An
Educational Forum to Inform
the Public about Artificial
Recharge Technologies,
Programs, Plans, Costs and
Associated Issues
in
the Albuquerque, New Mexico
Area
Date:
Saturday, April
9, 2011 Time:
9:00 am - 1:00
pm Place: University
of New Mexico School
of Law, Room 2402 Location
Map
Aquifer
Storage is one of 43 recommendations
in the Regional Water Plan
for closing the gap between
water supply and water demand
in the Middle Rio Grande
basin.
What is meant by aquifer
recharge and storage?
Some recharge occurs
naturally as the Rio Grande
winds its way through our
region. Some occurs via
agricultural irrigation
and its associated ditches
and drains. Artificial
recharge involves moving
water from the surface into
the aquifer, either by seepage
from a man-made pond or
pumping down a well. Aquifer
storage is water stored
underground for future use.
The Albuquerque Bernalillo
County Water Utility Authority
(ABCWUA) proposes to clean
river water and store it
for later use in the aquifer.
Rio Rancho has plans to
treat waste water and store
it in the aquifer. Proposals
abound for projects at a
much smaller scale, and
Arizona is already storing
surface water in the ground
for current and future needs.
Such artificial storage
projects raise interesting
questions: • How
much energy is required
to clean and store water? • What
types of contamination are
possible? • What
are the costs? • Are
these projects safe and
useful enough to be worthwhile?
The Water Assembly is
sponsoring a free forum
for the general public to
explore these projects together
with some of the issues
they raise. Please
join us to learn more!
April
9, 2011 from 9:00 am to
1:00 pm at the University
of New Mexico's Law School, Room
2402
Agenda:
NOTE:
Affiliations
of speakers are listed for
informational purposes only.
The Speakers
are serving as volunteer individuals,
not
as representatives of
their respective organizations.
8:30
Conversation
and Continental Breakfast link
to pre-conference
slides
(0.5 MB) 9:00
Welcome
Kevin
Bean, Water Assembly President link
to conference content
slides
(0.7 MB)
9:05
Setting
the Stage - Why Are We Discussing
This? Elaine
Hebard, Water Assembly Volunteer
link
to slides
(0.5 MB) link
to audio (incl. Welcome)
(14.8 MB)
9:20
Recharge:
What, How, Where?
Jesse
Roach, Hydrologist, Sandia
National Labs link
to slides
(1.9 MB) link
to audio
(32.0 MB)
9:50
Specific
Proposals
Aquifer Recharge:
A Tool for Water Resource
Sustainability
Larry
Webb, Public Works, Rio
Rancho link
to slides
(3.0 MB) link
to audio
(13.9 MB)
Overview
of ABCWUA
Recharge Projects
Stephanie
Moore, DBS&A Project
Consultant link
to slides
(3.7 MB) link
to audio
(14.5 MB)
Small
Scale Concepts John
Hooker, Architect, New Urbanist
link
to audio
(17.7 MB)
Agricultural
Recharge - Unsung Hero Janet
Jarratt, Irrigator, Chair
of MRGCD link
to slides
(1.9 MB) link
to audio
(32.0 MB)
10:50 Break
11:00
Lessons
from Elsewhere - Central
Arizona Project
Dee
Fuerst, Senior Policy Analyst,
Central
Arizona Water Conservation
District link
to slides
(3.3 MB) link
to audio
(31.3 MB) John D'Antonio Comment link
to audio
(2.7 MB)
Further
information on Arizona's
program: Central
Arizona Groundwater Replenishment
District
11:30 Associated
Issues
Permitting of
Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Projects
Michael
Johnson, Hydrology Bureau
Chief at the OSE link
to slides
(2.3 MB) link
to audio
(9.5 MB)
New
Mexico Aquifer Storage and
Recovery (Permitting) Robert
George, Domestic waste team
leader
George
Schuman, GWQB permitting
manager New
Mexico Environment Department
Ground Water Quality
Bureau link
to slides
(0.5 MB) link
to audio
(12.9 MB)
Aquifer
Storage: Benefits
and Costs Steve
Archambault, UNM Ph.D.
Candidate, Natural
Resource and Development
Economics
link
to slides
(0.4 MB) link
to audio
(9.5 MB)
ASR
& Energy
Michael
Hightower, Energy specialist,
Sandia National Labs
ASR
& Water
Quality Michael
Jensen, Amigos Bravos link
to slides
(0.5 MB) link
to audio
(12.9 MB)
12:20
Comments, Quetsions,
and Answers Tim
Karpoff, Moderator link
to audio
(16.0 MB)
12:55
Invitation to
the Fifteenth Annual Water
Assembly Elizabeth
Richards, Water Assembly
Volunteer
1:00
Adjourn to Continue
Conversations
Location
Map Invitational
Flyer
Further
Info: Elaine Hebard
(505) 247-8767 <EHebard@yahoo.com>
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