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Wednesday | September 27, 2017 Location: LaSalle Office Building, Baton Rouge, LaBelle Hearing Room, 1st floor, 11 am
La. Water Resources Commission Meeting Water Resources Commission
10th Regular Meeting
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
11 a.m.
LaSalle Building – 1st Floor
LaBelle Room
617 North 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802

Meeting Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Adoption of the Previous Meeting Summary

4. Discuss the Formation of a Work Group on the Sale of Louisiana’s Surface Waters
Chairman Thomas Harris

5. Introduction from Water Institute of the Gulf President and CEO
Justin Ehrenwerth

6. Recent Science from the Sparta Aquifer
Ben McGee, US Geological Survey

7. Modeling of Louisiana’s Aquifer Systems
Frank Tsai, LSU Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

8. USGS Surface Water Management
John Lovelace, US Geological Survey

9. Recent Activity in the Haynesville Shale
Matthew Reonas, Office of Conservation

10. Agency Legislative Update

a. Act 425 (Groundwater commissions) – Matthew Reonas, Office of Conservation
b. Act 189 (Scenic rivers) – Matthew Weigel, Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries
c. Act 371 (Water quality trading) – Amanda Vincent, Dept. of Environmental Quality

11. Public Comments

12. Adjourn