Water Resources IMPACT September 2019

Water Resources IMPACT September 2019

WATER RESOURCES

SEPTEMBER 2019 VOLUME 21 • NUMBER 5

WESTERN WATER ISSUES COLLABORATION

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CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES

8 Grit: An Element of Resiliency. Reflections of a Water Planner How is courage an element of resiliency? Sometimes it starts with the first few steps. Candice Hasenyager 11 Water Banking in Utah: Voluntary, Temporary and Local Utah’s growing population presents a number of opportunities and challenges. One daunting question is how one of the driest states in the country will supply water to a population that could nearly double by 2060? Nathan Bracken 13 The UtahWater Research Laboratory: Empowering Water and Environmental Research in Utah and Around the World Explore the Utah Water Research Laboratory from when the first water flow experiments took place in 1957 to today. Can you guess how much has changed? David Tarboton et al. 16 Great Salt Lake: To Be or Not to Be? Discover the challenges that Great Salt Lake is facing and how caretakers of the lake are striving to find a solution through collaboration. Nicholas von Stackelberg and Jake Vander Laan 20 Groundwater in the IntermountainWest: An Essential Resource Groundwater is an essential resource throughout the world. Learn how the Intermountain West has used, abused and improved in its management of this crucial supply. Delmas W. Johnson

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE Issue theme: Western Water Issues Collaboration Annual Conference Chair Guest Co-Editor: Candice Hasenyager, Assistant Director, Utah Division of Water Resources Guest Editor: Delmas W. Johnson, Sr. Project Manager, J-U-B Engineers, Inc. This issue of Water Resources IMPACT includes examples of the role of collaboration in various water management issues in the western United States. Because water touches so many interconnected systems and impacts multitudes of people, critical water decision making is much more effective in an environment of collaboration. The articles in this issue will touch on various sub-issues where working together is essential. The issue will commence with an introduction by Candice Hasenyager on the subject of collaboration in general water management practice. Nathan Bracken will then demonstrate how a new water policy of water banking is being accomplished through respectful collaboration. David Tarboton et al. will profile the role of the Utah Water Research Laboratory in accomplishing necessary research as part of the collaborative process. Nicholas von Stackelberg and Jake Vander Laan will address the terminal saline lake known as the Great Salt Lake and introduce impacts of concern. Finally, Delmas Johnson will address the essential role of groundwater in the Intermountain West in the context of lessons learns and improved management practices as a result of collaboration. Applications of the Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Satellite Mission - Faisal Hossain, Margaret Srinivasan, Alice Andral and Ed Beighley 27 What’s Up With Water: Guarding Waters from Source to Sink: From Ancient Gods to the Clean Water Rule - Eric J. Fitch AWRA Business 6 July JAWRA Highlights President’s Message Lisa Beutler, AWRA President 23 AWRA – Herbert Scholarship Award Winners 36 AWRA Future Events Columns 25 Guest Article - Building Pathways to Societal

About the Cover: Massive red rock formations in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, Photo credit: Johnny Adolphson, iStock.com

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VOLUME 21 • NUMBER 5 • ISSN 1522-3175 PUBLISHED FOR: AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION

TECHNICAL EDITOR: Michael E. Campana Professor, College of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University [email protected]

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Lisa Beutler

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2019 AWRA OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS LISA BEUTLER President BETSY CODY

2019 WATER RESOURCES IMPACT ADVISORY BOARD LISA BEUTLER, Advisory Board Chair [email protected] ASIA DOWTIN, 2017-2019 [email protected] YUNG-HSHIN SUN, 2017-2020 [email protected] KIM OGREN, 2017-2020 [email protected] KARL MORGENSTERN, 2018-2021 [email protected] KELLY MOTT LACROIX, 2018-2021 [email protected] CASEY RYAN, 2018-2021 [email protected] JOE BERG, 2019-2022 [email protected] ROBERT CACCASE, 2019-2022 [email protected] SUBSCRIPTION RATES Water Resources IMPACT SINGLE DIGITAL COPIES AVAILABLE

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Fall Featured Facts

Lisa Beutler, President

SEPTEMBER IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL TIME OF YEAR with back to school activities, the change of seasons, and the anxious wait for a new water year and (for some of our members) budget year. Like most of our members, the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) team has a full calendar for the next few months, including wrapping up the final details for the Annual conference in Salt Lake. If you haven’t already registered, we are hoping just the photos in this Water Resources IMPACT issue will convince you that there is no better place to be in November. One highlight is sure to be the November 5th Night at the Museum with a special presentation by Eileen Quintana. As a young girl, Eileen lived on a Navajo reservation without running water and electricity. She will discuss the importance of water in the culture and history of Native Americans. Following are a few more of AWRA’s Fall activities. International Specialty Conference (September 16-18) By the time you receive this (barring some unexpected event) an AWRA contingent will be packing up to travel to Beijing, China for a conference on Water Security: New Technologies, Strategies, Policies, and Institutions. Co-sponsored by AWRA and The Center for Water Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), this conference will focus on water security and its importance for food security, conflict mitigation, and economic development, specifically in east and southeast Asia. We are expecting participants from around the globe for this important convening. A special shout-out goes to AWRA Board Director Zhuping Sheng for his leadership as conference co-chair and the wonderful conference team at CAS under the leadership of Shaofeng Jia , Deputy Director of Water Resources Center and Professor at CAS. For those that can’t make it, Zhuping advises that the submitted abstracts are already being sorted for a special issue of JAWRA and you can expect to see a few recaps in the November IMPACT issue. organizations and utilities in Imagine a Day Without Water for the last few years. The purpose of the annual event is to highlight the fact that some communities in America already know how impossible it is to try to go a day without water. The one-day focus creates opportunities to educate our networks and communities about the importance of water. Please consider participating in the day’s events. Coordinated by the Value of Water Campaign, participation is as easy as picking one or more of the following five steps: Save the Date: October 23, 2019 Imagine a Day Without Water AWRA has participated along with over 1,000 other

1. Engage on social media! Educate your network about the importance of water by posing the question, “What is the value of water in your daily life?” Use #ValueWater. 2. Host an event for your community. Provide hands on experiences and foster knowledge of this vital, invisible water infrastructure by hosting a facility open house, project site tour, or other public event. 3. Get water in the news. Communicate the message that valuing water, and the systems that deliver it, is an environmental, economic, and public health imperative. 4. Partner with a local public official. Water infrastructure investment enjoys broad bipartisan support. Share the Value of Water Campaign’s public opinion polling >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29

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