11 Groundwater Availability in Texas: Rule of Capture and Sustainable to Consensus Yield

Monday, 13 March 2017
1:30 PM - 5:35 PM
Grand Ballroom B

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  GROUNDWATER RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY: CONCEPTUAL EVOLUTION, OPPORTUNITIES, & CHALLENGES
  John M. Sharp, The University of Texas, Austin, TX
  288962 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  REGIONAL GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT: CONSIDERING FLOWS TO SPRINGS AND STREAMS
  Larry French, Austin, TX and Roberto Anaya, Austin, TX and Natalie Ballew, Austin, TX and Andrew Weinberg, Austin, TX
  289120 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  FINDING THE BALANCING BETWEEN HIGHEST PRACTICABLE GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION
  James A. Beach, LBG-Guyton Associates, Austin, TX
  289094 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  SUSTAINABLE YIELD GROUNDWATER IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID LANDS IN TEXAS
  Ronald Green, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and F. Paul Bertetti, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and Beth Fratesi, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX and Nathaniel J. Toll, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
  289289 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  THE EAA ACT: A SUCCESS STORY
  Mark Hamilton, San Antonio, TX and James Winterle, San Antonio, TX
  289491 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  FINDING A BALANCE – A CASE STUDY FOR ADDRESSING GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES IN TEXAS
  John T. Dupnik, Austin, TX
  289527 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  CONSIDERING UNREASONABLE IMPACTS IN THE GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION PERMITTING PROCESS
  Brian A. Smith, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and Brian B. Hunt, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and Vanessa Escobar, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and Kendall Bell-Enders, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and John Dupnik, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX
  289568 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  MODEL THEN MEASURE: ASSESSING AND MONITORING THE POTENTIAL FOR UNREASONABLE IMPACTS FROM A PUMPING WELL-- EXAMPLE FROM THE MIDDLE TRINITY AQUIFER, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS
  Brian B. Hunt, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and Brian A. Smith, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX
  289467 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANALYTIC ELEMENT TOOL TO EVALUATE THE TRINITY AQUIFER IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS
  Wade A. Oliver, Sugar Land, TX and James Pinkard, Austin, TX and Neil E. Deeds, Austin, TX
  289356 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  WATER WELL DRILLING TRENDS IN TEXAS GROUNDWATER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS
  Robin Gary, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX
  289585 (Theme Sessions)
• 4:55 PM
  THE SAGA OF A GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR THE WESTERN TRAVIS COUNTY PORTION OF THE HILL COUNTRY PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
  Thomas Weber, Transportaion and Natural Resources, Austin, TX and Vicky Kennedy, Transportaion and Natural Resources, Austin, TX
  289587 (Theme Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  DESALINATION AND AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY POTENTIAL OF THE SALINE EDWARDS AQUIFER, CENTRAL TEXAS
  Brian A. Smith, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX and Brian B. Hunt, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Austin, TX
  289632 (Theme Sessions)