The Fourth Annual Water Policy CLE co-sponsored by the University of New Mexico School of Law's Utton Transboundary Resources Center and the Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Section of the New Mexico State Bar was held on June 7-8, 2007 at the New Mexico State Bar Complex. The topic was The Utton Center Model Interstate Water Compact: Why this Model Is Useful Whether or Not Your River has a Compact - Advanced Management Principles for Interstate Rivers. For more information, including PowerPoints provided by the speakers, click on the links below:

• Program ( PDF document )

• The Utton Center Model Interstate Water Compact ( PDF Document )

• About The Utton Center's Model Compact Project

• The Model Interstate Water Compact - George William Sherk, Colorado School of Mines ( PDF )

• Advisory Committee Recommendations - George William Sherk, Colorado School of Mines ( PDF )

• Spokane River & Aquifer: An Uncompacted Watershed - Rachael Pascal Osborn, Columbia Institute for Water Policy ( PDF )

• Interstate Water Issues in Colorado - Ken Knox, Chief Deputy State Engineer, Colorado ( PDF )

• Ethics, Professionalism and Politics - Ron Kaiser, Texas A&M ( PDF )

Water Policy Conference - May 19, 2006 ( PDF document )

The Third Annual Water Policy CLE co-sponsored by the University of New Mexico School of Law's Utton Transboundary Resources Center and the Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Section of the New Mexico State Bar was held on May 19, 2006. The CLE explored the interrelation between water and energy, and the legal and policy implications. Several of the speakers presented PowerPoints which are below:

• Water for Energy in the Southwest: Where Will It Come From? - Marilyn C. O'Leary, Director, Utton Center ( PDF )

• Congressional Concerns Related to the Energy-Water Nexus - Erik Webb, Congressional Detailee ( PDF )

• Federal Water R&D: Current Landscape, Future Goals, and Emerging Technologies - Gene Whitney, National Science and Technology Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President ( PDF )

• Water for Development in Southern New Mexico: A Case Study of the Duke Energy Luna Energy Facility - Tim DeYoung, Modrall Sperling ( PDF )

• Active Water Resource Management: Tools for Better Water Management - John D'Antonio, New Mexico State Engineer ( PDF )

• Finding Water for Mohave - Stanley M. Pollack, Navajo Nation Department of Justice ( PDF )

• Brackish Ground Water - an untapped resource for energy development? - John Shomaker, John shomaker & Associates ( PDF )

Water Policy Conference - May 20, 2005 ( PDF document )

A second annual joint University of New Mexico School of Law/New Mexico State Bar and Utton Center CLE course regarding water policy was held May 20, 2005. The focus of the 2005 CLE was on institutional responses to drought.( Program - PDF document )

Water Policy Conference - 2004 ( PDF document )

The first Annual University of New Mexico School of Law and Utton Transboundary Resources Center Water Policy Conference presented leading regional experts who provided the latest thinking on these cutting edge issues.