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George Leavesley <br />Research Hydrologist, National Research Program, U.S. Geological Survey <br />Denver, CO <br />George Leavesley is a Research Hydrologist in the National Research Program of the U.S. <br />Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Denver, Colorado. He is Chief of the USGS <br />Precipitation - Runoff Modeling Project, conducting research on precipitation - runoff modeling, <br />the coupling of atmospheric and hydrologic models, the simulation of the processes of snow <br />accumulation and melt, and the development of modular modeling tools and techniques. Mr. <br />Leavesley received his B.S. degree in Forestry and M.S. degree in Forest Hydrology from <br />Pennsylvania State University, and his Ph.D. in Watershed Sciences from Colorado State <br />University. He is an affiliate faculty member at Colorado State University and the University of <br />Colorado. <br />Peter Binney <br />Director of Utilities, Aurora, CO <br />Since March 2002, Mr. Binney has served as the Director of Utilities for the City of Aurora, <br />Colorado. Prior to joining the City, Mr. Binney worked as a consulting engineer for more than <br />25 years in the area of water resource protection and development. He worked on projects for <br />municipal and State Governments throughout the United States, as well as internationally as they <br />addressed their water supply and water resources issues. He holds M.S. degrees in civil <br />engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and in water resources engineering <br />from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Mr. Binney is a Professional Engineer and a member <br />of the American Water Works Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Society of <br />American Military Engineers. He also served as ASCE's representative to the National Water <br />Quality Assessment Program Advisory Council. <br />David Merritt, P.E. <br />Chief Engineer, Colorado River Water Conservation District <br />Glenwood Springs, CO <br />Mr. Merritt received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth <br />College, where he studied the dynamics of circulation of Lake Powell. While working on the <br />Lake Powell Research Project, he was first introduced to the problem of Tamarisk invasion by <br />Professor Loren Potter of the University of New Mexico, who was studying the shorelines of the <br />Lake. From 1980 to 1985, Dave worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in the Colorado <br />River Water Quality Program. There he worked on modeling the Colorado River System, <br />attempting to better define water -use prof ections, water budgets, and salt loading to the river. At <br />that time, Tamarisk control was an option that Reclamation was investigating to improve the <br />effective yield of the basin. <br />In 1985, he moved to Glenwood Springs to work for the Colorado River Water Conservation <br />District. While there, he was responsible for the permitting, construction, and now operation of <br />the Wolford Mountain Reservoir Project near Kremmling. While still very much involved in <br />water quantity and water quality issues, he recently learned that Wolford Mountain Reservoir is <br />