. "Appendix A: Agenda for the Colloquium on Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States." Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.
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Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States
Topic#2:
What are the possible, or likely, water quality effectsassociated with increases in growing different kinds ofbiomass?
10:15–11:15
10:15
Initial presentation
Rick Cruse (lowa State)
10:35
Discussants
Janice Ward (USGS);
Liz Marshall (WRI)
10:55
Open discussion
David Tilman
(University of Minnesota)
11:15–11:30
Break
Topic #3:
What will be the water requirements of the productionplants themselves, and what water quality problems maybe associated with them?
11:30–12:30
11:30
Initial presentation
Mark Holtzapple (Texas A&M)
11:50
Discussants
Dennis Keeney (IATP);
Fran Kremer (EPA/ORD)
12:10
Open discussion
Ted Hullar (Cornell)
12:30–1:30
Lunch
Topic#4:
What are new and promising agricultural practices andtechnologies that might help us out by cutting water useor minimizing pollution?
