Two days of films and discussion regarding water issues in New Mexico.
When
Feb 10, 2012 05:00 PM – Feb 11, 2012 05:00 PM
Where
Description
Schedule
Friday: What are the impacts of oil, gas and uranium development on our water, air and health?
4:45 p.m. Doors Open/Environmental Groups Exhibits
5:20 p.m. Welcome and Overview of Evening
5:30 p.m. Film: “Natural Gas from Shales: Some Myths and Realities”
6:10 p.m. Film: “Split Estate” (mineral rights and hydraulic fracturing “fracking”)
7:30 p.m. Panel – Issues of oil, gas, tar sands and uranium extraction
Panelists:
Gwen Lachelt, Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Debra Anderson, Producer, “Split Estate”
Kathleen Dudley/Don Hamilton, Drilling Mora County
Darlene Gomez, Attorney, raised on a ranch with a “split estate”
Nadine Padilla, Coordinator, Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment
8:30 p.m. Film: “Tipping Point” (the truth about Canadian Tar Sands)
Saturday: Can New Mexico’s water support its population, farming and industrial needs?
9:00 a.m. Doors Open/Environmental Group Exhibits
9:20 a.m. Welcome and Overview of Day
9:30 a.m. Film: “Liquid Assets” (municipal water systems)
10:15 a.m. Panel – Albuquerque and Bernalillo County Water Infrastructure
Panelists:
Kathy Verhage, Albuquerque Stormwater Management
David Price, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
Bruce Thomson, Director of UNM Water Resources Program
Paul Robinson, Southwest Research and Information Center
11:30 a.m. Film: “American Southwest: are we running dry?”
Noon Panel – Water Rights, Acequias, the Rio Grande and Climate Change
Panelists:
James Maestas, South Valley Regional Association of Acequias
Steve Harris, Rio Grande Restoration
Elaine Hebard, Independent Water Policy Expert
Dave Gutzler, UNM Earth and Planetary Science
1:15 p.m. Working Bag Lunch (bring your own): What can we do? Discussion and planning
2:30 p.m. Film: “Water for the World Act of 2011”
2:40 p.m. Film: “Tapped” (bottled water industry and privatization of water)
4:00 p.m. Film: “Blue Gold” (international water issues and efforts to address problems
Light refreshments provided. **
