Water Use

Oct 30, 2009

U.S. Geological Survey

Government officials talked about how water is used throughout the country and what still needs to be learned about water use. Speakers: Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior Robert Hirsch, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Sue Lowry, Interstate Streams Administrator, Wyoming .. Read More
Government officials talked about how water is used throughout the country and what still needs to be learned about water use. Speakers: Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Department of the Interior Robert Hirsch, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Sue Lowry, Interstate Streams Administrator, Wyoming State Engineer’s Office via phone David Naftzger, Executive Director, Council of Great Lakes Governors

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:15 Unidentified Speaker A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS AMERICANS ARE USING LESS WATER NOW THAN THEY HAVE SINCE THE MID-1950S....
00:00:27 Unidentified Speaker WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED. IS THIS WORKING? IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT. ARE EITHER OF THESE WORKING?...
00:00:53 Unidentified Speaker IF EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME, WE WILL JUST GET STARTED. I AM ANNE CASTLE, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,...
00:04:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ANNE HEN THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING TODAY. I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT A VERY...
00:20:55 Unidentified Speaker THANKS BOB. I.T. WAS STRUCK AS BOB MENTIONED IN THE LAST PART OF HIS REMARKS ABOUT HOW THIS INFORMATION...
00:21:55 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH ANNE AND THANK YOU TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR PUTTING TOGETHER TODAY'S...
00:32:24 Unidentified Speaker THANKS DAVE. IS GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT HOW THE STATE IS USED IN A PARTICULAR ECOSYSTEM. OUR NEXT SPEAKER...
00:33:23 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? GRADE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACCOMMODATING ME EO PHONE. IN SURE...
00:43:01 Unidentified Speaker PASSED IN MARCH, I THINK, OR SO OF THIS YEAR. SECTION 9518 OF THIS BILL TALKS ABOUT A STATE FEDERAL...
00:44:01 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, SUE. THANKS TO ALL OF OUR SPEAKERS TODAY. I ALSO WANTED THINK, AGAIN, THE SPONSORS. ALSO...
00:44:36 Unidentified Speaker GIVEN THE TRADITION FOR THE IMPACT HOW IS THAT USGS, THE STEPS THEY'RE TAKING TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL...
00:44:54 Unidentified Speaker THAT GOES IN A LOT OF DIRECTIONS. OUR LONG-TERM MONITORING IS, I'D THINK, ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT...
00:46:14 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IT, AGAIN, SPEAKS TO THE DIVERSITY ISSUE. MOST OF THE COASTAL STATES WOULD ...
00:46:48 Unidentified Speaker WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES WITH
00:46:57 Unidentified Speaker SURE. THAT DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT I THINK WILL OCCUR, BUT I WOULD JUST POINT OUT, I...
00:48:02 Unidentified Speaker OTHER QUESTIONS TO
00:48:07 Unidentified Speaker YES. ACTUALLY, I THINK SINCE THE WATER USE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE, THOUGH, ...
00:49:35 Unidentified Speaker IN STREAMS USE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AND I WOULD POINT OUT THAT MANY OF OUR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING...
00:51:21 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD JUST ADD THAT IT IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR RESEARCH AND FOR LEARNING MORE. CLEARLY WE HAVE A...
00:52:21 Unidentified Speaker SUE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD?
00:52:24 Unidentified Speaker I THINK MOST OF THE WESTERN STATES NOW HAVE SOME SORT OF IN STREAMFLOW LAW PASSED IN 1986. AND ALTHOUGH...
00:53:34 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE HAD ANOTHER QUESTION.
00:53:36 Unidentified Speaker I NOTICE THAT THE DATA FOR THE WATER USED PROJECT, YOU CHARACTERIZE A LOT OF IT ON A NATIONAL SCALE....
00:54:09 Unidentified Speaker ARE THERE TREND INFORMATION BY STATE? THERE ARE NOT TREND INFORMATION BY STATE, BUT THERE ARE 2005...
00:55:19 Unidentified Speaker ALL OF THE DATA FOR THE S TATE.
00:55:20 Unidentified Speaker MANY OF OUR OLDER WATER UTILITY SYSTEMS LOSE A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE WATER THERE WITHDRAW FROM...
00:56:09 Unidentified Speaker SUE, DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
00:56:10 Unidentified Speaker I'M SORRY, I COULD NOT HEAR THE QUESTION.
00:56:12 Unidentified Speaker THOUGHTS ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ONE CAN DO IN TERMS OF WATER CONSERVATION.
00:56:20 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. WELL, I THINK IT'S NOT THAT MUCH PSST DIFFERENT. CERTAINLY PLACES LIKE LAS VEGAS WHERE THEY...
00:57:28 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD JUST COME FROM A USGS PERSPECTIVE, AS A SCIENCE AGENCY WE DON'T RECOMMEND PARTICULAR POLICIES...
00:59:03 Unidentified Speaker ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
00:59:04 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:59:08 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS IT YOU'RE DOING?
00:59:09 Unidentified Speaker THE WATER AVAILABILITY AND USE ACTIVITIES. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. SO THE SECURE WATER ACT, 11111....
01:01:05 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
01:01:06 Unidentified Speaker ACTUALLY COVERED THAT. THIS REPORT COVERS WITHDRAWELS.
01:01:13 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOUR ANSWER ADDRESSED HAVE YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT THE OTHER ISSUES.
01:01:22 Unidentified Speaker GETTING AT CONSUMPTIVE USE IS CONSIDERABLY MORE DIFFICULT. SUE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT IRRIGATION PRACTICES....
01:02:03 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. WELL, THANKS, AGAIN, TO EVERYBODY. WE WANT TO THANK THE HEALTH COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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