Abstracts are sought in, but not limited to, the following areas:

Local and Regional Issues TMDLs Ecosystem services Water quality trading Water banks Water rights trading Water resource economics Water law Resilience Compacts and treaties Columbia-Snake river basin Aquifer storage recovery (ASR) Watershed councils Water ethics Environmental justice Dam removal Endangered species Aquatic invasive species Coastal and estuarine issues Collaborative modeling Energy-water-land nexus Consensus-building Geothermal energy Governance Transboundary issues Hypoxia Infrastructure Stormwater management Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) Source water protection Hydropower Limnology Ecohydrology Restoration Adaptation and Mitigation Agriculture BMP performance, design, implementation Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) Control of non-point contaminant sources Drought sensitive crops Fertilizers Financing BMPs Impacts on water supply and quality Irrigation demand - present and future Irrigation efficiency Irrigation water reuse Pesticides Waste management and disposal Water requirements for ethanol production Water reuse Anthropogenic and Educational Issues Adult education and outreach Education on water resources at K-12 levels Water resources and anthropology Water resources and archeology Water resources and religion/spirituality Water resources and ethics Hydrophilanthrophy Impacts of man-made impoundments on watersheds Indigenous peoples' water beliefs and issues Language barriers (cultural, international, interdisciplinary) Licensing or registration of water resources professionals Native American water issues Sociological issues of watershed management and stewardship Water in literature, culture, art, and music Water resources in the future Climate Change Ecosystem migrations Flooding and droughts: severity and frequency Impacts on current water scarce areas Impacts on freshwater availability and supplies Impacts on glaciers and glaciation Impacts on water quality Rain and snowfall issues and distribution Sea level rise Coastal and Ocean Issues Beach erosion Desalination Development impacts Dwindling fish and marine mammal populations Hypoxia Impacts of natural disasters Impacts of anthropogenic disasters Ocean disposal of wastewater Salt water-freshwater interfaces Salt water intrusion into aquifers Sea level changes Subsidence Ecosystems Balancing human needs with faunal and floral needs Competing uses/needs for limited water supplies Design and performance of buffers Developing partnerships with competing water users Ecosystem restoration Environmental impacts of diversions Environmental impacts of impoundments Financing environmental/ecosystem restoration - environmental economics Instream flows - ecosystem requirements Restoration of mined lands and impacted watersheds Restoration successes and failures Riparian restoration Sediment control in ecosystems Socioeconomic aspects of riparian areas and management Stream ecology Subsurface Water Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) Artificial recharge (AR) Confined and unconfined aquifers Deep injection of waste water Disposal of brines produced with oil and gas extraction Subsurface water movement Groundwater protection Groundwater/surface water relationships Hydrofracking Impacts of mining Natural infiltration, recharge and source areas Storm water infiltration Surface water/groundwater/ecosystem interactions Surface contamination of shallow and deep aquifers Water level changes Water quality Vadose zone flow, fate, and transport processes International Issues Appropriate technologies for developing areas/Nations Cross-border compacts, transfers, and allocations Globalization of water issues International regulatory conflicts Management principles Privatization of utilities; infrastructure Responsibilities of developed nations to developing nations Technology sharing Water resources security World Water Forums Infrastructure Aging infrastructure Creative financing of infrastructure Distribution systems infrastructure (Source to tap) Drain to disposal infrastructure Harbors and port facilities Impoundments - construction, restoration, removal Levees Locks and dams Navigation in inland waterways River channelization, dredging

Management and Tools Adaptive management Communicating science to policy makers Decision support systems Geographic Information Science (GIS) Innovative techniques Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Internet Modeling Real time data Remote sensing Technology information and dissemination Policy, Planning and Legal Issues Adapting government programs to watershed management and regulation Balancing development and environmental policies Communicating with policy makers Compacts Drought management/conservation Forest planning and management History of water laws/policy Innovative marketing/banking Integrated water resources planning Integration of water quality and water quantity management Land use planning Legislative initiatives, state and federal Market-based solutions to scarcity or overabundance Meeting and managing demand National water vision/strategy Planning and management of water resources in rural areas Political hydrology Range planning and management Reuse Safeguarding water supplies Stateline faults and water policy - a watershed approach? Urban planning Water laws Water transfers- benefits/costs Surface Water Best Management Practices (BMP) - performance Downstream impacts of mine tailings Energy production Effects of diversions and channel alterations Flood forecasting, warning, preparedness Flooding and floodplain management Fluvial geomorphology Innovative technologies of storm water management Managing competing uses and needs Managing nonpoint source pollution Managing point source pollution Mitigating storm water damage/retrofitting River operations - flow management Storm water - preparation for and management - innovative technologies Stream channel processes System operation and maintenance Watershed planning and management Water and energy Urbanization Community based restoration and management Financing restoration and volunteer efforts Hydrologic changes - effects on urban streams and floodplains Infiltration and runoff Land use changes Residential land stewardship Reuse of gray water Urban storm water impacts Volunteer restoration and management initiatives Water saving techniques and initiatives Water Quality Acid mine drainage Agriculture and/or mining impacts on water quality Effects of dredging and other stream management techniques on water quality Emerging contaminants Establishing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Impacts of storm water on water quality Implementing TMDL's Laboratory methodologies Low flow/high flow/combined TMDL's Monitoring Nanotechnology Nutrients and nutrient management Pathogens in watersheds Salinity removal techniques; successes and failures Source water quality protection Turbidity and sediment impacts on water quality Water quality standards and regulations Wetlands and Lakes Conflicting issues Created wetland successes Design and construction of created wetlands Effects of acid rain Eutrophication/nutrient impacts Lake management and restoration Mitigation Regulations Reservoir management and restoration Sedimentation Shoreline maintenance and restoration Tourism and recreation Watershed/wetland/lake interactions Wetland functions and values Wetland restoration and protection Special Session Topics Reservoir Operation - Arturo Leon Reservoir Water Quality Impacts and Modeling Approaches - Scott Wells Bringing the Cloud to the Field - Matt Deniston Advances in Low Impact Development (LID) Approaches for Stormwater Management - Scott Kindred Drinking Water Protection Efforts in the Pacific Northwest - Kristel Fesler Application of Ecosystem Services in Floodplain Management and Restoration Projects - Felix Kristanovich Urban Watershed Management through the Ecosystem Services Lens: Benefits, Distortions and Cross-pollinations - Zbigniew Grabowski and Marissa Matsler Does Ownership Matter? Hydrologic Ecosystem Services Across the Landscape - Jodi Schoenen Water Scarcity and Security - May Wu Groundwater Governance - Sharon Megdal The Headwater Tributaries of the Columbia River Basin - Effects of Post 2014 Columbia River Treaty on Their Management and Economics - John Tracy Zero Net Nutrient Watersheds - Treating Pollutants as Scarce Resources in Watershed Management - John Tracy Integrating Economic Behavior into Models for Water Management and Planning - John Tracy Sediment, Geomorphology, and Society - Kyle Juracek Symposium on Collaborative Modeling for Decision Support - Advancing Water Planning for 30 Years - Lisa Bourget, Allyson Beall, and Vincent C. Tidwell Watershed Scale Hydrologic Response to Projected Climate Change - John Risley Transboundary River Governance - The Columbia River Treaty 2014/2024 Review - James Ruff Environmental and Related Impacts of Shale Gas Development: Case Study of the Barnett Shale Play - Ari Michelsen Practical Applications of Resilience Thinking in Water Resources Management - Brian Chaffin and Dan Calvert Aquatic Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest: Holding Back the Flood - Angela Strecker and Mark Sytsma A Bold Experiment: Lessons from Integrated Water Planning in Washington State - Andrew Graham, and Bill Zachmann Ethical Considerations in Water Resources - David Garen, David Groenfeldt, and Michael E. Campana Hydrophilanthropy - Michael E. Campana Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources - Paul Pickett, Victoria Leuba, and Mark A. Anderson The Columbia River: a Sense of the Future - Barbara Cosens The Columbia River Basin Water Management Program: How State Investment and Stakeholder Engagement are Producing Results - Steven M. Thurin, Derek Sandison, and Michael Garrity Watershed Management for Climate Change Adaptation - Korea Water Resources Association-AWRA Joint Special Session - Boosik Kang, and Michael E. Campana IWRM: When Policies Collide - Brenda Bateman Water quality and Security - Mary Wu Other Topics Smartphones, Social Media and Water Resources Other