PERSONAL:

Date of Birth: November 21, 1939

Place of Birth: Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Children: Douglas Turner, President and Partner
             Agenda-Global (formerly D.W. Turner & Associates,)  National and International Public Relations, Political Consultants, Communications Consultants) with contracts throughout the United States and for NATO in Eastern Europe and the OECD in Central Africa.  Daughter in Law, Mala Htun is Professor of Political Science at the University of New Mexico and a Guggenheim Fellow.

             400 Gold Avenue, SW, 12th Floor
             Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
             Telephone:       505-888-5877
             Telefacsimile:   505-888-6166
             Email:              dwturner@agenda-global.com
           

             2015 - One of twenty awardees of the 2015 Top Businessmen in New Mexico Award, Chairman of the New Mexico Coalition of Charter Schools and Member of the Board of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG).

SPECIAL EDUCATION:

2009 - 40-hour Theory and Practice of Mediation, University of New Mexico, School of Law.

1992-1998, 40-hour OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.120 HAZWOPER course.

1991, Bioremediation Short Course, Tesoro Petroleum.

1991, sti-P3, Steel underground storage tank installation course, Steel Tank Institute.

1988, Nuclear device operators course, Troxler Scientific, Albuquerque, Mexico

1988, Radon Testing and Mitigation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Phoenix, Arizona.

1988, First Response Training Course, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico presented by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

1987, Appraisal, Norris School of Real Estate, Albuquerque, NM.

1986, Principles and Practice, Norris School of Real Estate, Albuquerque, NM.

1986, Real Estate Law, Norris School of Real Estate, Albuquerque, NM.

1966 - 1969, TAHAL Consulting Engineers/United Nations Development Project. Supervision of hydrogeological field studies and on-the-job training.

1966, Government of Israel. Special course in hydrogeologic and hydrometeorologic field methods and techniques.

1965, Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), Washington, D.C. Training program in community organization and development, rural development and problems of the poor prior to assignment as rural development worker for War Against Poverty programs in New Mexico.

1962, Peace Corps Training Program, Washington D.C. Training in Greek Language, rural development, regional history and geology of the Middle East.

1965, Eleanor Roosevelt Workshop in International Human Relations. Rutgers University

EXPERIENCE:

2002 - Present, Trustee of EDM Systems (USA).  EDM was created as a discretionary common law business trust in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  The company beneficiaries are Josef Grotendorst (75%) and WestWater Resources (25%). Company deals exclusively in the development and marketing of the Formation Fluid Sampling and Hydraulic Testing Tool (FAST).  The tool, developed in Germany, is attached above a drill bit in the drill string.  The FAST tool permits the sampling of formation fluids and hydraulic testing of formations containing water, oil and gas without removing the drill string from the borehole.  It is an on-the-fly testing tool.

2002 - Present, Trustee of Granville Water.  Granville is a Canadian express, limited -liability, discretionary business trust created on April 22, 2002 and domiciled in British Columbia to own, operate and maintain water systems, bulk water and bottled water facilities, to broker water resources in Canada and to serve as general partner in water-asset related limited partnerships.

2002 - Present, Trustee of Lion's Gate Water.  Lion's Gate Water was created as a discretionary, limited liability, express, common law, business trust in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on April 22, 2002.  Its 100% discretionary beneficiary is Granville Water.   Lion's Gate is domiciled in the State of New Mexico in the United States and does business in New Mexico pursuant to Certificate of Authority SCC#2506673 issued by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. It was established to own, operate, and maintain water projects in the United States and more particularly water supply projects using unappropriated water from the Gila River and the Rio Grande within the State of New Mexico.

1999 - Present,  Trustee of  Turner Environmental Consultants, a New Mexico business trust created on July 22, 1999 with specific responsibilities for environmental projects including: environmental site assessments, landfill gas studies, lagoon design and construction supervision, waste water treatment plant design, water system engineering and construction supervision.

1996 - Present, Trustee of WestWater Resources dba WaterBank®. WaterBank® deals exclusively in water rights and other water assets including bulk water sales, marketing of bottled water  and  spring water, brokerage of bottled water companies and bottling equipment, geothermal water, water utilities, water-related investment, abstraction licenses, water supply project initiation and financing, marketing of new water-related and water exploration and development technologies.  Water and water-asset valuation and appraisal services and expert testimony in support of litigation.  It acts as consultant to other companies engaged in water projects. It also acts as consultant in drip irrigation, ground-water basin water resource development, and as advisor to major hedge funds and financial institutions in the U.S. and abroad.  In the State of New Mexico it deals only in water rights having a priority of prior to March 19, 1907.  Dr. Turner is the Qualifying Broker for WestWater Resources (N.M. License No. 13371) WestWater is also a New Mexico licensed Escrow Company (N.M. License No. 00120)

1995 - 2003, Natural Resources Trustee for the State of New Mexico. Gubernatorial appointment and State Agency Head. Responsible for agency administration, budget and policy development and litigation relating to soil, water, air, grass, timber, minerals, oil and gas resources for the State of New Mexico.

1994 - Present, Trustee, Community Assistance Foundation/New Mexico Foundation for Educational Excellence/WaterBank Trust, not-for-profit IRC § 501(c)(3) foundation to provide technical assistance for rural New Mexico communities, programs in education, and preservation of endangered species through retirement of water rights.

1989 - Present, Trustee and Chief Hydrogeologist. AGW Consultants, a New Mexico business trust created on June 30, 1989 as the successor to American Ground Water Consultants, Inc. with same responsibilities.

1988 - 1993, Director of the New Mexico Foundation for Human Rights and Achievement.

1987 - Present, Trustee, Bassett Farms Domestic Water Users and Homeowners Association, non-profit IRC § 528 entity created as a common law trust in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986.

1987 - Present, Trustee, New Mexico Water Trust, Established to become not-for-profit IRC 501(c)(3) entity. Inactive.

1984 - April, 1987, Director, E.A.R.T.T.H. Institute, San Antonio, Texas. A woman-owned, Texas not-for-profit, IRC § 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to international assistance and refugee relief projects.

1980 - 1985, President, AGW Consultants, Ltd. a Cyprus offshore company established to carry out ground-water consulting activities in the Middle East and worldwide.

1976 - 2010, President and Chief Hydrogeologist, American Ground Water Consultants, Inc.. Responsible for:

• All aspects of marketing, client relations, banking, contracts
• Project and technical management for:

Hydrogeologic and hydraulic evaluation of more than 70 spring systems in the United States and abroad
Determination of hydraulic connection between wells and springs
UST site investigations
Water rights support studies
Superfund investigation and consultant oversight
Design and construction of TCE ground-water remediation systems
Wellhead protection and vulnerability analyses
Ground-water monitoring and sampling
Ground-water exploration and well-siting studies using proprietary Thermonic, Electromagnetic Pulsed Proton Relaxation (E2PR) and fracture trace methods
Regional ground-water resource evaluation
Evaluation of appropriate drilling technologies
Industrial and municipal well design, construction, and testing
Rural ground-water development in the United States and abroad
Ground-water contamination studies on Superfund and UST sites
Preparation of ground-water discharge plans
Seepage studies of major earthen dam embankments using Thermonics
ZETA-SP leak detection studies on industrial and municipal ponds based on streaming potential surveys
Local and regional ground-water resource evaluation
Computer modeling of hydrologic systems and contaminant transport
Litigation and expert witness services.
Use of nuclear equipment in vadose zone studies
Sociological assessments of U.S. Government foreign assistance|
Design of foreign agricultural assistance programs and Peace Corps water-development projects
Manage municipal waste sludge removal and wastewater lagoon liner replacement
Manage design and installation of community water system

• Export of drilling and scientific equipment to African countries including:

Arranging commercial letters of credit
U.S. Department of Commerce export permits
Working with U.S. Government purchase orders
Certificates of Origin
Pro-forma invoices
Insurance
Clean Bills of Lading

• Conduct of training programs in ground-water exploration and development for Third World professionals

I have developed several state-of-the-art proprietary methods including Thermonics, ZETA-SP, and AQUATRACE. Thermonics is a geophysical method for ground-water exploration and the identification of optimum well sites. ZETA-SP is used for the location of leaks in pond liners. AQUATRACE is a ground water tracer technique.

1989 - Present, Trustee of Genesis Resources, a New Mexico business trust created October 3, 1989 as an oil and gas company and a registered oil and gas operator in the State of Oklahoma. Responsible for:

• Oil and gas exploration and development
• Division orders, gas purchase contracts
• Title opinions, operator relations, bonds, insurance, contracts

1988 -  2000, Trustee and President of Radon Measurement and Control of New Mexico a New Mexico business trust created in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 22, 1988. Responsible for:

• Radon testing in homes and workplaces
• Supply of radon testing equipment to the U.S. Coast Guard, Pacific Command
• Nationwide sale of home radon and other home environmental test kits
• Product development including the Specifier universal portable radon reference chamber and invented the Radon Drain a passive device for radon mitigation.

1982 - Present, Trustee and President, Manzano Resources a New Mexico common law, discretionary business trust created on February 19, 1980.  Responsible for:

• Land subdivision including:

Land purchase, platting, county approvals, recordation, title insurance, land sale transactions, market analysis, appraisal
Installation of infrastructure including gas, electricity and roads

• Community Development including:

Home construction plans review and contractor acceptance
Farm housing projects
Land subordination
Financing approval from HUD, VA, FHA and FmHA
Creation and administration of homeowners association
Rural health and education programs

1979 - 1981, Partner, Petrogram Services. Advisory service for Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lottery.

1971 - 1976, Partner, Hydrotechnics.  Ground-water consulting services.

1966 - 1968, Geologist/Hydrologist, Geological Survey Department of Cyprus. I was the Cypriot counterpart for a United Nations Development Program water-resources project. Responsible for:

• Geological mapping of 120 square miles of complex alpine-type geological terrane at a scale of 1:5000
• Computation of the ground-water budget of a large coastal plain aquifer system
• Computer analysis of 56 karst spring systems which were used for domestic and agricultural water supply
• Pumping tests of about 50 wells
• Analysis of earth resistivity, seismic, and gravimetric survey data

1970, Consultant to Forest Petroleum in connection with two on-shore oil exploration wells drilled in Cyprus.

1964, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Geologist, Supervisor: William Carter, Duties involved separation of heavy minerals from samples of the Oriskany Sandstone in Pennsylvania.  Invented device for automatic recovery of bromoform, a heavy liquid used in the process.  Awarded Superior Service Award and Incentive Awards. Heavy Mineral Separation, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 1803

1963 - 1964, Peace Corps Volunteer and Geologist, Water Development Department of Cyprus. Duties included:

• Water well location
• Water resource evaluation
• Dam-site investigations
• Mineral prospect and road aggregate studies
• Geological mapping

1962, Summer 1962 - January 1963.  Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Beltsville, Maryland.  Supervisor, Sam Patterson, processed samples of Hawaiian laterite samples for bauxite content.

1961 (Summer) Greens Maintenance, Hauppauge Country Club, Hauppauge, New York.

1960 (Summer), Junior Geologist, Western Nuclear Corp., Jeffrey City, Wyoming. Mineral exploration (uranium and phlogopite) and staking of claims. Mapping, Cartography of placer claims. Supervisor: William Street.

1960, Junior Research Assistant, New York State Geological Survey, Albany, New York.

1959 (Summer), Construction Worker, Fritz Müller Hoch u. Tiefbau, Mönchweiler, Schw. West Germany. Worked on all aspects of construction of residential and commercial projects. Sponsored by American Student information Service.

1958 (Summer), Firewall Riveter, Grumman Aviation, Farmingdale, New York. Drilled and riveted titanium firewalls into engine nacelles for U.S. Navy S2F submarine-hunter aircraft.

1953 - 1957 (Summer) Bivalve extraction. Long Island Sound.

EXPERIENCE WITH NATIVE AMERICAN PROJECTS

1979 - Jicarilla Apache Tribe - Expert Hydrogeologist for Client in litigation against Bureau of Reclamation and City of Albuquerque to void contracts to store San Juan Chama Water in Elephant Butte Reservoir.  Showed that at a minimum 93 percent of stored water would either spill or be evaporated before it could be recovered by water swaps with the Elephant Butte Irrigation District. Result in favor of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe and contract was voided. Attorney: Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash and Frye.

1987 - City of Grants in The Acoma Tribe v. City of Grants law suit.  Expert Hydrologist for City of Grants in various claims filed against City of Grants, New Mexico over discharges from the Grants wastewater treatment plant.  Result: Suit settled out of court for attorneys fees to the Acoma Tribe and settlement whereby Grants agreed to zero discharge into the Rio San Jose from the Grants wastewater treatment plant. Attorney: Civerolo, Hansen and Wolf, LLP.

2000 - Cohuilla Tribe - Expert in quantification and valuation of water resources on tribal land near Anzar, California.

2008 - San Idelfonso Pueblo - Advice to tribal government on the marketing of San Juan Chama Water in the Middle Rio Grande.

2010 - Present - Passamaquoddy Tribe, Maine.  Expert water-resource valuation for a 2- million case per year water-bottling plant in Indian Township, Maine.

EXPERIENCE ON DAMS AND DAM-SITE INVESTIGATIONS

1964-1965 Conducted geological mapping of the Evretou Dam Site and Reservoir Site in the Paphos District of Cyprus for the Water Development Department and the Geological Survey Department of the Government of Cyprus.

1973 - Conducted geohydrological and Thermonic studies of the main earthen-dam embankment and upstream areas of Tarbella Dam 26 miles south of Abbottabad, Pakistan for the Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan (WAPDA).

1974- Conducted hydrogeological study of the main earthen-dam embankment of Wolf Creek Dam in Kentucky for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers which resulted in massive grouting program and where work is still on-going as of the end of 2016.

1980 - Conducted leakage study of the Senator Wash Reservoir near Yuma, Arizona for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation using ZETA-SP methods.

EMERGENCY AND DISASTER RELIEF WORK

2011 - Provision of containers of bottled water to private hotel in Panama City, Panama in the face of the failure of the Panama City municipal water-treatment system.  Effort required identifying source and working with international freight forwarder.  Effort included rapid movement of funds, preparation of paper work.

2005 - U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and States of Florida and Texas - Contracted for and provided emergency supplies of large amounts of bottled water in response to Hurricanes Wilma and Rita. Organized and purchased bottled water and provided logistical support for on-time delivery to multiple staging locations and refugee centers.

1979 Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance - U.S. Department of State. Provided assistance to Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda on water quality and safety following departure of Idi Amin Dada.

HISTORICAL AND LEGAL RESEARCH AND FORENSIC STUDIES

Turner has conducted forensic investigations in the fields of forensic document examination, forensic  geological investigations and linguistic forensic studies and forensic chain-of-title and muniment studies.

1987 - Linguistic and Geological Forensics.  Acted as an Expert witness in discrediting 30-plus farmers of the Pueblo of Acoma who testified that only since the construction of the Grants, New Mexico waste-water treatment plant did the soils in their fields developed mud-cracked condition after irrigation.  I studied the Keres language and was able to show that the Keres word for the mud-cracked condition of the soils was "Dukutukutsa".  The language of a people is the embodiment of their history and knowledge and as a Keres word it proved that the farmers at Acoma had recognized the condition since time immemorial. Client: State of New Mexico.

2003 - Forensic Document Examination -The State of New Mexico for years had clamed that irrigation water from the Lower Rio Grande was appropriated by an Application of the U.S. Reclamation Service filed on January 23, 1906.  Handwriting examination of the document revealed that it was not signed by the authorized individual.   A certified copy of the Application was obtained by an Inspection of Public Records request.  A signed copy was never approved and Turner's client filed suit for the approved Application. The outcome was that the State Engineer never approved the Application. This was later affirmed by a letter dated March, 1927 from then State Engineer Herbert Yeo that the Application was always pending and had never been approved. So, the diversion of the river water was illegal.  The matter is still pending in District Court.  Client: Lion's Gate Water.

2015 - Land Title and History Forensics. In a case of building a chain-of-title for land in North Dakota, it was necessary to obtain land grant deeds from either Kings Louis XIV or XV of France.  Though the grant documents have not yet been located it was learned that only the Lord of a Estate obtained by grant from the King could own a grist mill and he alone could require that the grain harvested by the habitants (tenured farmer) on his estate be milled by his own grist mill for a fee.  The client has the old and worn millstones on the subject property.  This revelation is a muniment of title and begins the chain-of-title. Client: Confidential.

2017 - Forensic Document Inspection -   A predecessor in title to 160 acres of land in Oklahoma had acquired a Permit to produce 320 acre feet of groundwater for the irrigation of 160 acres of land.  The Permit was issued  on June 9, 1970 with the condition that the water be used within 5 years.  Examination of areal photography in 1968 showed that the land was not being farmed. Areal photography dated January 29, 1971 shows the land was cleared and may have been in pasture.  There is an old well in the center of the property and a photograph of the identity plate mounted permanently on the pump engine indicated it was a Chrysler Industrial Model H440.  Research revealed the 440 engines were manufactured was manufactured in 1971 or 1972.  The January 29, 1971 photograph does not show the well; but, the well is present on the March 31, 1975 photograph indicating compliance with the Permit.   Further, a Final Order dated August 14,  1979 of valid water rights claims was tampered with after November 26, 1979 when Melvin Dwyer (the original owner) filed a the original signed and dated signature block from thel August 14, 1979 Final Order and taping it to the later prepared Final Order.

Turner has amassed a significant library of source materials.  He has recently begun in depth research on the historical development of the legal system of North Dakota beginning with the Roman Period and moving through the French Colonial and American periods.  He has taught courses on Water Rights approved by the New Mexico Real Estate Commission and he has authored authoritative pieces on water usage in the Rio Grande valley.  His research into water use has taken him to the usage of water in connection with the development of gold and silver mining in the Comstock of Nevada.    He has carried out forensic studies in connection with environmental litigation and water rights litigation and other projects.  He has and is working on water rights litigation in New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Maine and Texas.  Dr. Turner is an expert in the English, French, and Spanish feudal land tenure systems in North America and methods of intitulation.

EXPERIENCE AS A LANDMAN AND LAND TENURE SYSTEMS

Turner's first experience in land division and mapping was at the age of eight as a Cub Scout when he became qualified in the use of a regular compass and the use of compasses in unchartered dense woodlands of the North Shores of the Long Island Terminal Moraine.  During his undergraduate college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he was trained in land surveying, and aerial photo-interpretation.  His practical training in plane table surveying was furthered in a summer geology field course field course.  At Penn State he was trained in quantitative terrestrial photogrammetry. One of the cornerstone skills of being a field geologist is the ability to locate one's self in the field and to transpose data onto topographic and plane table survey maps even in cases where there are no base maps. In 1962-1967, Turner mapped the complex alpine geology of western Cyprus at a scale of 1:5000 using maps with no base map grid and using property boundaries on the maps which were first placed on paper by Lord Kitchener. Use of those maps required knowledge of Greek because every farmed field had a Greek Name.  "Lemonari" is the name of a field in far western Cyprus where the Arabs in the 7th Century pitched camp and slaughtered goats in preparation for a feast that celebrated the favorable conclusion of their conquering of Cyprus.  The word means "throats".  Turner is also trained in using British Ordinance survey maps.  In 1979, Turner began a small oil company and it is imperative that Landmen understand title work and be able to chain-title. Turner has been involved in real estate for more than 35 years.  This is also a prerequisite for those involved in real estate As a qualifying broker since 1997.  Turner is an expert in mapping and title work beginning with the French, English, Dutch, and Spanish feudal land tenure system in North America and has conducted extensive work on chains-of-title from the French and Spanish Colonial period that began in the mid-1600s.  Turner reads old Spanish deeds and is able to prepare land survey maps from the old deeds. He is familiar with the old Roman title system and the English colonial system that began in Canada about 1670 with the creation and Grant to the Hudson Bay Company and the Grants of Louis the 14th.within New France and the subinfeudation of Estates along the St. Lawrence River  where one end of a grant was always on the water and the other on a road.  Parcels of land (arriere fief) granted by the French in the 1668 period are visible on Google Earth at Lat. 46.267159, Long. -72.504957. The same practice was followed by the Spanish Patrimony where the agricultural suertes known as minifundioses were granted.  The minifundioses are visible in New Mexico on Google Earth around Adelino, New Mexico at Lat. 34.712871, Long. -106.732562.  At the boundary of the Belen Grant and the Nicolas Duran y Chaves grant north of Belen, New Mexico at Lat. 34.677113, Long. -106.781502, tracts of land beginning along the Belen High Line canal drop in elevation and terminate to the east along the north-south "old mill road".  The minifundios is practical evidence of irrigation which is completely unknown to the New Mexico State Engineer. Turner is familiar with the old French and English and Spanish land-tenure systems and the mechanism of intitulation of land acquired under the Louisiana Purchase, the 1848 Treaty between Mexico and the United States, and the Gadsden Purchase of 1854 and the process of claiming that land under the early Land Claims Courts. Most recently Turner has been responsible for developing chain-of-title to oil & gas mineral interests in Mountrail County, North Dakota and Garfield and Okmulgee Counties, Oklahoma.

CLIENT REPRESENTATION IN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

2013 - In some states, such as Oklahoma, the Administrative Hearing Units of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board does not require attorney representation of parties. Rather anyone may represent a party.  Dr. Turner has represented a client in a hearing before the OKWRB with a favorable outcome.   As a result, he was charged by a member of the Oklahoma Bar with practicing law without a license.  The charge was subsequently dismissed by the Oklahoma Bar which thereby demonstrated that the complaining attorney was either ignorant of the rules for such hearings in his own state or was simply vindictive.

Dr. Turner can represent clients in jurisdictions with the same rules.

EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS AND FINANCE

2006

Valuation of water resources in south central Oklahoma for purpose of tax deduction.  Client: Town of Bristow, OK.

Valuation of water resources near Anza, California and recommendations on business plan, California: Confidential

Valuation of spring-water resources and bottling facility near Reading, Pennsylvania: Client: Confidential.

Valuation of spring-water resource and evaluation of business plan for finance of bottling facility near Antigo, Wisconsin, Confidential

2005

Valuation of water rights in connection with a 57,000 acre land purchase that involved first determining the validity of the claimed water rights and then their value.  Client: CBIZ Valuation Group, LLC

Valuation of water rights for water utility in bankruptcy (Cause No. 11-02-10475)

Valuation of water resources in the Oak Creek Valley south of Sedona, Arizona. Client: Richard Green

2003

Valuation of spring for purposes of bottling in Maine. Transaction Closed. Client Confidential

2002

Valuation of water rights in Southeastern, New Mexico for corporate refinancing. Client: confidential.

Valuation of bulk water and bottling company in Owens Valley, California.   Client: Rowens, Lamb & Gase LLP, Attorneys at Law, Los Angeles, California.

Valuation of water rights in Taos, New Mexico for condemnation suite.   Client HRS Water Consultants, Lakewood, Colorado

Valuation of Spring Goose Farm natural spring used for water store near Lancaster, Pennsylvania for condemnation suit.  Client: The Marston Group, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

Valuation of spring for purposes of bottling in Montana. Transaction. Client: Confidential

Valuation of spring for purposes of bottling in Florida. Transaction pending. Client: Confidential

AWARDS AND HONORS:

New Mexico Foundation for Open Government - Citizen of the Year Award, October 2, 2013

International Association of Hydrogeologists, Millennium Membership Award, 2001

Pennsylvania State University, Centennial Fellow, 1996

University of New Mexico Fellowship, 1967-1969.

Peace Corps Fellowship, 1965-1970.

U.S. Geological Survey Superior Service Award, 1965.

U.S. Geological Survey Incentive Award, 1965.

New York State Regents Scholarship, 1957-1961.

2015 - Pending, Certified Professional Geologist (CPG) from the American Institute of Professional Geology (AIPG).

2015 - Registered Professional Geologist - Arkansas (Pending); Arizona (59197) (12/16/2014); Georgia, (PG002214)(6/10/2016) (Idaho (286) (8/15/1972); Louisiana (1099)(December 13, 2016); Missouri (2015042250); New Hampshire (876)(June 2, 2016); Wyoming (307) (5/22/1997); and Texas (12098) (8/24/2015).

2015 - Pending Registered Professional Geologist: New York, Maine, California,  Association of State Board of Geologists (ASBOG) testing completed on March 7, 2013 in Fundamentals of Geology and the Practice of Geology with high passing grades.  All state registrations require personal and professional recommendations as to experience, professional competence, and ethical practice.

2014 - 2016 Certified Water Rights Examiner, State of Idaho - No. 152  - September 4, 2012 to April 31, 2016.

No Requirement:  Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New York, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, West Virginia,

1992 - Present. Registered Environmental Professional, National Registry of Environmental Professionals. Registration No. 5298.

CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified Scientist #25, New Mexico Environment Department, Expired 12/31/02 with termination of certification program.

Notary Public: New Mexico (Exp. January 22, 2020)

Radon Measurement Professional, 1992-1996, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency #125910T

Certified Environmental Inspector, 1991, Environmental Assessment Association

Certified Ground Water Professional #229, Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers since July 2, 1987. Requires peer review of reports and professional publications and professional recommendations.  Currently active.

Rotary Drilling - Mud, Air, Cable Tool Drilling, Reverse Rotary Drilling (passed certification examinations given by National Groundwater Association (NGWA)

Certified Instructor on Water Rights by New Mexico Real Estate Commission.  May 22, 1987 - 2007.  Voluntarily lapsed.

Certified Instructor on Radon by New Mexico Real Estate Commission. June, 1988 - 1993. Voluntarily lapsed.

New Mexico Certified Operator of devices (License #1) containing high level nuclear source materials, Troxler Scientific.

LICENSES:

New Mexico licensed Escrow Company (N.M. License 00120)

Qualified Real Estate Broker (N.M. License # 13371), New Mexico Real Estate Commission. Exp. Dec. 31, 2019

Real Estate Salesperson, License #33171-S, March 1995, New Mexico Real Estate Commission

High-level neutron source license issued by Radiation Protection Branch of the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division, Santa Fe, NM. Current

Uranium-ore specific license for possession, handling and shipment issued by the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division, Santa Fe, NM.

AFFILIATIONS:

Albuquerque Geological Society, President 2008 - 2017

American Association of Professional Landmen, Member

American Institute of Professional Geologists, Member-1982

American Geological Institute, Member

Association of Geoscientists for International Development

Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, Member

British Hydrological Society, Member

Σύνδεσμος Γεωλόγων και Μεταλλειολόγων Κύπρου

Cyprus Association of Geologists and Mining Engineers - Honorary Member

Geological Society of America. Professional Member since July, 2007

International Association of Hydrogeologists, Member

EDITORSHIPS:

2003 - 2004, Editorial Review Board, Journal of International Water Resources Association

1986 - 1992, Journal of Ground Water, Technical Publication of Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers

1987 - 1988, Reviewer of Seminar Course Materials for Education Program of the Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers. Have reviewed course materials for courses on: Remote Sensing Applied to Hydrology, Introduction to Ground Water Geochemistry, Practical Karst Hydrogeology.

1979, Well Maintenance and Rehabilitation Manual of the NWWA.

1979, Rural Water Development Manuals for Developing Countries for Rural Water Development Corporation under contract to U.S. Agency for International Development.

PAPERS AND TALKS:

November 7 & 14, 2007, Water Rights Acquisitions and Transfers, Continuing Legal Education Institute, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. CLE for Attorneys.

February 2, 2007, Water Markets, the Two Stage Auction, CLE Institute, Water Markets, Water Superconference, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2003, Conjunctive Use of Ground Water and Surface Water, University of Toledo, Law Seminar, November 14, 2003.

1994, Water Planning in the Middle Rio Grande, 39th Annual New Mexico Water Conference.

1980, The application of Thermonics to the mining industry, Spring meeting of the Society of Mining Engineers, Tucson.

1979, Water quality problems faced by the mining industry and their solution, Society of Mining Engineers, El Paso.

1977,  Use of Thermonics in Foundation Studies in Karst Terrane, Hydrogeologic Problems in Karst Regions, Ed. Dilamarter, R.R., and Csallany, S.C., pp. 459 - 462.

1975,  The Application of Thermonics to Groundwater Exploration, International Association of Hydrogeologists, Memoires, v. XI, Congress of Porto Allegre, Brazil, pp. 35 - 39.

November 7, 2007, Water Transactions, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 5, 2006, Of Hydroactors and Hydrohegemons New Mexico Water Markets Seminar, Albuquerque, New Mexico

October 29, 2002 - Convenor for International Strategic Water Initiatives Workshop at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

April 19, 2015 - KKOB - Energy New Mexico - Oil and Gas Well Fracking. Gerges Scott host (505-888-5877).

August 4, 2006, KRQE, Lion's Gate Water and status of its application for salvage of evaporative water loss from Elephant Butte Reservoir

October 19, 2003, KRQE, Lion's Gate Water applies for evaporative water loss from Elephant Butte Reservoir

May 14, 2001- CJME Talk Radio, Regina, Canada Saskatchewan on bulk water export from Canada.

TELEVISION:

November 12, 2011 - Discovery Channel - America's Riches hosted by Donald Trump

November 9, 2009 - Business News Network - (http://watch.bnn.ca/headline/november-2009/headline-november-9-2009/#clip233033), Interview on nationwide Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV business program.

2009, Corruption at the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District: http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/larry_barker/larrybarker_krqe_albuquerque_fake_retirement_rakes_major_payout_2009030923110

September 4, 2001 - Albuquerque Journal -  Need Water? Buy it on the Internet

April 30, 2001 - Toronto Globe and Mail, Front Page Article - Bulk Water Exports 

Expert witness in water resource valuation, real property title law, surface water and ground-water hydrology, geology; hydrogeochemistry, agricultural, domestic and industrial water use; and well design and construction practices by Federal, State, and local courts of law, the Federal Trade Commission and by administrative technical panels. I have consulted on subsurface flow beneath large dams and am knowledgeable in the process of large dam design and construction from my association with large engineering companies that conduct this type of work.  Have consulted on the valuation of water assets and on the valuation and practices of water bottling companies and water quality issues.  In addition to purely technical matters, have prepared pleadings, motions, memoranda of law, findings of fact and conclusions of law, trial and post-trial briefs, appeals, docketing statements. Carried out water rights research for attorneys and other clients. Knowledgeable in English common law of water and civil water law of: ancient Persia, Imperial Rome and Peninsular Spain, Colonial Spanish, Arabic sharia and various American water law systems and doctrines. Also knowledgeable in oil and gas and real property law, and contracts for the benefit of third persons.  Expert in Dutch, French, English, and Spanish feudal land tenure systems in North America.

Abbreviated Dispute Resolution:

Appeared as expert in hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ADR proceeding to resolve responsibility for ground-water clean-up at the Phoenix-Goodyear Airport Superfund Site.

2007 - Mountain Highlands, LLC, Expert Witness in valuation of water assets.

2006 - New Mexico Motor Speedway, Chapter 11 proceeding, Adversary claim against NMMS. Settlement of WestWater Claims satisfactory.  Attorney Dan Behles

2005 - Independent Water Utility, Inc. (Cause No. 01-02-10475) U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Mexico.  Expert witness and water rights valuation. Claim for appraisal fees settled satisfactorily.  Attorney Dan Behles

1995, Rio Fernando de Taos Acequias v. U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service.   Expert services in opposition to water rights claimed by government for water stored in stock ponds.  Atty:  Fred Walz (dec.), Northern New Mexico Legal Defense Fund.

1988, Robert E. Marsh et al. v. Herbert Goldman, et al., Complaint for Securities Violations, Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty. CIV88-1034JP,  Suit for rescission of investment.  Suit dismissed with prejudice. William M. Turner, Pro Se.

1986,  Acoma Tribe v. State of New Mexico.  Expert hydrogeologist and Hydrogeochemistry for State of New Mexico. Also carried out archival, technical and forensic work in: agricultural water use, mineralogy of soils, social anthropology, ethnology, historical water use and linguistics. Settled out of court.   Attorney: Jay Stein, Simms and Stein, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1981, William M. Turner v. James Watt.  C82-0174A, (566 F. Supp. 87) U.S. District Court, D. Utah, Central Division.  Complaint for trial de novo before U.S. District Court for District of Utah, Chief Judge Aldon J. Anderson, Chief Judge, presiding concerning denial of the issuance of an oil and gas lease. Appeared Pro Se. Decision in favor of James Watt.

1980,  Levine v. American Quasar Petroleum.  Appeared as class representative in FRCP 23 suit representing 2000 plaintiffs before Judge Singleton of U.S. District Court for Texas in Houston regarding the roll up of limited partnership units into common stock of Conquest Petroleum, Inc. Suit settled out of court in favor of plaintiffs.

1979,  Jicarilla Tribe v. City of Albuquerque et al.  Appeared as surface water expert for Jicarilla Tribe in U.S. District Court for New Mexico before Judge H. Verne Payne. Conducted computer modeling of the Rio Grande and its reservoir systems. Decision in favor of the Jicarilla Tribe. Affirmed by 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Atty: Lester K. Taylor, Esq (dec.) and Bob Nordhaus (dec.) Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash and Frye, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2009, Lion's Gate Water v. State Engineer (D-CV-2007-00328). State Engineer interlocutory appeal disputing the ability of the State Engineer to bifurcate action on an application and the legality of LGW's notice published in the Silver City Gazette without concurrence of the State Engineer. Also scope of review of District Court in a de novo appeal of State Engineer action.  Oral argument heard April 23, 2009. December 2, 2009 decision in favor of State Engineer. Remand to District Court for determination of water availability.  Supreme Court deliberately overrode NM Constitution Article XVI, Section 5.  Legislative intent in creating this section was well documented but Supreme Court chose to ignore it and create its own fiction pointing out their corruptibility and willingness to trash the legal system of New Mexico if following the law leads away from their pre-determined philosophical and socialistic desired result. Decision on December 2, 2009 to remand to district court on grounds that the only matter before the district court is whether unappropriated water exists.  To reach its decision, the Supreme Court re-wrote history when it refused to follow the dictates of the Legislature in the enactment of N.M. Const. art. XVI § 5. Motion to Compel Discovery. Dismissed by District Court on sua sponte Motion which was appealed and returned to the District Court for further action. Attorney Robert S. Simon.

New Mexico Court of Appeals

2013, Appeal by Attorney General (App Ct. Docket No. 31,041 from decision by Judge Valerie Huling in New Mexico Board of Licensure v. William Turner (D202-CV-2010-03823), finding that the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the New Mexico Board of Licensure had violated the First Amendment Rights to free speech of William M. Turner. Appeals Court upheld the decision of the District Court on April 24, 2013. Decision Published. Final Order of Dismissal issued.  Attorney: Martin Threet and Blair Dunn

2009, Appeal from Motion for Summary Judgment in Lion's Gate Water v. New Mexico State Engineer (NM 13th D. Ct. D314-CV-06-765) granted to the New Mexico State Engineer on June 11, 2009.  Decision of Court of Appeals to affirm District Court and to ignore the Supreme Court's December 2, 2009 decision in  Lion's Gate Water v. State Engineer (D-CV-2007-00328) Motion for Reconsideration filed and Writ of Cert. granted.

2008, Interlocutory Appeal in MRGCD v. Turner (CV-88-84157) an action to remove William Turner from the Board of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District.  Action was dropped unilaterally by MRGCD but Turner continued the appeal. MRGCD's Motion to drop the appeal was denied by the Appeals Court. Appeals Court dismissed Interlocutory Appeal on grounds that the MRGCD had no standing to file its original action and as a consequence, the Conservancy Court has no jurisdiction and did not have jurisdiction to hear or consider any pleadings whatsoever.  Respondent Turner has filed his Motion to Dismiss and he seeks restitution of all costs and fees.  Remanded back to the District Court.  MRGCD moved to dismiss which was granted by District Court without costs.

2008, Lion's Gate Water (CV-96-888) appeal from disallowance of LGW's Petition for Intervention in the Lower Rio Grande Adjudication.  Appeal denied based on inability of Turner, the Trustee, to represent LGW and not on the merits.

New Mexico District Courts:

2014, WaterBank v. Clarence and Camilla Sanchez. Debt and Money.  Suite seeks payment of real estate commission earned and consulting fees charged when defendants entered into a fraudulent sales contract with a ready willing and able buyer having represented that water rights were free of liens and encumbrances and that later turned out to be untrue.  Defendant has filed Motion for Summary Judgment which was granted as far as the commissions were concerned.  This will be appealed.  Defendant is now trying to expand the case into a class action suit in order to victimize WestWater.  Motion is pending on October 20, 2015. Attorney A. Blair Dunn, Dori Richards, and Shithu Krishna, Esq.

2012, Henry and Kimberly Van Eck v. Daniel Metcalf, Billy C. Hawkins, and William Turner, Trustee and Lion's Gate Water.  D-202-CV-08834. Suit seeking recovery and damages in the sale of water rights by Billy Hawkins (dec.) and Daniel Metcalf, his agent, where Lion's Gate Water bought the water rights and paid 100 percent of the sale price to attorney for Billy Hawkins and Metcalf directed the payment of proceeds which were in the hands of Seller's attorney. Turner and Lion's Gate Water dismissed with prejudice. Hawkins filed for bankruptcy and District Court suit was dismissed.  Hawkins died in 2015 and case has been dismissed. Attorneys, Martin E. Threet and Robert Simon.

2012, John McCauley v. Santa Fe County.  TRO and Preliminary Injunction filed against Santa Fe County for destruction of irrigation ditch.  Qualified as an expert on geology, aerial photo-grammetry, irrigation. TRO dissolved and injunction denied with order against Santa Fe County to repair irrigation ditch when construction was completed.  Attorney. Martin Threet, Jr. & A. Blair Dunn.

2010, William M. Turner v. Rozella Bransford and John D'Antonio, New Mexico State Engineer  (D-307-CV-201000775).  Suit filed in Third Judicial District requesting that the State Engineer produce a copy of oft referred to State Engineer Permit No. 8 that supposedly authorized the construction of the Rio Grande Project and Elephant Butte Dam and B.M. Hall reservoir.  State Engineer filed for dismissal on five grounds.  Judge Jerald Valentine granted the Motion. Turner filed Motion for Reconsideration for Error of the Court. At hearing State Engineer attorney stated that the State Engineer had given Turner everything they had.  Turner responded by stating that the State Engineer had not produced the only document he requested.  Judge Valentine sided with Turner and requested the State Engineer file a Supplemental Motion to their Motion to Dismiss stating that the State Engineer did not have the permit.  Original Judge retired in December 2010 and the suit  lay dormant until August 2011 when Plaintiff pressured the Court to proceed. Judge Manuel Arrieta was assigned to the case. Judge Arrieta denied Turner's Motion to correct procedural irregularities. Final Hearing was November 29, 2011. Final Order dismissed the case with prejudice but not before, entering into the record statements from State Engineer attorneys that no Permit 8 existed.  Turner Pro Se.

2010, Anaya v. New Mexico State Engineer.  Adjudication of Santa Fe River Water Rights before the First Judicial District Court for Jane Petchesky and Henry McKinley (Sub-Files 37.1 and 37.1A), Provided primary legal guidance and served as Expert Witness.  Hearing was January 23, 2012. Trial, July 21-25, 2012. Attorneys: Robert S. Simon, Esq., Martin Threet, Esq, and A. Blair Dunn, Esq. for the Defendants.

2007, Lion's Gate Water v. New Mexico State Engineer.  Appeal and complaint for trial de novo as an originally docketed case from an Order of the State Engineer denying application for 14,000 acre feet of water from the Gila River.  Interlocutory appeal filed by the State Engineer over legitimacy of State Engineer's bifurcation of issues and legality of Notice published by LGW after State Engineer failed to prepare Notice. Oral argument heard by the Supreme Court on April 13, 2009. Decision in favor of the State Engineer rendered December 2, 2009 with remand back to the District Court. Attorney: Lee Peters, Esq.

2005, New Mexico Motor Speedway, Inc. Debtor, v. R&B, LLC, et al. Plaintiffs, v. New Mexico Motor Speedway, Inc. Case No. 11-05-14845SA, Adversary No. 05-1199S, William M. Turner, Pro Se and Dan Behles, Esq.. Plan approved and disposition of property favorable to Turner approved December 2006. Case dismissed with prejudice.

2004, Lion's Gate Water v. New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, William M. Turner, as Trustee (NM 6th D. Ct., D-202-CV-2004-02066), Suite to compel compliance of the ISC with the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act, filed March 29, 2004 in Second Judicial District of New Mexico. Suite settled in mediation May 4, 2005 to satisfaction of LGW.  Settlement in the amount of $20,000.  Motion filed to enforce against the ISC. Case closed. Judge Theresa Baca.  Attorneys Fees awarded to LGW.  Atty: Cody Kelly, Esq.

2003, Lion's Gate Water v. New Mexico State Engineer, Appeal from State Engineer summary rejection of Application to Appropriate the Unappropriated Surface Waters of the State of New Mexico from the Gila River and denial of Constitutional due process.  Remanded to State Engineer for Administrative Hearing.  Atty: Lee Peters, Hubbert & Hernandez, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

2004 - WestWater Resources v. Eric Whetstone.  Suit quantum meruit for money due. Decision by default against Defendant and domesticated in Pennsylvania. Appeared Pro Se.

Texas District Court

1999, William M. Turner as Trustee for AGW Consultants, v. Playa Energy and Minerals. (151st Judicial District, Harris County, Texas, No. 99-23314) Complaint quantum meruit. Settled in favor of AGW Consultants for 100 cents on the dollar.   Atty: Marc Grossberg, Esq., Houston, Texas

1998, Holt v. Shell Oil Company. Appeared as witness for Plaintiff in suit for environmental damages resulting from ground-water contamination. Settlement in excess of $20 million for the Plaintiff.  Atty: Craig Lewis, Esq., Gallagher, Downey, Lewis  and Bill Rosch, Esq.  Roche and Ross, Houston, Texas

Federal Trade Commission:

1974, FTC v. Horizon Corporation. Appeared as witness for Horizon Corporation.

Federal Administrative Hearings:

1987, Expert witness in Arbitration Proceedings between U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Goodyear Aerospace regarding trichloroethylene contamination at the Litchfield Superfund site.

1994, Community Assistance Foundation v. Rural Utility Service of USDA. Appeared as Trustee for CAF in protest of denial for funding by RUS. Decision in favor of CAF on appeal.  Pro Se

2016, Report supporting water rights for the Faykus property below the Elephant Butte Dam.

2015, Application for new appropriation of water in the Capitan Basin for purpose of developing source of water for oil and gas exploration.  Client confidential.

2009, In Re: Application of Hacienda Mobile Home Park to transfer water rights from Arroyo Hondo. Expert witness for Applicants. Application withdrawn on August 24, 2009 for bad faith practices of the State Engineer attorneys and Hearing Examiner which would have led to a futile and biased hearing at great cost to the client..

2005, Lion's Gate Water v. Thomas and Susan Cook.  LGW protest of application to transfer water rights in the Gila-San Francisco Basin for failure to disclose water conservation measures.  W. Turner, Pro Se.  Case settled upon presentment of affidavit by applicant that stated that all water conservation features required by State Law had been installed.

2005, Lion's Gate Water v. The Bialziks.  LGW protested the application to transfer water rights in the Gila-San Francisco Basin for failure to incorporate water conservation measures in their application.  W. Turner Pro Se.  Protest settled upon Agreement with Bialzik's to adhere to the Universal Pluming Code adopted by the State of New Mexico that requires low flow plumbing fixtures.

2005, Lion's Gate Water v. Phelps Dodge Corporation, LGW protested application of Phelps Dodge Corporation to transfer water from the Bill Evans reservoir on the Gila River to an unspecified move to location for unspecified purposes and for failure to disclose water conservation methods, goals and objectives in conformance with the New Mexico State Water Plan.  Atty.: Lee Peters, Hubert and Hernandez, Las Cruces, New Mexico.  Pending.

2003, Lion's Gate Water v. State Engineer, Hearing November 17, 2005 on State Engineer's Motion for Summary Judgment to reject the Lion's Gate Water application to appropriate up to 392,000 acre feet of unappropriated Rio Grande water. Motion granted.  Appeal will be taken to New Mexico District Court as a case originally docketed pursuant to NM Const. art. XVI § 5.

2003, Boekman v. The Associación de Acéquias Norteñas de Rio Arriba, Expert witness representing Boekman.  Atty: Elizabeth Taylor, Esq. Wolfe - Taylor - McAleb, P.A., Albuquerque, New Mexico

2003, Chapman v. State Engineer, Expert witness representing Chapman in a res adjudicata where State Engineer has reversed himself on prior Stipulation entered in State v. Meyers et al. 64 N.M. 186, 326 Pd 1075.  Atty: Elizabeth Taylor, Esq., Wolfe - Taylor - McCaleb, P.A., Albuquerque, New Mexico

2003, Baca v. State Engineer Expert witness in validation of water rights. Atty: Elizabeth Taylor, Esq. Wolfe - Taylor, McAleb, P.A., Albuquerque, New Mexico

2003, In re Trigg.  Expert witness in validation of water rights. Atty: Elizabeth Taylor, Esq., Wolfe - Taylor, McAleb, P.A., Albuquerque, New Mexico. Case dropped by Plaintiff on favorable pre-hearing opinion of the State Engineer.

2003, State Engineer v. Lion's Gate Water, Expert witness in application by Lion's Gate to appropriate 48,000 acre feet of unappropriated water on the Gila River including 18,000 acre feet including evaporation of Central Arizona Project Water.  Atty:  Lee Peters, Esq., Hubbert & Hernandez, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

2003, Lion's Gate Water v. State Engineer, Hearing HU-03-029, Expert witness and Plaintiff over denial of application to appropriate the unappropriated waters of the Rio Grande. Representative, William M. Turner, Trustee, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

2003, Woods v. New Directions Dairy, Inc.. Expert witness in protest of Woods over construction of new wells by New Directions Dairy, Inc., Atty: Joel Carson, Esq.,  Hinkle Law Firm, Roswell, New Mexico. Case settled by agreement between parties on advice of Turner.

1999, Entranosa Water and Wastewater Cooperative. Represented Horton Water Company, Inc., in opposition to application by EWWC to appropriate 2,400 acre feet of ground-water from the Estancia Basin. Decision Pending.  Atty: Lester K. Taylor, Esq., Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash and Frye, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1998, Horton Water Company, Inc.. Represented HWC in hearing in support of an application for an annual ground-water appropriation of 2,615.7 acre feet and enlarged area of service. Application partly approved. Atty: Lester K. Taylor, Esq., Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash and Frye, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1997, Los Pastores Subdivision v. State Engineer. Represented Plaintiff in hearing for transfer of water rights. Decision in favor of protestant. Application denied.  Atty: William Aldrich, Esq., Albuquerque, New Mexico

1992, San Pedro Neighborhood Association v. Pegasus Gold Corporation. Appeared for SPNA in opposition to application for permit to pump 122 acre-feet of water from an exploration tunnel. Decision in favor of San Pedro Neighborhood Association. Atty: Lester K. Taylor, Esq., Nordhaus, Haltom, Taylor, Taradash and Frye, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1989, Santa Fe Basin Water Users Association v. Public Service Company of New Mexico.  Appeared for SFBWUA in opposition to application for 2000 acre feet of new appropriation from the Santa Fe River. Decision in favor of Santa Fe Basin Water Users Association.  Atty:  Hunter Geer, Esq. (Ltd.) , Albuquerque, New Mexico

1987, Metropolitan Investments v. Acequia de la Madera.  Appeared for Acequia de la Madera. Decision in favor of Metropolitan Investments on legal grounds.

ELECTED OFFICE:

2011 Candidate for the at-large position of the MRGCD Board of Directors.   Endorsement was sought from the Six Middle Rio Grande Pueblos.  They had endorsed Turner in 2009 but because there is an Isleta Indian running in my election they chose not to endorse anyone lest they be seen as endorsing a non-Indian against an Indian.  This, despite the fact that they also insist that any candidate they support be dedicated to removing current management from office and their Isleta Member has supported the present management in nearly every election cycle and in every vote.  In 2015 Executive Director retired. 

2005 - 2009, Director, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District. The MRGCD was created under the 1923 Conservancy Act and is responsible for water management throughout the Middle Rio Grande - a river length of about 175 miles.  Elected on a platform of transparency, accountability, and improved governance. 

PUBLIC SERVICE:

2002 - 2017, Notary Public. 

2016 Participation in selection of 11 student participants in the NMHRP March, 2016 visit to Cuba from New Mexico.  Pending.

2012- 2014, Student Selection Judge and Chaperone for the Kreisau Institute Mock International Criminal Court (MICC) in Poland. 

1997 - 2003, Created Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Water under Governor Johnson. Gubernatorial appointment. Responsible for developing water policy for New Mexico and advising the Governor.

1995 - 2002, Natural Resource Trustee for State of New Mexico. Statewide responsibilities for air-water-soil-grass-mineral-oil policy and operating issues. Worked with consultants for Natural Resource Damage Claims. Report directly to Governor.

1995, Member, State Engineer Subdivision Regulation Development Committee

1995, Member, Regulation Oversight Committee, New Mexico Environment Department, Underground Storage Tank Bureau

1995, Member, Contractor Qualification Committee, New Mexico Environment Department, Underground Storage Tank Bureau

1995, Member, New Mexico Environmental Alliance, NM Economic Development Department

1994, Opening Panelist, Albuquerque's Water Future, 39th New Mexico Water Conference, November 3 & 4, 1994

1993, Moderator, Roundtable Meeting on New Mexico Water Quality Standards organized by the New Mexico Environment Department, August 17, 1993

1993, "Balancing the Budget and Reducing the Deficit", presented to the Life After Work Senior Expo and Seminar, June 22, 1993.

1993 & 2000 Member, Advisory Board of the New Mexico Foundation for Human Rights and Achievement, Anne Frank in the World Exhibit: 1929-1945 Project.

1993, Reviewer, Preliminary Report of the City of Albuquerque Radioactive Waste Discharge Policy Study Group, March, 1993.

1993, Vice President, Albuquerque Geological Society

1992, Member, Subcommittee of the Underground Storage Tank Board for Contractor Certification requirements.

1992, Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee of Ground Water Protection Act (GWPA) Contractors for development of fee schedules and regulations for program administration.

1992, Presentation on wellhead protection and vulnerability analysis to the annual meeting of the New Mexico Rural Water Users Association.

1992, Presentation on approaches to prevention of ground water contamination to the annual meeting of the Southwest Land Institute.

1991 - 1992, Field Trip Chairman, Albuquerque Geological Society

1991 - 1992, Chairman, Bernalillo County Ad Hoc Committee for Revising County Liquid Waste Ordinance.

1988 - 1990, Member Board of Directors, Shelter Sam International. Organization for establishing programs to deal with the problem of homeless people.

1988, Education committee of the Albuquerque Geological Society to increase awareness of secondary school students of geology and the earth sciences.

1988 - 1989, Bernalillo County Hazardous Material response committee established under Title III of SARA and appointed by Board of County Commissioners to develop Local Emergency Response Plan.

1976 - Present, Invited presentations on pump tests and data analysis as part of courses in Geology and Civil Engineering at the University of New Mexico.

1978 - 1988, Proctor for National Water Well Association Well Driller Certification Examinations.

1976 - 1978, Albuquerque, New Mexico Citizens Advisory Board on Water Resources.

1970, Chief Justice of University of New Mexico Student Court.

1970, Graduate Student member of the University of New Mexico search committee for the Dean of Arts and Sciences.

1970, Founding member University of New Mexico Graduate Student Union and originator of the Graduate Student Allocation Fund program.

1965 - 1970, Docent, University of New Mexico Geology Museum. Conducted tours for up to 20,000 students through the Geology Museum,

1965 - 1966, Consultant, Home Education Livelihood Program. Responsible for:

• Community development work in northern New Mexico in areas of housing, health care, and education.

• Socioeconomic and political analyses of New Mexico communities

• Design and implementation of programs to assist rural disadvantaged people and stabilize migrant workers

• Interact with Community Action Program community committees

• 1965 Implementation of the San Jon migrant worker housing program.

1965, Southwest Neighborhood Project of Washington D.C. (Youth Development) Volunteer leader of youth enrichment program for disadvantage youth in Washington, D.C.

1962 - 1964, Peace Corps. Served in Cyprus as geologist/hydrologist with the Water Development Department.

1959 - 1960, Episcopal Church, Troy, New York. Leader of church youth group and community outreach programs.

1956 - 1957, Ground Observer Corps, Huntington, New York. Bravo Lima Three Five Black. Cold War volunteer program to identify and report aircraft in U.S. air space. Post was in northern Long Island, New York.

1955 - 1956, Business Manager, Tiger Inklings, Northport High School. Responsible for selling advertising in school newspaper to local businesses.

INVITED LEGISLATIVE TESTIMONY:

1997 - 2010, Testimony before the New Mexico Legislative Committee on Water, Utilities, and Natural Resources on various water-related topics.

1996 - 2002, House and Senate Finance Committees.

1993, Senate Rules Committee, New Mexico State Legislature, 41st Legislature. Testimony in support of Senate Bills 3 and 4 on Term Limits.

1987, U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands of the House Interior Committee, October 1, 1987 regarding storage of San Juan Chama Water in support of House Bill HR-1839

1987, United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests on alternatives to surface storage of San Juan-Chama Project water chaired by Senator Pete V. Domenici, Senator Jeff Bingaman, Representative Bill Richardson.

1980, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the U.S. House of Representatives on U.S. Federal oil and gas leasing practices.

1979, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Energy Resources and Material Production of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate (96th Congress, First Session, Pub. 96-89, p. 219, Oct. 12, 1979) chaired by Senator Wendell Ford on U.S. Federal oil and gas leasing practices.

1979, Senate Conservation Committee of the New Mexico State Legislature on ground-water plan of replacement legislation.

1978, Interim Legislative Committee on Natural Resources of the New Mexico State Legislature on ground-water plan of replacement legislation.

1977, Testimony Presented Before the Conservation Committee of the 33rd Legislature of the State of New Mexico on Substitute for State Senate Bill 256. February 22, 1977.

OTHER TESTIMONY:

1993, Statement in support of H.R. 1386, The Drunk Driving Prevention Act of 1993, before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.

2005-2009, Successful candidate for the Board of Directors of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District.

1996, Candidate in general election for New Mexico State Senate from Senate District 13. Defeated.

1995-1996, Syndicated political columnist, Sunmount Syndicate

1993 - 1994, Primary Candidate for Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. Lost to Colin McMillan in the Primary Election.

1993, Master of Ceremonies, Ross Perot visit to Popejoy Hall at the University of New Mexico on March 5, 1993 and UWSA visit coordinator in charge.

1992, Chairman, of United We Stand, America of New Mexico, New Mexico Congressional District 1.

1992, New Mexico Vice Chairman of Perot '92 election campaign and Presidential Elector for Ross Perot. Coordinated all field operations.

PUBLICATIONS:

2016, The Tijeras Decollément, in preparation.

2016, The Adjusted Ryznar Stability Index, in preparation.

1999 - Present,  Author of content on the WaterBank.com and AGW Consultants websites

1976, Use of Thermonics in foundation studies in karst terrane, International Symposium on Hydrologic Problems in Karst Regions, Western Kentucky University Press, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

1975, The application of Thermonics to ground-water exploration, Memoirs. International Symposium on the Hydrogeology of Crystalline Rocks, Porto Allegre, Brazil.

1973, The Cyprian Gravity Nappe and the Autochthonous Basement of Cyprus, in Gravity and Tectonics, Wiley Interscience, New York, New York.

1972, Thermal monitoring of leakage through dams, discussion (with D.J. Supkow), Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., v. 83, p. 3543 - 3548.

1972, The Calabrian Touloupos Formation of the Khrysokhou basin of western Cyprus, Revue Quaternaria, Tome XV, ed. Mme. Elena Blanc, Paris, France.

1972, Quaternary sea levels in western Cyprus, Revue Quaternaria, tome XV, ed. Mme. Elena Blanc, Paris, France.

1969, The ground-water resources of the Polis coastal plain, in the Water Resources of Cyprus, United Nations Development Program, Technical Report.

ARTICLES:

1991, Radon, Home Mechanix Magazine, February, 1991.

1979, New technique locates leaks in tailings pond liners, Engineering and Mining Journal.

1979, New technique locates leaks in waste-water pond liners, Industrial Wastes.

1979, New technique locates leaks in earthen dam embankments, Water Power and Dam Construction.

1979, Oil on troubled waters, Geotimes, v. 23, no. 9, Prague Symposium.

1979, Uranium-tailings disposal, (with G. Kues), Geotimes, v. 23, no. 11, Albuquerque Symposium.

1978, Hot dry rock reviewed, Geotimes, v. 23, no. 7, Los Alamos Symposium.

1976, The Thermonic Channel-Trace method of uranium exploration, Engineering & Mining Journal.

1976, The hydrogeology of great sedimentary basins, Geotimes, v. 21, no. 8, Budapest Symposium.

1975, Hydrogeologists confer on karst, Geotimes, v. 20, no. 11, Huntsville Symposium.

1974, Hydrogeology of volcanic rocks, Geotimes, v. 19, no. 10, (with S. Davis, R. Dingman, and M. Lane).

1965, Heavy Mineral Separation, U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 1803

REPORTS:

I have authored more than 300 technical reports dealing with all aspects of hydrogeology, and hydrogeochemistry. Reports have dealt with highly instrumented aquifer-performance tests and data analysis, ground water for space heating, both large scale (4000+ square miles) and small scale ground-water resource evaluations, seepage studies on major earthen dams including Tarbella dam in Pakistan and Wolf Creek dam in Kentucky, water quality and ground-water contamination, ground-water tracer studies; leak detection in lined waste water ponds, results of monitoring programs, waste water discharge plans for industrial and public clients, water well drilling and construction practices, specifications for well drilling equipment, and ground-water inflow into mines, computer modeling of ground-water and surface water flow systems, agricultural water use models, hydrogeochemical models. Reports range in scope from short reports on simple projects to major reports which are on file with the U.S. Geological Survey library in Reston, Virginia and are referenced in bibliographies on the hydrogeology of specific countries or states.

I have also prepared reports dealing with socio-economic matters, analysis of bureaucracies and philosophy of foreign aid programs. Have carried out generic evaluations of U.S. Agency For International Assistant foreign assistance programs and designed major foreign irrigation assistance programs (IMSAR) valued at $40 million.

LANGUAGES:

Native:               English

Fluent:               German, Greek

Conversant:       French, Spanish

Some Facility:   Turkish, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic

Studied:            Navajo, Keres, Russian, Japanese, Arabic, Latin

Computer:         Fortran, Basic

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows 3.11, 95, 98, 2000, NT Workstation, XP Pro, Windows 7 & Windows Server 2003.

Spreadsheets: Lotus 1-2-3, Excel

Data bases: Dbase III+, Appleworks, Alpha Four, Foxpro, Access, Paradox

Word Processors: Appleworks, MS-Word, WordPerfect 5.1 & 6.0, Word 97, 2003, Word

Computer Languages: Fortran, Applesoft Basic, IBM-Basic

Compilers: Fortran 77 and QUICKBASIC

Graphics: Grapher 2.0 & 9.0, Surfer 11, Map Viewer, Didger, Designer 4.1, Strater, AutoCad LT 2004, IDRISI, ArcView, Cartalynx, Photo Shop, Photo Illustrator, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Mapdraw, ArcGIS,et al.

Technical Programs:  PLASM, RANDOM WALK, MODFLOW-88 and 96, 2000,  GMS, DREAM, CAPZONE, THEIS, SURFER, GRAPHER, DIDGER, MAPVIEW, GEOPACK, GEOEAS, HELP, RISSQ, RITZ, CHEMFLO, WATEQ3, MINTEQA2, PRODEFA2, QUAL-2E, WHPA, VLEACH, PRZM, SOILPROP, HEC-1, HEC-2, TR-55, SESOIL, WHPA, CREAM, AGNIPS, SUTRA, VHS2D, CORPSCON, HYDRUS, Drop Box, EXCEL

Middle East:              Cyprus

Africa:                        Burkina Faso (ex Upper Volta), Democratic Republic of the Congo
                                   (ex Zaire), Mali, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, Somalia,  Tunisia, Uganda

Asia:                          Indonesia, Pakistan

North America:         Canada (Alberta), United States, Mexico

South America:         Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico

Europe:                      Yugoslavia, Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Hungary, San Marino,
                                   Denmark, Czechoslovakia, France, Switzerland, San Marino, Luxembourg, 
                                   Lichtenstein, Iceland, England, Poland, Turks & Caicos Islands

Middle East:             Turkey, Greece, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon

North Africa:             Morocco, Algeria, Libya