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Program
Highlights and Agenda
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HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE A COPY OF THE
SUMMIT AGENDA
(PDF)
Increasing water demands throughout Texas are making it much more challenging
to satisfy all the water needs of agriculture, urban areas, and the environment.
Sufficient water resources are needed to provide drinking water for humans,
address farming needs and maintain environmental stream flows. Now more
than ever, creative approaches are needed to develop policies that are
"win-win" situations for all water users.
The 2003 Texas Water Summit will focus on water issues for agricultural
and natural resources. Breakout sessions and round table discussions will
foster the debate on such issues as the need to provide water resources
for streamflows; the transfer of ground and surface water from one region
of Texas to another; and how to identify options to meet future water
needs. Participants will have the opportunity to provide inputs and help
craft recommendations in the following core areas, meeting future water
demands, environmental flows, and water transfers.
Click
to download a copy of the pre-summit publication,
"Water for Texas: Increasing Demands, Tough Choices" (PDF)
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Location
The Texas Water Summit will be held at the Hilton
Austin North in Austin, Texas
The Hilton Austin North and Towers is located at 6000 Middle Fiskville
Road, Austin, Texas.
To make reservations, call 512/451-5757 or 800/HILTONS. For more details
visit
www.austinnorth.hilton.com.
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Summit
Cost
The cost of the Summit is $150 before Monday, October 27, 2003. After
October 27, 2003, the cost is $175. On-site registration may be
available on a limited basis, depending on space limitations. .
The registration fee includes conference materials, breakfast, lunch,
dinner and snacks on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 and breakfast and snacks
on Thursday, November 6, 2003.
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Registration Options
1.) Register online HERE
or call (979) 845-2226.
2.) Check enclosed. Make a check payable
to TAES-Water Summit and mail a registration
form to:
Texas Water Summit
2142 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2142
3.) Charge my credit card. Complete a
registration form
with credit card information and mail to address above or fax to 979/845-9938.
The Federal Tax ID Number is 74-2643371.
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Contact
Contact Cady Auckerman at 979/862-1771 or agsummit@tamu.edu
with any questions.
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Planning
Committee Members
Summit Co-Chairs
Allan Jones, Texas Water Resources Institute,
TAMUS
L.G. Raun, Lowell Farms
Committee Members
Richard Bowers, North Plains Groundwater
Conservation District #2
Mary Carter, Blackburn
& Carter
Jim Conkwright, High Plains Underground
Water District #1
Harvey Everheart, Mesa Underground
Water Conservation District
Ronald Gertson, Coastal Bend Groundwater
Conservation District
Nelson Guda, Environmental Science Institute, University
of Texas at Austin
Myron Hess, National Wildlife
Federation
Margaret Hoffman, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
Jace Houston, Harris-Galveston
Coastal Subsidence District
Billy Howe, Texas Farm Bureau
Martin Hubert, Texas Department
of Agriculture
Glenn Jarvis, Law Offices of Glenn Jarvis
Ken Kramer, Sierra Club
Lone Star Chapter
G.E. (Sonny) Kretzschmar, HDR
Engineering
Ron Lacewell, Texas A&M University
Mark MacLeod, Environmental
Defense
Larry McKinney, Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department
Sukant Misra, Texas
Tech College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Gene Nelson, Texas Agricultural
& Natural Resources Summit Initiative
Tim Noack, Allen Plummer
& Associates
Mike Petter, Resource
& Land Management, Inc.
Bane Phillippi, Haynes & Boone
LLP
Mary Sahs, Sahs & Assocs. P.C.
John Schneider, Schneider & Associates
Haskell Simon, Coastal Plains Groundwater Conservation District
Jason Skaggs, Office
of Texas Senator Robert Duncan
Douglas Slack, TAMU, Department
of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Carter Smith, The Nature Conservancy
of Texas
Kevin Ward, Texas Water Development
Board
Bill West, Guadalupe-Blanco River
Authority
C.E. Williams, Panhandle
Groundwater Conservation District #3
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