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2014 Events

WESTCAS Fall Conference, October 29-31, 2014

Conference Program (pdf-410.23kb)

Conference Speaker Bios (pdf-43.47kb)

State Reports

Conference State Reports - CA Exhibit (pdf-449.76kb)

Conference State Reports - AZ Exhibit (pdf-67.66kb)

Conference State Reports (pdf-87.98kb)

Presentations

"Alamogordo Desalination Project" - Robert Fowlie (pdf-14005.62kb)

"SRP and Mussel Invasion in the Southwest" - Brian Moorhead (pdf-23459.54kb)

"What's New in Drinking Water Regulation?" - Steve Bigley (pdf-7036.57kb)

"Federal Water Quality Coalition Updates" - Kelly Collins (pdf-2797.57kb)

"Waters of the US EPA Docket Survey - Random Perspective" - Kelly Collins (pdf-3243.54kb)

"Waters of the U. S. (WOTUS) Policy and Litigation Background" - Lee Decker (pdf-10843.71kb)

"The Waters of the US Proposed Rule - the Science Advisory Board" - Dr. Mark Murphy (pdf-4730.57kb)

"Washington Report/Legislative Update" - Hicks-Ray Associates (pdf-6976.92kb)

"Water in the 21st Century" - Robert W. Johnson (pdf-2150.73kb)

"Western Water: Do We Need a Crisis?" - Kathleen Ferris (pdf-1326.09kb)

"Shortage Impacts on AZ" - David Modeer (pdf-4470.00kb)

"SRP Welcome WESTCAS to Phoenix" - Michael J. O'Connor (pdf-3830.72kb)

WESTCAS Annual Conference, June 18-20, 2014

Conference Program (pdf-412.41kb)

Conference Speaker Bios (pdf-350.84kb)

Conference State Reports (pdf-516.69kb)

Presentations

Pure Water: San Diego Water Purification Project By Goldamer Herbon, Senior Water Research Specialist, City of San Diego Public Utilities Department (pdf-61918.36kb)

The San Diego Water Plan:Solution for Drought Vulnerable Region By Maureen A. Stapleton, General Manager, San Diego County Water Authority (pdf-43577.83kb)

"National Ammonia Criteria: Preparing for the Impact on your Agency" by Robert A. Hollander, P. E. Hollander Consulting Services, LLC (pdf-9394.33kb)

"The Carlsbad Desalination Project: Enhancing Water Reliability for San Diego County" by Peter MacLaggan, Senior Vice President of California-Project Development, Poseidon Water (pdf-14457.06kb)

"Lacey Act & Water Supply Transfers: Categorical Exclusions and Impact on the Arid West" by Hicks-Ray Associates (pdf-3734.49kb)

"FY15 Appropriations & WRRDA-Policy Riders" by Hicks-Ray Associates (pdf-1124.28kb)

"Water and Wastewater Regulatory Update" by Kelly Collins, WESTCAS Vice President and Regulatory Committee Chair (pdf-372.60kb)

"Clean Water Act Proposed Rule, Examples of Impacts to EMWD, ACWA, and WESTCAS Members" by Jolene R. Walsh, Senior Director of Public and Governmental Affairs, Eastern Municipal Water District (pdf-12403.80kb)

"Drought Response on the Colorado River" by Jennifer McCloskey, Deputy Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (pdf-2204.20kb)

2014: A Year of Crisis and Opportunity" by Timothy Quinn, Ph.D., ACWA Executive Director (pdf-943.21kb)

"Proposed Clean Water Act Rule: Redefining Waters of the U. S." by Abby Schneider, Ph.D., Senior Federal Relations Representative Association of California Water Agencies (pdf-994.78kb)

Waters of the U. S. (WOTUS): Discussion from the Western Perspective" by Linda Christie, J. D., Tarrant Regional Water District (pdf-1134.65kb)

"Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of Scientific Evidence" by Jim Kudlinski, Senior Environment Scientist, Salt River Project (pdf-747.52kb)

WESTCAS Regulatory - Legislative Forum, February 19-20, 2014

WESTCAS Legislative Workshop (pdf-4046.57kb)

Ammonia Criteria by Robert Hollander (pdf-1984.61kb)

Here is a ranking of these issues by our attendees (pdf-236.59kb)

We need your opinion on WESTCAS Legislative priorities for 2014 (pdf-201.61kb)