Event Title:

Texas Water Right System & TCEQ Permitting Process

Event Date/Time:

Start: 2/18/2010 11:00:00 AM
End: 2/18/2010 1:00:00 PM

Speaker:

Dr. William (Bill) Espey, Jr., P.E., Ph.D., D.WRE

Espey Consultants, Inc

President

Location:

Hess Club

Pricing:

	Before 15-Feb-10	Before 18-Feb-10
Member:	$20.00	$25.00
Non-Member:	$25.00	$30.00
Government Employees/Students:	$10.00	$15.00
Luncheon Sponsor:	$0.00	$0.00

Event Deadline:

02/18/2010 11:00

Event Notes:

Dr. Espey will give the presentation of the water right system in Texas and the permitting process of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The presentation will also include a detailed description of the water rights in the lower Trinity and San Jacinto River Basins and the impact of those water rights on existing and future growth. Finally, Dr. Espey will discuss the current permitting activities of the City of Houston and the related SB3 environmental flows discussions.

This luncheon meeting will also include the election of new 2010 Executive and Standing Committee members. The proposed slate of officers and chairs includes:

Proposed 2010 Executive Committee
President: David Dow, AECOM
Vice President: Showri Nandagiri, NHCRWA
Secretary: Drew Molly, City of Houston
Treasurer: Chris Varnon, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.
TAWWA Vice Chair: Dave Scholler, Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.
TAWWA Deputy Trustee: Jennifer Elms, Edminster, Hinshaw, Russ & Associates
TAWWA Trustee: Gary Rabalais, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Note: TAWWA Vice Chair, Deputy Trustee, and Trustee are elected at the state level, not by the Chapter Membership

Proposed 2010 Standing Committee Chairs
Communications: Archana Sharma, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.
Membership: Timothy Jahn, City of Sugar Land
Program: Manny De Pau, Huitt-Zollars
Scholarship: Bindu Thomas, Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.
Special Projects: Marilyn Christian, Harris County Public Health & Env. Services
Sponsorship: TBD
Young Professional: Dhananjay Mishra, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.

Event Comments:

Please register as soon as possible for this exciting event!

Please make a note of reduced registration fees for members, non-members and government employees/students who register before February 15th, 2010. Registration fees will increase by $5.00 after that date and for walk-in registrations.

We encourage everyone to register before the pre-registration deadline to avail reduced registration fees. Pre-registration will also help us notify food service of the number of meals to prepare.

If possible, we prefer you use our online PayPal system to pay in advance when you register, however, we will accept checks or cash at the door. If you have any questions, please contact Archana Sharma at Correspondence@setawwa.org.

Speaker Information:

The featured speaker of our first 2010 luncheon meeting is Dr. William (Bill) Espey, Jr., P.E., Ph.D., D.WRE. Dr. Espey is president of Espey Consultants, Inc. with offices in Austin (corporate), Dallas, Houston, Amarillo, New Braunfels, and Laredo. Dr. Espey has specialized in water supply, water rights, water availability modeling, water quality analysis and modeling, wastewater permitting, instream flow analysis, environmental flow analysis, and bay and estuary evaluations. His pioneering work in urban hydrology is documented in a number of text books, design manuals and various professional publications and has been utilized in various parts of the country (City of Austin, TVA, State of Pennsylvania, and Denver Urban Drainage and Flood Control District) in terms of design and floodplain delineation.

Contact Name:

Archana Sharma

Contact Phone:

Contact Fax:

Contact Email:

sharmaan@cdm.com