Presentations: PowerPoint
February 20-21, 2008

ACWI Federal Roundtable

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Mike Shapiro
(Data provided upon request)

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Richard Swenson
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Gary Carter

U.S. Geological Survey - Wendy Norton
Talking Points (PDF 20KB)
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Tennessee Valley Authority - Jack Brellenthin
(Data provided upon request)

Federal Emergency Management Agency - Allyson Lichtenfels

Briefings from ACWI Sub Groups

ACWI Report: Subcommittee on Ground Water (SOGW)

- Overview - Bob Schreiber, ACWI Rep for American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and SOGW Co-Chair

Reports from SOGW Work Groups
- Inventory - Bill Cunningham, USGS, Co-Chair
- Framework Design - Bob Schreiber
- Field Practices - John Jansen
- Data Standards and Management - Chuck Job, USEPA

Next Steps - Bob Schreiber, Bill Cunningham

ACWI Report: National Liaison Committee for the National Water
Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)

• Donna Myers, USGS, Chief, NAWQA
• Liaison Committee Status and Scheduled Briefings,
  Judy Campbell Bird, Contractor and Liaison Leader

ACWI Report: Subcommittee on Hydrology,

- Overview - Steve Blanchard, USGS, Chief, Office of Surface Water and SOH Chair,

Reports from Hydrology Work Groups
- Hydrologic Frequency and Analysis, Revision to Bulletin 17B - Will Thomas, Thomas, Michael Baker Corp and Association of State Flood Plain Managers, Workgroup Chair
- Hydrologic and Hydraulic GIS Applications Workgroup - William Merkel, USDA, Workgroup Chair
- Update on Satellite Telemetry Interagency Workgroup - Ernest Dreyer, US Geological Survey

Panel Discussion: National Streamgaging Programs – National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP) and Cooperative Water Program (CWP) and Stakeholder Input

• Introduction and Loss of Essential Streamgages
  Peter Evans, Interstate Council on Water Policy (ICWP)
• Regional Stakeholder Meetings and Recommendations
  Sue Lowry, Wyoming State Engineers Office, ACWI Rep for ICWP
• Assessment of Data Gaps Affecting Western Watershed Planning
  Barney Austin, Texas Water Development Board and ACWI Rep for Western States Water Council

USGS Response

• Robert Hirsch, USGS Associate Director for Water
• Mike Norris, USGS NSIP Coordinator
• Ward Staubitz, USGS CWP Coordinator

ACWI Report: The National Water Quality Monitoring Network for the U.S. Coastal Waters and their Tributaries (Network)

• Refinements to the Network Design
  Charles Spooner, EPA Co-Chair of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council (NWQMC) and Network
  (Note: ACWI Input to Refinements will be discussed in more detail at a Luncheon Roundtable)
• Summary Report with Highlights from the Pilot Studies
  Delaware Bay, San Francisco Bay, Lake Michigan
  Gail Mallard, USGS Co-Chair of NWQMC and Network
• Draft Documents:
• Draft Pilot Summary Report
• Summary Report Tables
• Atmospheric Deposition
• Biology
• Contaminants
• Nutrients
• Wetlands
  

For more information, refer to the following web site:
http://acwi.gov/monitoring/network/pilots

ACWI Report: Methods and Data Comparability Board

• Overview, Future Plans and Next Steps
  Eric Vowinkel, USGS Co-Chair of the Board
• Update on the National Environmental Methods Index
  Dan Sullivan, USGS Executive Secretary of the Board

ACWI Report: Subcommittee on Sedimentation (SOS)

• Overview and Status of SOS
  Jerry Webb, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and SOS Vice-Chair

ACWI Report: Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable (SWRR)

• Refinements to Criteria and Indicators
  Robert Goldstein, Electric Power Research Institute
• Next Steps for SWRR
  Ethan T. Smith, Retired and SWRR Coordinator

ACWI Special Session: Water for America Initative

• National Water Census
  Robert Hirsch, USGS Associate Director for Water
• Overview of Water Supply Management Programs
  Bob Quint, Director, Operations, Bureau of Reclamation
• Overview of Science Objectives and Proposed Scope
  Bill Alley,USGS Chief, Office of Ground Water
  Eric Evenson, USGS Coordinator, Water for America Initiative
• Process for Stakeholder Feedback
  Toni Johnson, ACWI Executive Secretary

For more information refer to the following web sites:
http://www.doi.gov/initiatives/water.html
http://water.usgs.gov/wsi/

Subgroup: Topical Round Tables

Agency Updates

Agency Update: Sixth National Water Quality Monitoring Conference
May 18-22, 2008 Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Charles Spooner, USEPA Conference Tri-Chair

See the following web site for more information:
http://www.wef.org/ConferencesTraining/ConferencesEvents/NatlWaterQualityMonitoringConference/

Agency Update: Improved Access to Water Data through Web Services
Cooperative Effort among EPA/STORET and USGS/NWIS 
- Dwane Young, USEPA

Guest Speakers

Guest Speaker: The Climate Change Science Program - Pete Schultz, Director, The Climate Change Science Program Office
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See the following web site for more information:
http://www.climatescience.gov/default.php

Guest Speaker: The Secure Water Act - Michael Connor, Counsel for the Committee on Energy and the Environment

See the following web site for more information:
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/2007/10/secure-water-ac.html

Other Items of Interest

Review of ACWI 2008 Meeting Highlights and Action Items - Toni Johnson, USGS

ACWI Recognition: Special Thanks to Our Member Organizations - Toni Johnson, USGS
Celebrating a Decade of Successful Accomplishments 1997-2007

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