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…
Thomas P. Van Biersel, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, 617 N 3rd St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, Baton Rouge, LA, thomas.vanbiersel@la.gov The Mississippi River is the fifth largest river in the world by volume. The State of Texas is the 12th largest economy in the world, and has experienced the…
10th Annual Louisiana Groundwater, Surface Water and Water Resources Symposium Dalton Woods Auditorium, Energy, Coast & Environmental Building Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Thursday March 24, 2016 Dalton Auditorium 8:30 am Opening remarks Water Resources Management I 8:35 am Thomas Van Biersel “Current Status of Interstate Water…
10th Annual Louisiana Groundwater, Surface Water and Water Resources Symposium, March 24-25, 2016 Title Author and Affiliation A geospatial framework for cataloguing and analyzing surface water and groundwater withdraw information Fabiane Barato, School of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Whitney P. Broussard III, Institute for Coastal Ecology and Engineering, University of…