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2027 Nevada Water Initiative
Special Session & Discussion

*Included in the Annual Conference registration AND the Mine Water Management Symposium registration

Moderator:  Justin Huntington, Desert Research Institute

Ø  Christian Dunkerly, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, “NICE Net: Purpose-Driven Agricultural Weather Monitoring for Individual Landowners, Local Communities, and the State of Nevada”

Ø  Yeonuk Kim, PhD, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, “Expanding Evapotranspiration Monitoring for Water Management: How Well Do Lower-Cost Approaches Work?”

Ø  Sayantan (Monty) Majumdar, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, Hydrologic Sciences and Remote Sensing, Desert Research Institute, “Gap-Filled Monthly Streamflow and HUC10 Runoff Datasets for the Great Basin Hydrologic Province, 1895–2025”

Ø  Ramon Naranjo, PhD, Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey, Nevada Water Science Center, “Bridging Field Data and Modeling: Multi-Method Approaches to Estimating Streambed Hydraulic Conductivity”

Ø  Peter ReVelle, MS, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, “Separating the Signal: OpenET-Based Agricultural Water Demand Projections by Water Source in Nevada”

Date:
Tuesday
January 26, 2027

Time:
10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Location:
Nugget Casino Resort
1100 Nugget Avenue
Sparks, NV 89431

Registration:
FREE to all 2027 Annual Conference & Mine Water Symposium Attendees