2020 Symposium

5th Biennial Texas Panhandle Water Conservation Symposium was held on February 12, 2020 at the Amarillo Civic Center in the North Exhibit Hall.

The Future of Water: Innovative, Efficient and Successful Strategies for Water Conservation 

 

Click on the presentation titles below to watch the video presentations of this year's Water Conservation Symposium.

2020 Agenda:

9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Welcome - Mayor Ginger Nelson, City of Amarillo

9:10 - 10:10 a.m.  Growing Hemp in Texas Panel -  Dan Hunter, Texas Department of Ag, Dr. Charles Beall, Ana-Lab, Dr. Calvin Trostle, Texas A&M AgriLife, Rafe Schroder, Hemp Producer

10:10 - 10:40 a.m. A Historical Look at the Ogallala Aquifer  - Robert Mace, Meadows Center for Water & the Environment

 10:40 -11:00  a.m.  Break

11:00 - 11:30 a.m. High Plains Aquifer Modeling  - Wade Oliver, PG, Intera, Inc.

11:30 - 12:00 p.m. Don’t Mess with Texas, Water Edition  - Brooke Paup, TWDB Board of Director

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch

12:30 - 1:00 p.m. Texas Water Foundation's New Conservation Program  - Sarah Schlessinger, Texas Water Foundation

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.   Cotton’s Role in Water Conservation - Jourdan Bell, Texas A&M AgriLife Amarillo

1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Amarillo’s Waste Water Reclamation Program - Damen Ratliff, City of Amarillo

2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Xeriscape 101 - Neal Hinders, Canyon’s Edge Plants

2:30 - 2:50 p.m. Break

2:50 - 3:10 p.m. High Plains Water District’s AIM Program  - Victoria Whitehead & Jason Coleman, High Plains Water District

3:10 - 3:40 p.m. Hilmar Cheese Full Circle Water Cycle  - Herman Berngen, Hilmar Cheese

3:40 - 4:10 p.m. Corn/Cotton Rotation in the Texas North Plains  - Nich Kenny, North Plains GCD

4:15 p.m.   Award Door Prizes

 

 

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Thank you to 2020 Water Conservation Symposium Sponsors!