Groundwater Learning Exchange Agenda

Agenda - April 2006

Saturday 14 APR

Travel to Washington DC, stay at hotel in Reston or Herndon

Sunday 15 APR

15:30 - 18:00 Informal Gathering organized by GEF IW:LEARN in Reston, VA

Monday 16 APR: Reston, Virginia - Meetings at USGS Room 5A217

08:00 – 08:30  Welcome by US Geological Survey (USGS) International Program and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
                        George Coakley, Verne Schneider, Pradeep Aggarwal

08:30 – 09:00  Welcome by Global Environment Facility, World Bank and GEF IW:LEARN
                        Christian Severin (GEF), Julia Bucknall (World Bank), Dann Sklarew (IW:LEARN), http://www.iwlearn.net

09:00 - 09:15  Overview of Study Tour
                        Ingrid Verstraeten

09:15 - 10:00 General introduction of participants
                       Participants

10:00 - 10:15  Break

10:15 - 11:00  Overview of USGS Water Resources Programs Including COOP Program [Presentation]
                        Robert Hirsch, Associate Director for Water, http://acwi.gov/coop/coopinv.html
                        Blog Rapporteur:  Dann Sklarew

11:00 - 11:45  Discussion and Q&A transboundary issues/policy/interests
                        Aaron Salzberg, OES/U.S. State Department
                        Blog Rapporteur: Roberto Montes

11:45 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:00 USGS Ground Water Program [Presentation]
                       Kevin Dennehy, http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp
                       Blog Rapporteur: Elena Benitez

14:00 - 15:00 Ground Water Modeling [Paper]
                       Allen Shapiro
                       Blog Rapporteur: Jorge Santa-Cruz

15:00 - 15:15 Break

15:15 - 16:30 Middle Rio Grande Basin Study [Paper] [Presentation - Plummer] [Paper - Sanford]
                       Neil Plummer & Ward Sanford, http://nm.water.usgs.gov/mrg/ 
                       Blog Rapporteur: Julio Thadeu Kettelhut

17:00 - 18:00 Shopping in Reston Town Center

18:00 - 20:00 Team Dinner at Clyde's of Reston - Sponsored by GEF IW:LEARN
                       http://www.clydes.com/main/MenusList.cfm?Restaurant=Clydes_of_Reston

Tuesday 17 APR: Reston, Virginia and Travel to El Paso, Texas

08:00 - 09:00 Overview of the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) and Ground Water Information System (GWIS) [Presentation]
                       Susan Trapanese and Wayne Lapham, http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/
                       Blog Rapporteur: Elena Benitez, Roberto Montes & Miguel Giraut

09:00 - 10:00 Groundwater Quality Studies: US Example [Presentation]
                       Wayne Lapham, http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/
                       Blog Rapporteur: Jorge Santa-Cruz

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 11:00 Public Private Partnerships and Overview of the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) [Presentation]
                       Toni Johnson, http://acwi.gov/
                       Blog Rapporteur: Djamel Latrech

11:00- 12:30  Public Participation and Communication in the Guarani Aquifer (15 minute presentation followed by a discussion) [Presentation]
                       Blog Rapporteur: Julio Thadeu Kettelhut and Juan Ledesma

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30              Departure to Washington-Dulles Airport (IAD) Fly from Dulles Airport to El Paso

Wednesday 18 APR: El Paso, Texas

Visit to the US International Boundary Water Commission, El Paso, TX. [Presentation]
                       Sally Spener & William Harlow, http://www.ibwc.state.gov/

09:30 - 11:00  Tour of American Dam
                        Blog Rapporteur: ???

11:30 - 13:00  Lunch (no host)

13:30 - 15:00  Presentation by Representatives of the US and Mexican Sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission on How We
                        Handle Transboundary Water Issues [Presentation]
                        Blog Rapporteur: Djamel Latrech

15:00 - 16:00  Discussion of Legal and Institutional Mechanisms in the NW Sahara Aquifer (15 minute presentation followed by a discussion)
                        Djamel Latrech, OSS [Presentation]
                        Blog Rapporteur: Abdelkader Dodo

Thursday 19 APR: Travel and Tucscon, Arizona

Morning Fly from El Paso to Tucson, Arizona (via Phoenix)

13:00 - 13:30  Introduction to USGS Arizona Program and Hydrology [Presentation]
                        John Hoffmann
                        Blog Rapporteur: Elena Benitez and Roberto Montes

13:30 - 14:30  Case Study—San Pedro basin GW-SW Int. [Presentation]
                        James Leenhout & Donald Pool
                        Blog Rapporteur: Elena Benitez and Roberto Montes

14:30 - 15:30 Geophysical Tools and Applications [Presentation]
                       James Callegary
                       Blog Rapporteur: Juan Ledesma          

15:30 - 15:45 Break

15:45 - 16:30 Communicating Science
                       Nick Melcher
                       Blog Rapporteur: Elena Benitez and Roberto Montes

16:30 - 17:30 Managing Transboundary Risks in the Iullumeden Aquifer (15 minute presentation followed by a discussion) [Presentation]
                       Abdelkader Dodo
                       Blog Rapporteur: Abdelkader Dodo, Luiz Amore and Djamel Latrech

Friday 20 APR: Tucson, Arizona

08:00 - 09:00 Intro to AZ water management and legal issues
                       Nick Melcher
                       Blog Rapporteur: Djamel Latrech, Julio Thadeu Kettelhut and Juan Ledesma

09:00 - 10:30 Arizona Dept of Water Resources - Groundwater Management
                       Ken Seasholes
                       Blog Rapporteur: Djamel Latrech

10:30 - 11:30 Colorado River GW Decree Accounting
                       Joyce Owen
                       Blog Rapporteur: Jukio Thadeu Kettelhut

11:30 - 13:00  Lunch

13:00 - 14:00 Colorado-aquifer management issues
                       Stanley Leake
                       Blog Rapporteur: Luiz Amore

14:00 – 16:30 Tour of Artificial Recharge Facilities Tucson Water 
                        Wally Wilson, Tuscon Water Department

Saturday 21 APR: Tuscon, Arizona and Travel to San Diego, California

Morning Fly from Tucson, Arizona, to San Diego, California

Sunday 22 APR: San Diego, California

Sightseeing/shopping in San Diego (not organized)

Monday, 23 APR: USGS Regional Facility, San Diego, California

08:30 - 10:00   Meet with Sweetwater representatives at USGS office in San Diego. Learn about multi phase study of entire San Diego area basins, and desire
                         by San Diego to learn where ground water is coming from they are pumping for municipal use in the context of a long-term sustainable mix of
                         local surface, ground, desalinization, recycled, and imported surface water supplies. 
                         USGS studies: http://ca.water.usgs.gov/sandiego
                         Sweetwater Authority: http://www.sweetwater.org/default.htm
                         Blog Rapporteur: Miguel Giraut

10:00 - 12:00   Travel through Sweetwater river basin to San Gorgonio Pass

12:00 - 13:00   Lunch

13:00 - 15:30   Meet with San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency representatives, learn about artificial recharge investigations in context of long-term regional
                         management plan
                         USGS SGPWA studies: http://ca.water.usgs.gov/issues/project_single.pl?id=34
                         SGPWA: http://www.sgpwa.com/
                         Blog Rapporteur: Luiz Amore

15:30 - 16:30   Travel to San Bernardino by car

Tuesday 24 APR: San Bernadino, California and San Diego, California

8:00 - 10:30      Meet w/ San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District reps, learn about history of conflicts over ground water use, levels, development of
                          models, ground water level monitoring networks, InSAR assessment of subsidence and ground expansion, and long-term management
                          planning.
                          USGS studies in San Bernardino basin: http://ca.water.usgs.gov/sanbern
                          SBVMWD: http://www.sbvmwd.com/
                         Blog Rapporteur: Djamel Latrech

10:30 - 12:30     Travel to San Diego by car

12:30 - 13:30     Lunch

13:30 - 15:00     Mojave Regional Aquifer System Studies and Aquifer storage and recovery 
                           Peter Martin and John Izbicky
                           Blog Rapporteur: Elena Benitez and Roberto Montes

15:15 - 17:00     California ground water resources
                           Wes Danskin
                           http://international.usgs.gov/projects/jd-groundwater.htm
                           http://ca.water.usgs.gov/owens
                           http://ca.water.usgs.gov/temecula
                          Blog Rapporteur: Abdelkader Dodo

Wednesday 25 APR

08:00 -10:00      High Plains Regional Ground Water Study: Issues and Technical Aspects
                           Breton Bruce, http://co.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/hpgw/HPGW_home.html
                           Blog Rapporteur: Miguel Giraut

10:00 - 10:15     Break

10:15 - 12:00     High Plains Management, Transboundary Issues, and Public Participation Efforts with Emphasis on Nebraska
                           Ann Bleed, Acting Director (Nebraska DNR), http://www.dnr.ne.gov/, http://www.nrdnet.org/about_nard.html
                           Blog Rapporteur: Miguel Giraut

12:00 - 13:30     Lunch

13:30 - 14:30     Undertaking the Shared Aquifer Diagnostic Analysis in the Nubian Aquifer System (15 minute presentation followed by a discussion)
                           Blog Rapporteur: Luiz Amore

14:30 - 15:00     Science in support of water management planning-- Group discussion of application to home aquifers. Joint brainstorming discussion including
                           senior USGS ground water researchers. 
                           All
                           Blog Rapporteur: Julio Thadeu Kettelhut

15:00 - 15:15     Break

15:15 - 16:30     Share informal “personal action plans”, Debriefing/ formulation of next steps etc.
                           Blog Rapporteur:  Djamel Latrech and Abdelkader Dodo

16:00 - 16:30     Study tour wrap-up

Thursday 26 APR

Depart from US (San Diego, CA) to home country