50th Annual Water Conference Proceedings

CONTENTS:

Cover & Title Page
Table of Contents
Director's Statement
Water Conference Advisory Committee
Conference Program
Photo Contest
First Water Converence Participants
21st Century Agriculture in a 21st Century Urban World -- Lowel B. Catlett, NMSU
Albert E. Utton Memorial Water Lecture Prior Appropriation Law and Future Water Allocation: Preserving Water for Future Generations -- Charles DuMars, Law and Resource Planning Associates, P.C.
The Bureau of Reclamation: The Last 103 Years and the Next 47 -- William E. Rinne, Bureau of Reclamation
Back to the Future: Regional Differences in New Mexico Water Rights -- G. Emlen Hall, University of New Mexico School of Law
Historical Review of Water: Water Challenges Past and Present -- Joe Stell, New Mexico Representative
H. Ralph Stucky Proclamation
Tribute to Ralph Stucky, First WRRI Director -- John Hernandez, New Mexico State University & Bobby Creel, Water Resources Research Institute
Long Term Demographic Uncertainty and Water Demand in New Mexico -- Jim Peach, New Mexico State University
Urban Water Pricing: A Historical Perspective and the Challenges for the Future -- Janie M. Chermak, University of New Mexico
Institutional Barriers to Water Conservation in the Rio Grande Basin: Challenges and Opportunities -- Frank A. Ward, New Mexico State University
Economic Development and Land Use: How Do We Continue to Grow while Living within Our “Water Means”?
   moderated by Bill Hume, Office of the Governor
   Janet Jarratt, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District farmer
   Tom Phillips, Bureau of Land Management
   James Rivera, Pueblo of Pojoaque
   David Steinborn, Real Estate Developer, Las Cruces
   Karyn Stockdale, The Trust for Public Lands
   John Stomp, City of Albuquerque
The Two Q’s: The Connection between Water Quality and Water Quantity -- Ron Curry, New Mexico Environment Department
Creating Effective Source Water Protection through Regional Collaboration -- Matt Holmes, New Mexico Rural Water Association
New Mexico’s Experience with Interstate Water Agreements -- John Whipple and Estevan López, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission
Active Water Resource Management -- John D’Antonio, Office of the State Engineer
Active Water Resource Management in the Lower Rio Grande: Adapting to Basin Specific Requirements -- Phil King, New Mexico State University
Adjudications: Getting to “Finished” -- Judge Jerald A. Valentine, Third Judicial District Court
Indian Water Rights Settlements – Bringing Certainty to Uncertain Water Resources -- Stanley Pollack, Navajo Nation
Structuring Voluntary Dry Year Transfers -- Bonnie Colby and Katie Pittenger, University of Arizona
Western Water Markets and Price Diversity -- Ari M. Michelsen, Texas A&M and Tom Brown, U.S. Forest Service
Regional Trends in the Use and Reuse of Impaired Waters -- Mike Hightower and Richard Kottenstette, Sandia National Laboratories and Larry Webb, City of Rio Rancho
El Paso’s Municipal Reclaimed Water Program -- David O. Ornelas, El Paso Water Utilities
Environmental and Ecological Issues: History and Future of ESA, NEPA, and the Clean Water Act -- Sterling Grogan, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

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