Water allocation research seminars (WARS)

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Background

The research team for the Water Allocation Study has organized and sponsored (along with the Water Resources Research Institute) a series of seminars on water allocation and water resources. We call these the Water Allocation Research Seminars (WARS). We are indebted to the partners and co-sponsors who are helping to bring experts on water resources to UNC, Duke and N.C. State University in 2010-11. They are raising our collective understanding of water management.

Learning objectives for the seminars


  • How other states with statutory water allocation systems use planning processes, including local, regional and river-basin planning, and hydrologic models to inform their regulation of water withdrawals and consumption.
  • How current limitations in hydrologic models produced by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources can be overcome to make those models useful for water allocation and planning.
  • How current regulation of instream flows by North Carolina and its neighboring states is implemented and reviewed.
  • How other states in the southeastern United States and elsewhere in the world are responding to threats of increased water scarcity and conflict.

Seminars

  1. Mary Sadler of Hazen & Sawyer and Kenny Waldrop of Raleigh discussing the process of determining ecological flows in connection with proposed water storage reservoirs on the Little River and at Lake Benson. Feb 12, 1 pm, J.C. Raulston Auditorium, Raleigh. Abstract
  2. Rick Hooper, President & Executive Director of the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) on "Advancing Hydrologic Science through Community Engagement" on February 19 at Duke
  3. Leigh Askew, Fanning Institute, U. of Georgia, discussing the Georgia Water Plan, March 1
  4. David Baize and Chuck Gorman, SC DHEC on "The Surface Water Permitting Experience in SC" on March 19 at 9:00 am at the Albert Coates Local Government Center at 215 N Dawson St in Raleigh (before the SWIC meeting at 10:30). 
  5. Richard Whisnant on "Fire & Water: Making Meaning out of Water Resource Policy, the keynote address at the annual conference of the Water Resources Research Institute (pdf of the powerpoint here, and draft text of the speech itself here) on March 30 at 9:00 am at NC State University's McKimmon Center.
  6. Peter Raabe, NC Conservation Director for American Rivers, on the potential to increase water efficiency in NC (working title) on April 16 at 1:00 pm at the Albert Coates Local Government Center at 215 N Dawson Street in Raleigh (Directions: http://www.nclm.org/findus.htm).
  7. Dr. Dave Moreau, Professor Emeritus, UNC-CH, on "Storage of Water in New & Old Reservoirs" (pdf file here) on April 23 at 1:00 pm at NC State University's J C Raulston Arboretum (Directions: http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/visit/visitor_information/directions.html).
  8. Elizabeth Kistin, Research Associate in Water Resources at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions on "Barriers to Basin-Wide Allocation and Opportunities for Overcoming the Zero-Sum Mentality: Lessons from the Orange-Senqu Basin in Southern Africa" on April 30 at 1:00 pm at A148 Levine Science Research Center at Duke(www.parking.duke.edu).
  9. Dr. Carol Couch, Senior Public Service Associate, College of Environment & Design, University of Georgia and former Director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, will speak on Perspectives on the Georgia Water Planning Process on Friday, May 14 at 9:30 am in the Ground Floor Hearing Room of the Archdale Building (DENR) at 512 North Salisbury Street in Raleigh Georgia has invested about $30,000,000 in statewide and regional water planning .
  10. Katie Kirkpatrick, P.E., Vice President of Environmental Affairs, Metro Atlanta Chamber, on Atlanta’s situation and recent water management analysis and approaches in Georgia  (with some additional slides on Georgia's new water efficiency/conservation legislation) on Monday, June 21 at 1 pm at NC State University's J C Raulston Arboretum.
  11. Jim Mead, DENR Division of Water Resources Instream Flows Section, will present a WARS Seminar on NC's evolving approach to ecological flow determination. Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, 1 pm. Jim's presentation at the WARS Seminar is here...Jim's earlier presentation on the topic to the 2010 NC Water Resources Research Institute conference is here.
  12. Christophe Tulou, DC Director of the Environment, on Greening DC and Capturing and Reusing Stormwater, on September 10 at 1:00 pm at Durham City Hall. Thanks to Durham for hosting.
  13. Scott Potter, Director Nashville Metro Water Services, on "Nashville's Approach to Water Quality" and "Nashville's Recovery From a 500 Year Flood" on Friday, October 15, 2010 at the City of Raleigh's Wetlands Education Center at 950 Peterson Street in Raleigh 27610. Metro Water Services provides drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, watershed management and other water services for Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. Thanks to Raleigh for hosting.
  14. David Welch, Director Division of Laboratory Services St. Johns River Water Management District, on "Water Management Districts in Florida, Ambient Monitoring Programs, Past Present and Future." 1:00 pm on Friday, October 29, 2010, at the Bond Park Community Center at 150 Metro Park Drive in Cary. (Bond Park is at 801 High House Road between Cary Parkway and Northwest Maynard Road in Cary.) Thanks to Cary for hosting.
  15. Jim Mead, Division of Water Resources on determination of ecological flows, sponsored by NC Water Resources Association (not an official WARS but worth attending)at 11:30 am on Monday, December 6, 2010 at NC State's McKimmon Center in Raleigh.



in the works

  • failure points in safe yield planning and adequate levels of risk…perhaps Catawba WMG …but aimed at informing a decision that a basin is “overallocated”
  • the Cape Fear model, and perhaps the Neuse…hands on
  • Industry panel of firms that have withdrawal permits elsewhere on what’s important about them
  • Panel on river basin planning organizations and their structure…Delaware person, , Potomac?
  • [your suggestions here]
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