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Speaker Presentation Powerpoints
from 2010 Sierra Club Water for People and the Environment Conference
United Way Community Resource Center, Houston, TX

Water for People and the Environment

Sierra Club Regional Water Conference
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
United Way Community Resource Center
50 Waugh Drive
Houston, Texas

8:15 - 9:00 AM Registration/Check-in
9:00 - 9:15 AM Welcome & Overview – Ken Kramer, Sierra Club

9:15 – 10:30 AM “Preserving Environmental Flows: Why & How”
Moderator: John Bartos, Galveston Bay Foundation
Cindy Loeffler, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Myron Hess, National Wildlife Federation

10:30 – 10:45 AM Break

Sierra Club Water Conference

10:45 – 12 Noon “Protecting Sabine Lake & Galveston Bay and Area Rivers”
Moderator: Norman Johns, National Wildlife Federation
Jack Tatum, Sabine River Authority
Jim Lester, Houston Advanced Research Center
Glenda Callaway, Ekistics Corporation

Noon – 1:15 PM Lunch
Feature Presentation: “The Energy and Water Nexus in Texas”
Dr. Michael Webber, Associate Director
Center for International Energy & Environmental Policy
University of Texas at Austin

1:15 – 2:30 PM “Stretching Our Water Supplies: Conservation & Drought Mgmt”
Moderator: Carole Baker, Alliance for Water Efficiency
Karen Guz, San Antonio Water System (SAWS)
Jennifer Walker, Sierra Club
Tyson Broad, Sierra Club

2:30 – 2:45 PM Break

2:45 – 4:00 PM “On the Horizon: Regional Plans, Groundwater, Desalination”
Moderator: Ken Kramer, Sierra Club<
Jason Afinowicz, AECOM
Rex Hunt, East Texas Regional Water Planning Group
Jorge Arroyo, Texas Water Development Board

Please contact us at 512-477-1729 if you have questions or by mail at:
Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
P.O. Box 1931
Austin, Texas 78767

Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Address: 50 Waugh Drive
Houston, TX 77007
UNITED STATES

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