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Presentations
(Please Note the Following: 1. The Presenter of each paper is in
BOLD type immediately following the paper title.
Co-authors are then listed in parentheses. 2. All abstracts in a
session can be accessed using the Session Title link. 3. The letters
"SS" denote "Special Session".)
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ORAL SESSIONS
Monday / November 4 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Concurrent Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Moderator - Brenda Bateman
Oregon Department of Water Resources, Salem, OR
Integrated
Regional Water Management - Dealing with Climate Change and other
Drivers - Roger Putty, MWH, Sacramento, CA (co-author: L. Beutler)
Political Forces and Propaganda against
Rational Water Resource Policy, Planning and Management: How did
we get here and what to do about it? - Eric Fitch, Biology &
Environmental Science Dept., Marietta, OH
Values
and Ethics in Integrated Water Resources Management: Implicit or
Explicit? - David Garen, USDA - NRCS, Portland, OR
A Conceptual Model for Implementing IWRM
to Address Global Change in the U.S. - Gerald Sehlke, University
of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
Moderator - Michael E. Campana
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
What Does Access to Safe Drinking Water
Mean in Coastal Southwestern Bangladesh? - Laura Benneyworth,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Components and Benefits of Properly Constructed
Wells - Steve Schneider, Schneider Water Services, St. Paul,
OR
A Public-Private Potable Water Partnership
in Honduras - Michael E. Campana, Ann Campana Judge Foundation,
Corvallis, OR (co-authors: R. Lopez, A. del Cid Vasquez)
Evaluation of a Water, Sanitation, and
Hygiene (WASH) Program for Rural Communities in Northern Afghanistan
- Michael E. Campana, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
(co-authors: D. Costello)
Moderator - Kyle Juracek
U.S. Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS
The Aging of America's Reservoirs: Physical
Changes, Habitat Implications, and Research Needs - Kyle Juracek,
U.S. Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS
Tracking Sediment Deposition Using Historic
USGS Stream Gage Data - Benjamin Beal, U.S. Geological Survey,
Portland, OR
Two Years Into Large Dam Removal on the
Elwha River, Washington: Scientific and Societal Perspectives on
the Sedimentary and Geomorphic System - Amy Draut, U.S. Geological
Survey, Santa Cruz, CA (co-authors: J. B. Logan, M. C. Mastin, A.
C. Ritchie, J. Bountry)
Sediment Transport and Management Following
the 1998 Dredging of the Lower Cedar River in Renton, WA - Peter
Brooks, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Inc., Seattle, WA (co-authors:
A. Nelson, E. Rowland, P. Flanagan, R. Straka, S.Lee)
Moderator - Barbara Cosens
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
Reducing Dependency on the Rio Grande:
Lower Rio Grande Valley Basin Study - Sara Eatman, Black &
Veatch, Austin, TX (co-author: S. Schuster)
Columbia River Treaty Review: The Role
of Public Universities - Barbara Cosens, University of Idaho
College of Law, Moscow, ID
Resilience of Transboundary Cooperation
Regarding Dam Management in the Zambezi River Basin - Jacob Petersen-Perlman,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Beyond Cooperation: Structural Violence
and Environmental Justice in Transboundary Water Management - Julie
Watson, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Moderator - Jack Hampson
Atkins, Tampa, FL
Impact of a Comprehensive 'Future-Proofing'
Framework on Water-Resources Planning and Policy - Jack Hampson,
Atkins, Tampa, FL
Potential
Agricultural Landscapes of the American Heartland Under Future Climate
Change - Tim Stoebner, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale,
IL
Climate
Change Impacts on Water Resources of American Indians and Alaska
Natives in the U.S. - Karletta Chief, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ (co-authors: K. Cozzetto, K. Dittmer, M. Brubaker, R.
Gough, K. Souza, F. Ettawageshik, S. Wotkyns, S. Opitz-Stapleton,
S. Duren, P. Chavan)
Considerations for Sustainable Agriculture
in the Anthropocene - Michael Davidson, Davidson Consultants,
Altadena, CA
Moderator - Felix Kristanovich
ENVIRON International, Seattle, WA
Modified Search Operators for Interactive
Genetic Algorithms Used in Water Resources Optimization Investigations
- Adriana Piemonti, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (co-author:
M.Babbar-Sebens)
Hydrologic Modeling Using Topographically
Corrected NARR and NARCCAP Climate Data: Tucannon River, Washington
- Sarah Praskievicz, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Drought Prediction Using Artificial Intelligence
Based Model for Homogenous Climate Regions in East Asia - Deg-Hyo
Bae, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea (co-author: J.Ashraf Awan)
Artificial Neural Network Ensemble Modeling
using Exploratory Factor Analysis for Streamflow Prediction - Sung
Eun Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, (co-author: I. W.
Seo)
Monday / November 4 / 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Moderator - Cheryl Ulrich
Weston Solutions, Inc., Atlantic Beach, FL
A
Dynamic Simulation Model for Integrated Water Resources Management
in Albuquerque, NM - John Stomp, Albuquerque Bernalillo County
Water Utility Authority, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: D. Jordan,
G. Gates, S. Shultz)
Growth, Change and Uncertainty--Tools for
Water Resource Planning and Analysis in Central Arizona - Jessica
Fox, Central Arizona Project, Phoenix, AZ (co-authors: G. Emanuel,
A. Fisher, K. Seasholes)
Environmental Water Management Drivers and Planning in the Tualatin
River Basin, Oregon - Ryan Murdock, MWH Americas, Inc., Sacramento,
CA (co-author: J. Dummer)
Moderator - Wayne Wright
GeoEngineers, Inc., Seattle, WA
Panelists:
L. Donald Duke, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Lauren Dennis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Jim Kramer, Kramer Consulting, Seattle, WA
Lisa Beutler, MWH, Sacramento, CA
AWRA's Policy Committee comprises water professionals and others
with an interest in how public policy shapes our collective management
of water resources. It is a diverse committee that includes scientists,
educators, policy-makers, and other experts at all stages of their
careers. For the 2013 Annual AWRA Meeting, the Policy Committee
researched and analyzed several case studies involving flood and
drought management, with a goal of identifying factors that promote
or inhibit application of concepts of integrated water resources
management in localities' plans for controlling or mitigating effects
of extreme flows. The report examines local efforts by featuring
eight case studies - four demonstrating management and response
to flood, and four to drought. Each case study highlights the enabling
environment, institutional roles, and management instruments that
pertain to each case study, in a way that identifies factors that
contribute to or inhibit a successful flood or drought management
plan. The report analyzes the case studies to identify emerging
themes, common trends, and lessons learned. Information in this
report can serve as guidance on instruments and methods that might
be applicable for localities that will in the future need to create
and implement plans to mitigate or respond to conditions of extreme
flows. It also provides additional resources that entities dealing
with these water resource issues can consult in designing their
management strategies. This presentation will describe the methods
used to prepare the report, summarize the findings, and share recommendations
that emerged from the analysis.
Additionally, Lisa Beutler (MWH, Sacramento, CA, co-author: E. Tsai)
will discuss IWM & Flood Do the Disciplines need Marriage Counseling?
The California Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers recently released a public draft of their report, California's
Flood Future: Recommendations for Managing the State's Flood Risk.
California's Flood Future provides the first look at statewide exposure
to flood risk, and identifies and addresses the barriers to improved
flood management. The report provides information intended to inform
decisions about policies and financial investments to improve public
safety, foster environmental stewardship, and support economic stability.
Research used to develop California's Flood Future included gathering
information from local, State and Federal agencies throughout California.
More than 140 public agencies responsible for flood management provided
information used to describe the problem and develop recommended
solutions. In this session the presenters will discuss several products
of the Flood Future report, the Integrated Flood Management Technical
Memorandum and the California Water Plan Integrated Flood Resource
Management Strategy. During the session Ms. Beutler will describe
the policy approach to creating these documents and how the planning
team worked with stakeholders to manage tension and strike a balance
among what is often considered competing goals. The results are
documents that outline flood management actions that can integrate
flood management, ecosystem, water supply and water quality activities.
A menu of promising management actions will be discussed that can
be tailored to different situations.
Moderator - Kyle Juracek
U.S. Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS
Sedimentological and Hydrodynamic Trade-offs
Associated with Plans to Restore the Mississippi River Delta by
Diverting the Mississippi River - Alexander Kolker, Louisiana
Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA (co-author: I. Y. Georgiou)
Aggradation Along Sediment-Laden Rivers
Draining Mount Rainier: Implications for River Management - Christopher
Magirl, U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, WA (co-authors: J. A.
Czuba, C.R. Czuba, C. A. Curran)
Immediate and Persistent Sedimentation
Responses to Volcanic Eruptions--Hazards and Challenges - Jon Major,
U.S. Geological Survey, Vancouver, WA (co-author: T.C. Pierson)
Morphodynamic Response in the Chehalis River Headwaters to the
Catastrophic 2007 Flood and Sedimentation Event, Lewis County, WA
- Andrew Nelson, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Tuckwila,
WA
Moderator - Anne Blair
JHT, Inc. NOAA's National Ocean Service, Charleston, SC
Improving
Seasonal Predictions of Regional-Scale Precipitation and Temperature
Using Global-Scale Multimodel Climate Forecasts - Di Tian, University
of Florida, Gainesville, FL (co-authors: C. J. Martinez, W. D. Graham)
Application of an In-stream Water Temperature
Model at the Watershed Scale - Steven Markstrom, U.S. Geological
Survey, Denver, CO (co-authors: J.LaFontaine, L.Hay)
Generating Hydrologic Time Series Keyed
to Future Climate Scenarios Using a Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly
Based Method Applied on the Bow River, Alberta - Daniel Sheer,
HydroLogics Inc., Columbia, MD (co-author: D.Sauchyn)
Stormwater
Runoff in Watersheds: A System for Predicting Impacts of Development
and Climate Change - Anne Blair, JHT, Inc., NOAA National Ocean
Service, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC (co-authors:
D. Sanger, S. Lovelace)
Moderator - Nathan Foged
Brown and Caldwell, Seattle, WA
Web Services from ESRI - Watershed Delineation, Downstream Trace, and the World Hydro Basemap - Caitlin Scopel, ESRI, Redlands, CA (co-authors: D. Siegel, E. Boghici)
Using Near-Infrared Aerial Imagery To Map
Imperviousness and Land Cover Categories for Hydrologic Modeling
of an Urbanized Watershed - Nathan Foged, Brown and Caldwell,
Seattle, WA (co-authors: S. Park, Dan Repp)
Hydrologic Evaluation of Satellite and
Global Re-Analysis Rainfall Products - Hojjat Seyyedi, University
of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (co-authors: E. Beighley, J. McCollum,
E. N. Anagnostou)
Moderator - Felix Kristanovich
ENVIRON International, Seattle, WA
Lavon Lake Water Quality Management Through Modeling - Jonathan
Young, Alan Plummer Associates, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (co-author:
R. Mccarthy)
Applying Probabilistic Methods to Support
Dam Breach Modeling - Aaron Lee, WEST Consultants, Portland,
OR (co-author: C. Goodell)
Monday / November 4 / 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Moderator - Mark Anderson
CH2M Hill, Portland, OR
Panelists:
Lorna Stickel, Portland Water Bureau, Portland, OR
Crystal Raymond, Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA
Armin Munevar, CH2M Hill, Portland, OR
Dan Isaak, U.S. Forest Service, Boise, ID
Lara Whitely Binder, University of Washington Climate Impacts
Group, Seattle, WA
Kat Brigham, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation,
Pendleton, OR
Climate change triggered by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions
is an expanding area of research. Significant progress in water
resource planning has been achieved using general circulation model
projections since the publication of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change in 2007. Extensive work is occurring in the Pacific
Northwest through state and federal agencies and university partnerships.
Government agencies are grappling with how to protect water resources
from these impacts and adapt to a changing climate. This panel is
an opportunity to explore how federal government, local government,
universities, and consulting firms are seeking and providing support
and information to apply toward defensible decision-making.
This can be considered from several perspectives:
- Successful partnerships between agencies, consulting firms,
and universities
- Alternative strategies for characterizing localized climate
impacts for planning
- Translating climate projections to relevant water resource impacts
and design criteria (i.e., supply, demand, extreme events, and
seasonality)
- Fitting climate risk into a decision-making context for effective
water management
Moderator - Klint Reedy
Black and Veatch, Sunrise, FL
The Relationship Between Perceived Governmental
Influence and Water-Protection Behaviors for Florida Residents -
Quisto Settle, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (co-authors:
A. Lamm, C. Bowden, T. Irani)
WRESTORE: A Web-Based, Democratic Planning
Tool for Designing Conservation Practices in Watersheds - Meghna
Babbar-Sebens, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (co-author:
S. Mukhopadhyay)
Social Learning and Collaborations: Increasing
Adaptive Capacity - Dan Calvert, Oregon State University, Portland,
OR
Social Network Analysis of West Texas
Farmers: Potential Impact in Disseminating Research Results and
Best Practices - Nellie Hill, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
TX (co-authors: D. L. Doerfert, K. Harkey)
Moderator - Kyle Juracek
U.S. Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS
Geomorphic Implications of Tar Sands Oil
Spills in Freshwater Riverine Systems - Faith Fitzpatrick, U.S.
Geological Survey, Middleton, WI (co-authors: R. B. Zelt, R. Johnson)
Mining Contamination of Alluvial Sediments
and Management Implications in the Big River, Old Lead Belt, Missouri
- Robert Pavlowsky, Missouri State University, Springfield,
MO (co-author: M. Owen)
Long-term Seasonal Trends of Nutrients
and Sediment from the Non-tidal Chesapeake Bay Watershed: An Assessment
of Progress in Loading Reduction - Qian Zhang, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD (co-author: W. P. Ball)
Characterization
of Dominant Hydrologic Events: The Role of Spatial, Temporal and
Climatic Forces in Generating the Greatest Sediment Loads - Audrey
Squires, University of Idaho Water Resources, Moscow, ID (co-authors:
J. Boll, E. S Brooks)
Moderator - Janice Keeley
Brown and Caldwell, Portland, OR
Integrating Alaskan's Local Knowledge and
Scientific Observations to Model Driftwood Harvest from the Yukon
River in a Changing Climate - Chas Jones, IARC/ University of
Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
Better
Precipitation Estimation in Mountain Watersheds using Streamflow
and Snowpack Observations - Brian Henn, University of Washington,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA (co-authors:
M.P. Clark, D. Kavetski, J. D. Lundquist)
Bayesian Inclusion of Climate Change Projections
into Flood Frequency Analysis to Assess the Robustness of Proposed
Management Actions - Kara Difrancesco, Oregon State University,
Water Resources Engineering, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: D. Tullos,
A. Gitelman, D. Purkey)
Integrating
Climate Reforecast Products into Reservoir Operations Management
- Rebecca Guihan, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Melrose,
MA (co-authors: A. Polebitski, R. Palmer)
Moderator - Neil Deeds
INTERA Inc., Austin, TX
Creation of an Interactive Geospatial Consumptive
Use Impact Assessment Tool for the Interstate Potomac River Basin
Using Open-Source Software - Jan Ducnuigeen, Interstate Commission
on the Potomac River Basin, Rockville, MD (co-authors: K. Bencala,
H. Moltz, C. Schultz, A. Nagel)
Web-based GIS System for Managing Groundwater
Use in the High Plains - Neil Deeds, INTERA Incorporated, Austin,
TX (co-authors: N. Runyan, M. Jia, D. Jordan)
Level I Landscape Assessment: GIS Analysis
of Wetland Condition and Functions in Oregon - Matthew Paroulek,
Portland State University, Portland, OR (co-authors: K. Verbal,
J. Maser)
Evaluating the Capacity for Internet GIS
to Communicate Arsenic Groundwater Quality Information in the Four
Corners, Southwest United States - Joseph Hoover, University
of Denver, Santa Barbara, CA
Moderator - Zhuping Sheng
Texas A&M University, El Paso, TX
Assessment of Water Operations Planning
Scenarios in Irrigation Districts in Paso del Norte Region along
the Rio Grande - Zhuping Sheng, Texas A&M University, El
Paso, TX (co-authors: A. McDonald, Y. Liu, A. M. El Hassan)
Whither Flows Beaver Brook? A Multivariate
Approach to Predict Streamflow Depletion Due to Groundwater Pumping
- Adam Weinberg, Tufts University, Somerville, MA (co-authors:
R. M. Vogel, B. F. Thomas)
Development of Water Flow Sankey Diagrams
through Modeling of Water Demand and Supply - Anum Fahim Dar,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada (co-author: A. Kumar)
Tuesday / November 5 / 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Sessions 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Moderator - Sharon Megdal
Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
Groundwater
Governance in the U.S. - Results of a Survey of the 50 States -
Sharon Megdal, Water Resources Research Center, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ (co-authors: A. Gerlak, R. Varady)
Growing Groundwater Governance in Graceland:
The Memphis Sand Aquifer - Michael E. Campana, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR
Creating Opportunities for Exploring Innovative
Groundwater Governance - Allyson Beall, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA (co-authors: L. Allen, M. Thornton, K. Trebitz)
The Concurrency Experiment - W. Todd Jarvis,
Institute for Water & Watersheds, Corvallis, OR
Moderator - Kim Ogren
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
A
Transparent, Rigorous, and Inclusive Method to Inform Policy With
Science: Systematic Review and the Riparian Protection Rules Analysis
- W. Terry Frueh, Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, OR (co-authors:
N. Czarnomski, V. C. Hale, J. D. Groom, M. Allen)
Backcasting, Scenario Planning, and Adaptive
Management of Water Resources: Application to Large Southeastern
River Ecosystems - Margaret Perry, Duke University, Durham,
NC (co-author: M. Doyle)
Developing Minnesota's Water Research Agenda
Through a Collaborative Process - Faye Sleeper, University of
Minnesota Water Resources Center, St. Paul, MN (co-author: C. Lenhart)
Moderator - Sara Eldridge
U.S. Geological Survey, Klamath Falls, OR
In-Stream
Nitrogen Dynamics and Engineered Systems: Opportunities at the End
of the Pipe - Brian Rahm, NY Water Resources Institute, Ithaca,
NY (co-authors: S. B. Shaw, N. Hill, C. Perry, S. J. Riha)
Controls of Summer Stream Temperature in
the Pacific Northwest - Tim Mayer, US Fish and Wildlife Service,
Portland, OR
Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Microcystins
and their Relation to Other Water Quality Variables in Upper Klamath
Lake, Oregon - Sara Eldridge, U.S. Geological Survey, Klamath
Falls, OR (co-authors: T.M. Wood, D.B. Eldridge, L. Schenk, K.R.
Echols)
The Upper Klamath Lake Phosphorus TMDL
Model as a Tool for Understanding Long-Term Remediation Goals -
Tamara Wood, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR (co-author:
S. Wherry)
Moderator - Yung-Hsin Sun
MWH Americas, Inc., Sacramento, CA
Spatial-Temporal Optimization of Conservation
Practices Affected by Future Climate Scenarios in the Eagle Creek
Watershed, IN - Kelli Walters, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
OR (co-author: M. Babbar-Sebens)
Climate-Smart Water Resources: Managing
Natural and Built Systems in a Changing World - Rachel Gregg,
EcoAdapt, Bainbridge Island, WA (co-author: J. Kershner)
Hydrologic Sensitivity to Changes in Climate
and Land Use in the Santiam River Basin, Oregon - Cristina Mateus,
Oregon State University, Bend, OR (co-authors: D. Tullos, C. Surfleet)
Hydrological Responses to Future Climate
and Land-Use Changes in the Elbow River Watershed in Southern Alberta,
Canada - Babak Farjad, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
(co-authors: A. Gupta , D. J. Marceau )
Moderator - Ari Michelsen
Texas A&M AgriLife Research at El Paso, El Paso, TX
The Criticality of Integrating Agro-Economic
Institutions into the IWRM Paradigm - Michael Davidson, Davidson
Consultants, Altadena, CA
Hydraulic Fracturing Water Resources Economic
Values: Case Study of the Barnett Shale Play - Ari Michelsen,
TX A&M AgriLife Research at El Paso, El Paso, TX (co-author:
R. Lacewell)
How to Speculate in Water - Conditional
Water Rights for Oil Shale Development - Charles Podolak, Duke
University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, NC (co-author:
M. Doyle)
Exchange Session on Emerging Water Technology
- Lisa Beutler, MWH, Sacramento, CA (co-author: K. Guivetchi)
Moderator - Cherie Schultz
ICPRB, Rockville, MD
Development of a Real-Time Watershed Model
for Low Flow Forecasting - Cherie Schultz, ICPRB, Rockville,
MD (co-author: R. Mandel)
Streamflow Comparison among Gages at the Mouths of Major Tributaries
to the Willamette River, Oregon - Glen Hess, U.S. Geological
Survey, Portland, OR
Effectiveness Monitoring Strategy for Total
Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plans in Washington State - Scott
Collyard, WA Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA (co-author:
G. Onwumere)
Toxics
Monitoring in Oregon: A Statewide Approach - Wade Peerman, Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality, Hillsboro, OR (co-author: L.
A. Pillsbury)
Tuesday / November 5 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Concurrent Sessions 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Moderator - Lisa Beutler
MWH, Sacramento, CA
Learning, Modeling, and Envisioning: An
Application of Integrated Water and Land Use Planning - Enjie Li,
Utah State University, Logan, UT (co-authors: S. Li, J. Endter-Wada)
Tapping the Land Use Calculator - Elizabeth
Patterson, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento,
CA (co-authors: A. Hinds, N. Andrews, L. Beutler)
Assessing the Effectiveness of Land Use
Regulations: an Assessment Framework and Results of a five-year
(2008-2012) Study in Developing, Rural Areas of King County, Washington
- Gino Lucchetti, King County DNRP, Seattle, WA (co-authors:
J. Latterell, L. Fore, R. Timm, A. Marina, C. Torgersen, J. Michalak)
Benefits of IRWM in a Rural Area Facing
Development Pressure - Weaving together Land Use and Water Planning
Process and Policy to Address Groundwater Overdraft, Stormwater
Quality and Issues at the Agriculture Urban Interface - Matthew
Zidar, GEI, Inc., Rancho Cordova, CA
Moderator - John Tracy
IWRRI-University of Idaho, Boise, ID
Investigating Aquarium Trade Risk as an
Invasive Species Pathway Through Store Representative Surveys in
the Pacific Region - Briita Orwick, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service / PSU, Portland, OR (co-authors: A. Strecker, R. Draheim)
Factors Influencing the Establishment,
Dispersal, and Increased Abundance of American Shad in the Pacific
Northwest - Daniel Hasselman, University of California Santa
Cruz, SantaCruz, CA (co-authors: Hinrichsen, R.A. Shields, B.A.
Ebbesmeyer, C.C.)
Optimal Spatial Invasive Species Management
in a River Network - Kim Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
OR (co-authors: H.J. Albers, M.A. Taleghan, T.G. Dietterich, M.
Crowley)
Elevated pH: an Effective, Economical and
Safe Tool to Control Release of Invasive Species - Christine Moffitt,
U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Cooperative Research Unit, Moscow,
ID (co-authors: B.J. Watten, A. Barenberg)
Moderator - M. Cristina Negri
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
New Approaches to Understanding Microbial
Quality in Chicago's Urban Waterways - M. Cristina Negri, Argonne
National Laboratory, Argonne, IL (co-authors: J. A. Gilbert, G.
Rijal, M. Urgun- Demirtas, I. Zarraonaindia, J. Marcell, H. Ssegane)
Stormwater Quality in Utah's Largest Green
Infrastructure Community Development: A Pilot Study - Bo Yang,
Utah State University, Logan, UT (co-authors: J. S. Horsburgh, P.
Blackmore )
Impact of Autumn Olive Removal on Nitrogen
Cycling and Leaching - Karl Williard, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, IL (co-authors: N. Montaño, J. E. Schoonover,
J. Groninger)
Citizen Science Contributions to the Understanding
of Well Water Quality - John Peckenham, Maine Water Resources
Research Institute, Orono, ME (co-author: T Thornton)
Moderator - Heejun Chang
Portland State University, Portland, OR
Mapping Streamflow Sensitivities to Climate
Warming in the Pacific Northwest, USA - Mohammad Safeeq, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: G. E. Grant, S. L.
Lewis, M. Kramer, B. Staab)
Changing
Snow Cover in the Oregon Cascades: A Modeling Study of the McKenzie
and Deschutes Headwater Catchments - Matthew Cooper, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: A.Nolin, G. Grant,
M.Safeeq, S.Lewis, L. Hempel)
Simulating the Effects of Climate Change
on Flow and Temperature Downstream of Detroit Lake, Oregon - Norman
Buccola, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR (co-author: J.
Risley)
Potential Shifts in Hydrologic Ecosystem
Services Under Climate Change and Urban Development Scenarios -
Heejun Chang, Portland State University, Portland, OR (co-authors:
R.Hoyer, M. Psaris, S. Hamlin, D. Ervin, E. Dietrich, B. Cochran,
T. Winfield, J. Lambrinos)
Moderator - Martha Corrozi Narvaez
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Modeling the Danger Zone: Using Ecological Thresholds to Guide Technology Development - Hanna Breunig, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (co-authors: A. J. Gadgil, A. Horvath, J.D. Radke, T. E. McKone)
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -
A Management Tool Available for Prioritizing Species Specific Recovery
Efforts - Kristi Webb, Steigers Corporation, Missoula, MT (co-author:
G. Gillin)
Institutional and Economic Complication
of River Basin Water Quality Management: The Case of Selenium in
Colorado's Lower Arkansas River Valley - Misti Sharp, Colorado
State University-Department of Agricultural and Natural, Fort Collins,
CO (co-authors: D. L. Hoag, E. C. Romero, T. K. Gates, R. T. Bailey)
Toward
Sustainable Water Governance through Digital Technology: The Potential
of Virtual Learning Platforms - Wietske Medema, McGill University,
St Anne de Bellevue, QC (co-authors: A. Wals, J. Adamowski)
Moderator - David Gilbey
Aquatic Informatics, Inc. Vancouver, BC, Canada
W3T - A Flow-Temperature Water Transaction
Tool to Support Instream Transactions - Michael Deas, Watercourse
Engineering, Inc., Davis, CA (co-author: A. Bale)
Modeling Water-Quality Risks Associated
With Pesticide Fate and Transport During a High-Intensity Rainfall
Event in the Midwestern United States - David Lampert, Argonne
National Laboratory, Lemont, IL (co-author: M. Wu)
Water Management Modeling in the Deschutes
Basin using MODSIM - Jennifer Johnson, Bureau of Reclamation,
Boise, ID (co-author: J. LaMarche)
Tuesday / November 5 / 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36
Moderator - Brian Chaffin and Dan Calvert
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Translating
Resilience into Water Resource Management Policy - Eric Perramond,
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Using a Participatory Approach to Identify
Opportunities to Overcome Scale Mismatch and Improve Water Resource
Governance in Rural Costa Rica: Insights for Resilience Theory Thinking
and Application - Renee Hill, University of Idaho and CATIE,
Moscow, ID (co-authors: L. Keesecker, T. Joyal, K. Welsh-Unwala)
Beyond Projects: Building Resiliency in
Water Resource Restoration Programs in the Willamette River Basin
- Kendra Smith, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Portland,
OR
A 'Desired State' for Water Resource Use
and Allocation: The Role of 'Resilience Thinking' in the Transformation
of Water Governance in the Klamath Basin, USA - Brian Chaffin,
Oregon State University, Moscow, ID
Moderator - Mark Sytsma
Portland State University, Portland, OR
The Fall Diet of Smallmouth Bass and Walleye
in the Middle Columbia River: Influence of Juvenile American Shad
and Consequences for Predation on Salmonids - Brien Rose, U.S.
Geological Survey, Cook, WA (co-authors: G. S. Hansen, D. Ayers,
M. H. Weaver, E. S. Van Dyke, M. G. Mesa)
Welcome or Unwelcome Guests? Our Complex
Relationship with Nonnative Sport Fishes - Beth Sanderson, NOAA
Fisheries, Seattle, WA (co-authors: M.P. Carey, K. A. Barnas, J.
Olden)
Could Control Efforts Increase the Population
of an Estuarine Invader? - Brian Turner, Portland State University,
Portland, OR (co-authors: C. de Rivera, E. Grosholz, G. Ruiz)
The Effects of Dissolved Calcium and Temperature
on Growth and Survival of Invasive quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis
bugensis) - Mark Sytsma, Portland State University, Portland,
OR (co-author: B. Adair)
Moderator - Felix Kristanovich
ENVIRON International, Seattle, WA
Phosphorus Dynamics During Rainfall-Runoff
Events in Tile Dominated Agricultural Watershed - Rohith Gali,
Iowa State University, Ames, IA (co-authors: M. L. Soupir, T. Isenhart)
Long-Term Changes in Nitrate Conditions
Over the 20th Century in Two Midwestern Corn Belt Streams - Valerie
Kelly, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR (co-authors: T.
Stets, C. Crawford)
Approach for Bridging Gaps in Water Quality
Management - Robert McConnell, Tampa Bay Water, Clearwater,
FL (co-authors: T. Janicki, D. Robison)
Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Other
Frank Pathogens and Indicators in Small Rural Water System Waters
in Puerto Rico - Graciela Ramirez toro, CECIA, UIPR, San German,
PR (co-authors: H. A. Minnigh, M. Ryan)
Moderator - Paul Pickett
Washington Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA
Crowd-Sourcing an Accurate Stream Temperature
Model for the Northwest US to Facilitate Regionally Consistent TMDL
and Species Vulnerability Assessments, Efficient Monitoring, and
Inter-Agency Coordination - Dan Isaak, U.S. Forest Service,
Boise, ID (co-authors: S. Wenger, E. Peterson, J. Ver Hoef, C. Luce,
D. Nagel, S. Hostetler, J. Dunham, J. Kershner, B. Roper, D. Horan,
G. Chandler, S. Parkes, S. Wollrab)
Using to Streamflow to Characterize Vulnerability
of Streams in Climate Change Risk Assessment - Christopher Konrad,
U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center, Tacoma,
WA
Climate Impacts, Hydrology, and Planning:
Datasets and Case Studies - Lara Whitely Binder, Climate Impacts
Group, University of Washington, W, Seattle, WA (co-authors: A.
Snover, G. S. Mauger, E. P. Salath, I. M. Tohver, S. Lee, M. Stumbaugh)
Integrated Modeling over the Pacific Northwest
Region for Sustainable Natural and Agricultural Resource Management
- Kirti Rajagopalan, Civil and Environmental Dept., Washington
State University, Pullman, WA (co-authors: J. Adam, K. Chinnayakanahalli,
C. Stockle, M. Brady, C. Kruger, M. E. Barber, G. Yorgey, K. Malek,
S. Dinesh, A. Hamlet, J. Harrison)
Moderator - Noel Gollehon
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Beltsville, MD
Improving Nutrient Retention during the
Establishment of Riparian Buffers: Biochar's Potential as a Soil
Amendment - Audrey Sweet , Southern Illinois University, Carbondale,
IL (co-authors: J. E. Schoonover, K. W.J. Williard, R. L. Cook,
N. L. Holm)
The Effect of Application Timing on the
Release, Transport and Fate of a Controlled Release Fertilizer -
Adam Coleman, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale,
IL (co-authors: J. E. Schoonover, K. W.J. Williard, R. L. Cook)
Using Bioenergy Crops as a Tool for Improved
Water Quality and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Agricultural Landscapes
- M. Cristina Negri, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
(co-authors: M. U. Demirtas, G. Gopalakrishnan, H. Ssegane)
Trends in Recoverable Manure Nutrients
- Noel Gollehon, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Beltsville , MD
Moderator - Corrinna Hugaboom
HDR Engineering, Inc., Boise, ID
Adaptive Management of Urban Watersheds
- Olivia Odom Green, U.S. EPA, Cincinnati, OH (co-authors: A.
Garmestani, W. D. Shuster)
Physical Susceptibility of Navigable Waters in Alaska - Terence Schwarz, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Juneau, AK (co-authors: S. Ogan, W. Steinberger, D. Schade, R. Weber)
The Effect of Size on Operational Efficiency
of Wastewater Treatment Systems - Sridhar Vedachalam, NYSWRI,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (co-authors: B. Rahm, J. Choi, S.
Riha)
A Novel Flow Management Strategy for Mitigating Phytoplankton
Blooms in Tributaries of the Three Gorges Reservoir - Jun Ma,
Portland State University, Portland, OR (co-authors: D. Liu, S.
A. Wells, D. Ji, Z. Yang)
Tuesday / November 5 / 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42
Moderator - Michael Gallagher
Washington State Department of Ecology, Olympia, WA
Water Banking in Arizona: Storing and Recovering
Colorado River Water for Future Use - Laura Grignano, Central
Arizona Project, Phoenix, AZ (co-author: K. Seasholes)
Chill out: Integrating Thermal Stripping
and Economics to Improve Water Quality - Elizabeth Morrison,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: T. Jarvis, W.
K. Jaeger, A. Stebbins)
Tapping Toilets: Emerging Markets for
Effluent in the Desert Southwest - Drew LaFiandra, WestWater
Research, Phoenix, AZ (co-authors: C. Landry, Ma.Payne)
Successful Mitigation for 4 Watersheds
From 3 Cities - Michael Gallagher, Washington State Department
of Ecology, Olympia, WA
Moderator - David Zetland
Aguanomics, Mission Viejo, CA
Tradition
Versus Dogma: Water Metering in England and Wales - David Zetland,
Aguanomics, Mission Viejo, CA
A Real Options Model of Water-Saving Infrastructure
Investment Under Economic and Hydrological Uncertainty in Utah -
Augustina Odame, Utah State University, Logan, UT (co-author:
C. Sims)
Using the Smart Grid for Water to Future-Proof
Our Utilities and Cities - Graham Symmonds, Global Water Resources,
Phoenix, AZ (co-author: T. Hill)
Moderator - Timothy Reilly
U.S. Geological Survey, West Trenton, NJ
Occurrence and Non-Target Affects of Fungicides
in Three Targeted Use Areas in the United States. - Timothy Reilly,
U.S. Geological Survey, West Trenton, NJ (co-authors: K. L. Smalling,
E. R. Wilson)
Occurrence of Neonicotinoid Insecticides
in Water in Two U.S. Regions - Michelle Hladik, U.S. Geological
Survey, Sacramento, CA (co-authors: D. Calhoun, K. Smalling, K.
Kuivila, D. Koplin)
Subsurface Hydrology Effects on Chemical
Transport in Agricultural Drainage Ditches Using a 20 Meter Flume
- Colton Yoder, Purdue University / USDA Nat. Soil Erosion Research
Lab., West Lafayette, IN (co-authors: C. Huang, L. Bowling, D.R.
Smith)
Moderator - Marshall Gannett
U.S. Geological Survey Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR
Using USEPA SWMM Modeling Results to Estimate
Groundwater Recharge for a Proposed Development in Tulare County
- Donna Bodine, Geosyntec, Oakland, CA (co-authors: K. Havens,
L. Austin)
Optimal Groundwater Depletion and Capital
Expansion - Zack Donohew, Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX
Dams and Their Use in Recharging Groundwater
- Mehemed Razzaghi, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi
University, Tripoli, Libya (co-authors: A.A. Ganfoud, A. F. Krekchi
)
A Comparative Analysis of Two Low-Cost
Manual Water-Lifting Devices Appropriate For Household Groundwater
Supply Systems in Developing Communities - Michael F. MacCarthy,
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (co-authors: J. D. Carpenter,
J. R. Mihelcic)
Moderator - Boosik Kang
Dankook University, Republic of Korea
Ann-Based
Spatially Downscaled Daily Precipitation Projection Under AR5 Scenarios
in Han River Basin - Boosik Kang, Dankook University, Yongin-si,
Republic of Korea (co-author: S. Moon)
The Projection of Extreme Rainfall Based
on SRES and RCP Scenarios in South Korea - Jun-Haeng Heo, Yonsei
University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (co-author: W.Nam)
An Evaluation of Potential Effects of Climate
Change on Water Quality in the New York City Water Supply - Mark
Zion, New York City Deptartment of Environmental Protection,
Kingston, NY (co-authors: D. C. Pierson, N. R. Samal, R. Mukundan,
D. G. Smith, E. M. Schneiderman, A. H. Matonse)
Texas Reservoir Firm Yield Reliability Assessment - Yujuin Yang,
Texa Water Development Board, Austin, TX (co-authors: R. Solis,
J. Zhu)
Moderator - Janice Keeley
Brown and Caldwell, Portland, OR
New Technologies for Recycling StormWater:
Exceeding BMPs Today and a Strategy to Keep it that Way - Jim Hinkley,
Environmental Business Solutions, Portland, OR
Rain Check: Green Tools and Philadelphia
Homes - Evaluating the Feasibility and Cost Effectiveness of Residential
Stormwater Management Tools in Philadelphia - Matthew Condiotti,
CDM Smith, Philadelphia, PA
Urban Stormwater Conservation Area - Marisa
Sowles, Geum Environmental Consulting, Inc., Hamilton, MT (co-authors:
T. Parker, W. Irion)
Modelling the Impact of Stormwater Source-Control Infiltration
Techniques on Catchment Baseflow - Perrine Hamel, Monash University,
VIC, Australia (co-authors: T. Fletcher)
Wednesday / November 6 / 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Sessions 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
Moderator - Ari Michelsen
Texas A&M AgriLife Research at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Is it Possible to Insert Financing Discipline
in Integrated Flood Management? - Yung-Hsin Sun, MWH Americas,
Inc., Sacramento, CA (co-author: K. Shively)
Beach Management Strategies Economic Assessment
- Ari Michelsen, Texas A&M AgriLife Research at El Paso,
El Paso, TX (co-authors: R.J. Johnston, G. Parsons, J. Eisenhardt)
Emergency Costs during Flood Events: Innovative
Economic Evaluations applied for Feasibility Studies in Northern
California and Southern Louisiana - Vincent Barbara, MWH, Sacramento,
CA (co-authors: N. Applegate, B. Maestri, T. Shimabukuro, G. Bedker,
S. Parvathinathan, J. Ibrahim)
Does
the US Army Corps of Engineers Need More Economists? - David Zetland,
Aguanomics, Mission Viejo, CA
Moderator - Wayne Wright
GeoEngineers, Inc., Seattle, WA
Panelists:
Molly Lawrence, Van Ness Feldman Gordon Derr, Seattle, WA
John Graves, FEMA, Region X, Bothell, WA (invited)
Amanda Punton, Oregon Dept. of Land Conservation and Development,
Portland, OR (invited)
On September 22, 2008, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
completed consultation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The proposed action
for this consultation was the continued administration of the National
Flood Insurance Program. NMFS provided its Opinion on the effects
of the NFIP on listed species found within the Puget Sound region,
which are Puget Sound (PS) Chinook salmon (Oncorhyncus tshawytscha),
PS steelhead (O. mykiss), Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon (O.
keta), Lake Ozette sockeye salmon (O. nerka) and the Distinct Population
Segment (DPS) of endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW)
(Orcinus orca). NMFS concluded that the action, as proposed, is
likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the following salmon
Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs): PS Chinook salmon, Hood Canal
summer-chum salmon, and PS steelhead. Implementation of the three
NFIP components in the Puget Sound region is not likely to jeopardize
Lake Ozette sockeye salmon. The NMFS also concludes that implementation
of the NFIP is likely to destroy or adversely modify designated
critical habitats of PS Chinook salmon, and Hood Canal summer-chum
salmon. The NFIP is not likely to destroy or adversely modify designated
critical habitat of Lake Ozette sockeye salmon. After reviewing
the current status of the endangered population of SRKWs, their
critical habitat and the environmental baseline for the action area,
the effects of the NFIP, and the cumulative effects, it is NMFS'
Opinion that the NFIP is likely to jeopardize the continued existence
of SRKWs and likely to adversely modify their critical habitat.
This BiOp focused on three primary elements of the NFIP: 1) Floodplain
mapping, 2) Floodplain development following fill, and 3) Levee
Maintenance Issues. This panel will be comprised of local jurisdiction
officials, land use attorneys, and federal agencies to discuss the
ramifications of this action, what has taken place since 2008 and
what the next steps will be to address floodplain protection as
they relate to endangered species.
Moderator - Kristel Fesler
City of Hillsboro, Hillsboro, OR
Collaborative Efforts for Source Water
Protection - Kimberly Swan, Clackamas River Water Providers,
Oregon City, OR
Identifying and Evaluating Sources of Potential
Contamination to Drinking Water Supply from Surface Waters - Kristel
Fesler, City of Hillsboro, Hillsboro, OR (co-author: J. Manley)
Portland's Groundwater Protection Program
- An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure - Douglas Wise,
Portland Water Bureau, Portland, OR
McKenzie Watershed Voluntary Incentives Program: Investing in
Natural Capital to Protect Drinking Water in Oregon - Karl Morgenstern,
Eugene Water & Electric Board, Eugene, OR
Moderator - Michael E. Campana
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
A Desktop Suitability Assessment of Aquifer
Storage and Recovery (ASR) in Washington State - Maria Gibson,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (co-author: M. E. Campana)
Regulatory Disparities of ASR Projects
in the US: An Old Fashion Showdown in Texas, the Outlaw of Georgia,
and the Big Cheese Gone South in Wisconsin - Maria Gibson, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, OR
Preliminary Evaluation of Aquifer Storage and Recovery, Columbia
River Off-Channel Aquifer Storage Project - James Miller, GeoEngineers,
Inc., Redmond, WA (co-authors: G. Gregory, J. Covert)
Webster Well 1 Aquifer Storage Recovery
Demonstration Project - Amy Ewing, Daniel B. Stephens &
Associates, Inc., Albuquerque , NM (co-authors: J. M. Stomp III,
K. Yuhas, A. Friedt )
Moderator - Teresa Thornton
Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL
Encouraging the Next Generation to Manage
and Protect Water Resources - Teresa Thornton, Oxbridge Academy
of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, FL
New Approaches to Riparian Forest Restoration
and Stewardship - Mike Liquori, Sound Watershed, Alameda, CA
(co-author: P. Cafferata)
Influence of Riparian Buffer Management
Strategies on Root Biomass and Soil Aggregates - Amanda Gumbert,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (co-author: M. Coyne)
Alice in Precipitationland - Mariza Costa-Cabral,
Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Seattle, WA
Moderator - Allyson Beall
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Panelists:
Hal Cardwell, Institute for Water Resources, Alexandria,
VA
Daniel Sheer, HydroLogics, Inc., Columbia, MD
Gail Bingham, RESOLVE, Washington, D.C.
Resolving water management issues requires careful consideration
of numerous organizations, differing values and goals, inter-related
technical issues, and sometimes a politically-charged arena. Collaborative
Modeling for Decision Support is an approach that weaves together
conflict management with computer modeling, combining technical
analyses with collaboration and traditional planning principles.
It integrates science, policy, and societal values to aid discussion,
help translate science, build and test hypotheses, and generate
better solutions. The model-building process offers unique opportunities
to test individual values and assumptions, bridge gaps between perceptions
and science, and explore a wide range of "what-if" scenarios
that can yield better understanding, better solutions, and better
likelihood of supportable and implementable outcomes. The approach
is invaluable in helping find technically-appropriate and politically-feasible
solutions to multi-party water management issues. This panel provides
an opportunity to hear from and engage with recognized experts who
have long-standing experience in Collaborative Modeling for Decision
Support. Panelists will highlight the lessons they have learned
over decades of work with a variety of projects, focusing on what
these lessons from the past imply for present efforts. Short news-style
examples will illustrate key points. Opportunity will be provided
for interchange between panelists and those in the audience, with
a goal of providing insights that can lead to current efforts having
greater impact.
Wednesday / November 6 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Concurrent Sessions 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54
Moderator - Alyssa Mucken
Oregon Water Resources Department, Salem, OR
Panelists:
Alyssa Mucklin presenting for Eric Stricklin, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers-Portland District, Portland, OR
April Snell, Oregon Water Resources Congress, Salem, OR
Todd Heidgerken, Community and Intergovernmental Relations,
Tualatin Valley Water District, OR
Dwight French, Water Right Services Division Administrator,
Oregon Water Resources Department, Salem, OR
In 2012, Oregon adopted its first statewide Integrated Water Resources
Strategy, a blueprint for understanding and meeting Oregonfs
water needs.instream and out]of]stream.now and into
the future. Oregon took the unusual step of constructing a plan
without waiting for a statewide drought, flood, litigation, or other
crisis, unlike many other states. Also unique to Oregon, this Strategy
departs from traditional water supply planning in that it incorporates
water quantity, water quality, and ecosystem considerations.
The Oregon Water Resources Department led development of the Strategy,
together with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Oregonfs tribes, public and private sector stakeholders, and
state and federal agencies played a prominent role in identifying
water]related challenges and solutions.
Using a process that involved extensive public outreach, the Strategy
identifies the most critical waterrelated challenges facing communities
throughout Oregon. It recommends more than forty actions to address
these challenges. During the first year of implementation, the State
and its partners are pursuing actions focused on improving surface
water and groundwater data, facilitating local water planning and
water supply development opportunities, advancing instream protections,
and developing funding options to help local communities and state
agencies meet their water]related responsibilities.
Following a brief overview of the Strategy, a panel of agency representatives
and organizations will provide their perspectives on implementing
a number of recommended actions.
Discussions will focus on four specific efforts.
- Reallocating water to meet multiple needs from the Willamette
Basin Project, a series of 13 dams and reservoirs used primarily
for flood risk reduction, pollution abatement, and irrigation.
- Improving opportunities for in]conduit hydropower development
in Oregon, while at the same time providing greater financial
support for priority fish passage projects.
- Furthering water supply development opportunities that benefit
both economic development and Oregonfs environment. Historically,
Oregon had neither the authority nor funding to support a formal
water supply program.
- Advancing the protection of instream flows, through the designation
of scenic waterways and instream water right applications. Although
these are well established tools, they have not been used to establish
instream flows in recent years.
Moderator - Wayne Wright
GeoEngineers, Inc., Seattle, WA
Flood Control Strategies by Small Municipalities
in the Central Susquehanna River Floodplain - Don Duke, Bucknell
University , Lewisburg, PA (co-authors: E. Kalnins, R. Murphy)
Climate Change, Drought and Flooding: an
Ecosystem Services Approach to The Everglades National Park and
the Mississippi River Watershed - Daniel Williams, University
of Florida, Seattle, WA
Drought Management Strategies in the Lower
Flint River Basin of Georgia - Mark Masters, Albany State University/GA
Water Policy Center, Albany, GA (co-author: K. Rowles)
Evaluating Drought in Managed System: Matters
of Water Supply and Demand - David Hoekema, University of Idaho,
Boise, ID (co-authors: J. Jin, J. Ryu)
Moderator - Janice Keeley
Brown and Caldwell, Portland, OR
Developing Climate Adaptation Strategies
for Water Utilities Using Robust Decision Making - David Yates,
NCAR, Boulder, CO (co-authors: A. Fencel, J. Fischbach, D. Groves,
N. Kalra, V. Mehta, D. Purkey, B. Wright)
Hydro-Economic Modeling of Management Responses
to Climate Change in the Boise River Basin - Robert Schmidt,
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, Boise, ID (co-authors:
G. Taylor, L. Stodick, B. Contor)
Climate Ready Water Utilities: Helping
the Water Sector Prepare for and Adapt to a Climate Change - J.
Elise Tao, CSC, Alexandra, VA (co-author: C. Baranowski)
Moderator - Michael E. Campana
Oregon State University, Portland, OR
Aquifer
Recharge as a Water Management Tool in an Alluvial Fan System -
Steven Patten, Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council, Milton Freewater,
OR (co-authors: B. Wolcott, T. Baker, K. Lindsey)
Evaluating
the Use of Artificial Groundwater Recharge for Stream Habitat Enhancement
- Walter Burt, GSI Water Solutions, Inc., Portland, OR (co-author:
J. Melady)
Use of Integrated Vadose Zone Investigative
Methods to Optimize Artificial Recharge Site Selection - Jason Keller,
GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., Hood River, OR (co-authors: M. Milczarek,
R. Rice, T. Yao)
A Comparison of Single and Double Ring
Cylinder Infiltrometer Methods for Measuring Infiltration Rates
- Jason Keller, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., Hood River, OR (co-authors:
R. Rice, M. Milczarek)
Moderator - Matt Deniston
Sitka Technology Group, Portland, OR
Implementing Data Quality Assurance and
Control Procedures at the Time of Data Capture - Steve Rentmeester,
Sitka Technology Group, Portland, OR (co-authors: M. Deniston, J.
Feingold, J. Lewis)
Creating Custom Data Collection Applications
for Remote Use on Mobile (LOS) Devices - Reid Camp, Utah State
University, Moscow, ID (co-author: J. Wheaton)
Too Many Choices! What Mobile Technologies
are Right for My Organization? - Lowell Ballard, Timmons Group,
Richmond, VA
Utilizing the Internet and Cell Phone Networks
to Collect Real-Time Fish Passage and Water Quality Data - Jennifer
Miller, Colville Confederated Tribes, Omak, WA (co-authors:
D. Hathaway, S. Schaller)
Moderator - Stacy Langsdale
Institute for Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria,
VA
From Plentiful to Scarce and from Conflict
to Collaboration: Stakeholder Initiatives in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint
Basin - Gail Bingham, RESOLVE, Washington, DC (co-author: M.
H. Masters)
Collaborative Modeling in the Columbia
Basin: First stop, the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer System
- Allyson Beall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (co-authors:
M. Thornton, L. Allen)
Ask
The Experts: Collaborative Modeling to Assess Climate Impacts on
Water Resources in the Big Wood Basin, Idaho - Allison Marshall,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: J. Stevenson,
J. Bolte, D. Lach, J. Koch)
Lake Superior Shared Vision Planning Study
Leads to New Regulation Rules - Lisa Bourget, US Army Corps
of Engineers, Alexandria, VA
Wednesday / November 6 / 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60
Moderator - Alyssa Mucken
Oregon Water Resources Department, Salem, OR
Oregon's Planning, Regulatory, and Technology
Options for Water Management at Large Energy Generation Projects
- Rebecca O'Neil, Oregon Department of Energy, Salem, OR (co-authors:
K. Stahr, B. O. Bateman)
Improving Oregon's Agricultural Water
Quality through Focused Assessment, Assistance and Enforcement -
Mike Powers, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, OR
Advancing Environmental Flows and Levels
Approaches to Balance Water Needs for People and Ecosystems - Leslie
Bach, The Nature Conservancy in Oregon, Portland, OR (co-authors:
C. Budai, A. R. Aldous, P. Carroll)
Moderator - Wayne Wright
GeoEngineers, Inc., Seattle, WA
Flood Modeling in Support of the U.S. Military
- Clay LaHatte, US Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS (co-authors:
M. Follum, M. R. Jourdan)
A Comparison of Dam Breach Model Results
Between 1-D HEC-RAS (4.1) and 2-D HEC-RAS (ALPHA Version) for a
US Forest Service Dam in Central Oregon - Daniel Christensen,
WEST Conslutants, Portland, OR (co-authors: C. Goodell, S. Bogavelli)
Coastal Flood Protection Design in New
York and New Jersey Region After Superstorm Sandy - Shan Zou,
ARCADIS US Inc., Boulder, CO (co-authors: H. Roberts, J. Atkinson,
R. Lagumbay, Z. Cobell)
GIS Analysis of Tropical Storm Sandy's
Storm Surge - Roger Ruggles, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Moderator - Arturo Leon
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Development of a State-of-the-Art Computational
Framework for the Optimal Control of Multi-Reservoir Systems Under
Uncertainty - Arturo S. Leon, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR (co-authors: C. Giffords-Miears, N. Gibson, C. Hoyle)
Pareto-Optimal Solutions and Operational
Strategies for a Multi-Objective Reservoir with Ecological and Environmental
Purposes: A Case Study of Qingshitan Reservoir - Duan Chen,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: A. S. Leon,
Q. Chen, R. Li)
Optimization
of Reservoir Management for Flood Control, Irrigation and Power
Generation - Massimiliano Parisi, KISTERS North America, Citrus
Heights, CA (co-authors: G. Mojica, A. Schwaigkofler)
Moderator - Walter Burt
GSI Water Solutions, Inc., Portland, OR
Exploring Best Management Practices for
Decreasing Selenium in the Stream-Aquifer System of Colorado's Lower
Arkansas River Valley - Erica Romero, Colorado State University-Department
of Civil and Environmental , Fort Collins, CO (co-authors: R. T.
Bailey, T. K. Gates, M. D. Sharp, D. L. Hoag)
Nitrate Characteristics in Groundwater
Supplies Near Springfield, Nebraska - Amanda Flynn, U.S. Geological
Survey, Lincoln, NE
Effects of Groundwater Withdrawals on
the Transport of Nitrogen in the Big Sunflower River Basin, Northwestern
Mississippi - Jeannie Barlow, U.S. Geological Survey, MS WSC,
Jackson, MS (co-authors: R. H. Coupe, R. Kröger)
Moderator - John Risley
U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR
Headwater Hydrologic and Energy Responses
to Climate Change--North Santiam River in Western Oregon - John
Risley, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR (co-authors: N.Buccola,
S. Hostetler, J. Alder)
Simulating Hydrologic Response to Climate
and Landscape Change Using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System
in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Southeastern
United States - Jacob Lafontaine, U.S. Geological Survey, Atlanta,
GA (co-author: L. Hay)
Comparison of Watershed-Scale Runoff Simulations
for Climate Change Assessment - Eric Watson, Portland State
University, Portland, OR (co-authors: T. Epps, H. Chang)
Application of a Watershed Model to Assess
the Impact of Past and Projected Future Climate Variability on Hydrologic
Response, Yosemite National Park, California - John Risley,
U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA (co-authors: K. Koczot, W.
A. Seymour)
Moderator - Daniel Sheer
HydroLogics, Inc., Columbia, MD
Uncharted Waters--How Collaborative Modeling
is Changing The Role of Models in IWRM - Stefanie M. Falconi,
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (co-author: H. E. Cardwell
The Use of Gaming as a Part of Collaborative
Processes in Water Resources - Rationale and Results - Daniel Sheer,
HydroLogics Inc, Columbia, MD
Connecting mediated modeling approaches
from the local to global - Marjan van den Belt, Massey University,
Palmerston North, New Zealand (co-author: D. Blake)
Collaborative Technology to Support Water
Resources Management - Brian Manwaring, U.S. Institute for Environmental
Conflict Resolution, Tucson, AZ (co-authors: B. Manwaring, K. Siderelis)
Wednesday / November 6 / 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66
Moderator - Andrew Graham
HDR Engineering, Inc., Olympia, WA
Panelists:
William Zachman, Washington State Department of Ecology,
Lacey, WA
Tom Loranger, Washington State Department of Ecology, Lacey,
WA
Karen Terwilleger, Washington Forest Protection Association,
Olympia, WA
Mike Kaputa, Natural Recources, Chelan County, Wenatchee,
WA
Jeff Breckel, Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board, Longview,
WA
In 1998 the Washington State Legislature launched a bold experiment
in managing the State's water resources: the Watershed Planning
Program (Chapter 90.82 RCW). The program offers State funding to
local water resource planning groups comprising a range of stakeholders
and organized around the State's 62 distinct hydrologic areas. These
areas cut across political jurisdictions, offering new and creative
opportunities to resolve water management issues. To receive funding,
watershed planning groups had to address water quantity issues,
and could also choose to address water quality, fish habitat and
instream flows. Over the program's 15 years, local groups, working
closely with Washington State's natural resource agencies, have
developed and begun to implement a wide variety of water resource
management solutions. This conference session will take stock of
the original legislative intent and how it has been applied on the
ground. Lessons learned from local groups will be reviewed, both
in terms of the Washington State program and for application to
integrated water resource planning in other states. In addition
the session will explore how Washington State has managed the program
through an era of severe budget cuts. Speakers will include one
participant from the original legislative process that authorized
the program, state agency managers who have been instrumental in
administering the program, and local planning group representatives
who will share their experiences. Attendees will gain an appreciation
for the complexities and opportunities of real-world collaborative
water resource planning across a varied terrain with a range of
water supply and natural resource needs.
Moderator - Cheryl Ulrich
Weston Solutions, Inc., Atlantic Beach, FL
Climate
Change Vulnerability Analysis for California Sacramento-San Joaquin
Flood Management System - Yung-Hsin Sun , MWH Americas, Inc.,
Sacramento, CA (co-authors: E. Clyde, M. Young)
Flood Response You Can Take to the Bank
- Andy Bryant, National Weather Service, Portland, OR (co-author:
D. L. Miller)
An Analytical Method for Deriving Reservoir
Operation Curves to Maximize Social Benefits from Multiple Uses
of Water in the Willamette River Basin - Kathleen Moore, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: J. Jones, B. Jaeger)
An Approach to Developing Dynamic Reservoir
Operations to Improve Management under Historical and Climate-Change
Informed Hydrology - Megan Rivera, HydroLogics, Columbia, MD
(co-authors: D. Sheer, B. Wright, S. Nebiker)
Moderator - May Wu
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
Availability of Reclaimed Municipal Wastewater
as an Alternative Water Source for Advanced Biofuel Production in
the U.S. - May Wu, Argonne National Lab, Lemont, IL (co-author:
Y. Chiu)
Development of Life Cycle Water Footprints
for Oil Production Pathways - Babkir Ali, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB, Canada (co-author: A. Kumar)
An Integrated Optimization Model for Wind-Driven
Desalination of Brackish Groundwater Resources - Annette Hernandez,
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (co-authors: S. Singaraju, V.Uddameri)
Agent-Based Modeling Approaches to Understanding
Environmental Impacts of NG Supply Shock - Vanessa N. Vargas,
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: A.V.
Outkin, P. H. Kobos , V. C. Tidwell, B. Caudill Dealy)
Moderator - Marshall Gannett
U.S. Geological Survey Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR
The Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System,
Washington, Oregon, and Idaho--Recent Results from the U.S. Geological
Survey Groundwater Resources Program - Erick Burns, U.S. Geological
Survey Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR (co-authors: D.
M. Ely, D. T. Snyder, S. C. Kahle)
Deciphering Stream Network Interactions
With Columbia River Basalt Group Aquifers' in Fifteenmile Creek
Watershed, Oregon - Jonathan La Marche, Oregon Water Resources
Department, Bend, OR (co-authors: J. Hackett, M. Norton, R. Wood)
A Conceptual Groundwater Model of the Upper
Umatilla River Basin - Kate Ely, Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, OR (co-author: N. Herrera)
Future Municipal Water Supplies in the
Semi-Arid Columbia Basin Groundwater Management Area - Kevin Lindsey,
GSI Water Solutions, Inc., Kennewick, WA (co-author: P. Stoker)
Moderator - Lauren Hay
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
A Quick Approach to Projecting Future Streamflow
in the Pacific Northwest - Julie Vano, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA (co-author: D. Lettenmaier)
Evaluation of Downscaled GCMs as Drivers
for Hydrological and Stream Temperature Simulation in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint
River Basin (1961-1999) - Lauren Hay, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver, CO (co-authors: J. LaFontaine, S. Markstrom)
Variability of Streamflow Response to Climate
Change Scenarios in the Central Rockies - Andrew Bock, U.S.
Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO (co-authors: L. Hay, G.McCabe, D.Atkinson)
Future Water Supply Projections under Climate
Change in South Korea - Moon-Hwan Lee, Sejong University, Seoul,
Korea (co-author: D. Bae)
Moderator - Lisa Bourget
Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alexandria,
VA
Table Hosts:
Brian Manwaring, U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict
Resolution, Tucson, AZ
Marjan van den Belt, Massey University, Palmerston North,
New Zealand
Hal Cardwell, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Alexandria, VA
Stacy Langsdale, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Alexandria, VA
Allyson Beall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
This session will build on earlier expert panel discussions, presentations,
and audience experience to explore in small groups key issues affecting
the range and effectiveness of Collaborative Modeling for Decision
Support. Issues selected pose particular challenges and opportunities,
and the discussions will help frame approaches useful for future
implementation. The world café method provides an informal
but structured means of engaging in multiple small group discussions.
Those attending this session should consider themselves to be participants
(as opposed to an audience), and ideas and observations are welcomed!
Participants self-select which discussions to join, and may choose
to stay with one discussion topic throughout or switch to other
topics. Each discussion topic will be framed and encouraged by a
"table host", and discussions (unattributed if desired)
captured by note-takers.
Topics for small group discussion include the following issues:
- The role of human dynamics and power gaming on success or failure
- Issues of scale, from community to regional to global
- The intersection between scenario planning and Collaborative
Modeling for Decision Support
- Evidence that a collaborative approach yields benefits exceeding
the "extra" time and effort
- "At large": issues raised by participants
Thursday / November 7 / 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Concurrent Sessions 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72
Moderator - Steven Thurin
HDR Engineering, Inc., Bellevue, WA
The Columbia River Basin Water Management
Program: How State Investment and Stakeholder Engagement are Producing
Results - Steven Thurin, HDR Engineering, Bellevue, WA (co-authors:
D. Sandison, M. Garrity)
Adversaries
to Allies: How the Office of Columbia River's Mission Changed Relationships
- Dan Haller, Aspect Consulting, LLC, Yakima, WA
Environmental perspectives on the Washington's
Columbia River Water Management Program - Michael Garrity, American
Rivers, Tacoma, WA (co-authors: S. Malloch, L. Pelly, C. Wilkerson)
Moderator - Felix Kristanovich
ENVIRON International, Seattle, WA
Panelists:
Bob
Freitag, Institute for Hazard Mitigation Planning and Research,
University of Washington, Seattle
Greg
Reub, ENVIRON International, Olympia, WA
Gretchen
Greene, ENVIRON International, Portland, OR
Mike Parton, ESA, Olympia, WA
Special Session: Application of Ecosystem Services in Floodplain
Management and Restoration Projects - Felix Kristanovich, Dr., Seattle,
WA (co-authors: Bob Freitag, Greg Reub, Gretchen Greene, Mike Parton)
Floodplains are central to the provision of many ecosystem services.
An ecosystem services approach is extremely valuable if used to
understand the services that are provided in this environment and
then to prioritize actions to protect and restore those services
given social and monetary constraints. Recent work related to ecosystem
services analysis frameworks is presented and offers floodplain
managers means of fairly evaluating a host of environmental impacts
and community benefits associated with management decisions. The
ecosystem services approach enhances preparation for disaster planning
and floodplain management over time. Investing wisely in ecosystem
services solutions is economically, environmentally and socially
important for future generations.
- In the first presentation Prof. Bob Freitag will talk about
Community Recovery, Resilience, Panarchy, and Ecosystem Services.
Conventional hazard mitigation and disaster planning emphasize
built-environmental preparations for and responses to disruptive
events, especially when considering timeframes outside the periods
immediately before and after the events (e.g. warning systems
and emergency response). A resilience-based approach, however,
emphasizes communities' total capacity to not just survive a disruption,
but also to adapt to the irreversible, unpredictable, and on-going
changes that follow it.
- In the second presentation, Greg Reub will focus on the use
of Net Ecosystem Services Analysis as a Floodplain Management
Tool for maximizing benefit and prioritizing future expenditures.
The concept, advanced by the United Nation' Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment (2005), brings a fresh approach to identifying and
managing environmental risks within the limited financial and
infrastructural resources available to most entities.
- In the third presentation, Dr. Gretchen Greene will discuss
Economic Approaches to Using Ecosystem Services in Floodplain
Management Decisions. The rigorous quantification of the NESA
processes is a boon to decision makers, but needs to be included
in the overall benefit cost analysis that guides management decisions.
In the fourth presentation, Mike Parton will discuss Biological
Component of Ecosystem Services in Floodplain Management. Floodplains
provide important ecosystem services related to biological resources.
This presentation will highlight examples from select salmon recovery
plans in the western U.S. with explicit goals and objectives for
floodplain habitats and a perspective that addresses a key question
about salmon recovery.
Moderator - Jerry Sehlke
University of Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
Development of Life Cycle Waterprint for
Power Generation from Geothermal and Solar Energy - Babkir Ali,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada (co-author: A. Kumar)
Impacts of Groundwater Withdrawals and
Land Disturbance Related to Utility-Scale Solar Energy Development
- Adrianne Carr, Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental
Science Division, Argonne, IL (co-authors: B. L. O'Connor, J. J.
Quinn, E. Bowen)
Modeling of Drawdown Impacts Associated
with Solar Energy Development in the Southwestern United States
- Chris Greer, Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science
Division, Argonne, IL (co-authors: J.Quinn, B. O'Connor,)
Alternative Water Sources for Solar Energy
Development - Ben O'Connor, Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental
Science Division, Argonne, IL (co-authors: D. Murphy, D. Mayhorn,
E. Bowen, E. White)
Moderator - Fekadu Moreda
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
An Integrated Surface Water and Regional
Groundwater Availability Model - Fekadu Moreda, RTI International,
Research Triangle Park, NC (co-authors: M. Lowry, M.C. Eddy)
Simulation of Groundwater Flow and the
Interaction of Groundwater and Surface Water in the Willamette Basin
and Central Willamette Subbasin, Oregon - Nora Herrera, U.S.
Geological Survey, Portland, OR (co-authors: E. R. Burns, T. D.
Conlon)
Geologic
Framework Influence on Managing Groundwater Interference with Surface
Water, a Lost River Sub-basin Example, Upper Klamath River Basin,
Oregon - Gerald (Jerry) Grondin, Oregon Water Resources Department,
Salem, OR
Hydrologic Constraints used in Evaluating
and Mitigating the Impacts of Groundwater Development on Streamflow
in the Upper Deschutes Basin, Oregon - 'Keep it Simple'? - Kenneth
Lite, Jr, Oregon Water Resources Department, Salem, OR
Moderator - Anne Savery
Consultant, Portland, OR
The
Cumulative Effects of Forest Management on Self-sustaining Brook
Trout Lakes - A Case Study - Mike Wilton, Algonquin Eco Watch,
Spring Bay, ON, Canada
Systematic Approach to Assessing Withdrawal-Related
Impacts to Estuarine Biota - Michael Wessel, Janicki Environmental,
Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (co-authors: R. McConnell, K. Maki Jenkins)
Identifying Potential Conflicts with Threatened
and Endangered Species from Energy-Related Water Withdrawal in the
Western United States - Samrat Saha, Argonne National Laboratory,
Argonne, IL (co-authors: I. Hlohowskyj, J. Hayse, K. Rollins, L.
Fox, R. Black)
Town Lake: Converting a Degraded Lake into
a Functioning Wetland - Karen Hall, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC (co-authors: K. Bass, D. Line, J. Blackwell, J. Spooner)
Moderator - Amanda Nelson
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL
Using Soil and Landscape Parameters With
GIS Modeling to Predict Potential Riparian Restoration Sites for
Giant Cane In Southern Illinois - Amanda Nelson, SIUC, Carbondale,
IL (co-author: T. Stoebner)
Effect of Conservation Practices on Flood
Inundation and Velocity Maps - Amir Javaheri, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR (co-author: M. Babbar-Sebens)
Real Time Modeling of a Million Acre Watershed
- John Moynier, Dewberry, Roseville, CA (co-author: T. Cassidy)
Could
Rainfall Over Eastern and Northern Parts of Australia Formulate
Murrumbidgee Catchment Rainfall Distribution? - Dharma Dassanayake,
Charles Stuart University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia (co-author:
M. Hafeez)
Thursday / November 7 / 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Concurrent Sessions 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78
Moderator - John Shurts
Northwest Power and Conservation Council, Portland, OR
Panelists:
Jim Barton, Columbia River Treaty Review, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Portland, OR
Chris Trumpy, Columbia River Treaty Review, British Columbia
Ministry of Energy and Mines, Victoria, BC, Canada
Paul Lumley, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission,
Portland, OR
Robert Cromwell, Power Contracts and Resources Acquisition,
Seattle City Light, Seattle, WA
One of the great uncertainties in the Columbia River Basin is the
fate of the Columbia River Treaty between the United States and
Canada. This will be one of two panels at the AWRA conference examining
the Treaty, the reasons for uncertainty, and the potential for changes
in the international cooperative management of the fourth largest
river in North America. The Columbia River Treaty, first signed
in 1961, is known throughout the world as a successful example of
international cooperation in river management and the equitable
sharing of benefits. The Treaty required the construction of three
dams in the upper Columbia in British Columbia, and allowed the
U.S. to construct Libby Dam on the Kootenai River. Treaty dams more
than doubled reservoir storage in the basin, significantly increasing
downstream hydropower generation and flood risk protection and providing
billions of dollars in benefits. The Treaty includes a mechanism
for the U.S. to share with Canada benefits realized in the U.S.,
largely through the delivery of power or its monetary value. Yet
fifty years later there are also serious cracks in the Treaty edifice.
Coordinated flood control operations come to an end automatically
in 2024, replaced by an unusual "called upon" operation
few have confidence in. Coordinated hydropower operations do not
end, but the operations and the method for calculating the downstream
benefits seem increasingly disconnected from how the region's power
system has evolved. The benefits of using storage for coordinated
generation and flood control have come at substantial costs to fish
and wildlife and broader ecosystem functions, impacts not recognized
or addressed in the Treaty. Native American Tribes in the U.S. and
First Nations in Canada were not consulted regarding the effects
of the Treaty on their natural and cultural resources, while in
2013 they are significant sovereign participants in decisions on
both sides of the border. There has also been an explosion of public
involvement in resource decision-making in both nations since 1960,
also not part of the Treaty. The time is ripe to rethink the Columbia
River Treaty and the form of international cooperation on the Columbia
River. Not only does the assured flood control operation automatically
end in 2024, the Treaty allows either nation to terminate the Treaty's
coordinated power operations beginning in 2024, with at least 10-years
notice. Continuation of the Treaty under the revised flood control
rules or unilateral termination are the only alternatives recognized
in the Treaty itself, but the context obviously also allows us an
opportunity to craft a modified arrangement for cooperative management
of the Columbia River. Led by the Bonneville Power Administration
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, federal, state, and tribal
personnel are engaged in a multi-year review of the Treaty in the
U.S. in an effort to shape a rough consensus by 2014 on the desired
future of the international arrangement. The Province of British
Columbia is leading a similar review. There are no negotiations
yet between the two nations about the future of the Treaty, but
perhaps by 2015?
Moderator - Jodi Schoenen
Portland State University - Institute for Sustainable Solutions,
Portland, OR
Ecosystem Services and Collaborative Watershed
Management in the Pacific Northwest - Nikola Smith, U.S. Forest
Service, Portland, OR
Policy and Ownership Legacies on Hydrology
in the Rogue River Basin - Jodi Schoenen, Portland State University
-Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland, OR
Obstacles to Implementing Payments for
Watershed Services at the Landscape Scale: Addressing Ownership
Differences in Emerging Water Utility Initiatives - Drew Bennett,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: H. Gosnell,
S. Lurie, S. Duncan )
Land Ownership and Watershed Management:
Challenges and Solutions in Landscapes Dominated by Private Industrial
Forests - Paula Swedeen, Washington Environmental Council, Olympia,
WA (co-author: J. Kane)
Moderator: Jan Lee
Northwest Hydroelectric Association, Clackamas, OR
Panelists:
Steve
Johnson, Central Oregon Irrigation District, Redmond, OR
Jed Jorgensen, Hydropower, Energy Trust of Oregon, Portland,
OR
Gregg
Semler, Lucid Energy, Inc., Portland, OR
Cities, irrigation districts, water and wastewater entities are
actively developing hydropower generation within their existing
pipeline or canal systems. This panel would discuss some of the
new technologies that can be placed within existing systems, the
multiple potential benefits of adding generation to facilities and
current regulatory and Congressional changes that will enhance the
environment for such development. An example of a statewide program
(Energy Trust of Oregon) will offer a template for promoting these
projects at a state level. Visual examples of projects developed
and underway will be provided.
Moderator: Erick Burns
U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Science Center, Portland, OR
A Multi-Period Optimization Model for Conjunctive
Surface Water - Ground Water use via Aquifer Storage and Recovery
- Venki Uddameri, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (co-authors:
M. A. Arreola, E. A. Hernandez)
Understanding the Sources of Water to Supplemental
Irrigation Wells in the Tule Lake Subbasin, Oregon and California
- Esther Pischel, U.S. Geological Survey, Portland, OR (co-author:
M.Gannett)
Evaluating Groundwater Availability in
the Upper Klamath Basin Using Coupled Simulation and Management
Models - Marshall Gannett, U.S. Geological Survey Oregon Water
Science Center, Portland, OR (co-author: B. J. Wagner)
Modeling Spatial Trends in Nitrate in the
Middle Trinity Aquifer of Central Texas: A Comparison of Approaches
- Kartik Venkataraman, Tarleton State University, Stephenville,
TX (co-authors: J. Crawford, K. Emmert)
Moderator: William Battaglin
U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO
Reconnaissance of Emerging and Legacy Contaminants
in the Habitat and Tissues of the Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenus tridentatus)
in the Columbia River Basin - Elena Nilsen, U.S. Geological
Survey, Portland, OR (co-author: W. Temple)
Fungicides and Other Pesticides in Amphibian
Tissue and Their Habitats - William Battaglin, U.S. Geological
Survey, Lakewood, CO (co-authors: K.L. Smalling, R. Reeves, E. Muths)
Spatial Variation in the Water Quality
Impacts from the Biofuels Mandate - A Comparison Between the Southeast
and the Midwest - Shamitha Keerthi, Center for Sustainable Systems,
SNRE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (co-author: S. A. Miller)
Efforts to Reduce Mass Loadings of PCBs - Adrienne Miller,
Geosyntec Consultants, Oakland, CA (co-author: R. Tuden)
Moderator: J. Scott Kindred
Aspect Consulting LLC, Seattle, WA
Panelists:
Curtis Hinman, Washington State University-Puyallup Low Impact
Development Research Program, Puyallup, WA
Tim Kurtz, City of Portland, Portland, OR
Robert Roseen, Geosyntec Consultants, Brookline, MA
Peg Staeheli, SvR Design Company, Seattle, WA
LID approaches for stormwater management have been utilized in
many projects across the country during recent years. Although LID
can provide significant benefits associated with flow control and
treatment at a lower cost than traditional stormwater management
approaches, there have been challenges and lessons learned on some
projects. This panel includes LID industry leaders who will share
their experiences and knowledge and address questions from the audience.
Some of the topics addressed include: - Update on recent results
from the WSU-Puyallup Low Impact Development Research Program; -Design
of bioretention systems, including bioretention soil mix characteristics,
and affects on treatment performance; -Lessons learned from LID
implementation in Portland Oregon; -Lessons learned from implementation
of LID in stormwater retrofit projects. The objective of this session
is to help advance the practice of LID implementation across the
country.
Thursday / November 7 / 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84
Moderator - Stanley Miller
Inland Northwest Water Resources, Spokane, WA
Panelists:
Robert W. Sandford, Canadian Partnership Initiative for the
U.N. "Water for Life" Decade, Canmore, Alberta, Canada
John Tracy, Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, Boise,
ID
Greg Haller, Pacific Rivers Council, Portland, OR
Pat Smith, Montana State Representative, Columbia River Treaty
Review and Montana Member of the Northwest Power and Conservation
Council, Helena, MT
When the Columbia River Treaty (the Treaty) went into effect in
1964, it included provisions to build storage in the upper Columbia
River drainage (mostly in British Columbia) and use that storage
to dampen peak flows that had, historically, caused flooding along
the lower Columbia River. The Treaty included a one-time payment
of 67 million dollars to compensate British Columbia for flood control
through 2024. Lacking a reauthorization of that part of the Treaty,
there will be significant changes in flood risk management of the
upper river and its tributaries. Of these, two stand out. First,
the U.S. will be required to exhaust all of its upper basin (e.g.,
Snake, Clark Fork / Flathead, and Kootenai rivers) storage capacity
before asking Canadian utilities to hold back flow. Second, when
the so called "called upon" storage is implemented in
Canada, U.S. entities must compensate those utilities for any loss
of revenue associated with the storing of that water. The first
panel on the Columbia River Treaty focused on the policy implications
surrounding Treaty renegotiation. The speakers on this second panel
will examine some of the more technical issues surrounding changes
in upstream storage policies in the U.S. and consider some alternatives
that might be incorporated into a renegotiated Treaty. Topics to
be discussed will include: the effect of changing storage requirements
on the availability of water for fisheries management and irrigation;
the impact of storage changes in the recreational use of reservoirs
and rivers; and how continued basin-wide management can alleviate
many of the anticipated problems.
Moderator - Wayne Wright
GeoEngineers, Inc., Seattle, WA
Floodplain and Creek Restoration in a Sub-Alpine
Meadow: Case Studies from the Tahoe Region and Central Sierras -
Mike Liquori, Sound Watershed, Alameda, CA (co-authors: A. Thompson,
P. Boyle Rodriguez)
Analysis
for Floodplain Reconnection and Habitat Enhancement on a Portion
of Okanogan and Similkameen Rivers - Felix Kristanovich, ENVIRON
International, Seattle, WA (co-authors: D.Glass, E. McCormick, G.
Reub)
Geomorphic Function and Restoration Potential
of Spring Creeks in Southeastern Idaho - Tim Hanrahan, GeoEngineers,
Richland, WA (co-authors: A. Levell, T. Maguire, D. Risso, H. Osborne)
Moderator - David Gilbey
Aquatic Informatics, Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Effects of Irrigation-Induced Changes to
Evapotranspiration in the Context of a Changing Climate - Venkataramana
Sridhar, Boise State University, Boise, ID (co-authors: K. Anderson,
W.T.A. Jaksa)
Comparison of Soil Properties and Weather
Datasets to Assess the Influence of Evapotranspiration Estimates
on the Water Balance of Sugarcane Cropping System in the Hawaiian
Island of Maui - Javier Osorio, Texas A&M AgriLife Research,
Temple, TX (co-authors: J. Jeong, J. Arnold, R. Tirado-Corbala,
R. Anderson)
A New Era of Reclamation? Reconfiguring
Water Storage strategies in the American West in the Context of
Climate Change - Denielle Perry, University of Oregon, Eugene,
OR (co-author: S. Praskievicz)
Dynamic Simulation for Integrated Water
and Energy Planning in the Snake River Basin - Robert Jeffers,
Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Moderator - John Porcello
GSI Water Solutions, Portland, OR
The Role of Contaminants of Emerging Concern
in Aquifer Recharge Projects Using Reclaimed Water - John Koreny,
HDR, Bellevue, WA
Wellhead
Protection and Stormwater Recharge in the Washington Portion of
the Spokane Valley - Rathdrum Prairie Sole Source Aquifer - John
Porcello, GSI Water Solutions, Portland, OR (co-authors: M.
Kohlbecker, L. Brewer, D. Greenlund)
Evaluating
Water Management and Aquifer Recharge Scenarios in the Walla Walla
Basin Using a Calibrated Numerical Surface Water-Groundwater Model
- Jacob Scherberg, GeoSystems Analysis, Hood River, OR (co-authors:
J. Selker, T. Baker)
Estimating
Current and Future Groundwater Resources of the Republic of the
Maldives - Ryan Bailey, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
CO (co-authors: A. Khalil, V. Chatikavanij)
Moderator - Corrinna Hugaboom
HDR Engineering, Inc., Boise, ID
From Forest to Faucet: Source Water Protection
as Regulatory Compliance in the Bull Run Watershed - Richard Robbins,
Portland Water Bureau, Portland, OR (co-authors: Y.Akagi, A. Richter,
Z. Rodriguez del Rey, E. Campbell)
Improving Source Water Quality for New
York City's Unfiltered Water Supply using the Operations Support
Tool - William Weiss, Hazen and Sawyer, PC, Baltimore, MD (co-authors:
G. W. Pyke, J. H. Porter)
Humanitarian
Engineering for the Long Term - Rwanda, Stepping Up to the Rulindo
Challenge - Iosefa Matagi, CH2M HILL, Boise, ID
Moderator - Christopher Woltemade
Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
A Hierarchical Framework for Stream Classification
and Assessment in Oregon: Integrating Watershed Context, Function
and Value in Stream Mitigation and Restoration - Tracie-Lynn Nadeau,
USEPA, Region 10, Portland, OR (co-authors: D. Hicks, N. Maness,
N. Czarnomski, P. Skidmore)
Geomorphic Monitoring of a Stream Stabilization
Project: Larry's Creek, Pennsylvania - Christopher Woltemade,
Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
Assessment of Passby Flow Reference Gage
Determination in the Susquehanna River Basin - Zhenxing Zhang,
Susquehanna River Basin Commisssion, Harrisburg, PA (co-author:
J. Balay)
Evaluating the Ecosystem Health Benefits
of Flow Restoration in Upper Tributaries of the Tualatin River -
Laura Porter, Clean Water Services, Hillsboro, OR (co-authors:
J. Lando, D. Booth)
Thursday / November 7 / 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Concurrent Sessions 85, 86, 87, 88, 89
Moderator - Jerry Jones
Arcadis, Birmingham, AL
Technology, Collaboration, Policy (Tcp),
What's the Missing Ingredient - Jerry Jones, Arcadis, Birmingham,
AL (co-author: D. Kubala)
Collaborative Governance Approaches to
Water Management in Oregon - Lisa Seales, University of Florida,
Bend, OR
Collaboration on the Cheap - Lisa Beutler,
MWH, Sacramento, CA (co-author: J. Talbot)
Partnerships, Priorities and Progress:
Oregon DEQ's Experience in Watershed Restoration - Doug Drake,
Oregon DEQ, Portland, OR (co-authors: D. Butcher, Y. Johnson, A.
Newell )
Moderator - Nicholas von Stackelberg
Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City, UT
Metrics for Characterizing Channel Design
Sensitivity to Flow and Sediment Supply Regimes - Joel Sholtes,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (co-author: B. Bledsoe)
Economic Benefits of Excess Nutrient Reduction
in Utah's Waters - Nicholas von Stackelberg, Utah Department
of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City, UT (co-authors: P. Jakus,
MJ Kealy, J. Loomis, N. Nelson, J. Ostermiller, C. Stanger)
An
Optimization Approach to Generating Reservoir Operating Rules for
Ecological Flow Maintenance - Jocelyn Anleitner, University
of Massachusetts Amherst, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Amerst, MA (co-author: R. N. Palmer)
Understanding Stream Channel Sediment Contributions
for the Paradise Creek Watershed in Northern Idaho - Rebecca Rittenburg,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (co-authors: J. Boll, E. Brooks,
A. Squires, J. Newson)
Moderator - Ken Fellows
GeoEngineers, Inc., Tacoma, WA
Southern Delivery System Program: Infrastructure
on the Rise - William Van Derveer, MWH Constructors, Colorado
Springs, CO (co-author: P. Tunnah, R. J. Snow)
Good Water Quality & Protecting Infrastructure:
A Balancing Act In Making Water & Critical Infrastructure Safe
- Glenn Terrell, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
AL (co-authors: P. Barron, M. Lalor)
Assessing
Wastewater Infrastructure Using a Watershed-Scale Goals Approach
- Brian Rahm, NY Water Resources Institute, Ithaca, NY (co-authors:
S. Vedachalam, J. Shen, P. B. Woodbury, S. J. Riha)
Analyzing the State of Water and Wastewater
Infrastructure in Indian Cities - Sridhar Vedachalam, NYSWRI,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (co-authors: Susan Riha)
Moderator - Michael E. Campana
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Hydrogeology, Hydrophilanthropy, and Hydrogeologists
Without Borders: Integrating Groundwater with International Development
- Michael E. Campana, Hydrogeologists Without Borders; OSU,
Corvallis, OR (co-authors: D. Bethune, C. Ryan)
Water-Bearing Capability of Western Serbia
Serpentinite - Nenad Doroslovac, University of Belgrade, Belgrade,
Serbia (co-authors: D. Milenic, N. Savic)
Groundwater Resources of Pester Plateau
- the Highest Karst Plateau in the Balkans - Djuro Milankovic,
University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Servia (co-authors: D. Milenic,
A. Vranjes, B. Doncev)
Melting Glaciers and Groundwater Storage:
Ever The Twain Shall Meet? - Michael E. Campana, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR (co-author: M. Gibson)
Moderator - Felix E. Kristanovich
ENVIRON International, Seattle, WA
Numerical Modeling of the Effect of Hydrologic
Conditions, Vegetation Drag, and Sediment transport in Wetlands
Patterning - Mehrnoosh Mahmoudi, Florida International University,
Miami, FL (co-authors: M. Nalesso, R. Garcia, F. Miralles-Wilhelm)
Developing an Action Plan for Reducing
Stream Sediment Loads in the Clarks Creek Watershed - Nathan Foged,
Brown and Caldwell, Seattle, WA (co-authors: C. Naylor, M. Milne,
D. Miller)
Laboratory Testing and Computer Modeling
of Flood Mitigation Measures - Roger Ruggles, Lafayette College,
Easton, PA
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