Presentations

Summary of Success: 2009 Presentations

Ogallala Aquifer Project workers met in Amarillo, Texas in March of 2009 to summarize what they have discovered recently during the course of their work. These videos run from ten to twenty minutes and are a good way to learn what is new.

• Introduction and Workshop Objectives
  Nolan Clark, 11:48 (10.6 MB) Clark_Introduction.mp4
• Kansas Water Policy and Programs for the High Plains Aquifer
  Susan Stover, Kansas Water Office, 33:29 (32.4 MB). This presentation discusses the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, Water Right Transition Assistance Program, High Plains Aquifer Quick Response Areas, the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program, and it details current Kansas research and education efforts to conserve the aquifer. Stover_KS_Water_Policy.mp4
• Changes in Kansas Water Policy and Management
  Mark Rude, Executive Director, Southwest Kansas GMD3, 38:48 (35.6 MB). An overview of the current situation in Southwest Kansas and a look at future directions. Rude_KS_Water_Policy.mp4
• Proposed Changes in Water Policy for Texas
  Steve Walthour, North Plains Groundwater Conservation District. 27:32 (26.4 MB) Waltour_TX_policy_changes.mp4.
• Deficit Irrigation Management to Conserve Ogallala Aquifer Water, North Region Report
  Freddie Lamm, KSU, 21:20 (27.1 MB). This presentation presents results of a planting geometry study for grain sorghum with different irrigation levels and discusses deficit irrigation scheduling with Crop Yield Predictor (a model) for corn irrigation termination. Associated website: http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/sdi. Lamm_defici_irrigation_09_mp4
• Deficit Irrigation Management to Conserve Ogallala Aquifer Water, Southern Region Report
  Stephan Maas, 20:47 (17.2 MB). This presentation details Texas South Plains crop growth models for cotton grown under limited irrigation. It answers questions about whether the highest profits come from concentrating available irrigation water in only part of a field. It also discusses the best time in cotton growth to apply limited irrigation water. Maas_deficit_irrigation_management.mp4.

Impacts of Alternative Water Policies on Rural Economies and Aquifer Hydrology

• Introduction
  Jeff Johnson, 2:12 (2.0 MB) Economic_Intro_Johnson.mp4
• Policy Identification and Preliminary Evaluation
  Steve Amosson, 8:00 (7.4 MB) Impact of water savings on producer income and the regional economies in Kansas and Texas. Economic_2_Amosson.mp4.
• Econimic Assessments and Impacts of Irrigation Water Conservation Strategies: Looking Ahead 60 Years
  Golden, 27:17 (23.5 MB). This is an economic examination of the economic consequences of several different strategies for groundwater conservation. Two strategies seem to be superior to the others. Econ_3_Golden_Impacts_Strategies.mp4.
• Integrating the Economic Model with the Hydrologic Model: Progress Report
  Jeff Johnson, 11:20 (10.3 MB) Econ_4_Johnson_Model.mp4
• Physiological and Genetic Basis for Improved Water Use Efficiency in Five Crops of the Ogallala Region
  James Mahan, 18:21 (14.1 MB).