TUES
Feb 15

Technical

Policy

11:00am

Registration

12:00pm

Opening Address by Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn
Introduced by R. Thomas, Executive Director, NIPC
Lunch

2:00 pm

Regional Water Supply Issues

1A – An Overview of Regional Water Supply Planning 
S. Santell, NIPC

1B – The Background Legal Regime
D. Tarlock, Chicago-Kent College of Law

1C – Regional Water Management Initiative
D. Injerd, IDNR

3:30 pm

Break

4:00 pm

Technical needs for policy development

Background/Source Water

P2A – Source Water Assessment and Protection Website: A Resource for Local Water Resource Planning and Protection
(Part 1  Part 2)
Wade Boring, IEPA

P2B – The Hydrology of the Lake Michigan Region
D. Cherkauer, UW-M

5:15 pm

Plenary Session
Water, the Lifeblood of Cities
D. Ullrich, Great Lakes Cities Initiative

5:45 pm

Social Hour

WED. Feb 16

Technical

Policy

8:00 am

Ongoing Studies/Available Data

T3A – Regional Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flow Modeling in Southeastern Wisconsin (Part 1  Part 2)
K. Bradbury, WGNHS

T3B – Investigations for Protection of Water Availability, Kane County, Illinois
S. Meyer, ISWS

T3C – Groundwater Inventory and Map for the State of Michigan
H. Reeves, USGS-MI
Email for availability

Resource Management

P3A – Environmental Concerns
C. Mendoza, Lake MI Federation

P3B – Coordinating Regional Monitoring
R. Lawson, Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordinating Council

P3C – Groundwater Recharge Protection
H. Learner & M. Geertsma, ELPC

9:30 am

Break

10:00 am

Scientific issues

T4A – Inside Groundwater Modeling
D. Feinstein, USGS-WI
Email for availability

T4B – Surface Water Supply Planning Issues in the Southern Lake Michigan Region
V. Knapp, ISWS

T4C – Water Quality Issues in the Groundwater System of the Lake Michigan Basin
J. Jansen, Reukert-Mielke

Water Usage

P4A – NIRPC Study Results: Water Resources Protection and Conservation Toolkit
S. Nerenberg, NIRPC Consultant

P4B – Public/Private Parnterships: How They Can Be Used to Improve Water Resource Management
D. Thompson, American Water

P4C – Integrating Demand-Side Planning & Management into the Water Supply Planning Process
J. Kiefer, CDM

11:45 am

Lunch
T. Mehan, Cadmus
A Symphonic Approach to Water Management
Introduced by D. Walker, ISWS

1:45 pm

Combined Session: Case Studies

5A – Edwards Aquifer/Central Valley Authority
G. Ellis, former General Manager
Presentation courtesy of Edwards Aquifer Authority

5B – Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District 
P. Stevens, Atlanta Regional Commission

2:45pm
to  3:15pm

Concluding Plenary Session

Panel Discussion with NIPC, NIRPC and SEWRPC