PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2007 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Table of Contents

To purchase individual papers from this proceedings, please contact Mike Kowalski. Papers if available are $15/each. The complete conference CD proceedings is also available.

SESSION 1: Water Markets I

• Market Power, Price Volatility, and Market Mechanisms in Water Markets - Janie Chermak, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-author: Robert H. Patrick)
• Designing User-Driven Markets for Drought Management in the Rio Grande - Ereney Hadjigeorgalis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
• Designing a Water Market for the Rio Grande Basin of New Mexico - Brandon Winchester, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (co-author: Ereney Hadjigeorgalis)
• A Water Leasing Framework for the Middle Rio Grande with a focus on the Farmers Decision Making Process - Craig D. Broadbent, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: David Brookshire, Don Coursey, Vince Tidwell)

SESSION 2: Climate Change I

• Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Water Resource Management: A Framework for Progress - J Randall Freed, ICF International, Fairfax, VA (co-authors: Joel D. Scheraga, J. David Allan, Susan Asam, Michael Loughran)
• Current Issues in Adapting Civil Infrastructures to Climate Change: The Time to Act is Now - Latham Stack, Syntectic International, LLC, Portland, OR (co-author: Michael Simpson)
• Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Recharge: Implications for Water Management - Karen MacClune, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Boulder, CO (co-author: Dagmar Llewellyn)
• Climate Change and It's Implications for New Mexico's Water Resources and Economic Opportunities - Brian Hurd, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (co-author: Julie Coonrod)

SESSION 3: Watershed Planning and Management I

• Conducting Rapid Watershed Assessments in Arizona - Kristine Uhlman, University of Arizona, Water Resources Research Center, Tucson, AZ (co-authors: Dino DeSimone, Sharon Megdal, D. Phillip Guertin, Myrtho Joseph, Melisa Kennedy, Keith Larson, Lainie Levick, Terry Sprouse, Erin Westfall, Dilruba Yeasmin)
• Alabama Watersheds: Assessments of Land Use, Sedimentation, and Effectiveness of Treatments for Water-Quality Improvement - Marlon Cook, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
• Integrating Hydrology, Wildlife Biology, and Forestry Considerations into Watershed Planning in Sugarite Canyon, New Mexico - Joanne Hilton, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Amy Ewing, Amy C. Lewis, Melissa Savage, Jean-Luc Cartron)
• Watershed, Systems, and Operations Evaluation of the Lake Okeechobee Fast Track (LOFT) Project - Lena Rivera, CDM, Maitland, FL (co-authors: Kirk Westphal, Michael Schmidt, Mark Long)

SESSION 4: Developing Countries I

• Obtaining Drinking Water from Bedrock in Developing Countries; Opportunities and Risks - John Cherry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
• Groundwater Exploration and Development; Six Village Pilot Program Hambantota District Sri Lanka - Anthony Rana, Uhl, Baron, Rana & Associates, Lambertville, NJ (co-authors: K. Nagabhushanam, V. W. Uhl, A. Rangarajan)
• Characterization of Water Quality in Murchison Bay, Lake Victoria, Uganda, Africa - Roger Ruggles, Lafayette College, Easton, PA (co-authors: Arthur Kney, David Brandes, Bailey Simone, Christa Kelleher, Hugo Sindalar, David Kendell, Karen Ruggles)
• Sustainable Technologies for Arsenic and Fluoride Removal and a Business Model for Implementing Them in Developing Areas - Laura R. Brunson, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (co-authors: Thabani B. Mlilo, David A. Sabatini)

SESSION 5: Wetlands

• Nitrate Removal in a Restored Spring-Fed Wetland, Pennsylvania: Results of a Three-Year Monitoring Study - Christopher Woltemade, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
• Ecosystem Restoration at Cape May, New Jersey: Partnering for Success - Josephine Axt, Northern Ecological Associates, Inc., Santa Fe, NM (co-author: Beth Brandreth)
• Wastewater Infrastructure, Wetlands, and the Recovery of Hurricane Katrina - Gordon C. Austin, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (co-authors: Sarah Mack, Robert S. Reimers, John W. Day, A.J. Englande)
• Multi-Criteria Wetlands Mapping Using an Integrated - Hsu Chengmin, University Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO (co-author: Lynn E. Johnson)

SESSION 6: Water Markets II

• Meeting Water Demand by Controlling Groundwater Extraction and Recharge: A Hybrid Model in Developing Country - Bishwa Koirala, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-author: Steven J Archambault)
• Filling the Data Gap: Experimental Results in Urban Water Consumer Response to Price Changes - Kate Krause, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Janie M. Chermak, David Brookshire, Steve Stewart)
• Integrated Modeling to Test And Design Alternative Water Markets: Rio Mimbres, New Mexico - Alison Williams, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Vincent Tidwell, Will Cain, David Brookshire, Craig Broadbent, Don Coursey)
• Using Conservation Credit Offset Trading and Groundwater Permitting in a Groundwater Scarce Watershed to Protect In-stream Ecological Service Values - Sandra Batie, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing , MI (co-authors: Michael D. Kaplowitz, Saichon Seedang)

SESSION 7: Climate Change II

• Independent Analysis of the NRCS SNOTEL and Snow-course Network for Signals of Hydroclimatic Trends Relevant to Western US Water Resources - Thomas Pagano, NWCC-NRCS-USDA, Portland, OR (co-authors: David Garen, Phil Pasteris)
• Climate Change Impacts on New Mexico's Mountain Sources of Water - Albert Rango, USDA-ARS-Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM (co-authors: Enrique Vivoni, David Gutzler, Brian Hurd, Stephanie Bestelmeyer)
• Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Water Availability in Global River Basins with a Semi-distributed Macro-scale Hydrology Model - Tingju Zhu, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC (co-authors: Claudia Ringler, Mark W. Rosegrant)
• Understanding Watershed Sensitivity to Climate Variability and Change: A Case Study in the Monocacy River Watershed - Thomas Johnson, U.S. EPA, Washington, DC (co-authors: John Kittle, Jr., John Imhoff, Mark Gray)

SESSION 8: Watershed Planning and Management II (Modeling)

• An Automatic, Mass-Balance Approach for Nutrient Calibration in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model - Jing Wu, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Annapolis, MD (co-authors: Robert W. Burgholzer, Gary W. Shenk, Lewis C. Linker)
• A Spatially Explicit Watershed Modeling Approach Investigating Distribution of Land Cover and Their Influences on Watershed Condition - Peter E Schweizer, Ohio University, Athens, OH (co-author: Glenn R. Matlack)
• The Use of a Distributed Hydrologic Model to Evaluate the Location of Flood Control Reservoirs - Andrea Zimmer, Rice University, Houston, TX (co-author: Philip B. Bedient)
• A Water Supply and Decision Support Model For the Upper Hondo Watershed in Lincoln County, New Mexico - Thomas S. Lowry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (co-authors: L. I. (Tony) Davis, Mike Byrnes, Vincent C. Tidwell, Frank Ward)

SESSION 9: Developing Countries II

• Watershed Management in Nepal: 30 Years of Lessons Learned in the Phewa Tal Watershed - Bill Fleming, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-author: J.P. Fleming)
• Meeting the Millennium Development Target for Sanitation: Barriers and Solutions - Lauren Fry, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (co-authors: James R. Mihelcic, David W. Watkins)
• Characterization of Seasonal Effects on the Specific Capacity of Rope-Pump Wells in a Fractured-Rock Aquifer in Nicaragua - Essa Gross, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (co-authors: John S. Gierke, Antoinette Kome)
• A Well Should Be More Than A Hole In The Ground - Patrick Tucci, U.S. Geological Survey, Lakewood, CO (co-authors: Eve L. Kuniansky, David W. Litke)

SESSION 10: Riparian Restoration

• Feasibility of Riparian Revegetation Using Native Seed on the Lower Colorado River - Matthew Grabau, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., Tucson, AZ (co-authors: Michael A. Milczarek, Martin Karpiscak, Barbara Raulston)
• Water Quality Impacts of the Invasive Species Autumn-olive - Karl Williard, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL (co-authors: Christine Goldstein, Sara Baer, John Groninger, Jon Schoonover)
• Integration of Science into the Management of a Riparian Weed: Adapting to the Realities of a Perennial Pepperweed Invasion - Joshua Viers, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA (co-authors: Rachel A. Hutchinson, James F. Quinn)
• Habitat Restoration in the Albuquerque Reach of the Middle Rio Grande: Basis of Design - Michael Harvey, Mussetter Engineering, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (co-authors: Steven C. Sanborn, Dagmar K. Llewellyn, Nic Medley)

SESSION 11: Economics/Finance

• Evaluation of Cost Effectiveness in a Major Water Resources Environmental Restoration Planning Project - Lewis Hornung, HDR Engineering, West Palm Beach, FL (co-author: Anwar Khan)
• Putting a Value on the Priceless - One Utility's Solution - Alfredo Rodriguez, Aurora Water, Aurora, CO (co-author: John Winchester)
• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Obtaining Operational Estimates of Reference Evapotranspiration, Peninsular, Florida, USA - Michael Kittridge, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (co-author: Mark C. Rains)
• Water Reuse Utility is Natural Selection for Environmentally Friendly Master Planned Communities - Dennis Cafaro, Resource Conservation Systems, LLC, Bonita Springs, FL

SESSION 12: Climate Change III

• Testing Vulnerability to Climate Change: The Evolution of Water Supply Planning for the Washington D.C. Region - Erik Hagen, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, Rockville, MD (co-author: Mark Lorie)
• Using Paleoclimatological Reconstructions to Evaluate Drought Risk Under Climate Variability for the Washington, D.C. Region - Mark Lorie, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, Rockville, MD (co-author: Erik Hagen)
• Evaluating Climate Change in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - Lewis Linker, U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office, Annapolis, MD (co-authors: Thomas Johnson, John Kittle Jr., Gary Shenk)
• Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Communities: Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Response to Adaptation Strategies - Linda Mortsch, Environment Canada, Waterloo, ON, Canada (co-authors: Andrea Hebb, Joel Ingram, Susan Doka)

SESSION 13: Watershed Planning and Management III (Scenario Analysis)

• Hydrologic Model Calibration and Uncertainty in Scenario Analysis - Darius Semmens, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Las Vegas, NV (co-author: Mariano Hernandez)
• Scenario Studies: Linking Regional Concerns and Integrated Models in Local Applications - Holly Hartmann, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (co-authors: Steve Stewart, Yuqiong Liu, Mohammed Mahmoud, Francina Dominguez, Thorsten Wagener)
• Applying Social-Ecological Fit and Adaptive Management Concepts to Irrigation Institutions in New Mexico - Michael Cox, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
• Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment (AGWA): A GIS-Based Hydrologic Modeling Tool for Watershed Assessment and Analysis - D. Phillip Guertin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (co-authors: David C. Goodrich, William G. Kepner, Darius J. Semmens, Mariano Hernandez, Shea Burns, Averill Cate, Lainie Levick, Scott N. Miller)

SESSION 14: Developing Countries III

• The Malingua Pamba Water Project: Improving the Reliability of Water Delivery to a Rural Village in the Ecuadorian Andes - Deborah Hathaway, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., Boulder, CO (co-authors: Amy Hui, Kevin Greer, Zeke Houk, Bradley Davidson)
• Fecal Contamination of Springs in Mountainous Southwest China - Derek Chitwood, International Health Resources, Sanger, CA
• Water Markets and the Resource Gap: Help or Hindrance for Small Farms? - Ereney Hadjigeorgalis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
• Development of an Alternative Latrine Design with Improved Pathogen and Nutrient Removal Capacity for Poor, Densely-Populated, Peri-urban Areas in the Developing World - Jesse Stimson, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada (co-authors: Alexandra V. Suhogusoff, David W. Blowes, Carol J. Ptacek, Ricardo Hirata , William D. Robertson, Gi-Tak Chae, Monica B. Emelko)

SESSION 15: Ecosystem Restoration

• Applying the New IWR Planning Suite to Ecosystem Restoration Projects - Lawrence Skaggs, US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Alexandria, VA (co-author: Darrell G. Nolton)
• Loss of Historical Riparian Wetlands on the Verde River - Alvin Medina, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ
• Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout Recovery Efforts in Cabresto Creek, New Mexico - Lee Bergstedt, GEI Consultants, Inc., Littleton, CO (co-author: James W. Chadwick)
• Development of the Adaptive Management Guidance Manual for Everglades Restoration - Tom St Clair, PBS&J, Jacksonville , FL

SESSION 16: Transboundary I

• Transboundary Aquifers of the New Mexico-Texas-Chihuahua Border Region - the Need for Assessment - Bobby Creel, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, Las Cruces, NM (co-authors: Alfredo Granados-Olivas, John W. Hawley)
• Bi-national Groundwater Resources of the Palomas Basin System - Peter Castiglia, INTERA, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Jeffrey Parker, Peter J. Fawcett)
• Climate Change Impacts on Transboundary Groundwater Aquifers - Deborah Bathke, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (co-authors: Bobby J. Creel, Alfredo Granados-Olivas, Erick Sánchez-Flores )
• Proposed Roadmap: A Draft Model for Collaborative Operation of Transboundary Watersheds - Elaine Hebard, Facilitator, Mimbres Basin Dialogue, Border 2012 New Mexico-Chihuahua Rural Task Force, Albuquerque, NM

SESSION 17: Hydrophilanthropy I

• New Initiatives Regarding Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Developing World - Peter Fant, WEFTA, Santa Fe, NM
• Improving World Water Conditions - $10 At a Time - Michael Turvey, Flowing Streams Ministries, Shawnee, KS
• El Porvenir: A Model for Water and Sanitation Projects in the Developing World - Thomas Green, El Porvenir, North Freedom, WI
• Organizational Partnerships for Improved Sustainability - Christine Casey, Pure Water for the World, Andover, MA

SESSION 18: Watershed Planning and Management IV

• Estimating the Un-gauged Flows - Patrick Tara, INTERA, Lutz, FL (co-authors: Mike Heyl, Harshal Parikh, Norapatt Ketprakong)
• Effect of Source and Resolution of Digital Elevation Models in Hydrologic Modeling of Small Watersheds Using the SWAT Model - Sushama Pradhan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (co-authors: M. T. Hoover, H. A. Devine, J. G. Arnold, M. Di Luzio)
• Use of Cutting Edge Technology for Watershed Management - Suresh Hettiarachchi, HDR Engineering Inc, Minneapolis, MN (co-author: Matt Moore)
• Real-Time Monitoring in the St. Lawrence: Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ Tide Gauge Network – Jeremy Hancyk, AXYS Technologies, Sidney, BC, Canada (co-authors: Paul Bellemare, Harry Weiler)

SESSION 19: Urban Ecosystems

• Effects of Urbanization on Water Quality in Streams of the West Georgia Piedmont - Jackie Crim, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (co-author: Graeme Lockaby)
• The Influence of Land Use on Biotic Assemblages and Food Webs in Streams of the Georgia Piedmont - Brian Helms, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (co-authors: Jon Schoonover, Kyle Barrett, Jack Feminella)
• Land Use Impacts of Surface Water Quality Inputs to Apalachicola Bay, Florida – Christopher J. Anderson, Auburn University, Auburn, AL (co-authors: Graeme Lockaby, Ana Cerro)
• Comprehensive Water and Salt Flux Models for Urban Systems - Paul Westerhoff, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (co-authors: Peng Zhang, John Crittenden)

SESSION 20: Lakes and Ponds

• Regional Scale Stressor-Response Models in Aquatic Ecosystems - E Conrad Lamon III, Duke University, Durham, NC (co-author: Song S. Qian)
• Bacteria and Sediment Interaction in Stream Water Column and Bottom Sediments - Marissa Duff, Biological Systems Engineering Department, Virginia Tech, Midlothian, VA (co-author: Tamim Younos)
• Utah Lake Water Level Fluctuations Under Past, Present, and Future Conditions - Steven Thurin, HDR Engineering, Bellevue, WA (co-author: Terry Hickman)

SESSION 21: Transboundary II

• Mission: Impossible - Joseph Sheahan, Optimal Resource Allocation, LLC, Lansing, MI
• Water Quality and Public Health Monitoring of Surface Waters in the Kura-Araks River Basin of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia - Amy Ewing, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Michael E. Campana, Armen Saghatelyan, Bahruz Suleymanov, Nodar Kekelidze,)
• Impacts of an Inter-Basin Water Transfer: Predictions of Future Water Quality in a Texas River - Emily Chen, QEA, Austin, TX (co-authors: Jennifer Benaman, Leah Manning, Steve Fletcher)
• Do Hydrologic, Political, and Economic Asymmetries between States Influence the Formation of Treaties? - An Empirical Analysis with Policy Implications - Basman Towfique-DeWald, International Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka (co-authors: Itay Fischhendler, Mark Giordano)

SESSION 22: Hydrophilanthropy II

• Working to Develop Water Resources with the Peace Corps - David Lawler, INTERA, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
• Insuring Sustainable Water Resources in Developing Areas by Involving and Training the Receiving People – Weldon Hammond, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (co-authors: Louis Manz)
• Sooner Village - Integrating Engineering Design and Service Learning - Randall Kolar, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (co-authors: D. A. Sabatini, K. A. Strevett, R. C. Knox, J. W. Everett
• Equipping Engineers to Use Their Expertise in the Developing World - Graham Frank, Christ Community Church, Omaha, NE (co-authors: Sarah Young, Eric Habermeyer)

SESSION 23: Watershed Planning and Management V (Urban)

• Potential CSO Reduction Techniques for New York City - Sheng Yue, Hazen and Sawyer, P.C., New York, NY
• Estimating the Confidence of Land Use and Imperviousness Relationships at a Regional Scale - Drew Ackerman, SCCWRP, Costa Mesa, CA (co-author: Eric D Stein)
• Heating Effects Due to Land Development - Karima Degia, Florida Tech, Melbourne, FL (co-authors: Sudhir Kulkarni, Nawazish Ali, Kunal Mitra, Daniel Kirk, Ashok Pandit)
• A Win-Win Scenario for Rural/Urban Water Supplies - Bruce Lytle, Lytle Water Solutions, LLC, Highlands Ranch, CO

SESSION 24: Panel - Addressing Climate Change In Long-term Water Resource Planning

• Moderator:
  • David Groves, RAND Corporation, Oakland, CA
• Panelists
  • David Groves, RAND Corporation, Oakland, CA
  • Robert Lempert, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
  • Patricia Gober, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  • David Yates, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO

SESSION 25: Forest Roads

• Forest Roads: A Primer and More – Pamela J. Edwards, U.S. Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Parsons, WV
• Factors Controlling Erosion and Sediment Delivery on an Appalachian Gas Pipeline - Dan Holz, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (co-authors: Pamela Edwards, Karl Williard, Jon Schoonover)
• Particle Size Analysis of Eroded Material from Left Fork of Clover Run, West Virginia - Joshua Stedman, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale , IL (co-authors: Pamela J. Edwards, Jon E. Schoonover, Karl W. J. Williard)
• Measuring and Modeling of Erosion From a Forest Road in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma - Donald Turton, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (co-authors: Elaine Stebler, Phil Busteed, Jami Nettles)

SESSION 26: Transboundary III

• Sharing the Benefits? Managing Aquifers and Effluent in the Upper Santa Cruz River Basin - Anita Milman, Energy and Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
• Modeling San Juan-Chama Project Water with URGWOM - Craig Boroughs, BH&H Engineering, Inc., Dillon, CO (co-authors: Marc S. Sidlow, Brad Vickers, Garret K. Ross)
• The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study - Towards Improved Bi-national Water Regulation in an Intensively Developed Basin - Tom McAuley, International Joint Commission, Ottawa, ON, Canada (co-author: Mark Colosimo )
• Assessing the Nature of Coalition Among Riparian Countries via Fuzzy Logic: The Case of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers - Mehmet Ozger, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey (co-authors: Mehmet Kucukmehmetoglu, Zekai Sen )

SESSION 27: Hydrophilanthropy III

• Case Study: Engineers Without Borders-Site Assessment in Agou Avedje, Togo, West Africa - Curtis McHaley, Camp Dresser & McKee, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Hanna Sloan, Stephanie Moraga-McHaley)
• Case Study: Groupement de Production Agricole and Water Supply in Togolese Villages - Bill Cocke, Delaware DNREC, Dover, DE (co-author: Dzobi Okuola)
• Sustainable Ground Water Treatment for Axum, Ethiopia - David Hubly, Water and Sanitation Consultancy Group, Centennial, CO (co-authors: Tsegaye Hailu, Patrick Tucci)
• Small Community-Based Water Development Projects in Kenya and Related Volunteer Opportunities and Experiences - Peter Boddie, HRS Water Consultants, Lakewood, CO

SESSION 28: Watershed Planning and Management VI

• Water Resources Management in the 21st Century: The need for a U.S. Federal Department of Environmental Protection - Eric Fitch, Marietta College, Marietta, OH
• Stakeholder Consensus Building: The South Florida Water Management District's Water Resources Advisory Commission - Rick Smith, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL
• The Arid West Water Quality Research Project - - Solutions to Regulatory Conflicts between Endangered Species and the Clean Water Act - Mark Murphy, Interstate Stream Commission, Office of the State Engineer, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Richard Meyerhoff, Steve Canton, Robert Gensemer, Karen Ramage, Edward Curley)
• Wekiva Parkway And Protection Act Master Stormwater Management Plan Support - Barika Poole, CDM, Maitland, FL (co-authors: Danielle Honour, Mary Brabham)

SESSION 29: Flooding

• Paso del Norte 2006 Floods: Water Resource Agency Assessments and Recommendations for Improved Management and Preparation - Ari Michelsen, Texas A&M University, El Paso Research Center, El Paso, TX (co-author: Zhuping Sheng)
• Real-time Hydraulic Prediction Tool - Floodplain Map Library (FPML) - Zheng Fang, Rice University, Houston, TX (co-author: Philip B. Bedient)
• Managing Flash Floods: Risk Perception from a Cultural Perspective - Ashley Coles, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• Levee Maintenance Enhancements, Prince George's County, MD - S. Ali Abbasi, Greenhorne & O'Mara, Laurel, MD (co-authors: Maureen P. Wilson, Hilary Stephens, El Hadji Fall)

SESSION 30: Forest Management

• Water Yield from Harvesting and Thinning Southwestern Mountain Forests: Historical Experience from US Forest Service Research - Dan Neary, US Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ (co-authors: Karen Koester, Boris Poff)
• The Effects Of Fire And Fire Surrogate Treatments On Soil Moisture Availability In Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests - Boris Poff, US Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ (co-authors: Daniel G. Neary, Aregai Tecle)
• Pre-harvest Calibration of a Paired and Nested Watershed Study to Evaluate Event-Based Suspended Sediment Export - Brian Dietterick, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA (co-author: Michael Gaedeke)
• Fuel Reduction Treatment Effects on Ecohydrology in a Semiarid Woodland - Krista Bonfantine, University of New Mexico, Cedar Crest, NM

SESSION 31: Panel: Linking Climate and Water Resource Management Knowledge Networks

• Moderator:
  • Barbara Morehouse, ISPE, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• Panelists:
• Barbara Morehouse, Deputy Director & Associate Research Scientist, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
• David Feldman, Chair, Planning, Policy and Design, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA
• Denise Fort, Professor of Law, School of Law, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
• Thomas Pagano, Water Supply Forecaster, National Water and Climate Center, NRCS-USDA, Portland, OR

SESSION 32: Hydrophilanthropy IV

• Political Pitfalls Preventing People from Procuring Potable Provisions - a Case from Belize - Thomas Soerens, University of Arkansas Civil Engineering, Fayetteville, AR
• Water Purification - An Inexpensive, Radical Solution for Small Communities - Julia Crown, CardioStart International , Portland, OR (co-authors: Matthew Lowry, Ernesto Malaga, Monica Diaz Murillo, Kimberly Holmes, Susan Nesbit, Aubyn Marath)
• Water Planning for Santo Tomás, Chontales, Nicaragua - Paul Pickett, Thurston-Santo Tomás Sister County Association, Olympia, WA
• Networking in Church to Provide Safe Water- Robert Adamski, Gannett Fleming, Locust Valley, NY

SESSION 33: Watershed Planning Management VII

• Evolving Watershed Regulations and Local Government Response: A Case Study of Brewster, New York - John A. Degnan, Mayor, Village of Brewster, N.Y., Brewster, NY
• Bank Stabilization Alternative Analysis for Envrionmental Impact Reports - Tony Howze, PACE, Fountain Valley, CA
• Stormwater Management: Beijing Urban Stormwater Runoff Management System – Ming Jiang, EDAW, Beijing, China (co-authors: Wang Yi, Ding Yueyuan, Stephane Asselin)
• Benefits to Ground Water and Aquatic Ecosystems Through Collaborative Decision-making - John Chatoian, Consultant to the US Forest Service, San Mateo, CA (co-authors: Gar Abbas, Mark Shaffer)

SESSION 34: Floodplain Management

• Tracking Development within Special Flood Hazard Areas in Harris County, Texas - John Grounds, Grounds Anderson, LLC, Houston, TX (co-authors: Jacob Spenn, Brandon Grimm, Elle L. Anderson)
• Comparison of 1-D and 2-D Wave Models for Coastal Flood Hazards - Guillermo Simon, P.E., Taylor Engineering, Jacksonville, FL (co-authors: Christopher Bender, Michael DelCharco)
• Ethical Issues and Consequences of Development Regulations for Special Flood Hazard Areas - John Grounds, Grounds Anderson, LLC, Houston, TX (co-author: Elle L. Anderson)
• Comparison of Hydraulic Model and Storm Water Collection Model for Floodplain Delineation - Denis Gilbert, HDR Engineering, Inc, Omaha, NE (co-author: Paul Dierking)

SESSION 35: Environmental Flow Requirements

• Development Of Seasonal Freshwater Minimum Flow Requirements - Adam Munson, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, Fl (co-authors: Marty Kelly, Jonthan Morales, Douglas A. Leeper, Joseph Delfino)
• Climate Change and Prospects for Environmental Flows in New Mexico Streams - Stephen Earsom, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Water Quantity and Its Impact on Quality: An Approach to Assessing Instream Flows for a Texas River - Jennifer Benaman, QEA, Austin, TX (co-authors: Leah Manning, Steve Fletcher)
• Developing Flow-Ecology Science to Support Decision Making Verde River Watershed, Arizona – Jeanmarie Haney, The Nature Conservancy, Tucson, AZ (co-author: Dale Turner)

SESSION 36: Shared Vision Planning

• Shared Vision Planning - Richard N. Palmer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Shared Vision Planning Case Study: Lake Ontario Regulation - William Werick, Werick Creative Solutions, LLC, Culpeper, VA
• Shared Vision Planning and the use of Interest Satisfaction Relationships to form the Framework for Revising Water Resource Management Operations - Anthony Eberhardt, USACE-Institute for Water Resources, Alexandria, VA
• Computer Aided Dispute Resolution - Results of an Interagency Symposium - Vince Tidwell, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Hal Cardwell, Len Shabman, Kurt Stephenson, Mike Eng)

SESSION 37: Everglades Water Quality Using Stormwater Treatment Areas

• Case Study: Practical Considerations for 2-Dimensional Modeling of a Large Complex Wetland Treatment System - Jackeline Luque, Brown and Caldwell, West Palm Beach, FL (co-author: Emily McBryan)
• Improving Everglades Water Quality with the Compartment B Stormwater Treatment Area - James Siegfried, Brown and Caldwell, West Palm Beach, FL (co-author: Maria C. Clemente)
• Treatment Performance Evaluation using DMSTA - Jackeline Luque, Brown and Caldwell, West Palm Beach, FL (co-author: Emily McBryan)
• Methodology to Predict Embankment Height of a Stormwater Treatment Area - Xavier Foussereau, Brown and Caldwell, Maitland, FL (co-author: William Miller Jr.)

SESSION 38: Water Demand Management

• Residential Demand Management as a Drought Coping Tool: Lessons from Aurora, Colorado – Chris Goemans, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (co-authors: Doug Kenney, Roberta Klein, Kevin Reidy, Jessica Lowrey)
• A Decision Support System to Analyze Drought Management Policies - Shawn Stoddard, Truckee Meadows Water Authority, Reno, NV
• Valuing Water Efficiency Programs in the West - Jay Griffin, RAND Corporation, Oakland, CA (co-authors: Sara Hajiamiri, David Groves)
• Sustainable Water Supply for South Florida - Brian Stitt, Metcalf & Eddy - AECOM, Sunrise, FL (co-authors: John H. Creswell, Adelaide Hummel, Sheldon Barnes)

SESSION 39: Fluvial Geomorphology

• Stratification of Hydraulic Geometry by Rosgen Stream Type - S. Kyle McKay, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Athens, GA (co-authors: Gregory V. Wilkerson, J. Craig Fischenich)
• Quantification of Bankfull Discharge in Three Regions of Wisconsin - Jessica Haucke, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI (co-author: Katherine Clancy)
• The Influence of Channel Morphology on Suspended Sediment and Turbidity Levels in Two Southwestern Minnesota Streams - Christian Lenhart, Water Resources Science Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (co-authors: Kenneth N. Brooks, Elon S. Verry, Joseph A. Magner)
• Long-term Geomorphic Effects of Dams on Rivers in the Central Valley of California - J. Toby Minear, University of California, Berkeley, Oakland, CA (co-author: G. Mathias Kondolf)

Session 40: GIS and Remote Sensing

• Strategic Watershed Management: The Power of Customized Geographic Information System (GIS) Applications for Watershed Managers - Jayson Romig, Ecostruction, LLC, York, PA.
• Accuracy of Weighted Flow-Accumulation for Locating and Ranking Overland Flow Paths in Western NY - Paul Richards, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY (co-author: Mark Noll)
• HyperSpectral/LIDAR/Radar Imagery for Water Quality Monitoring and Environmental Impact Assessment in South Florida – Raul Mercado, WRMA, Stuart, FL
• Monitoring Snow-Cover Using MODIS Satellite Data for Predicting Drought Conditions in Nebraska, United States - Vijendra Boken, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE (co-author: Stan Dart)

SESSION 41: Water Quality I

• Enhancing Water Security Through EPA's Internet-based Water Contaminant Information Tool - Lori Apodaca, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (co-author: Gregory Beumel)
• Assessment of Water Quality Concentrations and Loads from Natural Landscapes - Eric Stein, S. Ca. Coastal Water Research Project, Costa Mesa, CA (co-authors: Vada K. Yoon)
• Sediment Transport and Delivery from the Atchafalaya - Y. Jun Xu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
• Persistence of Water Quality Indicators in an East Tennessee Watershed - Shesh Koirala, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (co-authors: Randy Gentry, Ed Perfect, John Schwartz, Patrick Mulholland)
• A Genomic and Proteomic Approach to Characterizing Natural Variation in E. coli: Identifying Sources of Fecal Water Contamination in the State of Montana - Margie Kinnersley, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

SESSION 42: Integrated Water Resources Planning

• Integrated Modeling of New Mexico's Rio Grande System for Real Time Scenario Analysis - Jesse Roach, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM (co-author: Vincent Tidwell)
• Sensitivity of Water Supply Stress Index (WaSSI) to Climate Change, Population Growth, Groundwater Supply, and Land Management in across the Conterminous United States - Ge Sun, USDA Forest Service Southern Global Change Program, Raleigh, NC (co-authors: Steven G. McNulty, Erika C. Cohen, Jennifer A. Moore Myers)
• Watershed-Based Permitting: The Minnesota Analysis Of Feasibility, Cost-Effectiveness, and Legal and Political Obstacles - Clifton Aichinger, and Gary Oberts, Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District, Little Canada, MN and Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc., Oakdale, MN respectively
• Coupled Socio-Biophysical Modeling of Ground Water Banking Alternatives in the Eastern Snake Plain, Idaho - Beaudry Kock, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (co-author: Bryce Contor)

SESSION 43: Modeling I

• Modeling of a Groundwater Sustained River and Fish Habitat - Deanna Durnford, Civil Engineering, Fort Collin, CO (co-authors: Angela Squires, Jeff Falke, Ryan Banning, Kurt Fausch, Ramchand Oad, Linda Riley)
• Modeling Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction along the Middle Rio Grande with URGWOM - Craig Boroughs, BH&H Engineering, Inc., Dillon, CO (co-authors: Mike Roark, Nabil Shafike, Michael Gabora)
• Addressing River Restoration and Water Management Problems Using High-Resolution Groundwater Models of the Near-River Zone - Dagmar Llewellyn, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Karen MacClune, Deborah Hathaway, Gilbert Barth, Nabil Shafike)
• Accounting for Watershed Connectivity through a Network Model: Ecological Insights in a Mined-Appalachian Watershed - Samuel J. Lamont, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (co-authors: Michael Strager, J. Todd Petty, Jacquelyn M. Strager, Jerald J. Fletcher, Bob Eli)

SESSION 44A: Managing Competing Water Uses

• Enlarging the Rio Grande Reservoir: A Multi-Use Multi-Benefit Water Project - Kelly DiNatale, CDM, Denver, CO (co-authors: Erin Ansell, Travis Smith, Matthew Bliss)
• Can Water Conservation Programs Save Water? - Frank Ward, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

SESSION 44B: Education and Outreach

• Water Resources, Industrial Ecology and the Greening of Corporations - Joseph Delfino, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
• Marketing Strategies for Behavioral Change - Linda Burnette, St Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL

SESSION 45: Panel: Financing the Everglades Restoration

• Moderators:
  • Richard Miller & Elaine James, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP,West Palm Beach, FL
• Panelist:
  • Walter Kulakowski, Citigroup, New York, NY

SESSION 46: Rio Grande-Albuquerque Diversion Structure

• Channel Routing for Albuquerque Diversion Structure on the Rio Grande - Jungseok Ho, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Dong Ryul Lee, Won-Sik Ahn)
• Sediment Management Study for Albuquerque Diversion Structure on the Rio Grande - Jungseok Ho, Department of Civil Engineering, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Kelly Isaacson, Julie Coonrod)
• Three Dimensional Visualization of Surface Water/Ground Water Interaction on the Rio Grande near the City of Albuquerque Diversion Dam - Kelly Isaacson and Isaiah Pedro, University of New Mexico, Department of Civil Engineering, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Julie Coonrod, Jungseok Ho, John Stormont)
• Trial Operations Study for Albuquerque Diversion Structure on the Rio Grande - Sheila Johnson, University of New Mexico / URS, Albuquerque, NM (co-author: Don Lopez)

SESSION 47: Water Quality II

• Mound Springs of the Western U.S.: A Model for 'Continental Smokers' and Their Influence on Regional Water Quality and Local Geomicrobiology - Laura Crossey, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Karl E. Karlstrom, Cristina Yakacs-Vesbach, Clifford N. Dahm)
• Understanding the Karst Landscape of Antietam National Battlefield Park - Marian Norris, National Park Service, Washington, DC (co-authors: Michelle Carter, Earl A. Greene)
• Water and Sediment Yield Response to Multi-Year Precipitation Variations in a Central Oklahoma Watershed - Jurgen Garbrecht, USDA, ARS, El Reno, OK)
• A Multilevel Bayesian Model of the Impact of Farm-Level BMP’s – Kenneth H. Reckhow, Duke University, Durham, NC (co-authors: S. S. Qian, R. D. Harmel)

SESSION 48: Human Dimensions of Watershed Management

• Integrating Knowledge from 'Here' with Knowledge from 'Away" to Solve Stormwater Problems: The Falls Hill-Poplar Heights Stormwater Collaborative Process - Bradford Spangler, RESOLVE, Washington, DC (co-author: Juliana E. Birkhoff)
• Beginning at the Beginning with the Community - Jennifer Shira, Katz & Associates, San Diego, CA (co-authors: Patricia Tennyson, Gina Molise)
• Quantifying the Effectiveness of Public Meetings to Generate Public Participation in Watershed Management - Jennifer Kingsley, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI (co-author: Katherine Clancy)
• Creating a National Monitoring Network to Link Upland Watersheds with Coastal Ecosystems through Participation in the Advisory Committee Process - Toni M Johnson, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA (co-authors: Gail Mallard, Charles Spooner)

SESSION 49: Surface water/Ground water Interactions

• Levee Seepage Estimation at Stormwater Treatment Area 3/4 Using the Analytic Element Method - Taiye Sangoyomi, South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL
• Field-Scale Testing with the Integrated Hydrologic Model (IHM) - Jing Zhang, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (co-authors: Jeffrey S. Geurink, Mark A. Ross)
• Surface Water and Shallow Groundwater Interactions in an Irrigated Valley in Northern New Mexico - Carlos Ochoa, New Mexico State University, Dept of Animal and Range Sciences, Las Cruces, NM (co-authors: Alexander Fernald, Steven Guldan, Vincent Tidwell, Phillip King, Yeliz Cevik, Amber Helmus)
• System Dynamics Modeling for New Mexico's Upper-Gila and San Francisco Rivers - Amy Sun, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Vince Tidwell, Will Peplinski, Geoff Klise, Alison Williams, Jim Brainard)

SESSION 50: Meeting Future Water Demand I

• The Cost of Alternative Water Supplies in South Florida - Davies Mtundu, CDM, West Palm Beach, FL (co-authors: Patrick Gleason, Curt Kiefer, Frank Brinson, Mark Elsner, Carl Woehlcke, Ashie Akpoji, Ching Garvey, Carmen Yee Batista, Ana Demelo, Carlyn Kowalsky)
• Investigating the Potential Implications of Climate Change on Water Supply Needs for the City of Greensburg, IN - Michael Hrzic, HNTB Corp., Chicago , IL
• Use of Minnesota's Renewable Water Resources: Moving toward Sustainability - John Wells, Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, St. Paul, MN (co-author: Princesa VanBuren)
• Can an Idea from the 1960's Meet the Future Water Needs of Southeastern Colorado? - William Warmack, Applegate Group, Inc., Denver, CO

SESSION 51: Mining

• Watershed Organizations and Abandoned Hardrock Mines: Perceptions of Liability of Barriers to Cleanups in Colorado - Elizabeth Russell, Trout Unlimited, Boulder, CO
• Monitoring the Quality of CBNG Produced Water and Associated Sediments across the Powder River Basin, Wyoming - Cynthia Milligan, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (co-author: K.J. Reddy)
• Hydrological Connectivity Between Clay Settling Areas and Surrounding Hydrological Landscapes in the Phosphate Mining District, Peninsular Florida, USA - Kathryn Murphy, University of South Florida, Peachtree City, GA (co-authors: Mark C. Rains, Michael G. Kittridge, Mark T. Stewart)
• Community Centered Research to Support Groundwater Management – Teresa Thornton, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY (co-author: John Peckenham)

SESSION 52: Panel: How (and Why) to Revive the Santa Fe River

• Moderator:
  • Francois-Marie Patorni, Santa Fe Watershed Association, Santa Fe, NM
• Panelists:
  • Francois-Marie Patorni, Santa Fe Watershed Association, Santa Fe, NM
  • David Groenfeldt, Santa Fe Watershed Association, Santa Fe, NM
  • Kyle Harwood, Harwood Consulting, Sante Fe, NM
  • Bill Fleming, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • Denise Fort, University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, NM

SESSION 53: Water Quality III

• A Better Approach to the Development of Recreational Water Turbidity Standards - David Smith, New York City DEP, Wappingers Falls, NY (co-author: James D. Mayfield)
• Multivariate Statistical Methods for Source Water Analysis Using Water Quality Data for Silver Springs, Marion County, Florida - Alaa Aly, INTERA, Niwot, CO
• Water Quality Trading: An Examination of the Pennsylvania Nutrient Trading Program - Ann Smith, Pennsylvania DEP, Harrisburg, PA
• The Mythology of the Chesapeake Bay – Walter Lyon, (Retired) University of Pennsylvania, Mechanicsburg, PA

SESSION 54: Certification

• Why Certification in Hydrology? – Allen Gookin, American Institute of Hydrology (Gookin Engineers, LTD), Scottsdale, AZ (co-author: Antonius Laenen)
• The American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, a Certification Program of ASCE - Jeffrey Bradley, West Consultants, Inc., Salem, OR
• The Ecological Society of America's Professional Certification Program - William Michener, LTER Network Office, Albuquerque, NM

SESSION 55: Water Quality Standards/ Recreational Use

• Addressing Bacterial Impairments Through Fecal Source Tracking - Katharine Field, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (co-authors: Mansour Samadpour, Hyatt Green)
• Determining Bacteria Reductions for TMDL Compliance in Santa Monica Bay - Sara Elice, CDM, Los Angeles, CA (co-authors: Kimberly Siemens, Sofia Mohaghegh, Huub H.J. Cox, Reza Iranpour)
• Recreation Use Attainment in Effluent Dominated Streams: An Illusion or a Realistic Goal - Vladimir Novotny, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
• A New Approach to Conducting Recreational Use Surveys in Support of Waterbody Specific Use Attainability Analyses (UAAs) for the Santa Ana River Watershed - Richard Meyerhoff, CDM, Denver, CO (co-authors: Tim Moore, Dan Bounds, Don Schroeder, Jeff Beehler, Steven Wolosoff)

SESSION 56: Meeting Future Water Demand II (Florida)

• Florida's Largest Water Utility Looks to RO for Developing Alternative Water Supplies - Patrick Gleason for Juan F. Aceituno, CDM, West Palm Beach, FL , CDM, Miami, FL (co-authors: Kurt Kiefer, Ralph Terrero, Brian Trujillo)
• Sustainable Regional Water Supplies for Growth and Environmental Recovery - R. Warren Hogg, Tampa Bay Water, Clearwater, FL
• Regional Water Supply Alternatives for East Central Florida - Jim Gross, St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, FL (co-authors: Jerry Salsano, Ron Wycoff)

SESSION 57: Agricultural BMP's

• Improved Anaerobic Digester Stability with the Use of an Acidotolerant Bog-derived Methanogenic Inoculum - Lisa Steinberg, Penn State University, University Park, PA (co-author: John M Regan)
• Evaluation of BMP Targeting and Optimization Options to Meet Water Quality Goals in Agricultural Watersheds - Indrajeet Chaubey, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (co-authors: B.K. Schaffer, J.H. Popp)
• Landscape Planning for Agricultural Non-Point Source Pollution Reduction - Jeffrey T. Maxted, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI (co-authors: Matthew W. Diebel, M. Jake Vander Zanden)
• Addressing Biological Impairments: TMDL Target Development Integrating Biological Indexes, Continuous DO and Temperature Monitoring, and a Qual2K Diurnal Water Quality Model - William Graham, Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources, Des Moines, IA (co-author: Tom Wilton)

SESSION 58: The 2007/8 Water Resource Development Acts (WRDA): Prospects for Policy Change or for Stalemate?

• Moderators:
  • Ari Michelsen, Texas A&M University, El Paso Research Center, El Paso, TX
  • Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• Panelists
  • David Conrad, National Wildlife Federation
  • Erik Webb, Staffer, Senator Pete Dominici
  • Letmon Lee, Staffer, Senator Christopher Bond (invited)

SESSION 59: Ground water

• Confined Aquifer Responses to Pumping - Potential Impacts on Plume Migration - Kris Masterson, CDM, Cambridge, MA (co-authors: Matthew Gamache, Robert Fitzgerald)
• Application of Groundwater Flow Modeling to Lake Okeechobee Fast Track Project - H. Harry Cheng, CDM, Inc., Maitland, FL (co-authors: L. P. Wiseman, R. P. Schreiber, M. A. Long)
• Santa Fe Regional Groundwater Model - Gordon McCurry, CDM, Denver, CO (co-authors: Matt Bliss, Mark McCluskey
• Rethinking Stormwater Management: the Los Angeles Basin Water Augmentation Study - Suzanne Dallman, California State University, Long Beach, CA (co-author: Martin Spongberg)

SESSION 60: Stormwater Modeling

• Modeling the Impact of Hurricane Katrina – A Case Study of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana - Lee Guethle, CTE | AECOM, Chicago, IL (co-author: Daniel Tornil)
• The Case for Flow Duration Modeling at the Project Site Level - Kristen Pleyte Acock, Willamette Watershed, City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, Portland, OR (co-authors: Phillip Pommier, Seth Jelen)
• Using GIS-Based Hydrologic, Hydraulic, and Pollutant Loading Models to Understand Nonpoint Source Impacts and Guide Restoration Initiatives - Thomas Amidon, Omni Environmental, Princeton, NJ (co-author: Gopi Jaligama)
  
• Simulation of Watershed-scale Metals Transport: Application to California Gulch, CO. - Mark Velleux, HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ (co-authors: John F. England, Jr., Pierre Julien)

SESSION 61: Meeting Future Water Demand III

• Utilization of the Colorado River Open Source Simulator to Assess the Implications of Climate Change, Water Demand, and Conservation on the Reliability of the Colorado River Reservoir System - Niklas Christensen, Herrera Environmental Consultants, Seattle, WA
• Exploratory Drilling on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona Based on Surface Geophysics - Laurel Lacher, Lacher Hydrological Consulting, Tucson, AZ (co-authors: Michael Stover, Gerd von Glinski)
• Water Resources Supply Decision Support System For Santa Fe County, New Mexico - David Jordan, INTERA, Incorporated, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Cynthia Ardito, Stephen Wust, Van Kelley)

SESSION 62: Artificial Recharge

• Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) for Environment Restoration - Heather Landis, Black & Veatch, Tampa, FL (co-authors: Rafael Frias, III, Robert Verrastro)
• New Mexico's First Artificial Recharge Project - Stephanie Moore, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: John T. Kay, John M. Stomp, III)
• City of Rio Rancho Aquifer Recharge Demonstrations - Robert Marley, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (co-author: Larry Webb)
• Optimizing Wastewater Reuse and Recharge: One Arizona City's goal toward 100% Beneficial Reuse - Steven Sagstad, Brown and Caldwell, Phoenix, AZ (co-author: Christine Nunez)

SESSION 63: Panel: Water Policy I - Resolving the Tension between Land-Use and Drinking Water Policies

• Moderator:
  • Brenda Ortigoza Bateman, Oregon Water Resources Department, Salem, OR
• Panelists:
  • Janet L. Bowers, Executive Director, Chester County Water Resources Authority, West Chester, PA
  • Kyle Harwood, Harwood Consulting PC, Santa Fe, NM
  • Al Canepa, Resource Management, St. Johns River Water Mgt District, Jacksonville, FL
  • Jamie Grindatto, New Mexico Corporate Affairs Manager, Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho, NM

SESSION 64: Energy/Water Policy

• Expanding and Integrating Federal Water Technology Development Programs - Meeting the US Future Water Needs - Josh Johnson, Senator Pete Domenici's Office, Albuquerque, NM (co-author: Erik Webb)
• An Evaluation of the Impacts of Institutional Influences on Energy-Water Simulations - Nancy L. Ranek, Exelon Corporation, Kennett Square, PA (co-author: John R. Gasper)
• Energy & Water: Federal and Regional Policy Challenges - Holly Conte, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
  
• Data Sharing and Security Perspectives in the Energy-Water Nexus - Noah Goldstein, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA (co-authors: Robin Newmark, Liz Burton, Debbie May, James E. McMahon, Camilla Dunham-Whitehead, Girish Ghatikar)

SESSION 65: Hydrologic & Geomorphic Impacts of Urbanization

• Investigation Of Normalized Streamflow in West Central Florida and Extrapolation to Ungaged Coastal Fringe Tributaries - Kim Beth Clayback, Jones Edmunds, Bayonet Point, FL (co-author: Mark Ross, Michael H. Scott)
• An Evaluation of the Physical, Chemical, And Biological Response of a Piedmont Headwater Stream to Ten Years of Rapid Development - Ted Mikalsen, Georgia EPD, Atlanta, GA (co-author: Robert L. Bourne)
• Using Cumulative Impact Analysis to Assess Water Sustainability in Urbanizing Watersheds - Benjamin Witherell, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ (co-authors: John Yagecic, William Muszynski, Huan Feng)

SESSION 66: Stormwater Treatment - Innovative Approaches

• The Mountain House Creek Restoration: An Example of Multiple-Use Infrastructure - Ron Rovansek, PACE, Fountain Valley, CA (co-author: Derek Karimoto)
• The Caltrans Approach to Targeting Pollutants of Concern - James Sullivan, Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., Wallingford, CT (co-authors: Karl Dreher, Timothy Sobelman, Dan Peterson)
• Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technologies - Jeffrey Herr, PBS&J, Marietta, GA

SESSION 67: Panel: Legal, Administrative, and Policy Constraints To Water Reallocation in the Southwest

• Moderator:
  • Michael Pease, Southern Illinois University, Albuquerque, NM
• Panelists:
  • Christopher D. Shaw, JD, Attorney at Law, Albuquerque, NM
  • Janie Chermak, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • Olen Paul Matthews, JD, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Geography, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  • Tanya L. Scott, JD, Law & Resource Planning Associates, Albuquerque, NM

SESSION 68: TMDL's - Non Point Source I

• Methodology, Evaluation, and Feasibility Study of Total Phosphorus Removal Management Measures for Lake George and Nearby Lakes - Daniel L. Reisinger, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc., Jacksonville, Fl (co-authors: Tim Cera, Larry N. Schwartz, Michael F. Schmidt, Patrick R. Victor)
• The Christina River Basin: An Economic Analysis of Implementing a Pollution Control Strategy to meet Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) - Martha Corrozi, University of Delaware, IPA - Water Resources Agency, Newark, DE (co-authors: Gerald Kauffman, Angelina Micheva, Melissa Zechiel)
• Role of Dry Weather Loading in Attaining Bacteria TMDL Goals for Oso Creek and Oso Bay Watershed, Texas - Richard Hay, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX (co-authors: Joanna Mott, Zeke Campbell, Russell Carden)
• Water Quality Problems at Edwards Run - Steven Devillasanta, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ (co-authors: Kauser Jahan, Diana Garcia)

SESSION 69: Panel: Water Policy II - Moving Toward Integrated Water and Land Use Law and Policy: Growth, Planning, and Codes

• Moderator:
  • Lora A. Lucero, AICP, Esq. Editor, Planning and Environmental Law, American Planning Association, Albuquerque, NM
• Panelists:
  • Michelle Henrie, Esq., Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, P.C., Albuquerque, NM
    From the Local Government’s Perspective: What is the Public Good, and How Does it Translate into Water and Land-Use Codes?
  • Rick Carpenter, Senior Water Resources Coordinator, City of Santa Fe, Water Division, Santa Fe, NM
    From the Utility’s Perspective: Correlating Land Use and Adequate Water Supply – Can a Water Supplier Just Say “No”?
  • Will Steadman, SunCal Companies, New Mexico Division, Albuquerque, NM
    From the Developer’s Perspective: How Can Better Design and Better Buildings Produce Projects that are More Water Sensitive?
  • Judith H. Jordan, Oil and Gas Liaison, Garfield County, Rifle, CO
    From the Environmental Perspective: Property Rights vs Critical Ground. Should Some Places be Off Limits to Development?

SESSION 70: Alternative Energy and Water

• Renewable Energy for Water Pumping - Gary T Sheehan, SunTechnics Energy Systems, Malvern, PA (co-authors: Rick Holz, Steve Hazel, Robert Daly, Ken Schmeider)
• Assessing the "Carbon Footprint" of Water Supplies: A Southern California Case Study - Susan Mulligan, Calleguas Municipal Water District, Thousand Oaks, CA (co-author: Donald R. Kendall)
• Wind Power-Water Equivalency for the Western U.S. Region - G. L. Toole, Los Alamos National Laboratory, supported by US DOE, Los Alamos, NM (co-authors: D. Macuga, T. McTighe, Marvin Salazar)
• Wind-Hydro Coordination from a Riverine Perspective: New Challenges at the Energy-Water Nexus - Brennan Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (co-author: Michael J. Sale)

SESSION 71: Modeling II

• Uncertainty Analyses for the Hydrologic Integration Processes in the Integrated Hydrologic Model - Alaa Aly, INTERA, Niwot, CO (co-author: Patrick Tara)
• Interdisciplinary Water Resource Modeling: When Economics and Hydrology Interact - Janie Chermak, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: V.C. Tidwell, D.S. Brookshire, J. Thacher, K. Grimsrud, L. Malczynski, J. Roach, J. Hansen)
• Modeling the Watershed under Uncertainty for Water Quality Trading - Feng Shi, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (co-author: M.B. Beck)
• Morris County Water Balance Model - Sumant Mallavaram, HDR, Inc, Austin, TX (co-authors: Charles V. Beckers, Jr., Guy Apicella, Michael D. Lehtinen)

SESSION 72: Stormwater Management

• Prediction of Groundwater Recharge Rates in Semi-arid Urbanized Watersheds - Michael Milczarek, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc., Tucson, AZ (co-authors: Sheng Peng, Laurel Lacher, Tzung-mow Yao, Jamie Harding, David Goodrich, Lainie Levick)
• Integration of Surface Flows with Storm Water Sewer Collections Systems for Flooding Analysis - Denis Gilbert, HDR Engineering, Inc, Omaha, NE
  
• Residential Lawns As A Dynamic Hydrologic Connection Between Rooftops And Lakeshores - Kaylea Foster, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
• The Bellevue Natural Drainage Practices Manual: A New Tool for Implementing Low-Impact Development - Dustin Atchison, CH2M HILL, Bellevue, WA

SESSION 73: Water Reuse

• New Water from Old and the Issues it Brings - Betty Jordan, Alan Plummer Associates, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (co-authors: Ellen McDonald, Alan Plummer)
• Fouling of RO Membranes Treating Effluent from Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes - Kerry Howe, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (co-authors: Bruce Thomson, Rochelle Jim, Elizabeth Field, Richard Kottenstette)
• Challenges and Opportunities for Wastewater Reuse In Miami-Dade County - Jim Bolleter, Ecology and Environment, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL (co-authors: Monica Perez, Bill Pitt, Bertha Goldenberg, Debbie Swain)
• Use of Reclaimed Water for Coastal Wetland Rehydration in Miami-Dade County, Florida - Lucas Rincon, CDM, Miami, FL (co-authors: Bertha Goldenberg, Douglas Yoder, Victor J. Pujals)

SESSION 74: TMDL's - Non Point Source II

• Export of Phosphorus from Great Swamp to Passaic River - Thomas Amidon, Omni Environmental, Princeton, NJ
• Total Maximum Daily Load Program Needs Better Data and Measures to Demonstrate Environmental Results - Renee McGhee-Lenart, US EPA - OIG, Kansas City, KS (co-authors: Susan Barvenik, Laura Tam)
  
• Development of a Temperature TMDL for Impounded Waters - Pend Oreille River, WA and ID - Paul Pickett, Washington State Dept. of Ecology, Olympia, WA
• Development of a Distributed TMDL Allocation With Considerations of QUAL2K Model Parameter Uncertainty - Chi-Feng Chen, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taipei, 106, Taiwan (co-author: Hwong-Wen Ma)

SESSION 75: Science, Policy and Economics of Energy Exploration - and Production- Related Waters

• Overview of Airborne Geophysics for Addressing Environmental Issues Associated with Fossil Fuel Extraction - Terry E. Ackman, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburg, PA (co-authors: James Sams, Richard Hammack,; Brian Lipinski)
• Water Issues Associated with Unconventional O&G Development – Carl J. Vavra, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (co-author: David Burnett
• Evolving Regulation of Produced Water Disposal in New Mexico - Mark Fesmire, New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department, Santa Fe, NM
• Produced Water -- Resource or Liability in the Rocky Mountain Region - Deidre Boysen, BC Technologies, Ltd., Laramie, WY (co-author: John Boysen)

SESSION 76: Distributed Hydrologic Modeling

• Distributed Watershed Modeling: Overviews and Future Directions - Zhonglong Zhang, SpecPro Inc., Vicksburg, MS (co-author: Billy E. Johnson)
• Modular Design techniques for Developing Distributed Hydrologic Models - Terry Gerald, Specpro, Vicksburg, MS (co-author: Billy Johnson)
• Development of Nutrient and Contaminant Sub-Modules for Integration with the Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) Model - Billy Johnson, USACE-ERDC, Vicksburg, MS (co-authors: Zhonglong Zhang, Terry K. Gerald)
• Gridded Surface/Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) Model: The Working Man's Distributed Hydrologic Model - Charles Downer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS (co-author: Aaron Byrd)

SESSION 77: Stormwater BMP Performance

• Sampling of Suspended Solids in Storm Water Conduits – John S. Gulliver, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (co-authors: Joshua Brand, Omid Mohseni)
• Guidance For Improving Monitoring Method for Stormwater-Borne Solids - Larry A Roesner, Colorado State University, Fort Collins , CO (co-authors: Amy Pruden, Elizabeth M. Kidner)
• A Streamlined Monitoring Framework for Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Practices - Matthew Morrison, U.S. EPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH (co-authors: William D. Shuster, Rachel Webb)
• Reverse Auction Results for Implementation of Decentralized Retrofit Best Management Practices in a Small Urban Watershed (Cincinnati OH) - William Shuster, USEPA, Cincinnati, OH (co-authors: M Clagett; M Morrison; AH Roy; J Templeton; HW Thurston )

SESSION 78: Water Conservation

• A New Tool for Assessing Water Efficiency Opportunities in Commercial Buildings - Jordan Fischbach, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (co-author: David Groves)
• Bring WaterSense To Your Community - Katherine Yuhas, Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, Albuquerque, NM presenting for Matthew Richardson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
• Water Conservation Planning Analysis: Regulatory and Economic Aspects - MD Rashid, University off Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN

SESSION 79: TMDL's - Urban

• Estimating Annual Bacterial Loading for Four Urban Watersheds in Albuquerque, New Mexico - Jack Veenhuis, U.S. Geological Survey, Albuquerque, NM
• Urban Runoff Impacts to Southern California Estuaries - Ken Schiff, So CA Coastal Water Research, Costa Mesa, CA
• Water Quality Modeling of a Regulated Flow and Urbanized Riverine Environment - Nicholas von Stackelberg, Stantec Consulting Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (co-author: Donald Hayes)
• Analysis of Quality-Assurance And Quality-Control Procedures for an Urban Water-Quality Monitoring Program, Gwinnett County, Georgia - Andrew Knaak, US Geological Survey, Atlanta, GA (co-author: Paul D. Ankcorn)

SESSION 80: Communicating Science to Policy Makers

• Water Science and Policy Makers: The Art of Communication - James E. Kundell, Vinson Institute of Government, Athens, GA
• Using Modeling Results to Improve Future Management: The Case in the Clinton River Watershed - Stephen Pennington, Tetra Tech, Lansing, MI (co-author: Kevin Kratt)
• Public Perceptions of Drinking Water in a Canadian Community - Andria Jones,University of Guelph, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, ON, CANADA (co-authors: Catherine E. Dewey, Kathryn Dore, Shannon E. Majowicz, Scott A. McEwen, David Waltner-Toews, Spencer J. Henson, Eric Mathews, Deborah Carr)
• “Judicial Taking” and Retroactive Overruling in State Water Rights – Williamson Chang, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

SESSION 81: Energy/Water Assessments

• Competition for Water: Projections for Energy and Other Sectors - Deborah Elcock, Argonne National Laboratory, Washington, DC (co-authors: John Gasper, John Veil, Barbara Carney, Thomas Feeley )
• U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL)'s Assessment of Water Requirements for Future Thermoelectric Power Generation and Associated Water Research Program - Sara Pletcher, US DOE-NETL, Morgantown, WV (co-authors: Thomas J. Feeley, III, Barbara Carney, Andrea McNemar, Erik Shuster)
• A Study Comparing Water Usage from Three Electric Generating Capacity Expansion Alternatives for the Western United States - Thomas Veselka, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL (co-authors: Guenter Conzelmann, John Gasper, Vladimir Koritarov, and Les Poch )