Past Conferences

PALM SPRINGS, CA March 6-8, 2024. Venue: Kimpton Rowan Resort, Palm Springs. Topics included the current status and discussions on the Colorado River, recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions affecting water and how those decisions impact water quality and water allocation, the current status of the Rio Grande River, the state of play in federal water funding, and environmental justice in the water field.

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE October 17, 2023 A free-wheeling, private discussion about the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sackett v. EPA and its potential ramifications. Joining us were Damien Schiff, Senior Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation and counsel to the Sacketts, and Mike Connor,  Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

Austin, TX September, 2022 Topics Discussed: Water Funding and Water Marketing, The Surface-Groundwater Connection, Reducing Water Use in a Time of Constrained Supply, The Rights to Produced Water, The Colorado River Crisis-Problems and Solutions, and Water: Human Right or Commodity - Indian Water Right Settlements and Water Security for Native Americans.

Virtual Conference January, 2021 An online virtual conference discussing the McGirt v Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that removed water and power authority from the State of Oklahoma and the Supreme Court decision in Maui, Hawaii v Hawaii Wildlife Fund that addressed the surface and groundwater connection under the Clean Water Act.

Lake Tahoe, CA May, 2019 Topics Discussed: Interstate Water Conflicts, Waters of the United States, Groundwater Quality, Groundwater Rights, Climate Change , and the Green New Deal and the Rights to Water.

Aspen-Snowmass, CO September, 2017 Topics Discussed: Supreme Court Update Water Cases, Water Infrastructure Development in the Trump Era, Indian Water Settlements and Off-Reservation Marketing, Climate Change Impacts on Water Demands, Rain Water Harvesting and the Role of Land Use in Water Conservation, and WOTUS and Other State/Federal Legislation That May Impeded Effective Water Development.

Portland, OR May 2016 Topics Discussed: Municipal Water Supply and Planning, Groundwater Over-drafting and Regulation, Adjudication of Pre-Water Code Rights, Taking Claims for Groundwater, Supreme Court Update, and Clean Water Act Issues: Effect of TMDLs on Water Supply and Water Quality Trading.

2024 PALM SPRINGS FORUM