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Agenda: 2014 Candidates’ Water Forum
Hosted by Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy
Introduction
– Former Senator Jerry Ellis, Master of Ceremonies
ORWP Update
– Coordinator Russell Doughty and Ashley Powell
Featured Speaker
Welcome
by Chief Gary Batton of the Choctaw Nation
State Candidates
Federal Candidates
Gubernatorial CandidatesSlide2
ORWP
Year in ReviewSlide3
Curriculum for grades 3-7
Classroom, festivals
New WebsiteSlide4Slide5Slide6
www.H2Oed.orgSlide7
Outreach and Education
Booths at Festivals and Fairs
New Website
Twitter
Facebook
YouTubeSlide8Slide9Slide10Slide11Slide12
Instream Flow Advisory Group
Address the legal and policy questions.
Study other mechanisms for protecting instream flows.
Develop a draft methodology for instream flow studies in Oklahoma.
Conduct a study on the economic impacts of instream flows in Oklahoma.
Perform an instream flow pilot study in a scenic river.
Preserve the Instream Flow Workgroup.Slide13
Instream Flow Advisory Group
Impetus –
to protect Oklahomans rights to water quality, quantity, and timing of flows
to protect all benefits of water: consumptive and non-consumptiveSlide14
Instream Flow Advisory GroupSlide15
Instream Flow Advisory GroupSlide16
Instream Flow Advisory Group
http://www.owrb.ok.gov/supply/ocwp/instreamflow.phpSlide17
Water for 2060
Advisory Council
charged with studying and recommending appropriate water conservation practices, incentives, and educational programs to moderate statewide water usage while preserving Oklahoma’s population growth and economic development goals.Slide18
Water for 2060
http://www.owrb.ok.gov/supply/conservation.php
August – Industrial Water Use
May – Review and Future Goals
Feb. – Crop Irrigation Efficiency
Nov. – Public Water SupplySlide19
Tom Buchanan
President of OKFB
OWRB Board Member
Manager of
Lugert
-Altus Reservoir
Cotton and wheat farmer from Altus
Advocate of interbasin transfers
Voted against Instream Flow StudiesSlide20
Reasons for Action
Buchanan requests Altus to support transfer of water from Eastern Oklahoma to the West and the sale of OK waters to Texas
OKFB sues the OWRB over the Arbuckle-Simpson rules after Buchanan voted on those rules
Buchanan claims to have recused himself during conversation and votes regarding the OKFB suit against the OWRB, but records show otherwise
Conflict of InterestSlide21
Timeline of Action
March – ORWP requests Buchanan to resign from OWRB
March – ORWP press release re Buchanan
April – Letters to AG’s office by Ellis,
Cannaday
, Renegar, Bass, Garrison, Ballenger, McDaniel
April – Letter to AG’s office by Brecheen
May – AG refuses to rule on Buchanan; refers to ethics commission
August – Letters sent to each OKFB county office
Today – Public announcement of ethics complaintSlide22
Posted on
Instagram
October 19
th
, 2014Slide23
Agenda: 2014 Candidates’ Water Forum
Hosted by Oklahomans for Responsible Water Policy
Introduction
– Former Senator Jerry Ellis, Master of Ceremonies
ORWP Update
– Coordinator Russell Doughty and Ashley Powell
Featured Speaker
Welcome
by Chief Gary Batton of the Choctaw Nation
State Candidates
Federal Candidates
Gubernatorial Candidates