The Tri-State Water Resource Coalition and Missouri State University hosted their fifth annual regional planning conference on October 22 & 23, 2015 called “Today’s Decisions, Tomorrow’s Water Supply”
Thursday, October 22, 2015 9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and Housekeeping
- Gail Melgren – Executive Director, Tri-State Water Resource Coalition
9:10 – 9:30 Welcome
- Greg Burris – City Manager, City of Springfield
9:30 – 10:20 Water Supply from Global to Local
- Gail Melgren – Executive Director, Tri-State Water Resource Coalition
10:20 – 10:40 Break 10:40-Noon State’s Approaches to Water Resource Management – Ryan Mueller, Executive Director, Interstate Council on Water Supply, moderator
- Tracy Streeter – Director, Kansas Water Office
- Edward Swaim – Chief, Water Resources Management Division, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission
- Andrea Collier – Director, Water Resources Center; Deputy Director, Missouri Geological Survey, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Julie Cunningham – Chief, Planning and Management Division, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
- Dean Edson – Executive Director, Nebraska Association of Resources Districts
- Jody Henneke – Former Deputy Commissioner, Texas Land Commission
Noon Lunch 12:30 Water Warrior Awards –
- Ozarks Water Watch
1:00-1:50 Regional Water Coalitions in Missouri Moderator: Andrea Collier – Director, Water Resources Center; Deputy Director, Missouri Geological Survey, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission – Elizabeth Grove, Circuit Rider, Missouri Rural Water Association; Former General Manager of Clarence Cannon
- Great Northwest Water Commission – Derek Brown, President; City Administrator, Albany MO
- North Central Missouri Regional Water Commission– Brad Scott, General Manager
- Tri-State Water Resource Coalition – Gail Melgren, Executive Director, Tri-State Water Resource Coalition
1:50 – 2:10 Break 2:10 – 2:35 Small System Challenges: rates and finances
- Elizabeth Grove – Circuit Rider, Missouri Rural Water
2:35 – 3:20 Climate and Water
- Pat Guinan – State of Missouri Climatologist; Assistant Professor, Climatology, University of Missouri
3:20 – 3:30 Break 3:30 – 4:00 Innovations in Water Resource Management: City of Springfield’s Integrated Plan
- Erin Kemper – Assistant Director, Department of Environmental Services, City of Springfield
4:00 – 5:00 Crystal Ball Panel of Municipalities and Water Providers Tim Smith, Deputy City Manager, Springfield, moderator
- Matt Barnhart – Southwest Division Manager, Missouri American Water Company, Joplin
- Dean Thompson – Director, Water Treatment and Supply, City Utilities of Springfield
- Steve Walensky – Public Works Director, Cassville
- Skip Schaller – General Manager, Utilities, Monett
Friday, October 23, 2015 8:00 – 8:30 Welcome and Current Water Initiatives from Missouri State University
- Anson Elliott – Director, Darr School of Agriculture, Missouri State University
8:30 – 9:00 The Nexus Between Water and Energy & CU’s Coal Ash Project
- Roddy Rogers – Manager Water Resources Projects, City Utilities of Springfield; Chair, Tri-State Water Coalition Technical Committee
9:00 – 9:15 Break 9:15- 10:05 Safeguarding Water Supply – Nationally and Through Global Strategic Initiatives
- Colonel Courtney Paul – District Engineer and Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District
10:05 – 10:35 Ozark Aquifer Study Update
- Brian Clark – Hydrologist, USGS
10:35 – 10:55 Break 10:55 – 11:45 National Trends and Emerging Issues in Water Resource Management
- Ryan Mueller – Executive Director, Interstate Council on Water Policy
11:45 – Noon Conference Evaluation and Continuing Credits
- Gail Melgren – Executive Director, Tri-State Water Resource Coalition