California Water Policy Seminar Series: Groundwater Problems and Prospects

Policymakers, hydrologists, legal experts, economists and water managers discuss California's management of groundwater -- past, present and future -- in a series of nine presentations. Topics include the role of groundwater in managing droughts and recently enacted state legislation requiring local agencies to manage groundwater pumping and recharge sustainably. All presentations are open to the public.

**Seminar Schedule**
Mondays, 4:10 pm - 5:30 pm
UC Davis School of Law (King Hall)
Room 2303
Date	Topic	Speakers	Video	Transcript
Jan 5	Overview of California groundwater	Graham Fogg, UC Davis	http://bit.ly/14r3PUL	http://bit.ly/1Eoo7gy
Jan 12	California's 2014 groundwater legislation	Tina Canon Leahy, California Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Cindy Tuck, Association of California Water Agencies Kate Williams, California Water Foundation	http://bit.ly/1AtWBhq	http://bit.ly/1zb55DC
Jan 26	Sharing groundwater: Legal issues and challenges	Richard Frank, UC Davis School of Law David Aladjem, Downey Brand law firm, Sacramento. Please review new state groundwater law before talk.	http://bit.ly/1zzc9gI	http://bit.ly/1LwjtNI
Feb 2	Toward groundwater sustainability planning in an agro-urban basin	Tim O'Halloran, Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District	http://bit.ly/1DfIdZP	http://bit.ly/1wh7jqs
Feb 9	Groundwater management practices for local sustainability	David Orth, Kings River Conservation District, Fresno	http://bit.ly/1ADX7XD	http://bit.ly/1LwjMrN
Feb 23	State activites	Michael Lauffer, State Water Resources Control Board David Gutierrez, California Department of Water Resources	http://bit.ly/1FHnnSk	http://bit.ly/19tihzd
Mar 2	Groundwater dependent ecosystems	Maurice Hall, Nature Conservancy Richard Frank, UC Davis School of Law Thomas Harter, UC Davis	http://bit.ly/1C2Hg7c	http://bit.ly/1MGO9MG
Mar 9	Economic issues and challenges	Richard Howitt, UC Davis	http://bit.ly/1El6udY
Mar 16	Integrating modeling for groundwater sustainability planning	Can Drogul, California Department of Water Resources Rich Niswonger, U.S. Geological Survey	http://bit.ly/1FRNWpN

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