2008 Farm Water Leadership Tour
Sept. 17-19, 2008
Join the three-day tour through the San Joaquin Valley and visit with farmers and water district officials.
Tour participants visit the fuse gates at Lake Kaweah.
The tour begins and ends in Stockton with overnight stops in Los Banos and Bakersfield. This is your opportunity to ask farmers "why" they use water like they do. Hotels, meals and transportation during the tour are included in the cost:
$475 single occupancy
$395 per person double occupancy
Confirm your reservations today by calling the
California Farm Water Coalition
(916) 391-5030, or email to
mhenry@farmwater.org
Click to view tentative agenda
Tentative Agenda
2008 Farm Water Leadership Tour
Sept. 17-19, 2008
Day One – Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
8:00 a.m. Meet in
San Joaquin Farm Bureau
(209) 931-4931
Introductory briefing by Mike Wade
Why the Delta is so important
9:00 a.m. Board bus for driving tour through the Delta
Delta farmer perspective by Jerry Robinson
9:30 a.m Hwy 4—Jones Tract levee repairs
9:50 a.m. Depart Jones Tract
10:00 a.m. Arrive DWR Rock Barriers at
Mark Holderman, Supervising Engineer,
South Delta Branch, DWR
10:30 a.m. Depart DWR Rock Barriers
11:00 a.m. Arrive C.W. “Bill” Jones Pumping Plant
Facility briefing and tour —
Steve Larsen
Manager, Plant Engineering & Maintenance
San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority
Lunch
1:00 p.m. Depart Jones Pumping Plant
1:15 p.m. Arrive Federal Fish Screens
2:00 p.m. Depart Federal Fish Screens
Speaker on bus
3:30 p.m. Arrive San Luis Reservoir
Dan Nelson—Executive Director
San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority
Analysis of court decision to restrict water flowing from the Delta
4:00 p.m. Depart San Luis Reservoir…driving tour to motel
Dennis Falaschi, Panoche Water District general manager
Recycling of drainage water
5:45 p.m. Arrive Los Banos
Overnight at the Vagabond Inn Executive Motel
615 p.m. Depart for dinner at Delta Party Barn
6:30 p.m. Arrive Delta Party Barn
BBQ dinner and program—
Speaker to be determined
Board members from local water districts invited
8:30 p.m. Depart for motel
Day Two – Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008
Continental breakfast at the motel
7:30 a.m. Depart Los Banos
8:30 a.m. Arrive Stamoules Produce
Chuck
10:00 a.m. Depart Stamoules Farms
10:20 a.m. Arrive Mendota Pool
Presentation by Exchange Contractors representative
10:45 a.m. Depart Mendota Pool
Speaker on bus
12:15 a.m. Arrive Friant Dam
Lunch
New Storage at Upper Temperance
Ron Jacobsma
Friant Water Users Authority
1:30 p.m. Depart Friant Dam
3:00 p.m. Arrive Lake Kaweah/Terminus Dam
Presentation: Flood Control/Fusegates
By Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District
4:00 p.m. Depart
5:30 p.m. Arrive Fernandes Dairy, Tipton
View carousel milking parlor; water control measures
6:15 p.m. Depart Fernandes Dairy
6:30 p.m. Arrive Lower Tule River Irrigation District, Tipton
Water for ag and the environment
Dan Vink, LTRID General Manager
8:00 p.m. Depart Lower Tule River Irrigation District
8:45 p.m. Arrive Wyndham Garden Hotel,
Day Three – Friday, Sept. 19, 2008
7:35 a.m. Depart Wyndham Garden Hotel
7:45 a.m. Breakfast at Kern County Water Agency
Briefing of issues by Jim Beck, General Manager
8:45 a.m. Depart Kern County Water Agency with Kern Water Bank spokesperson on bus
9:20 a.m. Arrive Kern Water Bank for driving tour
10:45 a.m. Depart Kern Water Bank
12:00 p.m. Arrive Harris Ranch Restaurant
Lunch
Westlands Water District briefing
1:00 p.m. Depart Harris Ranch Restaurant
Driving tour of Westlands
4:00 p.m. Arrive San Joaquin Farm Bureau,
