Groundwater Trading Safeguards for Vulnerable Water Users Workshop - October 28, 2021
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Session Goals:
- Hear from diverse participants about how groundwater trading could impact or benefit them.
- Create opportunities for Commissioners to hear directly from stakeholders.
- Gather information and test assumptions around:
a. opportunities and concerns around groundwater trading;
b. potential impacts to ecosystems, farms, and communities; and
c. an appropriate state role in enabling groundwater trading with safeguards for water users.
| Time | Item |
|---|---|
| -- | Prework - Session participants are invited to provide input on the characteristics of well-managed groundwater trading and how the state can best advance guidance on these characteristics. Add your thoughts at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GW_Trading1 |
| 2:30 p.m. |
1. Login, Handouts, and Meeting Logistics -Where are you from? https://pollev.com/lisabeutler208 |
| 2:40 p.m. |
2. Welcome and Greetings -Session Goals, Definitions, Where We've Been, and Where We're Going -Agenda Review |
| 2:55 p.m. |
3. Panel Discussion: How will groundwater trading impact different stakeholders? -Q&A |
| 3:20 p.m. | 4. White Board Exercise: Thoughts, Opinions, Concerns about Groundwater Trading |
| 3:30 p.m. | 5. Presentation: Cross-Cutting Themes and Points of Divergence |
| 3:40 p.m. |
6. Breakout Session: Points of Divergence -Report-out afterwards |
| 4:10 p.m. | 7. Presentation: The Role of the State |
| 4:20 p.m. | 8. Large-group discussion: The Role of the State |
| 4:50 p.m. | 9. Next Steps |
| 4:55 p.m. | 10. Closing Remarks |
| 5:00 p.m. | 11. Adjourn |