Sherwood M. Gagliano, Ph.D., 1260 Main Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802: sgagliano@coastalenv.com, Karen M. Wicker, Ph.D., 1260 Main Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802: kwicker@coastalenv.com The Mississippi River drives one of the largest and most biologically productive ecosystems of North America. The delta ecosystem is an important platform for human activity.…
Pierre Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Baton Rouge Office, Suite 120, 3535 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA, 70816: psargent@usgs.gov and Angela L. Collier, U.S. Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Baton Rouge Office, Suite 120, 3535 S. Sherwood Forest Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA…
F. Ryan Clark, The Water Institute of the Gulf, 301 N. Main St., Suite 2000, Baton Rouge, LA 70825, rclark@thewaterinstitute.org, www.thewaterinstitute.org; Scott A. Hemmerling, The Water Institute of the Gulf, 301 N. Main St., Suite 2000, Baton Rouge, LA 70825, shemmerling@thewaterinstitue.org; and Harris C. Bienn, , The Water Institute of…
Terry Emory, City of West Monroe, 303 West Pavilion Drive, West Monroe, Louisiana, 71292: emoryterry@yahoo.com In 1996, city officials in West Monroe noticed an alarming trend: water was being overdrawn from the Sparta Aquifer by eighteen million gallons per day (18MGD) beyond the recharge rate and if this trend was…
Gary M. Hanson, Hydrologist in Residence, Director, Red River Watershed Management Institute, Louisiana State University Shreveport, One University Place, Shreveport, LA, 71115, hansongm@att.net As humans we have learned to control, to a degree, and make beneficial use of water in the built environment. In doing so, we have stressed natural…
William H. Schramm, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, 602 N 5th St., Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312, billschramm@la.gov Professional ethics incorporates and expands on societal rules for a well-defined group of specialized, highly trained and educated persons in a specific career field. The ethics for professionals are particularly developed to address…
John E. Johnston III, Chairman, Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists, 9643 Brookline Ave., Ste. 101, Baton Rouge, LA 70809, hammer@lsu.edu Extended Abstract The Louisiana Legislature passed Act 974, the “Louisiana Professional Geoscience Practice Act” during the 2010 session. This legislation established the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists, which has since…
Bech Bruun, Chairman, Texas Water Development Board, 1700 North Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78701 bech.bruun@twdb.texas.gov; and Michael V. Reedy, Principal and Vice President, Freese and Nichols, Inc.10497 Town and Country Way, Suite 600,Houston, Texas 77024 mvr@freese.com In response to the drought of the 1950s, and in recognition of the need…
Chris Dalbom, Program Manager of the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70161, chalbom@tulane.edu Louisiana is working to bring its water law into the 21st Century. The state’s water law affects coastal restoration efforts, interstate water transfers, surface water rights, groundwater wells for…
Mark Davis, Director, and Chris Dalbom, Program Manager of the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70161, msdavis@tulane.edu Water and the growth of the American West are joined at the hip and always have been. Climate change, drought, aquifer depletion and growing demands…