Drought Response Workshop
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Date: November 6, 2012
Location: Orange County Water District in Fountain Valley, California
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About the Workshop
The purpose of the Drought Response workshop was to review and provide updates on drought planning, response, and mitigation measures. It was intended for water agencies and other public and local agencies involved in drought response and planning efforts. Over 70 people attended this workshop, which offered CEUs from the California Department of Public Health.
Click here to download the workshop program.
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Workshop Sponsors
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Workshop Presentations
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| Jeanine Jones of the Department of Water Resources helped organize the workshop and spoke on statewide water conditions. |
Statewide Water Conditions & Preparing for a Potentially Dry 2013 (2.65 MB)
Preparing for Drought: Strategies to Increase Local Resources (6.24 MB)
Tim Blair, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring (CASGEM) (4 MB)
Mary Scruggs, DWR
State Water Project Delivery Capabilities in Drought Conditions (8.8 MB)
Sushil Arora, DWR
Development & Implementation of Drought Related Messaging (185 KB)
Darcy Burke, Municipal Water District of Orange County
State-of-the-Art Drought Prediction: A Hydrologist's Perspective (12 MB)
Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California Irvine
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| Soroosh Sorooshian, Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing, UC Irvine, spoke on state-of-the-art drought prediction. |
Increasing the Operating Range of Groundwater Basin in Time of Drought (10.6 MB)
Greg Woodside, Orange County Water District
Preparing for Drought in the Inland Empire Service Area (5.17 MB)
Chris Berch, Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Dana Friehauf, San Diego County Water Authority
Water Reliability 2020 (8.92 MB)
Ron Wildermuth, West Basin Municipal Water District
Indirect Potable Reuse and Direct Potable Reuse as a Drought Resistant Option (519 KB)
Dave Smith, WateReuse California
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Additional Material
DWR's "Drought in California" Brochure (2 MB) - Provided as a handout at the workshop
Presenter Short Biographies (PDF) - Provided as a handout at the workshop