The water industry is constantly changing. What are the new and innovative ways professionals are measuring, predicting, and communicating about water? How will they change in the future?
 
Water resiliency depends on constant improvement, risk taking, and collaboration. Join us to learn leading edge technology and new or future methods for monitoring, remote sensing, communication, modeling, data science, water quality threats, water planning and water markets.
 
The curated program for this conference will educate, engage, and inform both technical experts and water managers alike. 

Sessions



FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER - FOSTERING INNOVATION IN WATER

Kim Baker
Kim works directly with Elemental Excelerator’s water portfolio companies and partners. At The Future of Water event Kim will facilitate a live discussion on fostering innovation and industry trends.

SHUFFLING THE DECK: WATER BUDGETS/WATER TRANSACTIONS IN A POST SGMA WORLD

Erik Ringelberg
Eric Averett
Emmy Cattani

This panel will feature a live discussion of innovative approaches to establishing water budgets and water transactions/trading.
 
Moderator: Christina Babbit, Environmental Defense Fund
 
The Future of Groundwater Management: Harnessing Real-Time, Basin-Wide Groundwater Use Data to Support Sustainability Planning & Provide Secure, Confidential Trading
Erik Ringelberg, The Freshwater Trust

Water Markets – Intersections of Policy and Practice
Eric Averett, Rosedale Rio Bravo Water Storage District

Managing Under New Constraints: The Role of Markets in Post-SGMA Agriculture
Emmy Cattani, Cattani Farms

GROUNDWATER SCIENCE FOR THE FUTURE

Farid Achour
Katie Duncan
Barbara Carrera
Dr. Lauren Foster

Novel techniques in geohydrologic analysis
 
Moderator: John Lambie, E-PUR
 
An Optimal Method for Estimating Missing Groundwater Level Values for SGMA Programs
Farid Achour, GSI Environmental

Evaluation of Regional Groundwater Conditions in Response to Surface Water Management Scenarios is the Central Valley, California
Katie Duncan, Stantec Consulting Services

Estimation of future rainfall scenarios using Monte Carlo simulation
Barbara Carrera, GSI Environmental

Solutions in 200-dimensional parameter space require leveraging both traditional hydrogeology and statistical techniques
Dr. Lauren Foster, Neptune And Company

VISUALIZE COMMUNICATION USING POWERFUL TOOLS

Brian Partington
Hannah Podzorski
Hiroko Hort
Michael Levengood
Andrew Malone

Moderator: Kate Richards, Golder Associates, Inc.
 
How do you describe what you can’t see? Visualization techniques used by a Groundwater Management Agency in Southern Los Angeles County, California
Brian Partington, Water Replenishment District

Interactive and Integrative Data Visualization for Water Resources: Data Science Tools for Moving from Data to Decisions
Hannah Podzorski and Hiroko Hort, GSI Environmental, Inc.

Engaging Groundwater Sustainability Plan Stakeholders through Data Visualization in an Interactive Web Portal
Michael Levengood, Montgomery & Associates

Visualization to Communicate: Multi-Variate Charts Can Say a Thousand Words
Andrew Malone, West Yost


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VIRTUAL TOUR - WRD'S Albert Robles Center for Water Recycling and Environmental Learning

Lyndsey Bloxom
Brian Partington
Jenn Swart
This virtual walking tour of the Albert Robles Center for Water Recycling and Environmental Learning (ARC) highlights the educational features throughout the 5-acre site. Exhibits in the Learning Center, Treatment Facility and Demonstration Gardens all support ARC’s secondary purpose (behind recycling water), which is to educate the public and our stakeholders about groundwater, recycled water, and water conservation. Get a glimpse into how we use the facility to teach our visitors about water in the region!

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PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION

Abigail Madrone
Join us for a networking reception that’s as close to the real thing as we can get! Sit down at a virtual table with attendees and chat in small groups. You can stay at your table or move around the room to mingle with everyone. Discuss the sessions, the poster or exhibit booths or just catch up with old friends!

Register to join the networking session here. Make sure to spend a few moments setting up your profile before the event to make networking easier and don’t forget to upload a profile picture so your friends and colleagues can easily find you!

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Patrick O'Connell
Megan Zivic
Ryan Solgi
Hanieh Haeri
Mekha Pereira
Thomas Krom
Gordon Osterman

Python as a tool for communicating sustainable management criteria in GSP development
Patrick O'Connell, Daniel B Stephens & Associates

Communicating the Dynamics of Groundwater Conceptual Models Through 3D Visualization
Megan Zivic, Montgomery & Associates
 
A Neural Network Model for Groundwater Level Prediction Using One Step in Situ Piezometric Record
Ryan Solgi, UC Santa Barbara

The Effect of Modeling Sea Level Rise to Evaluate Seawater Intrusion in a Critically Overdrafted Basin
Hanieh Haeri, Montgomery and Associates

Are your wells assets or liabilities? A data driven approach to evaluate risk
Mekha Pereira, Montgomery and Associates

The future of water resource model management and communication
Thomas Krom, Seequent

A towed transient electromagnetic system to image potential recharge pathways
Gordon K. Osterman, Stanford University 

FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKER - A VISION FOR STATE-WIDE AIRBORNE ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING OF AQUIFER SYSTE

Rosemary Knight

GRA awarded its Kevin J. Neese Award in 2017 to The Center for Groundwater Evaluation and Management (GEM) at Stanford University’s School of Earth Energy & Environmental Sciences in recognition of their groundbreaking research and application of geophysics to the evaluation and management of groundwater resources: Hydrogeophysics.
 
Hear about the Groundwater Architecture Project to acquire and interpret AEM data in three areas – Butte and Glenn Counties, Indian Wells Valley and San Luis Obispo County.
 
Learn how the AEM method improves understanding of the large-scale structure and the spatial heterogeneity of groundwater systems.
 
Rosemary will highlight some of the key finding from the Groundwater Architecture Project:
 
-Partnerships are key
-Strategically use the AEM method to address data gaps and answer specific groundwater system questions
-Recognize the limitations based on the resolution of the AEM method
-Uncertainty needs to be accounted for, and communicated, in the planning and interpretation of a survey
-Integration of other data sources is paramount

Her vision is being implemented in California and influences the work of her past and present doctoral students in the field of hydrogeophysics.

MONITORING AND REMOTE SENSING

Veva Weamer
George Paul
Jeffrey Davids
Mark Kram

Learn about innovative solutions using large data sets and remote sensing.
 
Moderator: John McHugh, Luhdorff & Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers

Utilizing the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to Monitor Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs)
Veva Weamer, West Yost

Use of Actual Evapotranspiration and Precipitation Data to Refine Groundwater Budgets in the Great Basin
George Paul, Formation Environmental LLC

Water accounting from the top down and bottom up: exploring synergies between citizen science (e.g. SmartPhones4Water or S4W) and remote sensing
Jeffrey Davids, California State University, Chico | Davids Engineering

Automated Remote Cloud Based Groundwater Basin Storage Tracking for Water Resource Sustainability and Planning
Mark Kram, Groundswell Technologies, Inc.

PFAS AND THE FOREVER CHEMICALS

Lyndsey Bloxom
Dan Bryant
Jamie Fox
Ken Sansone

How are agencies and others dealing with the latest round of contaminants to hit the scene?
 
Moderator: Adam Hutchinson, Orange County Water District
 
Developing a PFAS Remediation Program with Pumper Input & Stakeholder Buy-In
Lyndsey Bloxom, Water Replenishment District

In Search of the Next Worldwide Emerging Contaminant - Chlorinated Paraffins?
Dan Bryant, Woodard & Curran

PFAS Analytical Challenges for Complex Matrices
Jamie Fox, Vista Analytical Laboratory

PFAS: Shifting the Cost of Treatment from Ratepayers to Polluters in an Evolving Regulatory and Legal Landscape
Ken Sansone, SL Environmental Law Group PC

OPTIMIZING CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER SUPPLY

Sean Ahearn
Todd Halihan
Daniel Haddock
Samantha Adams
Edgar Tellez Foster

See examples of optimizing assets and improved planning to better use water infrastructure.
 
Moderator: John McHugh, Luhdorff & Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers
 
Isotopic tracers in nutrient source tracking (NST) of nitrate, a different perspective of surface and groundwater remediation
Sean Ahern, Beta Analytic, Inc
 
Monitoring Aquifers using Electrical Hydrogeology
Todd Halihan, Oklahoma State University/Aestus, LLC
 
A Region’s Use of a Water Supply Infrastructure Model to Foster Collaboration and Improve Resiliency
Daniel Haddock, INTERA
 
Adaptive Management in Practice – How Investing in Continuous Improvement in Monitoring and Analytical Tools Can Achieve Sustainable Management
Samantha Adams, West Yost Associates and Edgar Tellez Foster, Chino Basin Watermaster

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE

Ellen Bruno
Dr. Lauren Foster
Dr. Thomas Meixner
Sarfaraz Alam

How does groundwater integrate to climate change adaptations?
 
Moderator: John Lambie, E-PUR
 
Groundwater Quality, Crop Choice, and the Cost of Sea-level Rise
Ellen Bruno, UC Berkeley

Modeling resolution matters when predicting climate change impacts to headwater catchments
Dr. Lauren Foster, Colorado School of Mines

Implications of Prospective Climate Change for Groundwater Recharge in the Western United States
Dr. Thomas Meixner, The University of Arizona

How does climate change affect future groundwater availability in the Central Valley aquifer?
Sarfaraz  Alam, UCLA

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY - ADVANTAGES OF CERTIFICATION Q&A

Jamil Ibrahim


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