carrizo-Wilcox Area Alan Day, General Manager, Brazos Valley GCDJim Totten, General Manager, Lost Pines GCDGary Westbrook, General Manager, Post Oak Savannah GCD
11:45 – 12:50  Provided Lunch – Keynote Speaker Address Stacey Steinbach, Deputy Assistant General Manager, Texas Water Conservation Association
12:50 – 1:00 Welcome back Honorable David Barkemeyer, Milam County Judge
1:00 – 2:00 Case Law Update – What are the Courts Telling Us? Deborah Trejo, Kemp Smith Law Firm, Public & Environmental Law Dept.
2:00 – 2:45 Balancing Property Rights with Groundwater Regulation Billy Howe, Texas Farm Bureau, State Legislative DirectorJason Skaggs, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
2:45 – 3:00 BREAK
3:00 – 4:00 Aquifer Storage & Recovery- the new frontier of water Neil Deeds, Intera, Vice President/Principal Engineer
4:00 – 5:00 Salt Water Disposal – Volumes Options, & Risks George King, Apache Corporation