Agenda

Friday, November 19, 2021

Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be served. 2021 Agenda will be posted soon, this is the agenda from 2019.

Time	Activity
8-9 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast w Sponsor Slide Show
9-9:15 a.m.	Welcome and Housekeeping Gail Melgren - Executive Director, Tri-State Water Coalition and the SW MO Regional Water Commission Clif Smart - President, Missouri State University Welcome from MSU Ken McClure - Mayor, Springfield, Missouri Welcome from Springfield, MO
9:15–9:45 a.m.	Overview SWMO Regional Water / Video Gail Melgren - Executive Director, Southwest Missouri Regional Water
9:45-10:30 a.m.	Panel: Long-Term Water Supply for Southwest Missouri Moderator Harold Bengsch - Commissioner, Greene County, MO
10:30–11 a.m.	Break
11-11:30 a.m.	Update: Water Storage Reallocation Request at Stockton Lake John Grothaus, KC District Corps of Engineers
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.	CDM Smith Technical Update for Southwest Missouri Regional Water Sarah Stewart – Senior Projects Manager, CDM Smith
12-12:30 p.m.	Lunch
12:30-1 p.m.	State of Missouri Water Resources Planning and Funding Joe Gillman– Director and State Geologist, Missouri Geological Survey & Missouri Department of Natural Resources
1-1:45 p.m.	History of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Regional Water System – An Example Community Chris Browning, Utilities Director, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1:45–2:15 p.m.	Lake Atoka – Example project Brent Houser - Project Manager, CDM Smith
2:15–2:45 p.m.	Networking Break
2:45–3:15 p.m.	Drought Planning for Southwest Missouri Roddy Rogers – Manager, Water Resource Projects
3:15–3:45 p.m.	Drought Planning – An Interesting Planning Model Brian Breaker, Little Rock District, Corps of Engineers
3:45–4 p.m.	Drought Planning - Joplin Reservoir Update Matt Barnhart - Southwest Missouri Operations Manager, Missouri American Water
4–4:45 p.m.	Infrastructure Challenges Faced by Small Towns Leland Butcher – Former City Manager, Neosho, Missouri
4:45-5 p.m.	Evaluations and Adjourn