Events
WESTCAS holds three conferences each year at different locations throughout our member's western states to provide our membership with: the opportunity to gain new knowledge from high quality presentations, panel discussions, and one-on-one member networking; accomplish hands-on work that results in tangible work products during WESTCAS committee meetings; and most importantly enjoy each others company and the conversations that occur during these events. The upcoming WESTCAS conference information is provided below.
Upcoming Events
WESTCAS 2010 Annual Conference-June 16-18, 2010-Catamaran Resort - San Diego, CA
Past Events
WESTCAS 2010 Winter Conference-February 17-19, 2010 - Embassy Suites
Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Winter Conference Brochure
2010 Winter Conference Program Final
Presentation from the Winter 2010 Conference
Brian Burnett - "Water
Sustainability In New Mexico and the West (Some Systems Perspectives)"
Bob Marley - "Reclainmed
Water Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) Rio Ranch, New Mexico"
Elvidio Diniz - "Issues
Related to Compliance with River Compact Water Deliveries"
Doug Brown - "High
Recovery RO & Enhanced Evaporation to Achieve Zero Liquid Discharge"
Wally Murphy - "ESA
ISSUES: A Legislative Focus"
John Stomp - "WESTCAS
- Section 7 Consultation and NPDES"
Steve Glass - "2009
Triennial Reveiw of NM Water Quality Standards"
Barbara Gastian - "Safe
Drinking Water Act Summary"
Craig Hoover - "Stormwater
Quality: A Matter of Sustainability/Water Quality Facilities in the North Diversion
Channel Watershed"
Robert Fowlie - "Treating
Brackish Water in Sandoval County"
John D'Antonio - "Sustainability
and Stewardship of New Mexico Water Resources"
WESTCAS Fall 2009 Conference was held October 28-30 at the Westward Look
Resort in Tucson, AZ.
Click
here for Complete Conference Program.
Presentations from the Fall 2009 Conference
Ensuring
Reliable Water Supplies for Central Arizona
Water
Supply Challenges Facing the Salt River Project-
Sustainable
Water Planning
The Arizona
Water Highway Water
City of Tucson/Pima
County Water and Wastewater Infrastructure, Supply & Planning Study
Optimization of
Conjunctive Water Supply andRreuse Systems with Sistributed Treatment for High Growth
Water Scarce Regions
Washington Update
Legislative Driven
Drinking Water Standards, Hexavalent Chromium
Colorado Water
Users Legislative & Regulatory Issues
National
Clean Water Trust Fund
State & National
Water Quality Regulatory Issues
Federal
Clean Water Issues
National
Nutrient Standards
Storm Water
Regulatory Update
Unquenchable
Pima County
Regional Optimization Master Plan
Tucson's
CLEARWATER Program
WESTCAS Annual Meeting was held June 24-26,
2009-Kona Kai Resort, San Diego, CA.
See
the attached brochure and registration information.
2009 Annual Meeting Program
Annual Meeting Presentations:
Richard Meyerhoff, Ph. D. and Donald Schroeder, P. E.-
Meeting Receiving Water Quality Challenges, While
Preserving Water Resources
Bill Jacoby- Water
Reuse Supplemental Funding Options in California
Celeste Cantu- One Water,
One Watershed
Cindy Paulson, Ph.D., P. E.- Sustainable
Water Quality and Supply---New Approaches for the New Normal
WESTCAS Winter Meeting was held March 9-11, 2009
at Fort Worth Hilton, Fort Worth, TX.
Winter
Meeting Brochure
Final
Program
Winter
Meeting Presentations
The Western Coalition of Arid States Fall Conference was held at the Loews
Denver Hotel October 29-31, 2008.
Fall Conference 2008 Preliminary Brochure
WESTCAS Presentations at Fall Conference
The 2008 Annual Summer WESTCAS conference was held at
the Kona Kai Hotel and Resort in San Diego, California.
Conference Brochure, Agenda, and Registration Form
The Western Coalition of Arid States Winter Conference was held February
20-22, 2008 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Conference Brochure, Agenda, and Registration Form