2019 Governor's Conference Presentations
Day One
Progress on the Vision for the Future of Water in Kansas - Cara Hendricks - KWO
Sustainability Across the Supply Chain: Succeeding in a rapidly evolving space - Jill Wheeler - Syngenta North America
How, Why, and What to Do: Reservoir Sedimentation - Dr. Rollin H. Hotchkiss - Brigham Young University
Conservation in Concert with Water Needs in Kansas - Matthew Lohr - NRCS
Day One Breakout
Afternoon Breakout Session One: Sustainability Across the Supply Chain
Sustainable Food Production - Kim Dirks - Tyson
EcoPractices Overview - John Harsch
About the Noble Research Institute - Hugh Aljoe
U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef - Debbie Lyons-Blythe
Afternoon Breakout Session One: Flooding Response
Tulsa District US Army Corps of Engineers - COL Scott Preston
Missouri Basin River Forecast Center - Kevin Low
Kansas City District US Army Corps of Engineers - Jud Kneuvean
Afternoon Breakout Session Two: The Arbuckle Formation
The Arbuckle Group as a Resource - David Newell, Shelby Peterie, Richard Miller & Rolfe Mandel
Oil & Gas Industry Perspective on the Arbuckle - Dana Wreath
Class I Nonhazardous Waste Injection Wells: City of Hutchinson - Brian Clennan
Afternoon Breakout Session Two: Reservoir Sediment Management
Sediment Dredging of Reservoirs for Long-term Sustainable Management - Stan Ekren
Water Injection Dredging NCSPA Design-Build and Demonstration - Joe Wagner
Water Injection Dredging for Tuttle Creek Lake - John Shelley
Day Two
Breakfast with Barfield
Playa Lakes
Kansas Playas - A Past & Future Resource - Jude Kastens
Playas as a Source of Recharge to the High Plains Aquifer in Western Kansas - Randy Stotler
Restoring Playas - What's It Look Like and Who Can Help? - Matt Hough and Matt Smith
Playas Recharging Kansas Communities - Mike Carter
Groundwater Characterization, Management and Conservation
Addition of Quantitatively Interpreted Drillers' Log Tables to the Kansas Geological Survey Database - Geoffrey Bohling
Transitioning to Non-Irrigated Crop Production in Southwest Kansas - Will We Have Another Dust Bowl - Bill Golden
Conserving Ogallala Communities Through Voluntary, Group Efforts to Manage Groundwater - Stephen Lauer
Potential for Mobile Drip Irrigation Technology to Reduce Water Use on Low Capacity Wells - Trevor Ahring
Alternative Crops
Industrial Hemp at K-State: Trying to Fill the Research Void - Jason Griffin
DropXL Sorghum, A Simulation Study to Design Crop Trait Technology for Water Productivity in Kansas Environments - Rubi Raymundo and Sarah Sexton-Bowser
Cotton Production in Kansas - Stu Duncan
Water and Human Health
Evaluation of Streambed-Sediment Metals Concentrations in the Spring River Basin, Cherokee County Superfund Site - Brian Klager
The Kansas Climate and Health Declaration - Rachel Myslivy and Dorothy Barnett
Impacted Groundwater as a Source of Drinking Water: Design, Permitting and Regulatory Considerations for Potable End Use Groundwater Remediation Systems - Maria Vishnevskiy
Long-Term Water Quality Data Collection Associated with Wichita's Primary Drinking Water Sources - Mandy Stone
Bio-engineered Solutions to Address Water Quality
Are Streambank Stablization Systems Really Reducing Sediment Supply and Reservoir Sedimentation - Kari Bigham
The use of Unmanned Aircraft to Assess Streambank Erosion and Related Engineering Solutions - Tony Layzell
Modeling Nutrient Removal in Constructed Wetlands Collecting Terraced Field Runoff - Edward Peltier
Effects of Bank Stabilization on Regional Sediment Management (RSM)- Aaron Williams
Municipal and Industrial Water Supply
Proactive Asset Management Training - Getting Ahead of the Issues - Brian Bohnsack
Reducing your Water System Vulnerability - It's Not Just a Good Idea, It's The Law - Sarah Tuite
Smart Stormwater Solutions - Andy Sauer and Brenda Macke
2019 Flooding in Kansas
2019 Flooding and the Impact on Water and Wastewater Facilities - A Boots on the Ground Perspective - Jason Solomon and Daryn Martin
Summary of the 2019 Spring and Summer Kansas Flooding - Bradley Lukasz
Water in Kansas State Parks - Linda Lanterman
Improving Situational Awareness with Real-Time Flood Mapping in Kansas - Jude Kastens
Groundwater Management District Updates
Eqqus Beds GMD 2 - Tim Boese
Southwest Kansas GMD 3 - Jason Norquist
Northwest Kansas GMD 4 - Shannon Kenyon
Big Bend GMD 5 - Orrin Feril
Harmful Algal Blooms
Harmful Blue-Green Algae Blooms in Kansas - Ted Harris
Harmful Algal Bloom Student Research Project in Cheney Reservoir - Maize High School
2019 Harmful Algal Bloom Season Overview- Pattie Haines-Lieber
Water Technology Farms Panel
R&E Goering Farm - Ryan Goering
Homeland Farm - Steve Schemm
Northwest Kansas Technical College - Weston McCary
Kansas Water Office Water Technology Farms Update - Armando Zarco
WCA Efforts in Finney County
Water Conservation Efforts in Finney County - Dwayne Roth
Groundwater Quality
Groundwater Quality - Fred Jones
Pretty Prairie: Our Water Journey - Darrin Unruh
Invasive Species
Status and Impacts of Aquatic Nuisance Species in Kansas - Chris Steffen
Deep-Injection Well Management
Deep-Injection Diversion Options - Isaac Wright and Lynelle Ladd
Water Quality Assessment and Implementation
2010-2019 Accomplishments of K-State's Watershed Management Programs - Dan Devlin and Amanda Schielke
Education and Outreach
Community-Based Social Marketing - Katie Burke
Education and Outreach in Conservation - Shane Neel
NRCS Rainfall Simulator
Dale Younker - Natural Resources Conservation Services
Extreme Event Assessment & Planning
Coordinated Drought Response in Missouri: Lessons Learned from the 2018 Drought - Jennifer Hoggatt and Meredith Colleen
Evaluation and Rainfall-Runoff Trends in Texas: with applications for Kansas water supplies - Jordan Furnans
Public Water Supply Reuse
Wichita Regional Water Supply - Alan King
Cargill Nebraska Irrigation Project
Cargill Water Resources Strategy - Mike Kondrath
Flood Control Operations in the Kansas River Basin through Calendar Year 2019
NWK Water Management Kansas City District US Army Corps of Engineers - Christopher Purzer and Brian Twombly