GRA is planning the First Annual GSA Summit for June 6-7, 2018 in Sacramento, with a slightly different GRA format to serve as a forum for GSA members to network and connect on technical and policy issues to address SGMA compliance. Summit sessions will have 1–2 topic-focused presentations followed by 4–5 brief “flash” presentations by GSAs to provide information on their approach to addressing each specific topic. Sessions planned for the GSA Annual Summit include:
- Governance – including a keynote presentation by Bill Blomquist, Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, and author of “Dividing the Waters”
- Adaptive Management – Operating Under Unknowns
- Stakeholder Engagement Under SGMA
- Coordination – Negotiating Agreements
- Sustainability Criteria – Technical and Policy Decisions
- County and City Roles in SGMA
- Water Markets in SGMA – including a keynote by Ellen Hanak, Director of the Public Policy Institute Water Policy Center, and Senior Fellow with PPIC
Preliminary Agenda
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Optional Pre-conference workshop:
Turning Theory, Fear and Loathing into Sustainable Success
GSA Workshop Program Agenda
GRA is working with the California Department of Water Resources and the Center for Collaborative Policy planning a Groundwater Sustainability Planning Workshop for June 5, 2018 in Sacramento. The morning will consist of presentations by DWR and other groundwater professionals, and is being structured to cover the following main topics:
- Overall Groundwater Sustainability Plan Development Workflow
- Conceptual Hydrogeological Modeling / Basin Setting
- Water Budgets
- Sustainable Management Criteria (SG, UR, MT, and MO)
- Monitoring Networks
- Addressing GW-SW Interaction (or other Sustainability Indicators?)
- Coordination/Outreach/Community Engagement
The afternoon session is being facilitated and will be structured for GSA members to jointly discuss and work through initial considerations for developing sustainability criteria for the six undesirable results (deadly sins) of SGMA.
Event Justification Toolkit
By now you know the value of GRA event attendance for keeping up with evolving industry priorities, state-of-the-practice technologies, and emerging strategies for the challenges facing the groundwater world. In addition, GRA events offer fantastic opportunities for networking, learning from vendors exhibiting the latest tools and technologies, and exposure for your organization.
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Optional Workshop
The moment is upon us. After years of governance and grant writing, basin boundaries and BMPs, conferences and countless public meetings, there’s just one thing left to do…. write a GSP… and then there’s becoming sustainable in 20 years … but plan first!
But how?
Add the June 5, 2018 Workshop Turning Theory, Fear and Loathing into Sustainable Success on to your conference registration to find out!
Sacramento Branch Meeting
The Sacramento Branch is pleased to present:
2018 David Keith Todd Distinguished Lecturer Kirby Brill, P.E., presenting "Building Bridges to a New World in Water Resource Management"
Are you a GSA Representative?
GRA would like to welcome GSA representatives to GRA by offering special discounts for 2018, including $100 off on this event! Click here to find out more!