Water Center At Colorado State University Hosts 'flood '97' Conference
Friday, October 31, 1997
FORT COLLINS--As part of its mission to bring together
different aspects of water management, the Water Center at
Colorado State University will host an all-day conference Nov. 6
to assess the July 28 disaster that hit Fort Collins and the
university.
At the conference, city and university officials,
hydrologists and engineers will analyze the storm, its aftermath
and the resulting technical, social, and economic consequences.
The conference will help the university and city communities gain
a better perspective of the disaster and also will lay the
foundation for in-depth study.
"Water issues cut across different disciplines. It is the
Water Center's goal to bring together topics which play a role in
water management and to inform the university and community about
important water problems," said Neil Grigg, director of the Water
Center and department chairman of civil engineering at Colorado
State. "The center is hosting this conference to create a
synthesis of the various aspects of the disaster which struck
Fort Collins this summer."
The Water Center was created in 1995 as an umbrella
organization for the many water programs at Colorado State. The
center is a partnership which allows the university's water
experts to work together in teaching and research and stretches
across programs in the College of Agricultural Sciences, the
College of Engineering and the College of Natural Resources.
Colorado State offers more than 100 courses and over a dozen
degree programs related to water. The diverse range of programs
includes chemical and bioresource engineering, wildlife and
fisheries, watershed sciences, soil and crop sciences, and
aquatic ecology.
This year, the center has coordinated research projects,
interdisciplinary classes and student symposiums.
Topics at the conference will include storm patterns,
comparison of radar and rain gauge observations, stormwater
systems, runoff analysis and city and university response to the
disaster. Federal officials will provide a further overview of
the hydrology and scientific aspects of the event.
The conference will be held in the North Ballroom of the
Lory Student Center on campus. The program will begin at 8:30
a.m., presentations will conclude at 5 p.m. and a reception will
close the event. Throughout the conference, participants may view
videos, slides and posters in the Cherokee Park Room in the Lory
Student Center. The conference is free, but space is limited and
registration is necessary.
For more information on the Water Center or to register for
the conference, call Marilee Rowe in the civil engineering
department at (970) 491-5247.
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