Dam Safety and Technician Training Workshop Agenda Brchoure

 Updated  Agenda  NHWC  2012  Texas  Dam  Safety  &  Field  Technician  Training  Workshop  LCRA  Redbud  Center  3700  Lake  Austin  Boulevard  Austin,  TX  78703    November  13th  -­-  14th,  2012    This  2-­-day  interactive  workshop  will  focus  on  Dam-­-Safety,  Equipment  Training,  Field  Monitoring,  &  Field  Technician  Training    Day  1:  Tuesday,  November  13  8:00-­-8:30am:  Registration  8:30-­-9:00am:  NHWC/LCRA  Introduction/Introductions  9:00-­-9:30am:  WGRFC  (Hydro  Decision  Webpage)  –  Greg  Shelton  (WGRFC)  9:30-­-9:45am:  Break  9:45-­-10:15am:  CoCoRaHS  (state  coordinator)  –  William  Runyon  (CoCoRaHS)  10:15-­-10:45am:  LCRA  River  Operations  During  Flooding  Events  –  Dan  Yates  (LCRA)  10:45-­-11:15am:  Drought  Update  and  Winter  2012-­-2013  Outlook  –  Bob  Rose  (LCRA)  Lunch:  11:30am-­-1:00pm  1:00pm-­-5:00pm  Concurrent  1:  Dam  Operators  1:00-­-1:30pm:  Flood  Control  Structure  Emergencies  in  Hurricane  Isaac  –  Robert  Ricks  (NWS  New  Orleans/Baton  Rouge)  1:30-­-2:00pm:  WGRFC  Operations  During  Flooding  Events  –  Greg  Shelton  (WGRFC)  2:00-­-2:30pm:  LCRA  Dam  Safety  Program  –  Nathan  Gullo,  P.E.  (LCRA)  2:30  -­-3:00pm:  Impact  of  Drought  on  Reservoir  Operations  and  Dam  Safety  for  USACE  Dams  –  Jerry  Cotter  (COE)  3:00-­-3:15pm:  Break  3:15-­-3:45pm:  Aspect  of  Dam  Operations  Along  an  International  Border  –  Carlos  Pena  (IBWC)  3:45-­-4:15pm:  Flood  Warning  System  Design  for  Small  Dams  –  Lex  Kamstra  (USBR)    4:15-­-4:45pm:  Dam  Safety  Instrumentation  -­-  James  Logan  (One  Rain)  Concurrent  2:  Field  Technician  Training:  1:00-­-2:00pm:  ALERT  2  Presentation/Discussion  (Don  Van  Wie)  2:00-­-2:30pm:  Base  Station  Data  Quality  and  Analysis  –  James  Logan  (One  Rain)  2:30-­-3:00pm:  Vendor  Products  (Ott)  3:00-­-3:15pm:  Break  3:15-­-3:45pm:  Vendor  Products  (Hydrolynx)  3:45-­-4:15pm:  Vendor  Products  (High  Sierra)  4:15-­-4:45pm:  Vendor  Products  (Campbell  Scientific)    Day  2:  Wednesday,  November  14  8:00-­-8:30am:  Registration  Concurrent  1:  Dam  Safety  8:30  -­-10:30am:  Dam  Safety  –  Warren  Samuelson  (TCEQ)  10:30-­-10:45am:  Break  10:45-­-11:30am  :  TRWD’S  AVISO  Flood  Model  –  Andrew  Ickert  (Halff  Assoc)  11:30-­-1:00pm:  Lunch  1:00-­-1:30pm:  Zebra  Mussels  –  Tim  Raines  (USGS)  1:30-­-3:30pm:  ?  Concurrent  2:  Field  Technician  Training  8:30  -­-9:30am:  Distinctive  AFWS  Designs  (David  Haynes)  9:30-­-1030am:  HCFCD  (Maintenance  Operations)  (Rene  Mireles  and  Richard  Velasco)  10:30-­-10:45am:  break  10:45-­-11:30am:  LCRA  (Maintenance  Operations)  (David  Murdoch)  11:30-­-1:00pm:  lunch  1:00-­-1:45pm:  TRWD  (Maintenance  Operations)  (Dale  White  and  Aaron  Littles)  1:45-­-2:30pm:  City  of  Austin  (Maintenance  Operations)  (Susan  Janek)  2:30-­-3:30pm:  USGS  (Maintenance  Operations)  (Joseph  Capesius)