BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\r\nEvent d etails subject to change. ---\r\nhttps://www.grac.org/events/79/\r\n\r\nEv ent Title: San Diego Branch Meeting - CALIFORNIA CLIMATE, GROUNDWATER AND THEIR INTERRELATED FUTURE\r\nStart Date / Time: Feb 28, 2017 17:30 PM US/ Pacific\r\nLocation: Stone Brewing\r\nGoogle\r\nhttp://maps.google.com/map s?q=2816+Historic+Decatur+Road+#116,San Diego,California,92106\r\n\r\nFore cast\nhttp://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/92106\r\n\r\n\r\nGRA San Dieg o Branch - Inaugural Event\r\n "California Climate, Groundwater, and Their Interrelated Future"\r\nFeaturing:\r\nClaudia Faunt, Project Chief, U.S. Geological Survey\r\nTuesday, February 28th\r\n5:30pm-8:45pm\r\n \r\nManag ement to ensure the sustainability of California&rsquo\;s water resources is critical. Groundwater is a crucial buffer against land-use change effec ts, water restrictions, drought, and the impacts of climate change, includ ing the depletion of mountain snowpack that is relied on for part of Calif ornia's water supply. Despite its essential role, the state&rsquo\;s grou ndwater system is under considerable strain and until recently has been la rgely unregulated. California&rsquo\;s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (SGMA) provides a framework to comprehensively measure and man age groundwater and empowers local agencies to assess hydrologic issues th at can cause &ldquo\;undesirable results.&rdquo\; California&rsquo\;s Cent ral Valley has many basins with &ldquo\;undesirable results&rdquo\; and mo st of these are considered &ldquo\;critically overdrafted basins.&rdquo\; The Central Valley covers about 20,000 mi2 and is one of the most producti ve agricultural regions in the world. Because the valley is semi-arid, sur face-water availability varies substantially. Agricultural demand for irri gation is heavily reliant on surface water and groundwater. In parts of th e valley, groundwater pumping has caused severe groundwater-level declines , resulting in land subsidence of up to 30 feet. Starting in the 1950s, st ate and federal water distribution systems have eased the reliance on grou ndwater as dependence shifted to diverted surface water. As a result, grou ndwater levels recovered and subsidence virtually ceased for a few decades . In the last 20 years, however, land-use changes and limitations to surfa ce-water availability&mdash\;including drought and environmental flows&mda sh\;have increased pumping, causing groundwater-level and groundwater-stor age declines, renewed subsidence, decreased stream flows, and changes to e cosystems. As these recent trends continue, monitoring and modelling are c ritical to understanding the dynamics of groundwater use and developing ma nagement strategies. Modeling tools, such as the USGS Central Valley Hydr ologic Model, enable (1) Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) to hav e a head start in meeting requirements for key elements of their Groundwat er Sustainability Plans, including a hydrogeologic conceptual model, water budgets (past &\; projected), development of measurable objectives and minimum thresholds, and monitoring network design\; and (2) GSAs and stat e agencies to develop management strategies to mitigate adverse impacts wh ile also optimizing water availability. Such capabilities are critical for successful implementation of SGMA.\r\n \r\nSPEAKER'S BIO:\r\nDr. Claudia Faunt has been a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey since 1988 and a part of the California Water Science Center since 1998. As a USGS hydr ologist, she has led studies that focused on regional groundwater flow sys tems, including the Central Valley of California and Death Valley, Califor nia and Nevada. Her research has specialized in water availability, region al groundwater flow modeling, hydrogeologic framework modeling, and incorp oration of hydrologic and geologic spatial information into groundwater mo dels. Claudia&rsquo\;s recent technical experience includes several projec ts related to water availability in California&rsquo\;s Central Valley. C laudia received her Doctorate in Geological Engineering in 1994 from the C olorado School of Mines. In 2013, Claudia became Program Chief of the Cali fornia Water Science Center&rsquo\;s Groundwater Framework and Applied Mod eling section.\r\n \r\nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS: \r\n5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - No-Host Social and Registration6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Dinner and Announcements7:45 - 8 :30 p.m. - Speakers8:30 - 8:45 p.m. - Questions and Answers\r\nDINNER CHOI CES: \r\nFish &ndash\; Seared maple-soy Atlantic salmon, lemon basmati, bo k choyMeat &ndash\; Skirt steak, chimichurri, roasted potatoes, broccoliVe getarian &ndash\; Upon Request\r\n \r\nDINNER COSTS:\r\n$40 for Members$50 for Non-Members$10 for Student Attendees\r\n \r\nTHIS MONTH'S SPONSOR:\r\ n \r\n\r\n \r\nFor Additional Information Contact: Trey Driscoll - driscol l@dudek.com \r\n \r\n If you have any announcements or questions, please contact the Branch President, Trey Driscoll (tdriscoll@dudek.com) at 760-4 115-1425, or Branch Treasurer Scott Snyder (scott@snydergeologic.com) at 8 58-412-9848.\r\nWe are actively looking for potential speakers. If you hav e a topic or suggestion, please contact the Branch President.--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.Event details subject to change. --- \r\n\r\n--- By Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations ---\r\n UID:uid79@grac.org SUMMARY:San Diego Branch Meeting - CALIFORNIA CLIMATE, GROUNDWATER AND THEIR INTERRELATED FUTURE DTSTART:20170301T013000Z DTEND:20170301T044500Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20240329T073214Z TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 LOCATION:Stone Brewing X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
 \;"California Climate, Groundwa ter, and Their Interrelated Future"
Fe aturing:
Claudia Faunt, Project Chief, U.S. Geological Survey
Tuesday, Febru ary 28th
5:30pm-8:45pm
Management to ensure the sustainabil ity of California&rsquo\;s water resources is critical. Groundwater is a c rucial buffer against land-use change effects, water restrictions, drought , and the impacts of climate change, including the depletion of mountain s nowpack that is relied on for part of California's water supply. \; De spite its essential role, the state&rsquo\;s groundwater system is under c onsiderable strain and until recently has been largely unregulated. Califo rnia&rsquo\;s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014 (SGMA) provid es a framework to comprehensively measure and manage groundwater and empow ers local agencies to assess hydrologic issues that can cause &ldquo\;unde sirable results.&rdquo\; California&rsquo\;s Central Valley has many basin s with &ldquo\;undesirable results&rdquo\; and most of these are considere d &ldquo\;critically overdrafted basins.&rdquo\; The Central Valley covers about 20,000 mi2 and is one of the most productive agricultura l regions in the world. Because the valley is semi-arid, surface-water ava ilability varies substantially. Agricultural demand for irrigation is heav ily reliant on surface water and groundwater. In parts of the valley, grou ndwater pumping has caused severe groundwater-level declines, resulting in land subsidence of up to 30 feet. Starting in the 1950s, state and federa l water distribution systems have eased the reliance on groundwater as dep endence shifted to diverted surface water. As a result, groundwater levels recovered and subsidence virtually ceased for a few decades. In the last 20 years, however, land-use changes and limitations to surface-water avail ability&mdash\;including drought and environmental flows&mdash\;have incre ased pumping, causing groundwater-level and groundwater-storage declines, renewed subsidence, decreased stream flows, and changes to ecosystems. As these recent trends continue, monitoring and modelling are critical to und erstanding the dynamics of groundwater use and developing management strat egies. \; Modeling tools, such as the USGS Central Valley Hydrologic M odel, enable (1) Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) to have a head start in meeting requirements for key elements of their Groundwater Susta inability Plans, including a hydrogeologic conceptual model, water budgets (past &\; projected), development of measurable objectives and minimum thresholds, and monitoring network design\; and (2) GSAs and state agenci es to develop management strategies to mitigate adverse impacts while also optimizing water availability. Such capabilities are critical for success ful implementation of SGMA.
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - \;No-Host So
cial and Registration
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Dinner and Announcements
7:45 - 8:30 p.m. - Speakers
8:30 - 8:45 p.m. - Questions and Answer
s
DINNER CHOICES:
Fish &ndash\; Seared maple-soy Atlantic sa
lmon, lemon basmati, bok choy
Meat &ndash\; Skirt st
eak, chimichurri, roasted potatoes, broccoli
Vegetarian &ndash\; Upon Request
 \;
DINNER COSTS:
$40 for Members
$50 for Non-Members
$10 for Student
Attendees
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For Additional Information Contact:&
nbsp\;
Trey Driscoll - driscoll@d
udek.com \;
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 \; \;If you have any an nouncements or questions, please contact the Branch President, Trey Drisco ll \;(tdriscoll@dudek.com) at 760-4115-1425, or Branc h Treasurer Scott Snyder (scott@snydergeologic.com) at 85 8-412-9848.
We are actively looking for potential speakers. I
f you have a topic or suggestion, please contact the Branch President.