Scewri 2013 Symposium

Getting Down to Brass Tacks:
Climate Change Water Adaptations
at the Operational Level

A Framework for Regulatory Transitioning
2013 Annual Symposium
Thursday, March 7, 2013
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Lions Gate Hotel
Sacramento (McClellan), California
(For a full version of the Program, please scroll to the bottom of this page or visit: http://asce-sacto.org/content.php?page=Environmental_Water_Resources_Institute )
What Does Climate Change Really Mean To Today's Water Resource MANAGERS?
The First Comprehensive… Show more Symposium focused on addressing how continuing shifts in California's hydrologic baseline due to climatic forcings could be affecting the ability of water managers/users to:
Consistently meet the Stateâ's multi-faceted existing regulatory requirements
Effectively pursue long-term planning given climatic uncertainties
Verify realistic alternative cost analyses on water supply options
Optimize day-to-day water operational decision-making
What changes in our existing regulatory framework are necessary in order to provide water managers the ability to maximize operational efficiency and optimize beneficial use opportunities both now and into the future under climate change?
SCEWRI/ASCE prepares a White Paper at the conclusion of each Symposium for submission to the Governor’s Office

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Tentative Program

(All Times and Program Details subject to change)

7:00 am Registration (Exhibitor Set-Up)
8:00 am Opening Remarks and Welcome - Scewri Chair Pal Hegedus
8:05 am Overview of Program Symposium Chair Robert Shibatani
8:25 am Keynote Speakers – Paul Fleming, Chair, Water Utility Climate Alliance (Wuca), U.S. National Climate Assessment 2013, Water Supply Chair, and Seattle Public Utilities, Climate Change Adaptation Manager
Sarah E. Null, Ph.D., Principal Author of " In Bad Water: Water Year Classification in Non-Stationary Climates ", January 2013, Water Resources Research, Assistant Professor of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University

9:10 am Regulatory Agencies/NGO Panel Convenes

Moderator Robert Shibatani, Vice Chair, SCEWRI
State Water Resources Control Board Fran Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair
Department of Water Resources John Andrew, Assistant Deputy Director, Climate Change
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Pablo Arroyave, Deputy Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Stu Townsley, Flood Risk Program Manager, South Pacific Division (Invited)
National Marine Fisheries Service/NOAA Chris Yates, Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, Southwest Division
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Ren Lohoefener, Regional Director, Region 8, Southwest Division (Invited}
Natural Heritage Institute Gregory Thomas, President, Nhi


10:30 am Break

10:45 am Upstream Water Users Panel Convenes

Moderator Anthony Saracino, Saracino & Mount, LLC

El Dorado Irrigation District Tom Cumpston, Legal Counsel
Northern California Water Association David Guy, President
Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District Thad Bettner, General Manager
Friant Water Authority Ron Jacobsma, General Manager
Yuba County Water Agency Curt Aikens, General Manager (Invited)
SMUD John DiStasio, General Manager (Invited)

Noon Luncheon Speaker(s)
12:30 Phil Isenberg, Delta Stewardship Council Chair

1:30 pm Exporters/In-Delta and Through Delta Water Users Panel Convenes

Moderator Dave Bolland, Senior Regulatory Advocate, ACWA

Contra Costa Water District Marguerite Naillon, Asst.General Manager
Metropolitan Water District Debra Man, Chief Operating Officer (Invited)
Santa Clara Valley Water District Jim Fiedler, Chief Financial Officer, Operations
LA Department of Water & Power Alvin Bautista, Executive Engineer
State Water Contractors Terry Erlewine, General Manager

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm 2013 California Climate Change Water Convention (WC-1) Can Regulatory Transitioning Provide an Effective Climate Change Adaptation Benefit for Water Operations?

(All Panelists and Invited Delegates)
The inaugural Scewri/Asce California Climate Change Water Convention (WC-1) will focus exclusively on issues related to helping define operational adaptation and improved efficiency in light of the evolving nature of climate-adjusted hydrological science and regulatory transitioning opportunities. Each successive annual Convention will reconvene key water leaders from across the State to provide a fresh discussion of the real-time implications to water operations from the latest climate science, the means to address ongoing uncertainties, how regulatory transitioning over the past year has unfolded, and the prospects for the current year.

Co-Moderators

Robert Shibatani, Vice Chair, SCEWRI

Tim Quinn, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies

4:30 pm Public Comments and Questions
4:55 pm Closing Remarks
5:00 pm Adjourn

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