Center for New West Agenda: Water and the West - Meeting Supply Challenges Today and Beyond September 22, 2005 Public Sector $185 Private Sector $250 January 12-13, 2006 Water and the West - Meeting Supply Challenges Today and Beyond images/FountainViewsm.JPG http://www.centerfornewwest.org/pdf/WaterAgenda.pdf
REGISTRATION:
Public Sector ~ $185 / Private Sector ~ $250
The Bellagio Resort

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Call early to reserve your room (888-987-6667). Please reference the Center for the New West when making reservations to receive our group rate ($199 per night).

Attendees are responsible for hotel accommodations and transportation.

The Bellagio Resort
3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Las Vegas, Nevada

 Registration and Continental Breakfast January 12, 2006
Raphael One
 Welcome January 12, 2006
  • Don Evans, President & Group Chief Executive, CH2M Hill Civil Infrastructure Group, Trustee - Center for the New West
ROUNDTABLE ONE - Taking Stock of Current Needs and Challenges January 12, 2006
We will take an overview of current needs and challenges in various parts of the West.

Moderator: Hal Furman, The Furman Group

  • Mark Limbaugh, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Craig Bell, Western States Water Council
  • Steve Hall, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies
 ROUNDTABLE TWO - How to Fund the Growing Demand for Water Related Infrastructure January 12, 2006
We will explore the challenge of financing water related infrastructure projects in an era of diminished federal funding. What is the proper role of the Federal government? Can tax incentives be utilized to assist in financing needed projects?

Moderator: Hal Furman, The Furman Group

  • The Honorable Larry E. Craig, United States Senator, Idaho
  • Jeffrey Scruggs, Managing Director, UBS Financial Services
  • Andrew W. Richardson, President, American Water Works Association

 Break January 12, 2006
Please proceed to the Renoir One room for lunch
 Luncheon Keynote Speech January 12, 2006
Introductions : Dennis Wheeler, Chairman and CEO, Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation, Chairman - Center for the New West Board of Trustees

Keynote: The Honorable Larry E. Craig, United States Senator, Idaho
 Break January 12, 2006
Please return to Raphael One
 ROUNDTABLE THREE - Meeting the Needs of an Urban West While Protecting Historic Rights January 12, 2006
This panel will review issues such as agriculture to urban tranfers, Indian water rights settlements, rural water supply funding issues.

Moderator: Joe Hunter, Chief of Staff, Congressman Chris Cannon

  • Patricia Mulroy, General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority
  • Joseph Beal, General Manager, Lower Colorado River Authority
  • Nate Gentry, Majority Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  • Pat O'Toole, President, Family Farm Alliance

 ROUNDTABLE FOUR - The Role of Desalination (Both Seawater and Brakkish Groundwater) in Meeting Western Water Needs January 12, 2006
We will evaluate the feasability of desalination and the role that the Federal government can and should play in encouraging the development of desalination facilities.

Moderator: Richard Corrigan, Sr. Vice President Government Affairs, CH2M Hill

  • The Honorable James A. Gibbons, Member of Congress, Nevada
  • Hal Furman, Executive Director, U.S. Desalination Coalition
  • John P. MacHarg, Affordable Desalination Collaboration
  • Robert Yamada, President, American Membrane Technology Association

 Day One Wrap Up January 12, 2006 Participant Reception January 12, 2006
Attendee Reception - Immediately following wrap up in Raphael Two
 Continental Breakfast January 13, 2006 ROUNDTABLE FIVE - Sustaining Economic Growth - The Relationship and Linkage of Water Supply and Electrical Generation January 13, 2006
We will explore how to best ensure that power generators retain access to adequate water supplies. What are the electricity needs of today's water utilities? What are the opportunities for greater efficiencies?

Moderator: Hal Furman, The Furman Group

  • The Honorable Chris Cannon, United States Representative, Utah
  • Jon Lambeck, Manager of Operations Planning, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
  • Edward Fox, Vice President of Communications, Environment and Safety, Arizona Public Service
 Keynote January 13, 2006
Introduction: The Honorable Larry E. Craig, United States Senator, Idaho

The Honorable Pete Domenici, United States Senator, New Mexico (live via video conference)
 ROUNDTABLE SIX - The Role of the Private Sector in Meeting Western Water Needs January 13, 2006
A panel consisting of public water agency representatives, investor owned water utilities, and private water project developers that will discuss issues such as the benefits and drawbacks to public- private partnerships and the institutional roadblocks to such partnerships; private activity bond caps; and the question of who owns the resource.

Moderator: Hal Furman, The Furman Group
  • Kathy Freas, PhD, Global Water Resources Director, CH2M Hill
  • Woody Wodraska, Senior Vice President - National Director, Water Resources, PBS&J
  • Kent Turner, Vice President and Treasurer, American Water Western Region

 Conference Closing January 13, 2006