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Paul Flack, Ph .D. <br />1194 Pontiac Street, Denver, CO 80220; paulflack@comcast.net ; 720-470-1845. <br /> <br />Summary <br />Experienced, energetic professional with expertise in water resource engineering and <br />planning. Skilled in working with complex water resource management issues. <br />Proficient in planning and managing short and long term water resource projects. <br /> <br />Experience <br />Resource Base International, LLC. President, 2009 - present <br />• Water resource engineering consultant for New Elk Coal Company. <br />Responsible for the acquisition, water court action, and management of 1500 <br />acre-feet of water in the Purgatoire River basin. <br />• Water resources engineering consultant for Model Land & Irrigation <br />Company. Responsible for the transfer of 2000 – 6000 acre feet of irrigation <br />water to municipal and industrial uses. <br />• Water resource engineering consultant, Arkansas River Outfitter’s <br />Association. Responsible for protection of river management agreements in <br />the upper Arkansas River basin. <br />• Water Resource Engineer, City of Thornton. Responsible for water rights <br />review, expert reports and testimony, and water court action regarding the <br />lower South Platte River. <br />• Water Affairs, Pongola Dam Reservoir, Pongola , South Africa . Work <br />included development of water resource allocation plans to ensure compliance <br />with the Tripartite International Agreement (Mozambique, Lesotho, and South <br />Africa) and the Lembobo Transfrontier Conservation Area Treaty <br />(Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa). <br />• Regional U.S. Coordinator, Nile Basin Initiative. Directed and managed water <br />policy workshops and field tours for 25 visiting senior water professionals <br />from nine Nile Basin countries. <br />• Developed integrated water management plans for Colorado’s Arkansas River <br />basin stakeholders to optimize recreational/environmental river flows on a <br />sustainable basis. <br />• President and water resource engineering consultant for Colorado’s Upper <br />Cherry Creek Water Association . Developed comprehensive water policy <br />plans for five major urban water districts in the Denver, Colorado <br />metropolitan area. <br />• Developed water resource management plans with local, state, and national <br />governme nt agencies for (6) Federal water storage projects in western U.S. <br />• Developed river basin planning for the Arkansas a nd Dolores Rivers in <br />Colorado. Planning process included stakeholder management, river operation <br />modeling, and revising U.S. Bureau of Reclamation policy and planning <br />guidelines. <br /> <br /> <br />