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League Looks toward 1989 Legislative Session
From the President (Anne Lee)
Mary Anne Raywid Coming in January
New LWVUS Agriculture Position
People's Water Conference #5 - Economics of Water
Constitutional Amendment Ballot #4: EEZ and HCZM (Kiyoko Nitz)
Mahalo
What about Timing Election Results? (Debbie Kimball)

People's Water Conference #5 - Economics of Water

"Economics of Water," a two-day conference to be held in the Hawai'i State Capitol, Jan. 13-14, 1989, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., is free, educational, and open to the public. It will present -current information on water economics and provide the opportunity for dialogue among the many segments of the community interested in water resource management. It is cosponsored by the LWV/Hawaii. For more information, call Kiyoko Nitz (261-7536 Oahu) or Martha Black (395-2127 Oahu). A preliminary agenda is printed below.

WATER FOR THE 21st CENTURY

PEOPLE'S WATER CONFERENCE #5 ECONOMICS OF WATER

Hawaii State Capitol Auditorium
Friday & Saturday, January 13-14, 1989

Registration 8am - Program 8am-3pm

FREE - PUBLIC INVITED

QUICK CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

FRIDAY, January 13, 1989

NEED FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC Dr. Albert Simone.

IMPORTANCE OF ENLIGHTENED PREVENTION ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, THE KEY TO MAINTAINING HAWAII'S EXCELLENT WATER - Dr. John Lewin.

WATER BUDGET AND ECONOMICS - Edgar Imhoff, USGS, Director of project to remedy groundwater pollution of San Joanquin Valley.

POPULATION AND WATER USE - Dr Andrew Mason, Population Institute. EARLY HAWAIIAN WATER ECONOMICS - Williamson Chang, Linda Delaney

EQUITY AND ECONOMICS IN THE ALLOCATION OF WATER BETWEEN

AGRICULTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Professors, Richard Bowen, James Moncur and Richard Pollock, and Charles Reppun, Taro Farmer.

OVERVIEW - Dr. John Bredehoeft, USGS, Author, Lecturer

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SATURDAY, January 14, 1989

HOW TO DECIDE? WHAT AND WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY? -

Dr. Lynton Caldwell, Professor of Environmental and Public Affairs, Indiana University.

WHO PAYS? FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY OR PRIVATE ? -

William Meyer, USGS Chief, Hawaii Division.

Harold Masumoto, Director of Planning, Office of Governor. William Sewake, Director, Hawaii County Board of Water Supply. Oswald Stender, Campbell Estate.

SUSTAINING RESOURCES INSURES OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE

Moderator - David Raney with Thomas Bastis, Donna Goth, Laura King, Steve Holmes.

WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, ISSUES AND PHILOSOPHY William Paty, Manabu Tagamori and Commissioners: Michael Chun, Richard Cox, Guy Fugimura, and Robert Nakata.

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW - Dr. Bredehoeft, Dr. Caldwell and Mr. Imhoff

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