March 12 – 13, 2010
Kerr
County
Hill Country Youth Exhibit Center
Kerrville,
Texas
Friday, March 12,
2010
8:30 AM- 9:00 AM- Registration
9:00
AM Welcome - Pat Tinley, Kerr County Judge
9:05 AM
Harvey Hilderbran - State Representative, District 53
9:15
AM Water Futures on the Texas Horizon
Doug Miller - State Representative District
73
9:35AM Status
of Rainwater Harvesting Across the USA
Billy Kniffen - Texas AgirLife Extension
Service
9:50 AM
Break and Exhibits
10:00 AM Rainwater Harvesting
Research
Justin Mechell - Texas AgriLife Extension Service
10:30
AM A
Survey of Potable Rainwater Systems in Texas with special attention to
lead content in water.
Bonnie Stump,MD, Gynecology, Occupational/Environmental Medicine
11:00 AM TWDB – State efforts
toward Rainwater Catchments
Sanjeev Kalaswad – Innovative Water Technologies Specialist
11:15
AM TCEQ – Rules update
and Future for Rainwater Catchments.
Cindy Haynie – TCEQ Drinking Water Section
11:30
AM Green Design Considerations – How Rainwater Catchment
Best Integrates
with Green Building
Steven Colley – Architect/Founder
of Build San Antonio Green
Noon – Lunch and TRCA Business Meeting
1:15 PM The
effective use of a Consolidated Services Delivery Platform for
Sustainable Healthcare and Water Generation in Developing Nations
Dennis O’Geary – DenRenCo, LLC
1:45
PM Rainfall Harvest: A Step Toward
Sustainable Development in South Texas
Dr. Richard French & Dr.
Louis R. Manz – UTSA
2:15 PM Rainwater
Harvesting, A Master Gardener’s Perspective
Rick and Pam Daniel - Rainwater Harvesting Solutions, Inc.
3:00 PM Adjourn to Exhibits
and/or tours of Rainwater Systems in the Kerrville Area
Saturday, March 13, 2010
8:00 – Noon Exhibits and
Demonstrations
8:30
AM Construct a Rain Barrel
Brad Ackerman – Kaufman County Master Gardeners Association
9:15 AM How to Make
a Small Concrete Drip Bird/Butterly Waterer
Justin Mechell – Texas AgriLife Extension Service
10:00 AM
Rain Barrel with Drip Irrigation and Wildlife and Pet Waterer
Brad Ackerman – Kaufman County Master Gardeners Association
10:45 AM
Drip Irrigation for Vegetable Gardens
Brad Ackerman – Kaufman County Master Gardeners Association
11:30 AM
Installing an in-home potable and non-potable Rainwater Harvesting System
Billy Kniffen – Texas AgriLIFE EXTENSION Service
12:30 PM
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