Spring 2015 USCID Issue No. 120 The U.S. society for irrigation and drainage professionals November 17-20, 2015 New USCID Officers, President’s Message Governance Focus of Board Members Earlier this year, I had the honor of being elected President of USCID. Albuquerque Meeting During its annual meeting in April, the While I am still not quite sure how I got Irrigation district managers are facing USCID Board elected Brian T. Wahlin, elected, be assured that I will take this an increasing number and scope of WEST Consultants, Inc., as President. position very seriously and will do my societal and environmental challenges, Steven C. Macaulay, Macaulay Water best to follow in the footsteps of our in order to fulfill their fundamental Resources, was named Secretary. outgoing President, Bryan Thoreson.I responsibility of delivering diverted Wahlin, who previously served as am glad that I was able to spend my first water to users. Secretary, succeeds Bryan P. Thoreson. few years on the USCID board with The Board also appointed Randy The Theme of the USCID Fall Bryan, as l learned quite a bit from him Hopkins to complete the term of Conference, Emerging Issues in Water during his tenure as president. Bryan Rhonda Skaggs, who resigned. Management Governance,issureto was always organized and ran quick engage managers and practitioners in In recent balloting, Eduardo Bautista, board meetings (always a plus). In stimulating discussions regarding David E. Bradshaw and Brian T. addition, he had excellent and irrigation and water management. Wahlin were elected to three-year terms thoughtful ideas, as well as a strong on the USCID Board of Directors. vision for the future of USCID. Bryan A unique program is being developed by Bautista was elected to his first term; implemented member meetings during Conference General Chair Gerald A. Bradshaw and Wahlin to their second. A conferences to facilitate getting Gibbens,Co-ChairsDavid J. Gensler Tellers Committee of William A. Price, feedback from our members. and Blair L. Stringam, and the Planning (continued on page 24) Recognizing the need to collaborate (continued on page 23) with other organizations, Bryan Thoreson and Steve Macaulay organized Governance Challenges for Comprehensive a joint conference with the Groundwater Resources Association of California. Groundwater Management Most importantly, he had a strong by Steve Macaulay, P.E., Macaulay Water Resources, Davis, California, passion for USCID, and irrigation and [email protected] drainage in general. I want to thank him for his service. He has set the bar high, Editor’s note: An oral summary of this paper was presented during the USCID and I hope that I can live up to the high Conference in Reno, Nevada, during June. The author has added observations from standard he set. the Conference. Since this is my first President’s Introduction Message, I thought it would be good to The concept of state groundwater legislation in California has been discussed for (continued on page 23) many years. As background, direct control by state government of surface waters came about through the adoption of the Water Commission Act of 1914. This set in Inside... place the current surface water appropriative water system — water users are issued AwardsandScholarship........9 a water right permit for the beneficial use of such water supplies. The legislative Reducing Energy Requirements. 12 deliberations leading to the adoption of the 1914 Act considered whether the state would have permitting and management authority over groundwater extractions, but RenoConferenceSummary......15 ultimately was limited to surface water rights. 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For more information, visit Meeting and 26th European Regional http://icid2015.sciencesconf.org/.¤ The 2nd World Irrigation Forum will Conference, October 11-16, 2015. be held November 6-12, 2016, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in conjunction Centered around the theme Innovate to with the 67th IEC Meeting.ICID Improve Irrigation Performance, the African Regional organizes the World Water Forum every Conference will include technical three years, bringing together all sessions, workshops and roundtables, Conference stakeholders involved in irrigation, thematic meetings of ICID working The 4th African Regional Conference including policy makers, experts, groups, an exhibition, technical tours on Irrigation and Drainage will take research institutions, NGOs, private and a networking program. place April 26-28, 2016, in Cairo, sector companies and farmers. The European Regional Conference will Egypt. The theme will be Agricultural The Theme for the 2nd World Irrigation focus on three topics: Land and Water Management for Sustainability under Climate Forum is Water Management in a • Drip Irrigation for Water Savings Variability. The Conference will feature Changing World: Role of Irrigation for • Potential for Wastewater Use in technical sessions, an exhibition and Sustainable Food Production. Agriculture book fair, and a one-day study tour For more information, go to following the Conference. www.worldirrigationforum.net.¤ • Governance for Groundwater and Surface Water Use in Agriculture For more information, go to www.encid.org.eg/arcid/index.htm.¤ USCID Newsletter • Spring 2015 3 4 Governance (continued) eventually end up in the various DWR As outlined in a separate paper by regulations. It is Macaulay and Joseph, California’s 2014 largely acknowledged Sustainable Groundwater Management that discussions Act sets forth a number of requirements regarding GSA and timelines for establishing formation need to get Groundwater Sustainability