Afternoon Lightning Round Sessions | Day Three: Wednesday, July 21

IMPORTANT: In order to receive important communication from the AWRA Team about your conference participation, you must add [email protected] and [email protected] to your safe sender list.

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Sessions 19, 20, & 21

Each presenter will have 7 minutes to present followed by a 25 minute interactive moderated discussion.

Session 19: Red Lightning Round - Integrated Management for Ecosystems

Moderator: Katy Lackey, US Water Alliance

Read the Abstracts

Presenters:

1. Michael Schramm, Texas Water Resources Institute, "Trends in Escherichia coli concentrations following TMDL development in Texas freshwater streams."
2. Naomi Detenbeck, US EPA, "WMOST: An integrated approach to valuing benefits and cobenefits of green infrastructure."
3. Dan Schmutz, Greenman-Pedersen, Inc., "A General Approach to Hydrologic Recovery Metric Development with Application to Geographically Isolated Wetlands in Xeric Landscapes."
4. Daniel Hamill, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab, "Connecting Streamflow Characteristics to the Ordinary High Water Mark in the United States."
5. Zooey Diggory, Santa Clara Valley Water District, "Coordinated Regional Resource Planning and Management: Lessons from The Coyote Creek Native Ecosystem Enhancement Tool."
6. Claudia Browne, Biohabitats, "Integrated ecological planning and restoration -- the key to linking land and water management."

Session 20: Purple Lightning Round - Climate Change Adaptation & Water Supply Planning

Moderator: Sharon B. Megdal, The University of Arizona

Read the Abstracts

Presenters:

1. Michael Davidson, Saturas USA, "Implications for Expanded Use of Wastewater for Agricultural Irrigation in the West Bank of Palestine."
2. Christina Morrisett, Utah State University, "The Irrigation-Groundwater Connection: Sustaining Agriculture for Water Supply Resilience to Climate Change."
3. Britne Clifton, University of California, Merced, "Global evaluation of policy and practice to build climate change resilience in riverine deltas."
4. Gustavo Dourado, University of California, Merced, "Water Year Typing, Nonstationary Hydroclimates, and Consequences for Management of Environmental Flows."
5. Tamee Albrecht, University of Arizona, "Adapting to Climate Change through Integrated Water and Land Use Management in Colorado River Basin Communities: Challenges and Opportunities."
6. Lisa Beutler, Stantec (Sacramento), "Adaptive Leadership Methods for Climate Change & Water Supply Planning."
7. Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona, “The Arizona-Sonora Portion of the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program: Groundwater and changing climate.”

Session 21: Blue Lightning Round - Innovative Research Tools & Methodologies

Moderator: Mary Ann Dickinson, Alliance for Water Efficiency

Read the Abstracts

Presenters:

1. Adam Troxell, Penn State University "Using Geospatial Intelligence to Determine the Optimal Flood Mitigation Technique for the Pecatonica River."
2. Catherine Chamberlin, ORISE, "Choosing Where to Start: Developing a User-Friendly Support Tool for Nutrient Planning in Large Watersheds."
3. Santosh Ghimire, US Environmental Protection Agency, "Sensitivity of Riparian Buffer Designs to Climate Change - Nutrient and Sediment Loading to Streams: A Case Study in Back Creek Watershed, VA (USA) Using HAWQS."
4. Grace Watson, Rowan University, "Saltwater Intrusion Modeling."
5. Katherine Villacis, Rowan University, "Development of 2-D Hydrodynamic Model of Barnegat Bay."
6. Gilbert Barth, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., "A Graphical Interface to Quantify and Visualize Water-Transfer Effects on Stream Depletion."
7. Christopher McGinty, Utah State University, "Mapping and Analyzing Capacity to Conserve Urban Water: Insights for Connecting Land and Water Planning through Application of WaterMAPS™ in Two Utah Communities."