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<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Governor’s <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Research</strong> Symposium<br />
October 26-27, 2010
8:00 AM October 26<br />
Welcome (<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Ballroom)<br />
Rudy Herrmann<br />
OWRB Chairman<br />
Cindy Rosenthal<br />
Mayor, City of Norman<br />
Address<br />
Jari Askins<br />
Lt. Governor, State of <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Rudy Herrmann<br />
Cindy Rosenthal<br />
Keynote<br />
Scott Huler<br />
Author<br />
State of the State’s <strong>Water</strong><br />
J.D. Strong<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Secretary of Environment<br />
OWRB Executive Director<br />
Jari Askins<br />
Every human should<br />
have the idea of<br />
taking care of the<br />
environment, of nature,<br />
of water. So using too<br />
much or wasting water<br />
should have some kind<br />
of feeling or sense of<br />
concern. Some sort<br />
of responsibility <strong>and</strong><br />
with that, a sense of<br />
discipline.<br />
Dalai Lama<br />
(Tenzin Gyatso)<br />
9:30-10:00 Break/Scott Huler book signing<br />
Scott Huler<br />
J.D. Strong
10:00 AM October 26<br />
11:30 AM October 26<br />
<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />
Symposium<br />
(Room G-H)<br />
Session One: Updates<br />
<strong>and</strong> New Developments<br />
Introduction<br />
Session Chair: Glenn<br />
Brown, OSU<br />
Stream-Aquifer Analysis<br />
Tests for Quantifying<br />
Alluvial Well Depletion<br />
Garey Fox, OSU<br />
The Experimental Green<br />
Roof at the National<br />
Weather Center<br />
Reid Coffman, OU<br />
Multi-Year <strong>and</strong><br />
Season Study on<br />
Antibiotic Resistance in<br />
Aeromonads Upstream<br />
<strong>and</strong> Downstream of a<br />
Wastewater Treatment<br />
Plant<br />
Cindy Cisar, NSU<br />
Reclaiming <strong>Water</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Revenue through<br />
Wellhead Arsenic<br />
Removal<br />
Mary Elizabeth Mach,<br />
Garver Engineering<br />
Questions/Wrap-up<br />
OCWP Municipal/Public <strong>Water</strong><br />
Supply Panel (University Ballroom)<br />
Moderator: Steve Thompson<br />
Executive Director, <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Department of Environmental Quality<br />
Bill Sims<br />
President, <strong>Oklahoma</strong> Rural <strong>Water</strong><br />
Association<br />
Jerry Johnston<br />
Mayor, Braman, <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Rodney Ray<br />
City Manager, Owasso, <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Marsha Slaughter<br />
Director, <strong>Oklahoma</strong> City <strong>Water</strong> Utilities<br />
Trust<br />
Concurrent Sessions<br />
OWRB Dam Safety Workshop:<br />
Legal Liability (Room I-J)<br />
Bob Kellogg, Moricoli &<br />
Schovanec, P.C.<br />
Bob Fabian, OWRB<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Department of<br />
Transportation <strong>Water</strong>ways<br />
Advisory Board Meeting (Sooner<br />
Room)<br />
<strong>Water</strong> Storage for Navigation<br />
Luncheon Program (<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Ballroom)<br />
Federal Update<br />
Congressman Tom Cole<br />
Laura Furgione<br />
Deputy Director, National Weather Service<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Pioneer Awards<br />
The <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Pioneer Award was<br />
initiated in 1985 to honor the men <strong>and</strong> women<br />
who have made significant contributions in the<br />
planning, development, management, <strong>and</strong><br />
conservation of <strong>Oklahoma</strong>’s water resources.<br />
Drew Edmondson<br />
Mike Melton<br />
Drew Edmondson was elected<br />
Attorney General in 1994, <strong>and</strong> was<br />
re-elected in 1998, 2002, <strong>and</strong> 2006.<br />
He has fought vigorously to protect<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong>’s water resources,<br />
both from a quality <strong>and</strong> quantity<br />
perspective.<br />
Mike Melton served the OWRB for<br />
38 years as a field engineer, division<br />
chief, Legislative Liaison, <strong>and</strong> Assistant<br />
Director. He coordinated early<br />
development of the original <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Comprehensive <strong>Water</strong> Plan, also serving<br />
as Chairman of the OCWP Planning<br />
Committee.<br />
Diane Pedicord is General Counsel <strong>and</strong><br />
Chief Officer for Corporate Affairs for the<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Municipal League. She is a<br />
long-time authority on the state’s water<br />
law, also serving as a member of the<br />
OWRB’s <strong>Water</strong> Law Advisory Committee.<br />
Tom Cole<br />
Laura Furgione<br />
11:30 Adjourn to Luncheon<br />
Diane Pedicord<br />
1:00-1:30 Break
1:30 PM October 26<br />
3:30 PM October 26<br />
<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />
Symposium<br />
(Room G-H)<br />
Session Two: Climate <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Water</strong>balance<br />
Introduction<br />
Session Chair: Kim<br />
Winton, USGS<br />
Drought monitoring: a<br />
system for tracking plant<br />
available soil moisture<br />
based on the <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Mesonet<br />
Tyson Ochsner, OSU<br />
Long-term trends in base<br />
flow, total flow, <strong>and</strong> baseflow<br />
index of streams in<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Rachel Esralew, USGS<br />
OCWP Agriculture Panel<br />
(University Ballroom)<br />
Moderator: Terry Peach<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Secretary of Agriculture<br />
Dr. Larry S<strong>and</strong>ers<br />
Professor & Extension Economist, OSU<br />
Tom Buchanan<br />
Director, Lugert-Altus Irrigation District<br />
Mike Armitage<br />
Owner/CEO, A Bar Ranch & Armitage<br />
Livestock<br />
OCWP Tribal Panel<br />
(University Ballroom)<br />
Moderator: Bill Anoatubby<br />
Chickasaw Nation Governor<br />
Chris Tweeten<br />
Chairman, Montana Reserved Rights<br />
Compact Commission; Chief Civil<br />
Counsel, Montana Department of<br />
Justice<br />
Chris Kenney<br />
Director, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation<br />
Office of Native American Affairs<br />
(Retired)<br />
Stephen Greetham<br />
Special Counsel <strong>Water</strong> <strong>and</strong> Natural<br />
Resources, Chickasaw Nation; Chief<br />
General Counsel, Chickasaw Nation<br />
Division of Commerce<br />
<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />
Symposium<br />
(Room G-H)<br />
Session Three: Sustainable<br />
<strong>Water</strong> Use<br />
Introduction<br />
Session Chair: Mary<br />
Elizabeth Mach,<br />
Garver Engineering<br />
Utilizing <strong>and</strong> Enhancing<br />
Natural Processes:<br />
The OSU Low Impact<br />
Development <strong>Research</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Extension Program<br />
Jason Vogel, OSU<br />
Alternative <strong>Water</strong><br />
Conservation Policy: Tools<br />
for OK <strong>Water</strong> Systems<br />
Chris Boyer, OSU<br />
Quantification Of <strong>Water</strong><br />
Fluxes And Irrigation Use<br />
Through Remote Sensing:<br />
Project Summary<br />
Baxter Vieux, OU<br />
Eastern redcedar:<br />
biomass, biofuel, <strong>and</strong><br />
water<br />
Pat Starks, USDA-ARS-<br />
GRL<br />
Questions/Wrap-up<br />
Concurrent Sessions<br />
OWRB Dam Safety Workshop:<br />
Engineering (Room I-J)<br />
NRCS Rehabilitation Program<br />
Assessing <strong>Water</strong>shed Dams <strong>and</strong><br />
Breach Mapping<br />
Developing Emergency Action Plans<br />
Dam Safety Incident Management Team<br />
Case Studies: A Tale of Two Dams<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Municipal League/<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Municipal Utility Providers<br />
Board Meeting (Sooner Room)<br />
Concurrent Sessions<br />
OWRB <strong>Water</strong> Rights Workshop<br />
(Room I-J)<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Association of<br />
Reclamation Projects Meeting<br />
(Sooner Room)<br />
Lean <strong>and</strong> Green:<br />
Applying Lean Process<br />
Improvement for<br />
Sustainable Resource<br />
Usage<br />
Marc Jensen, OU<br />
<strong>Water</strong>, water everywhere<br />
<strong>and</strong> not a drop to waste<br />
. . . Is wastewater reuse<br />
attainable?<br />
Michael Graves,<br />
Garver Engineering<br />
Questions/Wrap-up<br />
3:00-3:30 Break 5:00 Adjourn to Reception
<strong>Water</strong>, like religion<br />
<strong>and</strong> ideology, has the<br />
power to move millions<br />
of people. Since the<br />
very birth of human<br />
civilization, people<br />
have moved to settle<br />
close to it. People move<br />
when there is too little<br />
of it. People move when<br />
there is too much of it.<br />
<strong>Research</strong> Poster Presentations<br />
Student:<br />
Kaliana Moro Tanganelli<br />
Malarie Barrett<br />
Andres Patrignani<br />
April Bagwill<br />
Bethany L. Scott<br />
Hiren Bhavsar<br />
Jenny Hung<br />
Kevin Stunkel<br />
Michael Wine<br />
Nina Desianti<br />
Liu Lu & Chris Bednarczyk<br />
Aidan Leddy<br />
Jessica S. Magers<br />
Pascal Irmscher<br />
Stacey R. Brown<br />
Taber Midgley<br />
Dane M. Morris<br />
Daniel Allen<br />
Sarah Yepez<br />
Carrie Miller-DeBoer<br />
Aaron Mittelstet & Derek Heeren<br />
Maryse Sagbohan<br />
David Wallace<br />
Lindsey Carter<br />
Ron Miller<br />
Leah Oxenford<br />
Russell Dutnell<br />
Clayton Elder<br />
Laura Merriman<br />
Jesi Lay<br />
Rachel Branch<br />
Professional:<br />
Rachel Esralew<br />
Reid Coffman<br />
Elaine Stebler<br />
Robert Nairn<br />
Toby Allen<br />
Michael Reilley<br />
Julie LaBar<br />
8:00 AM October 27<br />
Welcome (<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Ballroom)<br />
Rudy Herrmann<br />
OWRB Chairman<br />
Federal Update<br />
Congresswoman Mary Fallin<br />
Colonel Michael Teague<br />
Tulsa District Engineer, USACE<br />
<strong>Water</strong> Plan Update<br />
Kyle Arthur<br />
Director of Planning, OWRB<br />
John Rehring<br />
Vice President, CDM<br />
Ken Senour<br />
Sr. Vice President, C H Guernsey<br />
Will Focht<br />
Director, OWRRI<br />
Mary Fallin<br />
Michael Teague<br />
People journey down it.<br />
People write, sing <strong>and</strong><br />
dance about it. People<br />
fight over it. And all<br />
Student Poster Contest Sponsors<br />
Cherokee Nation<br />
Chickasaw Nation<br />
Choctaw Nation<br />
Iowa Tribe of <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
people, everywhere <strong>and</strong><br />
every day, need it.<br />
Mikhail Gorbachev<br />
9:30-10:00 Break
10:00 AM October 27<br />
11:30 AM October 27<br />
<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />
Symposium<br />
(Room G-H)<br />
Session Four: Applications<br />
in Environmental<br />
Engineering<br />
Introduction<br />
Session Chair: Baxter<br />
Vieux, OU<br />
OCWP Environment Panel<br />
(University Ballroom)<br />
Moderator: Richard Hatcher<br />
Director, <strong>Oklahoma</strong> Department of<br />
Wildlife Conservation<br />
Mike Fuhr<br />
State Director, The Nature Conservancy<br />
Barney Austin<br />
Director of Hydrologic Services, INTERA<br />
Luncheon Program<br />
(<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Ballroom)<br />
Inca <strong>Water</strong> Engineering—<br />
Machu Picchu, Tipon, & Moray<br />
Kenneth R. Wright<br />
Author<br />
Ruth Wright<br />
Author<br />
Kenneth Wright<br />
An Innovative, Low Cost<br />
Stream Restoration <strong>and</strong><br />
Mitigation in the Flint Hill<br />
Prairie Region of North<br />
Central <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
David Bidelspach,<br />
Bidelspach<br />
Environmental<br />
Tracy Boyer<br />
Associate Professor of Agricultural<br />
Economics, <strong>Oklahoma</strong> State University<br />
Shannon Brewer<br />
Assistant Unit Leader, <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Cooperative Fish <strong>and</strong> Wildlife<br />
<strong>Research</strong> Unit<br />
Poster Contest Winners<br />
4H Speech Contest Winners<br />
Chelsea Blevins, Sapulpa<br />
Jenna Murray, Fletcher<br />
Emily Morrow, Norman<br />
Ruth Wright<br />
Use of Rapid Geomorphic<br />
Assessments in Ozark<br />
Streams for Determining<br />
Streambank Stability<br />
Dan Storm, OSU<br />
Evaluation of an<br />
Ecologically-engineered,<br />
Passive Treatment System<br />
for Ferruginous Lead-zinc<br />
Mine <strong>Water</strong>s<br />
Keith Strevett, OU<br />
Concurrent Sessions<br />
Funding Agency Coordinating Team<br />
Session (Room I-J)<br />
Market Update<br />
Optimization of <strong>Water</strong><br />
Usage in Petroleum<br />
Refineries<br />
Ross Ostenberg, C. H.<br />
Guernsey<br />
Questions/Wrap-up<br />
Rural Development Programs<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Bar Association<br />
Continuing Education (Room A-B)<br />
Energy/Natural Resources Law<br />
Ethics Session<br />
11:30 Adjourn to Luncheon<br />
1:00-1:30 Break/Kenneth & Ruth Wright book signing
1:30 PM October 27 3:30 PM October 27<br />
<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />
Symposium<br />
(Room G-H)<br />
Session Five: Garber-<br />
Wellington Aquifer<br />
Introduction<br />
Session Chair: Noel<br />
Osborn, OWRB<br />
OCWP Commerce <strong>and</strong><br />
Industry Panel (University Ballroom)<br />
Moderator: Natalie Shirley<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Secretary of Commerce <strong>and</strong><br />
Tourism<br />
David Myers<br />
Executive Director, Ponca City<br />
Development Authority<br />
OCWP Energy Panel<br />
(University Ballroom)<br />
Moderator: Robert Wegener<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Secretary of Energy<br />
Bud Ground<br />
Manager Governmental <strong>and</strong><br />
Environmental Affairs, Public Service<br />
Company of <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
<strong>Water</strong> <strong>Research</strong><br />
Symposium<br />
(Room G-H)<br />
Session Six: Surface <strong>Water</strong><br />
Quality<br />
Introduction<br />
Session Chair: Dave<br />
Engle, OSU<br />
Methodology Used to<br />
Constrain the Geometry<br />
<strong>and</strong> Continuity of<br />
Flow Properties in<br />
Outcroppings of the<br />
Garber-Wellington<br />
Aquifer<br />
Stan Paxton, USGS<br />
Delineating the Fresh-to-<br />
Saline-<strong>Water</strong> Transition<br />
in the Central <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Aquifer<br />
Marvin Abbot, USGS<br />
Geohydrologic<br />
Framework of the<br />
Garber-Wellington<br />
Aquifer: Methodology<br />
Used to Develop Three-<br />
Dimensional Lithology for<br />
the Groundwater Flow<br />
Model<br />
Shana Mashburn,<br />
USGS<br />
Current <strong>and</strong> Historical<br />
Groundwater Use from<br />
the Garber-Wellington<br />
Aquifer<br />
Chris Neel, OWRB<br />
David Braddock<br />
Consultant, Altus Economic<br />
Development Corporation<br />
Brent Kisling<br />
Executive Director, Enid Regional<br />
Development Alliance<br />
Concurrent Sessions<br />
Funding Agency Coordinating<br />
Team Session (Room I-J)<br />
Community Development Block Grant<br />
Programs<br />
Indian Health Service Programs<br />
Councils of Governments<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Bar Association<br />
Continuing Education (Room A-B)<br />
Ethics Session<br />
Environmental Law<br />
Richard Luedecke<br />
Vice President, Devon Energy<br />
Corporation<br />
Trish Horn<br />
Vice President, Governance <strong>and</strong><br />
Environmental, Health <strong>and</strong> Safety, OGE<br />
Energy Corporation<br />
Concurrent Sessions<br />
Funding Agency Coordinating<br />
Team Session (Room I-J)<br />
Community Resource Group<br />
OWRB & DEQ Programs<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Bar Association<br />
Continuing Education (Room A-B)<br />
Indian Law<br />
Improving <strong>Water</strong> Quality<br />
with Phosphorus Removal<br />
Structures<br />
Chad Penn, OSU<br />
Impact of Preferential<br />
Flow Paths on Subsurface<br />
Phosphorus Transport in<br />
Ozark Floodplains<br />
Derek Hereen, OSU<br />
<strong>Water</strong> Quality<br />
Monitoring <strong>and</strong> Trends<br />
in Our Transboundary<br />
<strong>Water</strong>sheds<br />
Brian Haggard, UA<br />
Poultry Waste Maker<br />
Constituents in Edge of<br />
Field Runoff Samples<br />
from the Illinois River<br />
<strong>Water</strong>shed<br />
Michael Smolen,<br />
Lithochimeia, LLC<br />
Questions/Wrap-up<br />
Questions/Wrap-up<br />
3:00-3:30 Break<br />
5:00 Adjourn
Sponsors<br />
Exhibitors<br />
A nation that fails<br />
to plan intelligently<br />
for the development<br />
<strong>and</strong> protection of its<br />
precious waters will<br />
be condemned to<br />
wither because of its<br />
shortsightedness. The<br />
hard lessons of history<br />
are clear, written on<br />
the deserted s<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong><br />
ruins of once proud<br />
civilizations.<br />
Lyndon Johnson<br />
Alan Mauk Associates<br />
Arkansas Basin Development Association<br />
BancFirst<br />
Bank of America Merrill Lynch<br />
BOSC, Inc.<br />
Brook A. Simmons<br />
CDM<br />
C H Guernsey & Co.<br />
Chesapeake Energy Corporation<br />
Cherokee Nation<br />
Chickasaw Nation<br />
Choctaw Nation<br />
Citizens for the Protection of the Arbuckle-<br />
Simpson Aquifer<br />
Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP<br />
Dolese Bros. Co.<br />
Garver Engineering<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong> River Dam Authority<br />
Holloway, Updike & Bellen, Inc.<br />
Lafarge Tulsa Cement Plant<br />
Meshek & Associates, LLC<br />
Municipal Finance Services<br />
ODOT <strong>Water</strong>ways Branch & Advisory Board<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Association of Conservation<br />
Districts<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Association of Electric<br />
Cooperatives<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Association of Reclamation<br />
Projects<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Bar Association<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Cotton Council<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Farm Bureau<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Floodplain Managers<br />
Association<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Ground <strong>Water</strong> Association<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Municipal League/<strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Municipal Utility Providers<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Rural <strong>Water</strong> Association<br />
Public Service Company of <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Ryan Whaley Coldiron Sh<strong>and</strong>y<br />
Save the Illinois River<br />
Soil <strong>and</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Conservation Society,<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Chapter<br />
Tetra Tech<br />
Texas Industries, Inc.<br />
<strong>Water</strong> Strategies LLC<br />
C H Guernsey & Co.<br />
CDM<br />
Cherokee Nation<br />
Chesapeake Energy Corporation<br />
Chickasaw Nation<br />
Choctaw Nation<br />
Citizens for the Protection of the Arbuckle-<br />
Simpson Aquifer<br />
Gr<strong>and</strong> River Dam Authority<br />
Green Team<br />
Meshek & Associates, L.L.C.<br />
ODOT <strong>Water</strong>ways Branch & Advisory Board<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Climatological Survey<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Comprehensive <strong>Water</strong> Plan<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Corporation Commission<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Geological Survey<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Ground <strong>Water</strong> Association<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Municipal League/<strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Municipal Utility Providers<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Rural <strong>Water</strong> Association<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Law<br />
OSU Division of Ag Sciences <strong>Water</strong><br />
<strong>Research</strong> & Extension Center<br />
OWRB Financial Assistance Division<br />
Soil <strong>and</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Conservation Society,<br />
<strong>Oklahoma</strong> Chapter<br />
Tetra Tech<br />
USDA Natural Resources Conservation<br />
Service<br />
US Geological Survey<br />
<strong>Water</strong> Strategies LLC<br />
Fierce national<br />
competition over water<br />
resources has prompted<br />
fears that water issues<br />
contain the seeds of<br />
violent conflict.<br />
Kofi Annan
Embassy Suites<br />
Hotel & <strong>Conference</strong> Center<br />
Norman, <strong>Oklahoma</strong><br />
Coordinated by the <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Resources Board<br />
& <strong>Oklahoma</strong> <strong>Water</strong> Resources <strong>Research</strong> Institute
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