2026 NWRA Annual Conference Week Wrap-Up
February 2 - 5, 2026
Thank you for joining us during the
2026 NWRA Annual Conference Week!
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Check back soon for more fun photos and videos to see! We will post them on this page as they are received!
Thank you to our 2026 Conference Planning Committee for another successful event!
Our Co-chairs went above & beyond with their time, energy and commitment!
Many thanks for this to Christi Cooper, Mark Gookin & Laurel Saito
View event materials here!
Annual Conference Program
Annual Conference Presentations
Technical Abstracts
Speaker Biographies
Poster Abstracts
Student Poster Abstracts
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Thank you to our Keynote Presenters:
Michael Taylor, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, and State Specialist with University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Mason Voehl, Campaigns Director, Amargosa Conservancy
Camille Calimlim Touton, Strategic Advisor/Founder, Rotunda, River & Range LLC, Former Commissioner, US Bureau of Reclamation
Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Michael Dettinger on joining the elite group of NWRA Lifetime Achievement Award Winners!
View the Award here
2026 Michael Rosen Outstanding Paper Award
Student Poster Competition
Visit the Student Poster Competition page for details about the students and their posters.
View Student Poster Abstracts here
Graduates:
1st Place - Adesola Adepoju and Alana Ballagh
2nd Place - Eunice Ledres
3rd Place - Karleigh Hovemo
People’s Choice Award:
Zane Cooper
Student’s Choice Award (NEW!):
Karleigh Hovemo and Aadit Swami
Scholarships
Congratulations to the 2026 Scholarship Winners!
2026 NWRA Graduate Scholarship Winner
Loren Secor
2026 NWRA Undergraduate Scholarship Winner
Alexandro Guerrero Rosas
2026 Clare Mahannah Scholarship Winner
Luisa Ortega
2026 Southern Nevada Scholarship Winner
Rita Alhwayek
2026 Northern Nevada Scholarship Winner
Adesola Adepoju
NWRA would like to welcome to the Board of Trustees for 2026 - 2027:
Brian Gale
Jason Kuchnicki
Nick Ross
We look forward to your energy and ideas!
Poker Run Results!
Thank you to all of our exhibitor friends that contributed to the Ante Up prize basket!
Winner - Amy Sue Race
Thank you to our Amazing Raffle Prize Contributors!
Muddy Valley Irrigation District
National EWP
Piteau Associates
Premier Drilling Company
Roscoe Moss Company
SGS – North America
SUNSTONE Environmental Solutions
UES
An Enthusiastic NWRA Supporter
Boart Longyear
Broadbent & Associates Inc
Facque Consulting LLC
Fennemore
GEO-Instruments
Halford Hydrology LLC
Kip Allander
Montgomery & Associates Inc
Thanks to all who purchased tickets. Congratulations to all the raffle winners - visit the NWRA Raffle webpage to view the winners.
Game Winners! Thank you for playing!
The winners of the 2026 Conference Tour crossword puzzle and word search are Jason Kuchnicki and Pheobe Song.
The winners of the 2026 Conference crossword puzzle and word searches are Nancy Beecher, Andrew Pavlu, and Nick Rauh.
NWRA “Knight Out” Winners
Thom Hanna - Golden Knights Game Ticket winner
Bert Bryan - Golden Knights gear winner
Thanks for joining the Apex, Muddy and Virgin River Tour!
Special thanks to all of our Sponsors and Exhibitors!
Baroid IDP Boart Longyear Broadbent & Associates Inc Certerra Subsurface Imaging Desert Research Institute
DOWL LLC DN Tanks Facque Consulting LLC Fennemore GEO-Instruments
GEOKON Geosyntec Consultants Holland & Hart LLP Independent Pipe
In-Situ Inc KP Ventures Well Drilling & Pump Co Lumos & Associates Inc Montgomery & Associates
National EWP Piteau Associates Premier Drilling Company Resource Concepts Inc Roscoe Moss Company
SAERTEX multiCom SGS North America Inc Simpli Scada Southern Nevada Water Authority
Spencer Fane LLP Terraphase Engineering Inc UES Willowstick Technologies LLC
US Geological Survey - Nevada Water Science Center Western Environmental Testing Laboratory
Annual Conference Sponsors
Additional Sponsor Recognition
