2005 Valley Water Summit Program

Valley Water Summit: Taking Action on Water Supply Issues

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005 - Marine Military Academy, Harlingen, TX

2005 VALLEY WATER SUMMIT PROGRAM

Keynote Speaker: Senator John Cornyn

Wed., Feb. 23, 2005 - Marine Military Academy
Col. Philip J. Yeckel Memorial Auditorium

7:15 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:15 Welcome
  • Major General Wayne Rollings, President
    Marine Military Academy
8:30 Opening Remarks
  • Honorable Leo Montalvo, Mayor of McAllen
  • Honorable Richard Rodriguez, Mayor of Harlingen
8:45 Tackling Water Supply Challenges: The California Example
  • Arthur G. Baggett, Jr., Chairman
    California State Water Resources Control Board
9:05 Valley Water Summits: Building Momentum for the Future
  • Ron Thomas, General Manager
    Harlingen WaterWorks
9:15 Regional Water Planning
  • Arturo Duran, Commissioner
    International Boundary & Water Commission
  • Ricardo Gutierrez, President
    Rio Grande Regional Water Authority
  • Glenn Jarvis, Chair
    Rio Grande Regional Water Planning Group
  • Tito Nieto, Vice-President
    Lower Rio Grande Authority
9:45 Water Supply & Mexican Water Debt
  • Carlos Rubinstein, Rio Grande Watermaster, TCEQ
  • Gordon Hill, Lead Plaintiff, Bayview Irrigation District v. United Mexican States
10:05 Infrastructure & Water Conveyance
  • J. Kevin Ward, Executive Administrator
    Texas Water Development Board
  • Col. Steven Haustein, District Engineer
    US Army Corps of Engineers-Galveston
  • Michael Irlbeck, Special Projects Director
    U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
10:40 Charge for Work Sessions
  • Molly Takvorian, Specialist
    TWDB Strategic and Collaborative Processes
10:45 Break/Poster Review
11:15 Work Session Part 1: Presentations
1:00 Lunch: Keynote Speech
Carrying the Vision Forward
  • Honorable John Cornyn, U.S. Senate
2:00 Work Sessions Part 2: Applications
3:40 Reports from Work Sessions
4:00 Next Steps
  • J. Kevin Ward, Executive Administrator, TWDB
  • Larry Meyers, President, Meyers & Associates
4:30 Continuing the Momentum
  • H.S. "Buddy" Garcia, Border Commerce Coordinator &
    Texas Assistant Secretary of State
5:00 Reception: Rio Grande Valley Museum
  • Boxwood St. & Raintree St., Harlingen

WORK SESSIONS

 
 
John Bruciak
Southmost Regional Water Authority

Charles Browning
North Alamo Water Supply Corp.

Bill Norris
NRS Consulting Engineers
 
 
Wayne Halbert
Harlingen Irrigation District

Al Blair
Axiom-Blair Engineering
 
 
Roy Rodriguez
McAllen Public Utility

Roger E. Schenk, Jr.
CDM
 
 
Andy Shea
Poseidon Resources

J. Kevin Ward
Texas Water Development Board
 
 
Jeff Gunnels
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Darrel Andrews
Tarrant Regional Water District

Loretta Mokry
Alan Plummer Associates, Inc.

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