Kansas Dam Safety Conference 2009

AGENDA

(Subject to Change)

Attendees can earn up to 12 PDH

Registration Form

Monday, February 9
4-5:30 p.m. Student Outreach Social
4-6 p.m.  Vendor Set-up
4-6 p.m.  Early Registration
6 p.m.  Evening Social
8 p.m.  KU vs Missouri on the big screen

Tuesday, February 10
7:30 a.m. Presenter Lounge Opens
7:30 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Vendor Showcase

General Session
8:15 a.m. Opening Comments
8:20 a.m. Water Resources in Kansas- Chief Engineer David Barfield, Kansas Department of Agriculture
9:00 a.m.  Spillway Failures in Oklahoma Dams- Chris Stoner, NRCS

9:45 a.m.  Break and Vendor Showcase

General Session
10:15 a.m.  Removal of Marmot Dam, Sandy River,Oregon:  the intitial response of a hungry mountain river- Jon Major, USGS
10:45 a.m.  Sediment Management Techniques- Dennis Haag, Burns and McDonnell
11:15 a.m.  Bowersock Dam- History and Hydroelectricity in Kansas

11:45 a.m.  Luncheon with guest presenter

Extended Session
1:30 p.m. HEC GEO RAS for dam breach

Concurrent Sessions
Rehabilitation
1:30 p.m. Partnering to Rehabilitate a 102-Year-Old Outlet Works with a Full Reservoir- Tom MacDougal, RJH Consultants
2:00 p.m. Lake Blalock Spillway and Outlet Works Improvements- Scott Brand, Black and Veatch
2:30 p.m. Lake Rehabilitation- Monty Prescott, BG Consultants

Liability of Dams
1:30 p.m. Ethics for Engineers- Thomas Mulinazzi, University of Kansas
2:00 p.m. Liability of Dam Ownership
2:30 p.m. Hazard Class Upgrade

3:00 p.m.  Break and Vendor Showcase

Extended Session
3:30 p.m. Optimizing Your Dam Geotechnical Investigation- Molly O'Connor, P.E, Black and Veatch

Concurrent Sessions
Geotechnical Topics
3:30 p.m.  Lake Manawa Rehabilitation Study- Mike Sotak, Tetra Tech
4:00 p.m.  Construction at Horse Thief Dam- URS
4:30 p.m.  Construction Inspections- Mitch Hollingsworth

Emergency Planning for Dams
3:30 p.m.  Security Awareness at Dams -Jack Byers, Applegate Group
4:00 p.m.  High Hazard Dam EAP
4:30 p.m.  Significant Hazard Dam EAP

5:00 p.m.  Evening Social

Wednesday, February 11
7:30 a.m. Presenter Lounge Opens
7:30 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Vendor Showcase

Extended Session
8:00 a.m.  Hydraulics and Hydrology

Concurrent Sessions
Floodplain
8:00 a.m.  Floodplain Basics
8:30 a.m.  Chapman, Kansas Case Study
9:00 a.m.  Breach Mapping

Stream Obstructions
8:00 a.m.  Conservation Culverts- Wayne Stancill, USFWS South Dakota
8:30 a.m.  Kaw River Degradation- Marty Burke, Kansas Water Office
9:00 a.m.  Stream Bank Stabilization- Phil Balch, Wildhorse Riverworks, Inc

9:30 a.m.  Break and Vendor Showcase

Extended Session
10:00 a.m.  SITES for Dam Design- Ed Radatz, NRCS

Concurrent Sessions
Environmental Impact of Dams
10:00 a.m.  Zebra Mussels in Kansas Reservoirs- Richard Sanders, Kansas Wildlife and Parks
10:30 a.m.  Stream Mitigation in Kansas
11:00 a.m.  Lake Dredging

Levees
10:00 a.m.  Levee and Flood Control Channel Inspections- Bob Finneran, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
10:30 a.m.  PAL
11:00 a.m.  Wichita Levee Project- Joe File, AMEC

11:45 a.m.  Luncheon with presentation "Ethics for Engineers"- Thomas Mulinazzi, University of Kansas

General Session- Stream Obstructions
1:00 p.m.  Stream Obstructions Permitting

2:30 p.m.  Break

3:00 p.m.  Changes in Stream Obstructions Rules and Regulations