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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. TheSpeakers 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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