Conference will focus on Many Ag Water Issues

Date: Friday, February 13, 2015
Time: 9:00am – 3:30pm
Location: UC Conference Center, 550 Alumni Lane (on the south campus at UC Davis)

Registration website:
http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=14415

Agenda:

9:00 – 9:10: Welcome: Andy Walker, Dept of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis

9:10 – 10:00: Groundwater Issues in California and the Impact of the New Legislation: Thomas Harter*: Robert M. Hagan Endowed Chair in Water Management & Policy, Land, Air & Water Resources, UC Davis and UCCE Groundwater Hydrologist

10:00 – 10:50: Changing Water Storage Conditions and the Implications for Agriculture: Jay Lund**: Director Center for Watershed Sciences and Ray B. Krone Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

10:50 – 11:10: BREAK

11:10 – 12:00: Water Rights Issues – the Effects of Future Regulation on Vineyard Water Use: Paula Whealen: Principal Water Rights Specialist, Wagner & Bonsignore, Consulting Civil Engineers

12:00 – 1:00: LUNCH

1:00 – 1:50: Managing a Groundwater District – Challenges and Pitfalls: Anthony Emmert, Deputy General Manager, United Water Conservation District

1:50 – 2:05: BREAK

2:05 – 3:30: Panel Discussion of the Main Water Supply Issues for Growers in the Central Coast, North Coast, San Joaquin Valley and the Northern Central Valley: Mark Battany, UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor, San Luis Obispo County; Dan Munk, UCCE Farm Advisor, Fresno County; Alan Fulton, UCCE Irrigation & Water Resources Specialist, Tehama County; and Rhonda Smith, UCCE Viticulture Farm Advisor, Sonoma County