Groundwater Resources Association
Re-inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure &
Association of California Water Agencies

Present the 1st Symposium in the Series on Groundwater Management

Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Urban Environment:
Technical and Policy Challenges

May 22-23, 2013 • Burlingame, CA
Crowne Plaza San Francisco International Airport Hotel

Deadline for Discounted Hotel Reservations Extended to May 7, 2013

Cooperators:
Berkeley Water Center
International Association of Hydrogeologists
Water in the West at Stanford

Co-Sponsor: AMEC

Lunch Sponsor: Todd Engineers

1.3 CEUs Available

Program Agenda -- http://www.grac.org/maragenda.pdf
Registration Form -- http://www.grac.org/marreg
Hotel Information -- http://www.grac.org/marhotel.pdf
Sponsor Exhibitor Opportunities -- http://www.grac.org/se.doc
Symposium Focus
Please join us for a 1.5-day technical and policy symposium focusing on managed aquifer recharge in the urban environment. The Symposium will be co-presented by ReNUWIt (Re-inventing the Nation’s Urban Water Infrastructure), an interdisciplinary, multi-institution, National Science Foundation engineering research center with the goal to change, update and improve the ways in which urban water is managed (http://urbanwatererc.org). Symposium collaborators include Stanford’s Water in the West program (http://www.stanford.edu/group/waterinthewest) and the Berkeley Water Center (http://bwc.berkeley.edu).The Symposium will emphasize the growing range of approaches to the capture and recharge of urban stormwater, recharge of aquifers with reclaimed water, reduction of the footprint and energy needs for recharge, and water quality issues associated with managed aquifer recharge. Additionally, the Symposium will examine technical and policy challenges related to current and planned small- and large-scale projects, as well as strategies for increasing managed aquifer recharge to help address goals for conjunctive use and groundwater banking.

Session Topics

DAY 1 – Wednesday May 22, 2013
1. Managed Aquifer Recharge: Technical, Policy and Regulatory Challenges 
2. Design, Optimization, Instrumentation and Monitoring of Managed Aquifer Recharge Systems 

DAY 2 – Thursday May 23, 2013
3. Where Does the Water Go or Does it Matter Anyway? 
4. Stormwater Capture and Managed Aquifer Recharge
5. Understanding Local Conditions and the Relationship to Managed Aquifer Recharge 

Keynote Speakers

Opening Keynote - Day 1
Enhancing Stormwater Capture Opportunities in Southern California
Richard Atwater, Executive Director, Southern California Water Committee

Luncheon Keynote - Day 2
Regulating Recharge: A State Perspective
Fran Spivy-Weber, Vice-Chair, State Water Resources Control Board

Program Agenda -- http://www.grac.org/maragenda.pdf

Student Participation
Students are encouraged to attend the Symposium and to present their research results. All students will be entered in a “Student Presentation Competition” with free registration prizes for up to five winners and cash prizes for up to three winners. In addition, GRA will recognize student winners by presenting a summary of their presentation in a future issue of HydroVisions.

Hotel Information
Crowne Plaza San Francisco lnt'l Airport
1177 Airport Blvd.
Burlingame, CA 94010
Toll-Free: 1 (800) 411-7275 

INDIVIDUAL RESERVATIONS
The Crowne Plaza San Francisco lnt'l Airport has set aside a block of sleeping rooms for GRA that is available on a first come, first serve basis at the GRA rate of $129 plus tax per night for single or double occupancy. The deadline for making hotel reservations at the GRA rate is May 7, 2013. Reservations made after May 7, 2013, will only be accepted at the prevailing hotel rate, on a space available basis. Please make your reservation by calling 1-800-411-7275 and identifying yourself as an attendee of the Groundwater Resources Association Symposium.

Continuing Education Units
GRA will award 1.3 CEUs for attendance.GRA is an official provider of CEUs for the California Operator Certification Program (OpCert), California Registered Environmental Health Specialists (REHS) and California Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE).

Additional Information
For questions, please feel free to contact the Symposium co-chairs Professor Dick Luthy (luthy@stanford.edu), Dr. Rula Deeb (rula.deeb@arcadis-us.com; 510-596-9596) and Mr. Tim Parker (tim@pg-tim.com; 916-596-9163). 

Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities
If you are interested in exhibiting your organization's services or products, or being an event sponsor, please contact Mary Megarry at mmegarry@grac.org or 916-446-3626. 

Sponsor Exhibitor Information -- http://www.grac.org/se.doc