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Alabama Section of the American Water Resources Association
Symposium Program
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Theme: Water—A Perspective for Today
10:00 a.m.
Registration
Registration Open – (Lobby)
1:00 p.m. ‐ 1:10 p.m. Introduction & Welcome – (Salons D‐H) Amanda Fleming, President, AWRA Alabama Section
1:10 p.m. ‐ 1:20 p.m. Symposium Introduction – (Salons E‐H) Kenneth R. Odom, President Elect, AWRA Alabama Section
1:20 p.m. ‐ 2:00 p.m. Water Resources from a Meteorologist’s Perspective Alan Sealls, Meteorologist, WKRG Mobile, AL
2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Paleo, Climate, and Alabama Water Resources Glenn Tootle, Associate Professor, University of Alabama
2:40 p.m. ‐ 3:10 p.m.
NETWORKING BREAK
3:10 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Linking Conservation and Water Through Large Scale Landowner Initiatives Ben Malone, State Conservationist, NRCS
3:50 p.m. ‐ 4:20 p.m. About AWRA – A National Perspective Rafael Frias, President‐Elect, National AWRA
4:20 p.m. ‐ 4:30 p.m. Announcements and Adjournment Amanda Fleming, President, AWRA Alabama Section
5:30 p.m. – until?
Social and Dinner – Flora‐Bama (casual/beach attire)
2016 Sponsors
Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils
Drummond Company, Inc.
Hargrove Engineers + Constructors
Alabama A & M University Alabama Cooperative Extension System –
SerPIE Program
Kleinschmidt Associates
Normandeau Associates
OTT Hydromet
Alabama Coal Association PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
Alabama Power Company Samford University Masters of Science in Environmental Management Alabama Pulp and Paper Council
Amec Foster Wheeler Sunshine Supplies, Inc.
AU Center for Environmental Studies at the Urban Rural Interface
Thompson Engineering
TTL, Inc.
Balch & Bingham, LLP Trutta Consulting, LLC
CH2M UA SafeState
Alabama Water Resources Conference Program Overview
Thursday, September 8, 2016
7:30 a.m. Registration Open (Lobby) and Continental Breakfast (Ballroom Foyer)
8:00 a.m. ‐ 8:45 a.m.
Welcome – Shannon Weaver, Chairperson, Conference Organizing Committee (Salons D‐H) Keynote Address: Water Resources and Human Health, Graeme Lockaby, Associate Dean of Research, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
8:45 a.m. ‐ 9:15 a.m. Break (Ballroom Foyer)
Salon E Salons F‐H Salon D
9:15 a.m. ‐ 10:45 a.m.
Concurrent Session One
Water Policy/Law Aquatic Biology/Ecology
Assessment Water Quantity
10:45 a.m. ‐ 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Session Two
Watershed Management Drought/Climate Issues Effects of Hydrologic Changes on Aquatic Biology/Ecology
12:15 p.m. ‐ 1:30 p.m. Lunch (Grand Point)
1:30 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session Three
Water Availability Water Quality I Restoration/Remediation
3:00 p.m. ‐ 3:20 p.m. Break (Ballroom Foyer)
3:20 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Concurrent Session Four
Water Quality II Stormwater BMPs GIS in Water Management
5:00 p.m. ‐ 5:30 p.m.
AWRA State Section Business Meeting (Salons E‐H)
5:30 p.m. ‐ 7:00 p.m.
Social Hour and Poster Presentations (Salons E‐H) Refreshments are courtesy of corporate sponsors.
Friday, September 9, 2016
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Ballroom Foyer)
8:00 a.m. ‐ 8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Announcements – Shannon Weaver, Chairperson, Conference Planning Committee (Salons D‐H) Keynote Address: Alabama: The Aquatic State, R. Scot Duncan, Professor of Biology Birmingham‐Southern College, and author of Southern Wonder, Alabama’s Surprising Biodiversity
Salon E Salons F‐H Salon D
9:00 a.m. ‐ 10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Session Five
Water Resource Education and Stewardship
Floodplain Management Water Quality ‐ Algae
10:30 a.m. ‐ 10:45 a.m. Break (Ballroom Foyer)
10:45 a.m. ‐ 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent Session Six
Water Systems Management Innovations in Aquatic
Biology/Ecology Coastal Water Quality &
Assessment
12:15 p.m.
Conference Adjourns
Alabama Water Resources Conference
Session Topics and Presenters
Concurrent Session One
Thursday, 9:15 a.m
. – 10:45 a.m
.
Salon E
Session One (A):Water Policy/Law Session Chair: Barbara Gibson, Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority
Food Grows Where Water Flows: Alabama Water Policy and the Food‐Energy‐Water Nexus, Bennett Bearden, Water Policy and Law Institute, University of Alabama Science and Policy of Environmental Instream Flows in the Tombigbee River Basin, Alabama and Mississippi: An Interstate Comparison, Sarah Praskievicz, University of Alabama What Is the Appropriate Institutional Organization for Administration of Water Policy in Alabama?, Mary Wallace Pitts, University of Alabama Developing an Interbasin Transfer Regulatory Framework: Case Studies from Irrigated Agricultural Production, Lian Zhu, University of Alabama
Salons F‐H
Session One (B): Aquatic Biology/Ecology Assessment Session Chair: Taconya Goar, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Updated Sampling of Federally Listed Mussels in the Upper Pea River, Jonathan Miller, Troy University Mathematical Calculation of Inundation Threshold to Determine Biological Health in Alabama Streams, Claire Rose, United States Geological Survey Benthic Aquatic Biodiversity in Lower Choccolocco Creek, Alan Fowler, Ramboll Environ Metagenomic Insights into Microbial Communities Response to Oiling Events in Northern Gulf of Mexico Saltmarsh Ecosystems, Nikaela Flournoy, University of Alabama
Salon D
Session One (C): Water Quantity Session Chair: Kenneth Odom, Alabama Power Company
A Coupled Crop/Hydrology Model to Estimate Irrigation Impact on Water Resources, Cameron Handyside, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth Systems Science Center Impacts of Changes in Climate and Land Use on Hydrology of the Flint River, Anil Acharya, Alabama A&M University Role of Vegetated Buffers in Sediment Reduction: A Meta‐Analysis Study, Rasika Ramesh, Auburn University A Hybrid Modeling Approach for Wetland Water Level Prediction, Mehdi Rezaeianzadeh and Latif Kalin, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, and Mohamed M. Hantush, USEPA
Alabama Water Resources Conference
Session Topics and Presenters
Concurrent Session Two
Thursday, 10:45 a.m
. – 12:15 p.m
.
Salon E
Session Two (A): Watershed Management Session Chair: Todd Boatman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
A Vision for Future Local/Regional Water Resource Management Planning, Barbara Gibson, Choctawhatchee, Pea and Yellow Rivers Watershed Management Authority Regional Challenges, Regional Solutions: Using a Watershed Approach, Roberta Swann, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program NFWF‐Funded Comprehensive Restoration of Streams in the D'Olive Watershed, Tom Herder, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program Partnership Activities Help Address Water Quality Issues in Bear Creek Watershed, Shannon O’Quinn, Tennessee Valley Authority
Salons F‐H
Session Two (B):Drought/Climate Issues Session Chair: Tom Littlepage, Alabama Office of Water Resources
Moving Toward Drought Prediction in the Southeast, Puneet Srivastava, Auburn University Water Resources CenterSimulated Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Stream‐Aquifer Interaction during Drought in the Lower Apalachicola‐Chattahoochee‐Flint River Basin, Sarmistha Singh, Auburn University Spatiotemporal Variability of Meteorological Droughts in Southeastern United States, Subhasis Mitra, Auburn University Observed Impacts of Climate Change and Climate Variability on Erosivity, Ryan McGehee, Auburn University
Salon D
Session Two (C):Effects of Hydrologic Changes on Aquatic Biology/Ecology Session Chair: Eric Reutebuch, Auburn University Water Resources Center
Using 3D‐Printed Surface Topographies to Determine Species Attachment Preferences in Fresh Water Periphyton Communities, David Blersch, Auburn University Phytoplankton and Sediment Dynamics Linked to Invasive Species and Regulated Flows in a Shallow Reservoir System: Evidence from Lake Seminole and the ACF River Basin, Matthew Waters, Auburn University Culvert Operations, Mary Szoka, Auburn University Water Resources Center Wastewater and Oyster (Crassostrea Virginica) Larvae Distribution in a Freshwater and Human Influenced Estuary, Haley Nicholson, Dauphin Island Sea Lab/University of South Alabama
Alabama Water Resources Conference Session Topics and Presenters
Concurrent Session Three
Thursday, 1:30 p.m
. – 3:00 p.m
. Session Three (A): Water Availability
Session Chair: Athena Clark, U.S. Geological Survey, Alabama Water Science Center
Salon E
Hydrogeologic Characterization and Groundwater Source Development Assessment for Northern Alabama, Gheorghe Ponta, Geological Survey of Alabama Update on Surface Water Assessments in Alabama, Tom Littlepage, Alabama Office of Water Resources Water Use in Alabama ‐ An Update, Michael Harper, Alabama Office of Water Resources Geological Survey of Alabama Real Time Monitoring Wells and Current Groundwater Conditions, Sophia Rutledge, Geological Survey of Alabama
Salons F‐H
Session Three (B): Water Quality I Session Chair: Bennett Bearden, Water Policy and Law Institute, University of Alabama
Deployment of Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Equipment: Practical Considerations, Lynn Sisk, TTL, Inc. Use of Fallout Radionuclides and Inorganic Tracers to Identity In‐Stream Sediment Sources, Jasmeet Lamba, Auburn University Evaluating Nutrient Pulse Loads on Water Quality in Weeks Bay Using Mechanistic Models, Erin Lincoln, Tetra Tech Climatic and Watershed Controls of Dissolved Organic Matter Variation in Streams Across a Gradient of Agricultural Land Use, Peng Shang, University of Alabama
Salon D
Session Three (C): Restoration/Remediation Session Chair: Amanda Fleming, Kleinschmidt Associates
Incentivizing the Maintenance of Backwaters Along Waterways, Bryan Hobson, University of Alabama Moving Downstream ‐ Update on Parkerson Mill Creek Stream Enhancement, Eve Brantley, ACES/Auburn University 2 Dimensional Modeling for Stream Restoration Design, Ken Barry, S&ME, Inc. Long Term Vegetation Response to Hydrologic Recovery in Isolated Wetlands, Megan Bartholomew, Auburn University
Concurrent Session Four
Thursday, 3:20 p.m
. – 4:50 p.m
.
Salon E
Session Four (A): Water Quality II Session Chair: Shannon Weaver, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Investigating the Impacts of Septic Systems and Straight Pipes on the Lower Black Warrior River Watershed, Mark Elliott, University of AlabamaSources of Escherichia Coli in Lake Martin, Alabama, Brian Burnes, University of West Alabama
Removal of Pathogenic Bacteria in Algal Turf Scrubbers, John Rains, Auburn University
Quantification of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Biochars, Sarah Richard, Auburn University
Salons F‐H
Session Four (B): Stormwater BMPs Session Chair: Charles Stover, Alabama Power Company
Hydraulic Performance of Maintained and Unmaintained Permeable Pavement, Thorsten Knappenberger, Auburn University Green Alternatives to Rock Rip Rap for Streambank Protection and Shoreline Stabilization, Michael Close, North American Green Low Impact Development or Proper Design, Wade Burcham, Integrated Science and Engineering Ten Emerging Stormwater Management Best Practices, Bradley Heilwagen, Amec Foster Wheeler
Salon D
Session Four (C): GIS in Water Management Session Chair: Roy McAuley, Alabama Pulp and Paper Council
Coastal Watershed Erosion Risk, Vulnerability, and Potential: An AHP Approach with GIS Environment, John Cartwright, Mississippi State University Community Outreach in GIS With FEMA's Risk MAP Products, Jeff Zanotti, Amec Foster Wheeler Using GIS to Manage Alabama Powers Environmental Shoreline Permitting Program, Brandon Phillips, Alabama Power Company A Modified HAND Method for Continental Scale, Dynamic Flood Mapping, Ryan McGehee, Auburn University
Alabama Water Resources Conference
Session Topics and Presenters
Concurrent Session Five
Friday, 9:00 a.m
. – 10:30 a.m
.
Salon E
Session Five (A): Water Resources Education and Stewardship Session Chair: Allison Jenkins, Jenkins Environmental Services
The National Water Center 2016 Summer Institute: Program Description and Main Outcomes, Sagy Cohen, University of Alabama America's Amazon ‐ The Making of an Infographic Worthy of Alabama's World‐Class Aquatic Biodiversity, Eric Reutebuch, and Jennie Powers, AU Water Resources Center, and Anne Wynn, GSAAccessible County Level Water Resource Fact Sheets: Experiences from Your Neighbor, Vincent White, United States Geological Survey Avoiding the Pitfalls ‐ Strategies to Involve the Public in Water Resource Projects, Kelly Schaeffer, Kleinschmidt Associates
Salons F‐H
Session Five (B): Floodplain Management Session Chair: Puneet Srivastava, Auburn University Water Resources Center
Beyond Mapping Floodplains: Increasing Flood Risk Awareness and Resilience through the Alabama Floodplain Management Program, Leslie Durham, Alabama Office of Water ResourcesInnovative Solutions for Real‐Time Flood Forecasting – Aldridge Creek Watershed, William Thomas, Schoel Engineering Bay Side Flooding on a Developed Barrier Island During a Hurricane, Stephanie Smallegan, University of South Alabama Using Rapid Flood Inundation Modeling to Make Informed Decisions and Optimize Investments, Christopher Niforatos, CH2M
Salon D
Session Five (C): Water Quality – Algae Session Chair: Patrick O’Neil, Geological Survey of Alabama
Reservoir Aging ‐ A New Paradigm for Fisheries and Water‐Quality Management: These Aren't Your Father's Reservoirs, Reed Green, United States Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi‐Gulf Water Science Center Do Harmful Algal Blooms Threaten Freshwater Resources in Alabama?, Alan Wilson, Auburn University Application of the High Definition Stream Survey on Choccolocco Creek and Turkey Creek, Brett Connell, Trutta Consulting, LLC Benthic Algae Cultivation for Recovery of Nutrients from Aquaponics Wastewater, David Blersch, Auburn University
Alabama Water Resources Conference Session Topics and Presenters
Concurrent Session Six
Friday, 10:45 a.m
. – 12:15 p.m
.
Salon E
Session Six (A): Water Systems Management
Session Chair: Billy Turner, Troy University
Water Conservation and Efficiency Principles for Water Supply Optimization, Rosemary Hall, United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 4Alabama Power’s Working Model of a Hydroelectric Power Facility for Community Education and Outreach, Kenneth Odom, Alabama Power CompanyThe City of Auburn's Lake Ogletree Watershed Monitoring Program: A Data‐Driven Approach to Reservoir and Watershed Management, Dusty Kimbrow, The City of Auburn
Lead Corrosion from Brass Plumbing Fixtures, Jason Heberling, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Salons F‐H
Session Six (B): Innovations in Aquatic Biology/Ecology Session Chair: Eve Brantley, ACES/Auburn University
Teaching Problem Solving Skills to the Next Generation of Natural Resources Professionals: A Proposed Framework, Elise Irwin, United States Geological SurveyAngler Survey of the Tallapoosa River Fishery in Eastern Alabama, Clint Lloyd, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Auburn University 10 Years of SHU Success: A Promising Approach for Conserving Alabama’s Water and Wildlife, Rebecca Bearden, Geological Survey of Alabama Freshwater Forested Wetlands along the Apalachicola River and Their Response to Salt Water Intrusion, Seval Celik, Auburn University
Salon D
Session Six (C): Coastal Water Quality and Assessment Session Chair: Sabra Sutton, CH2M
Tracking Progress on Coastal Watershed Plans, Christian Miller, Auburn University Marine Extension and Research CenterCoastal Monitoring of Water‐Quality Conditions in the Vicinity of Mobile Bay and Dauphin Island ‐ July 2015 through June 2016, Amy Gill, United States Geological Survey South Baldwin County's Coastal Streams and Rivers. Can We Balance the Future Impacts of Development and Quality of Life Issues?, Conrad Gazzer, CAG & Associates Investigation of the Coastal Lowlands Aquifer System, Michael Bradley, Unites States Geological Survey