The Developing a Sustainable Ground Water Management Policy Forum, taking place in Tahoe City, California, May 19-21, 2010 will focus on the most critical groundwater management issues facing all nations and governments, and strategies to address them, including water rights and groundwater law.
Groundwater resources are under increasing stress in various parts of the world due to growth and changing weather patterns. Transboundary concerns between countries, states and provinces, and municipalities have impacted the ability to provide adequate water supplies. Historical tensions embodied by the debates between and among agricultural, development, and environmental entities continue to raise the stakes in meeting the demands made on aquifers by growing populations.
How will green initiatives affect groundwater management and influence policy?
Policymakers and regulators are faced with increasing challenges on providing adequate groundwater supplies to water-challenged areas experiencing growing populations. Industry, agriculture, and groundwater professionals are primary stakeholders in how groundwater resources are sustained, used, and maintained.
This conference will provide a forum for policymakers, regulators, industry, and groundwater professionals to assess the state of groundwater management on local, national, and international levels, and share tools and information to ensure adequate supplies for all.
The interactive format is being designed to accommodate both individual platform presentations and panel discussions, and to facilitate intense discussions between and among participants.
About the conference:
This conference begins with dinner the evening of Wednesday, May 19, and ends midafternoon on Friday, May 21, 2010.
By attending the forum, you will learn:
- What tools are currently available and how to use them in managing groundwater effectively
- Green technologies and applications
- Impacts of water rights and groundwater and environmental law
- How the same doctrine can facilitate different outcomes
- The impact of legal challenges and resulting unintended consequences
- Skills in working with stakeholders
- What strategies worked and what didn't.
This conference addresses the following topics:
- How green initiatives will affect groundwater management and influence policy
- Impact of water rights and groundwater law on water management
- Riparian and prior appropriation doctrines: Impact to water management
- Legal challenges: How did the rulings affect the ultimate outcome?
- Balancing competing needs: Agriculture and energy
- Crafting management strategies integrating climate change and natural and man-made disasters
- Governmental challenges: International, state or provincial, and municipal/local entities
- Success stories and plans gone awry (what worked and what didn't)
- Working with stakeholders
- The best tools: Advantages and limitations.
Fees
Save by registering early!
Conference fees on or before April 21, 2010:
NGWA member — $595
Nonmember — $745
Government rate — $595
Full-time student (ID required):
NGWA member — $100
Nonmember — $150
Fees beginning April 22, 2010:
NGWA member — $645
Nonmember — $795
Government rate for NGWA members — $645
Government rate for nonmembers — $795
Full-time student (ID required):
NGWA member — $150
Nonmember — $200
Registration
- Register online through our secure registration system.
- Register by phone by calling NGWA with your credit card information at 800 551.7379 or 614 898.7791. Customer service hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. ET.
- Register by fax. Print the registration form (PDF), fill it in, and fax it to 614 898.7786. Our fax line is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Register by mail. Print the registration form (PDF), fill it in, and return it with your payment to: National Ground Water Association; ATTN: Registrations; PO Box 73111; Cleveland, OH 44193.
Location
Granlibakken Conference Center Lodge
725 Granlibakken Road
Tahoe City, California 96145
800 543.3221
fax 530 583.7641
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Information current as of 2-8-2010. For further help, e-mail customerservice@ngwa.org or call 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791).