Livestreaming from the Oklahoma State Capitol, Room 100
https://www.owrb.ok.gov/GWC/index.php
December 1, 2021
10:00 Welcome
Matt Muller, Chairman, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Governor Kevin Stitt (video)
Julie Cunningham, Executive Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
The One Water Approach: Thinking Bigger About Water
Scott Berry, Director of Policy and Government Affairs, U.S. Water Alliance
Water Coalition Building in North Dakota
Mike Dwyer, North Dakota State Senate/Former Executive Vice President of the North Dakota Water Users Association
2025 Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan: Water Means Business
Owen Mills, Director of Planning, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
John Rehring, Vice President, Carollo Engineers
Flood Preparedness: An Overview of State-Level Resilience Plans
Sarah Edwards, Senior Associate, The PEW Charitable Trusts’ Flood-Prepared Communities Team
Building Flood Resiliency in Oklahoma: Critical Steps
Charles Cook, Floodplain Management and Insurance Branch Chief, Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 6
12:00 Break for Lunch
12:30 Weather and Climate Extremes: Impacts on Water Availability in Oklahoma
Jeffrey Basara, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
1:00 Oklahoma Water Pioneer Awards
Champions of Oklahoma Water Policy and Legislative Initiatives
Representative Kevin Wallace
Senator Darcy Jech
Senator Susan Paddack Representative Carl Newton Representative Paul Roan
Video Message from Congressman Tom Cole Keynote: Self-driving Water Systems
Branko Kerkez, Arthur F. Thurnau Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
3:30 Adjourn
December 2, 2021
10:00 Video message from Senator James Lankford
Welcome and Presentation of Oklahoma Water for 2060 Excellence Awards
Ken Wagner, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy & Environment
Julie Cunningham, Executive Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Bartlesville Indirect Potable Reuse Project
Mike Bailey, City Manager, & Terry Lauritsen, Engineering and Water Utilities Director, City of Bartlesville
Innovations in Conservation and Efficiency for Panhandle Ag Producers
Darren Buck, Buck Farms
Choctaw Nation Sustainable Water Planning
Ethan Schuth, Water Resource Manager, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Sustainability and Oklahoma’s Small Water and Wastewater Systems
Brandon Bowman, Programs Manager, Oklahoma Rural Water Association
12:00 Break for Lunch
12:30 Video message from Senator James Inhofe
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System 50th Anniversary and Update from the Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Col. Scott Preston, Commander and District Engineer, Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
1:00 Video Message from Congressman Frank Lucas
Student Research Water Poster Competition Award Winners and Master Irrigator Program Update
Kevin Wagner, Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Center at Oklahoma State University
National Water Reuse Action Plan: Building the Technical, Financial, and Institutional Capacity for Communities to Pursue Water Reuse
Sharon Nappier, National Program Leader for Water Reuse, Office of Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Trends in Water Reuse: Policy, Technology, and Innovation
Pat Sinicropi, Executive Director, WateReuse Association
Water Reuse in Norman, Oklahoma
Chris Mattingly, Utilities Director, City of Norman
Effects to Ag Runoff from Effluent Irrigation and Contributions to Surface Water from Multiple Reuse Waters
Jason Masoner, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Sustainable Water as a Wicked Problem in Oklahoma: The S3OK Project
Hank Jenkins-Smith, George Lynn Cross Research Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma