Linking Water and Land Use in the
Sacramento Region
Local Government Commission Workshop
Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Local Government Commission is pleased to
present a full-day workshop on ways to link water
and land use to advance sustainable development in
the greater Sacramento region. Join local officials,
experts in land use planning and site design,
water resource professionals, and natural resource
management officials in this full day workshop
covering the important topic of integrated water
and land use planning. Participants will learn how
strategies such as smart growth and low impact
development can be applied to align development
practices and water resource protection, and how to
maximize the efficient use of water resources in our
growing communities. Local elected officials and
staff, land use and transportation planners, public
works engineers, water management professionals,
watershed coordinators and members, developers
and architects, interested community members,
state government officials and agency staff are all
invited to attend.
Topics will include:
| Water and Land Use |
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What’s the Connection and Why Does
it Matter? |
| The Ahwahnee Water Principles |
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A Blueprint for Regional Water
Sustainability |
| Land Use Planning Strategies |
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How and Where We Grow |
| Site Design Strategies |
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Developing Water-Wise Communities |
| Implementing Water-Wise Land Use |
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Where Do We Go From Here? |
Sponsored by the California Water Boards with
Prop 50 funding.
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2007 CALIFORNIA EXTREME
PRECIPITATION SYMPOSIUM
Estimating Extreme Floods in California’s
Central Valley
Friday, April 13, 2007
New Orleans was devastated by flooding created by
the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina in August
2005. This catastrophic disaster highlighted the flood
risk of Sacramento’s even deeper, urban floodplains.
Many important questions were raised about the
adequacy of the current level of flood protection
afforded urban areas in California’s Central
Valley. The Symposium has invited hydrologists,
climatologists, and generalists to provide their
insights and to discuss their ideas for answering
the question: How do we estimate the size of the “reasonably foreseeable flood” from which urban
areas should be protected?
Morning Session
| SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD presented to |
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Maury Roos, P.E., P.H., D.WRE, for over 50 years of service to the water resources community.
Gary Estes, Symposium Coordinator |
| Personal Observations on California Floods |
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Maury Roos, Chief Hydrologist (part time)
California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento |
| Historical Perspective on Estimating Flood Size |
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Darryl W. Davis, Senior Advisor, Institute for
Water Resources (Formerly Director,
Hydrologic Engineering Center) US Army
Corps of Engineers, Davis |
| Flood Hydroclimatology: Insights into Mixed Flood
Populations |
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Katherine Hirschboeck, Ph.D., Associate
Professor of Climatology, University of Arizona,
Tucson |
Limitations on Extrapolating Flood Frequency
Distributions |
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Beth Faber, Ph.D., Research Hydrologist
Hydrologic Engineering Center U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Davis |
Pitfalls of Using Risk Analysis for the Design of
Flood Control Projects |
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Joe Countryman, P.E., D.WRE, President MBK
Engineers, Sacramento |
Afternoon Session
| Climatological Tools for Estimating Extreme Floods |
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George H. Taylor, State Climatologist, Oregon
State University, Corvallis |
Comparing Statistical Approaches to Estimate
Floods |
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Joe DeVries, Ph.D., P.E., P.H., D.WRE
David Ford Consulting Engineers, Sacramento |
| PANEL DISCUSSION: How do we estimate the size
of the “reasonably foreseeable flood” which urban
areas should be protected against? |
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Maury Roos, California Department of Water
Resources |
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Ronald Stork, Former Member California
Floodplain Management Task Force |
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George H. Taylor, Oregon State University
Joe Countryman, MBK Engineers |
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