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Water
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Mediating since 1991
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Registered Professional
Engineer, Colorado, 1975
Practice
as a consulting water engineer
Experience in water and
environmental disputes (mediation and arbitration), and as a design and onsite resident
engineer
General
experience. I
have been working in ADR since my initial mediation training in 1991, and
also began service as an arbitrator at that time. In addition to legal
training and experience, I am a registered professional
engineer. I have
an MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Denver.
Water
subjects. As a neutral, lawyer or consultant have worked in water
matters involving, among others, the
following:
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Interstate water disputes
Mutual or shared water supplies
Mutual
ditch companies
Water
right applications
Augmentation plans
Conjunctive
use
Reservoir
design and construction
Groundwater
pollution and pathways
Hydrogeology
Clean Water Act violations
Development of water delivery programs
Groundwater
pollution
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Water valuation
ESA
reservoir releases
Balancing
competing water needs
Water
transfer
Storm
runoff
Water
supply and delivery
Strategic
planning for water associations
River and
water access
Water
boundary disputes
Rights to
ditch usage
International water delivery
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The
following are example water engagements:
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Mediator, 2009,
dispute between drilling company and land owner about ground water
pollution.
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Facilitator,
Colorado-Kansas-Nebraska dispute over water on a tributary of the
Missouri River, 2008.
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Facilitator,
Upstream-downstream reservoir dispute, Montana-Wyoming, 2008.
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Mediator, dispute
over shared water facilities, 2007.
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Facilitator, Water,
Sanitation and Conflict research, BPD Water and Sanitation, London,
2008
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Mediator, dispute
over rights to use ditch company water, 2007.
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Mediator, Recreation
in channel diversion dispute, 2007.
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Co-Facilitator,
Missouri River Restoration Implementation Committee (COE, FWS, EPA,
NPS, States of the Missouri River Basin and various stakeholders),
2005.
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Mediator, water
district valuation dispute (US Department of Justice, Department of
Navy and local irrigation district), 2004.
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Facilitator-mediator,
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Groundwater standards and pathways, (US Army,
State of Colorado, citizen groups) 2002.
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Mediator, Jarbidge/Elko
Nevada Public Lands and Clean Water Act Litigation, (State of Nevada,
Elko County, U.S. Department of Justice, and others) 2001. Legal
counsel, Wyoming, Public-private land disputes (various land owners
and U.S. Department of Justice).
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Facilitator, Lowry
Landfill Superfund site, ground water pathways (EPA, State of
Colorado, City of Denver and Waste Management Inc.) 2004.
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Mediator, reservoir
ownership dispute, 2002.
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Mediator, irrigation ditch owners dispute
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Program
Facilitator/consultant, Water For People, Viet Nam Program (1994-99)
and Water For Africa consultant, 1999-2003.
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Legal Counsel, water
litigation. Served as legal counsel in a wide variety of legal and
operational disputes over water, water rights, priority of usage,
competition among various water decrees, the adjudication and transfer
of water rights, including litigation of disputes concerning ground
and surface water competition, and the operation of the interstate
water compacts.
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