Kansas Water: Research and Communication From Data to News September 26, 2014 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Friday, September 26 th All events take place at The Commons in Spooner Hall at the University of Kansas 8:00 – 8:30 AM: Conference Check-In Check-in table located in the foyer of Spooner Hall; light breakfast and coffee available 8:30 – 8:45 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks Dietrich Earnhart, University of Kansas Larry Erickson, Kansas Natural Resource Council Research Sessions: Kansas Water Use and Water Quality Research 8:45 – 10:15 AM: Water Use I Motivations and Impediments Underlying Irrigation Decisions; Jeffrey Peterson Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University Cultural Dimensions: Kansas Farmers and Water; Jane Gibson Anthropology, University of Kansas 10:15 – 10:30 AM: Break 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM: Water Use II Modeling Field-level Irrigation Demands with Changing Weather and Crop Choices; Belinda Sturm and Babak Mardan Doost; Environmental Engineering, University of Kansas The Role of Water Rights at Conserving the High Plains Aquifer; Jessica McCloskey Economics, University of Kansas Effects of Minimum Desirable Streamflow Restrictions on Water Use; Dietrich Earnhart Economics, University of Kansas 12:00 – 1:10 PM: Lunch Visual Imagery of Water Use and Water Quality; Larry Schwarm and Kate Meyer Wichita State University and the Spencer Museum of Art 1:10 – 1:15 PM: Break 1:15 – 2:15 PM: Water Quality Impact of Farmers’ Land Use Decisions on Water Quality; Lindsey Yasarer Environmental Engineering, University of Kansas Water Quality and Farmers; Stacey Swearingen White Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Kansas Effluent Limits and Wastewater Discharges from Kansas Point Sources; Zach Raff Economics, University of Kansas Presented jointly by the Biofuels and Climate Change: Farmers' Land Use Decisions (BACC:FLUD) Research Team and the Kansas Natural Resource Council (KNRC), with support from the Kansas NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, the Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR) and The Commons