Research Program on Energy & Water Sustainability

First Western Forum on Energy & Water Sustainability

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Schedule for March 22, 2007

8:00-8:30	Registration
8:30	Welcome
Session 1: Looking into the Future
8:40	Keynote Speaker: Water availability and power plant siting in California, Commissioner John Geesman (CA Energy Comm.)
9:20	Future Population Growth Trends in California, Mary Heim (CA Dept. of Finance)
9:50	California Energy Sources/Consumption Projections and Economic Analysis 2005 to 2050, Gary Matteson (Matteson and Associates)
10:20	Climate Change and Water Supplies in the West, Michael Dettinger (USGS, Scripps)
10:50	Break
11:00	Energy and Water: A Growing and Increasingly Important Partnership, Tony Fellow (Vice-Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California)
11:30	Estimating Freshwater Needs to Meet Future Thermoelectric Generation Requirements in Western US, Thomas Feeley III (Natl. Energy Technology Lab, DOE)
12:00	Lunch
Session 2: Regional “Hot Spots”
13:00	Climate Change and California Water Management, John Andrew (CA DWR)
13:25	Planning for a Sustainable Water Future - Tucson’s Challenge, Ralph Marra (Tucson Water)
13:50	Energy Boom and Groundwater Bust: Mexico’s Water-Energy Nexus with Implications for the U.S. Border Region, Christopher A. Scott (U Arizona)
14:15	Planning for Arizona's Electricity Future: The Demand for Water, Ed Fox (APS)
14:40	Summer water availability in the Cascades and Sierras: Assessing spatial patterns of sensitivity to climate change, Christina Tague (Bren School, UCSB)
15:05	Break
Session 3: Increasing Water Use Efficiency
15:20	Resource use efficiency, Ernst von Weizsäcker (Dean, Bren School, UCSB)
15:45	New Materials and Separations Science for Sustainable Water, William Bourcier, Elizabeth A. Burton, Robin L. Newmark (LLNL)
16:10	Life Cycle Assessment of Two Water Supply Systems: Importation vs. Reclamation, John Crittenden, Erin Lyons, Peng Zhang, Miles Costanza, Ke Li (Arizona State U)
16:35	Increasing Thermoelectric Generation Water Use Efficiency, Chuck McGowin, Robert Goldstein (EPRI), and John Maulbetsch (Maulbetsch Consulting)
17:00	Water Reuse an Integral Aspect of Sustainability: The Role of Advanced Oxidation Processes – Chemistry and Economics, William J. Cooper (Urban Water Research Center, UCI)
17:25	The Last Water-Cooled Thermoelectric? SCE's New Mt View Generating Station, Craig Eaker (So. Cal. Edison) and Michael DiFilippo
18:00	Reception and Poster Session
Poster Session
P01	Climate Change Assessments for the Rocky Mountain West: Impacts on Future Natural Resources and Regional Economies, Matthew K. Reuer, Gregory Zimmerman, Caitlin O'Brady, and Walter Hecox (Colorado College)
P02	Outdoor water consumption in Tucson: is preserved open space a substitute?, Rosalind Bark-Hodgins, Eve Halper, and Bonnie G. Colby (U Arizona)
P03	Regional Assessment of Wind-Powered Desalination Opportunities in the Southwestern U.S., James Androwski, Tom Acker, Abe Springer, Jan Theron, Grant Brummels, and Susan Williams (Northern Arizona U.)
P04	Assessment of Climate Variability on Water Resource Availability for Oil Shale Development, Cathy Wilson, Jean Foster, Joel Herr, Richard Middleton, Wangteng Tsai, Laura Weintraub, Marc Witkowski(Los Alamos National Laboratory, Systech Engineering, Oxford University)
P05	Groundwater management in two California coastal groundwater basins, Norman N Brown (independent consultant)
P06	Water-use intensity of renewable energy vs. conventional sources, Stacy Tellinghusen, Bliss Dennen, Cheryl Lee, James Lee, Dana Larson (UCSB)
P07	Municipal Water Pricing for Scarcity and Cost Recovery, Edna Loehman (Purdue University)
P08	Climate Warming and Adaptability of High-Elevation Hydropower Generation in California, Kaveh Madani & Jay Lund (UC Davis)
P09	Optimal Operation of Hydropower Systems with Ecosystem Considerations, Marcelo Olivares (UC Davis)
P10	Spatial Dynamics of Water Management in Irrigated Agriculture, Daya Muralidharan, Keith C. Knapp (UCR)
P11	Irrigated agriculture, energy, and endangered species in the Upper Klamath Basin: evaluating trade-offs and interconnections, William Jaeger, Brent Boehlert (Oregon State Univ.)

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Schedule for March 23, 2007

8:25	Welcome
Session 4: Increasing Energy Use Efficiency
8:30	Energy savings effects of artificial recharge and increased storage in groundwater basins, Jordan Kear (Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc.)
8:50	Nutrient Removal and Biofuel Production through Microalgae-Based Wastewater Treatment, Tryg Lundquist, John R. Benemann (Cal Poly, SLO)
9:15	Energy Management Program at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Gordon Johnson (MWD)
9:40	Monitoring and control systems for energy smart homes, Eric Williams, H. Scott Matthews (Arizona State U)
10:05	Break
Session 5: Energy/Water Interactions
10:15	Studies on the interaction of Energy and Water: Insights and Evaluations from Mathematical Methods, Jay Lund (UCD)
10:40	Energy Implications of Alternative Water Futures, Heather Cooley (Pacific Institute)
11:05	Advanced Water Treatment Impacts on Energy-Water Linkages, Richard Kottenstette, Patrick Brady, Mike Hightower (Sandia Natl Lab) and Christopher Rayburn (AWWRF)
11:30	Framework to Analyze the Risk of Climate Change on Water and Energy Sustainability, Denis Aelbrecht (EdF), R. A. Goldstein (EPRI), C. W. Chen, J. W. Herr, L. Weintraub (Systech Engineering)
12:00	Lunch
Session 6: Policy Approaches
13:00	Building Public/Private Partnerships in Energy/Water Sustainability Research, Mike Hightower (Sandia Natl Lab), Robert Goldstein (EPRI)
13:25	Electric Power and Water Resource Sustainability, John Wolfe (LimnoTech)
13:50	Integrated planning for water and energy systems, Bob Wilkinson (Bren School, UCSB)
14:15	Decision Support for Integrated Water-Energy Planning, Vincent Tidwell, Len Malczynski, Peter Kobos, Bill Hart, Mike Baca, and Sean McKenna (Sandia Natl Lab)
14:40	Water Markets as a Mechanism for Sustainable Re-allocation to Meet New Water Demands, Gary Libecap (Bren School, UCSB)
15:05	Break
15:20	Towards an Economic Rationale for Sustainable Groundwater Management, Siwa Msangi, Richard Howitt (UCD)
15:45	Negotiated Transactions as a Water/Energy Supply Reliability Tool, Bonnie G. Colby (U Arizona)
16:10	Forecasting Water Demand Using Cluster and Regression Analysis, Bruce Bishop, Veerender Garg (Utah State U)
16:35	Data and Modeling Conflation Issues in Energy and Water Systems, Noah Goldstein, Robin Newmark, Liz Burton Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and Jim McMahon, Camilla Dunham Whitehead, Girish Ghatikar (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
17:00	Efficient Use of Water through Financial Incentive Programs, Baryohay Davidoff (CA DWR)
17:25	Final Discussion & Summary
18:00	Reception

First Western Forum on Energy & Water Sustainability

Schedule for March 22, 2007

8:00-8:30

Registration

8:30

Welcome

8:40

Keynote Speaker:

Water availability and power plant siting in California, Commissioner John Geesman (CA Energy Comm.)

9:20

9:50

10:20

10:50

Break

11:00

11:30

12:00

Lunch

13:00

13:25

13:50

14:15

14:40

15:05

Break

15:20

15:45

16:10

16:35

17:00

17:25

18:00

Reception and Poster Session

Poster Session

P01

Climate Change Assessments for the Rocky Mountain West: Impacts on Future Natural Resources and Regional Economies, Matthew K. Reuer, Gregory Zimmerman, Caitlin O'Brady, and Walter Hecox (Colorado College)

P02

Outdoor water consumption in Tucson: is preserved open space a substitute?, Rosalind Bark-Hodgins, Eve Halper, and Bonnie G. Colby (U Arizona)

P03

Regional Assessment of Wind-Powered Desalination Opportunities in the Southwestern U.S., James Androwski, Tom Acker, Abe Springer, Jan Theron, Grant Brummels, and Susan Williams (Northern Arizona U.)

P04

Assessment of Climate Variability on Water Resource Availability for Oil Shale Development, Cathy Wilson, Jean Foster, Joel Herr, Richard Middleton, Wangteng Tsai, Laura Weintraub, Marc Witkowski (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Systech Engineering, Oxford University)

P05

Groundwater management in two California coastal groundwater basins, Norman N Brown (independent consultant)

P06

P07

P08

P09

Optimal Operation of Hydropower Systems with Ecosystem Considerations, Marcelo Olivares (UC Davis)

P10

Spatial Dynamics of Water Management in Irrigated Agriculture, Daya Muralidharan, Keith C. Knapp (UCR)

P11

Irrigated agriculture, energy, and endangered species in the Upper Klamath Basin: evaluating trade-offs and interconnections, William Jaeger, Brent Boehlert (Oregon State Univ.)

Schedule for March 23, 2007

8:25

Welcome

8:30

8:50

9:15

9:40

10:05

Break

10:15

10:40

11:05

11:30

12:00

Lunch

13:00

13:25

13:50

14:15

14:40

15:05

Break

15:20

15:45

16:10

16:35

17:00

Assessment of Climate Variability on Water Resource Availability for Oil Shale Development, Cathy Wilson, Jean Foster, Joel Herr, Richard Middleton, Wangteng Tsai, Laura Weintraub, Marc Witkowski(Los Alamos National Laboratory, Systech Engineering, Oxford University)