2009 California Water Conference
Changing Tides in the Inland Sea –
A Confluence of Challenges and Opportunities
PRESENTATIONS
The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Sacramento Post hosted a timely conference
to learn about the challenges and business opportunities associated with California’s complex
water and flood risk management issues. This conference consisted of plenary sessions with
policy and technical breakout workshops, Business Exhibit Faire, and Ice Breaker event.
Speakers included elected officials, federal, state and local water agencies, academia and industry leaders, including USACE, FEMA, and California Department of Water Resources.
Click links below for PDFs or online PowerPoint presentations. Most PDFs are two slides per page.
| Monday, October 26, 2009 | |
| 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm | Registration / Booth Set-up |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Ice-Breaker: At the Radisson Hotel |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | |
| 6:30 am – 8:00 am | Registration/Breakfast |
| 8:00 am – 8:10 am | Welcoming Remarks – COL Thomas Chapman, Sacramento District Commander, USACE, and Sacramento SAME Post President |
| 8:10 am – 8:20 am | Video: Representative Doris Matsui, (CA-05) |
| 8:20 am – 9:00 am | Mr. Terrence C. “Rock” Salt, Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | Mr. Don Glaser, Director, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am Break | Exhibits Open |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Mr. Doug Bellomo, Director, Risk Analysis Division, Mitigation Directorate, FEMA Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
| 10:30 am – 11:00 am | COL(P) Scott F. “Rock” Donahue, Commander, South Pacific Division, USACE Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
| 11:00 am – 11:30 pm | Break – Exhibits Open |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm | State Senator Lois Wolk |
| 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm | Lunch and Speaker, Will Travis, SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
| Room 303 | Room 300 | Room 304 | Room 302 | |
Session Time |
Session #1 |
Session #2 |
Session #3 |
Session #4 |
| Moderator – Rick Sowers | Moderator – Robert Boling | Moderator – Paul Baginski | Moderator – Stephen Boll | |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Jacob McQuirk: The South Delta Improvement Program Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Vida Wright: Current Delta Levee Conditions & Challenges Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
George V. Sabol: Capay Diversion Dam Modernization for Irrigation Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Mike Inamine: California Levee Evaluations Program Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | Gary Ashby: Integrated Water Management Solutions on the Shasta River Click here for PDF |
Jay Lund: Levee Decisions and Sustainability for Sac-San Joaquin Delta |
Adam Riley: Hidden Dam, CA Dam Safety Assurance Program Study Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Christopher Dunn: New Corps Guidance for the Evaluation of Levee Systems Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
2:30 – 3:00
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Sean Ragain: |
Peter Wijsman: |
Blaine Dwyer: |
Christopher Groves: |
3:00 pm – |
Break – Exhibits Open | |||
| Session #5 Risk Analysis |
Session #6 Hydrology/Hydraulics |
Session #7 Planning & Permitting |
Session #8 Outside California |
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| Moderator – Louay Owaidat | Moderator – William Swanson | Moderator – David Curtis | Moderator – Saad Merayyan | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Scott Shewbridge: Simplified Approach to Asses Levee Seismic Vulnerability Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Brad Moore: Setting the Baseline: Central Valley Flood Hydrology Study Click here for PDF |
Sean K. Hungerford: Streamlining the environmental review for water infrastructure projects Click here for PDF |
Les Harder: Midwest Levee Failures Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
| 4:00 – 4:30 | Richard Millet: Erosion Screening Process Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Mitch Russo: Overview of Products of the Central Valley Flood Hydrology Study Click here for PDF |
Paul Sorci: Impact of Levee Cutoff Walls on Groundwater Recharge Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Rob Mullins: Geotech and Design Challenges in New Orleans Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
4:30 – 5:00 |
Burton Suedel: |
Kevin Coulton: |
Thomas W. Smith: |
Wayne Wright: |
5:00 pm – |
Exhibits Open | |||
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | |
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am | Continental Breakfast – Exhibits Open |
| 8:00 am – 8:05 am | COL Janice Dombi, Deputy District Commander, South Pacific Division, USACE, and SAME Regional Vice President |
| 8:05 am – 8:30 am | Mr. Steve Stockton, Director of Civil Works, HQUSACE Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Mr. Lester Snow, Director, Department of Water Resources, State of California |
| 9:00 am – 9:15 am | Break |
| 9:15 am –9:45 am | Ms. Karen Scarborough, California Natural Resources Agency, Bay Delta Conservation Plan |
| 9:45 am – 10:15 am | Dr. Ray Seed, University of California, Berkeley, Delta Vision Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 am – 11:45 am | Panel Discussion Mr. Ric Reinhardt--Facilitator Topic: Changes to FEMA’s Flood Zone Criteria Panel: Doug Bellomo (FEMA), Rod Mayer (DWR), Toby Ross (West Sacramento), and Mark Connelly (San Joaquin County) Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Lunch and Speaker, Mayor Kevin Johnson, City of Sacramento |
| Room 303 | Room 300 | Room 304 | Room 302 | |
| Session Time | Session #9 Tools & Innovations |
Session #10 Levee Solutions |
Session #11 Climate Change |
Session #12 Opportunities |
| Moderator – Margie Namba | Moderator – Phil Welker | Moderator – Tim Anenson | Moderator – Mike Conrad | |
| 1:00 – 1:30 | Mike Blankinship: Weed Management in Flood Control Facilities: Costs & Water Quality Impacts Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Tim Abbe: Incorporating hardened vegetated buffers along levees Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Elissa Lynn: Climate Change Modeling – Can you get what you need? Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
COL Tom Chapman: COL Tom Magness: LTC L. Farrell: Mike Finnegan: Mark Cowin: Pete Ghelfi: |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | Scott Bodensteiner: DMMP Development: Sustainable Dredged Mat’l Management in the SF Bay Click here for PDF |
Boni Bigornia: Developing an Intelligent Flood Management System Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Rich Juricich: Integrated Scenario Analysis for the California Water Plan Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
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2:00 – 2:30 |
Layton Hobbs: |
Mara Jane Johnson: |
Lawrence Wise |
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2:30 pm – |
Break | |||
| Session #13 Construction Methods |
Session #14 Major Northern California Projects |
Session #15 Flood Emergency Planning |
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| Moderator – Roy Phares | Moderator – Brian Monaghan | Moderator – Nadia Burleson | ||
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Jeremy McKnight: Construction Methods for Napa River East Duden Flood Control Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Dan Tibbitts: American River Watershed (Common Features) for California Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Jennifer Dunn: Silver Jackets: Many Agencies, One Solution in Flood Risk Management Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Break, 3:20 – 3:30 |
| Session #16 RESIN |
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| 3:30 – 4:00 | Matthew Marks: Construction Methods for Folsom Lake Dike Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Mark Ellis: Downtown Guadalupe River, San Jose, CA Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Stephen Bradley: DWR Delta Flood Emergency Preparedness & Response Project Click here for PDF Click here for online PowerPoint |
Facilitator – Cheryl Bly-Chester: PANEL: Resilient and Sustainable John Radke Scott Nicholson Emery Roe |
4:00 – 4:30 |
Felipe Martin: |
Roger Henderson |
Gary Hester: |
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Click here for conference agenda.
Click here for Afternoon Technical Session Abstracts.
Click here for the Water Conference Information Flyer (PDF)
If you have questions, please contact: Michael O'Hagan, P.E., Phone: (916) 569-2521, Cell: (916) 837-6440, email: michael.ohagan@stantec.com.
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