The 2004 Session
of the
Texas Water Monitoring Congress
Plenary Session Program

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

General Information

Day One

Wednesday September 15, 2004

11:30 AM Registration

12:30 PM Introduction and Welcome
Patrick Roques, TWMC Chair
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

12:40 PM Keynote Presentation
Andrew Sansom, Director
International Institute for Sustainable Water Resources
Texas State University – San Marcos

1:05 PM Detecting Color in Ambient Surface Waters in East Texas
Anne Rogers
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

1:30 PM
Design, Methods and Collaboration: The Texas Component of the
National Coastal
Assessment
James D. Simons, Charles R. Smith, and
Jennifer M. Bronson
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

1:55 PM Break and Exhibits

2:20 PM Texas Watch Overview
Eric Mendelman
Texas Watch
Texas State University – San Marcos

2:45 PM Accurate, Reliable and Affordable Groundwater-Level Monitoring Network:
Example from the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas
Brian B. Hunt and Brian A. Smith
Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer
Conservation District

3:10 PM Tidal Streams Use Attainability Analysis Study
Dave Buzan
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
and
David Brock
Texas Water Development Board

3:35 PM Break and Exhibits

4:00 PM Contamination in the Groundwater, Now What Do I Do?
Allan R Standen
Billy Gamblin
Daniel B Stephens & Associates and
Daniel R. Opdyke.
Quantitative Environmental Analysis

4:25 PM Golden Alga (Prymnesium parvum) Bloom Monitoring on
Upper Brazos River Basin
Liz Harris Singhurst
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

4:50 PM Spatial Features of Playas on the
Texas High Plains
Richard E. Zartman
Texas Tech University

Day Two

Thursday September 16, 2004

7:30 AM Registration

8:15 AM
Introduction and Welcome
Patrick Roques, Chair TWMC
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

8:20 AM
Environmentally Sensitive Areas: Using a Watershed-Scale Regulatory Mechanism for Ecological and Water Supply Protection.
Kenneth E. Banks
City of Denton

8:45 AM River of Life -- The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Middle School Curriculum
Cinde Thomas-Jimenez
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority

9:10 AM GIS Data Management System for the Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement
Jim Jones and Brian Brettschneider
SWCA Environmental Consultants

9:35 AM Integrating Real-time Data Collection into Texas’
Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program
Jill D. Csekitz
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

10:00 AM Announcements and Instructions for
Focus Group Participants

10:05 AM Break

10:30 AM Focus Groups Begin

11:50 AM Buffet Luncheon in the Atrium

3:00 PM Break

3:25 PM Focus Groups Continue

5:00 PM Meeting of Focus Group Leaders to Prepare Summary Talks

Day Three

Friday September 17, 2004

8:30 AM Texas Water Presentation

8:35 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:45 AM Quality Assurance Focus Group Summary

9:10 AM Public Outreach Focus Group Summary

9:35 AM Groundwater Issues Focus Group Summary

10:00 AM Break

10:25 AM Technology and Technological Solutions Focus Group Summary

10:50 AM GIS Applications and Solutions Focus Group Summary

11:15 AM Congress Wrap-up

12:00 PM Close of the 2004 Texas Water Monitoring Congress