8:00 – 9:00 am Registration

9:00 – 9:15  Welcome (Plenary Session, Room 1-B)
Dr. Kenneth H. Reckhow, Director
UNC Water Resources Research Institute

9:15 – 9:45  The Environmental Value of North Carolina’s 
Water Resources
Mr. Bill Holman, Executive Director
N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund

9:45 – 10:15   The Economic Value of North Carolina’s 
Water Resources
Dr. V. Kerry Smith, University Distinguished Professor of 
Agricultural and Resource Economics and Director of the Center 
for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy, NC State
University

10:15 – 10:45  Break (Posters and exhibits open) 
                       Room 1-C&D all day

10: 45 – 12:15  Concurrent Session I 

A. Water Policy and Watershed Management (Room 1-B)
Moderator: Marion Smith, Environmental Consultant 

10:45 – 10:55 Introductions (Times are approximate)

10:55 – 11:15 
What’s Needed for a 21st Century Water Policy for North Carolina?
**Michell Nowlin and Trip Van Noppen
Southern Environmental Law Center, Chapel Hill, NC

11:15-11:35
Science, Modeling and Stakeholder Values in the Neuse TMDL Process
**Lynn A. Maguire
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

11:35-11:55
Community-based Source Water Protection Planning: Broad/2nd Broad River Source Water Project
**Richard Whisnant
Environmental Finance Center, UNC-Chapel Hill

11:55-12:15
Land Use and Water Quality in a Spatial Model: An Application to Wake County
**Mary Walters Atasoy and Dan Phaneuf
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, NC State University
Ray Palmquist
Department of Economics, NC State University

B. Water Supply and Drinking Water (Room 3)
Moderator: Tim Spruill, N.C. District, U.S. Geological Survey

10:45 – 10:55 Introductions (Times are approximate)

10:55 – 11:15
Tracking Drought Impact on Managed and Unmanaged Ecosystems of North Carolina
**David Tenenbaum, Lawrence Band, Aaron Moody, and Jingfeng Xiao
Department of Geography, UNC-Chapel Hill

11:15 – 11:35
Survey of Antibiotics in North Carolina Surface and Drinking Waters
**Zhengqi Ye and Howard S. Weinberg, 
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill
Michael T. Myer, US. Geological Survey

11:35 – 11:55 
An Integrated Analysis of Water Supply Alternatives in the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area: A Regional Water Supply Model
**Brian Kirsch and Greg Characklis
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill

11:55 – 12:15
An Environmental Water Quality Data Visualization System for Private Ground Water Supplies
Perver K. Baran and Hugh A. Devine, Center for Earth Observation, NC State University
Linda C. Sewall , N.C. Division of Environmental Health

C. Urban Water Quality Management (Room 1-A)
Moderator: Steve Jadlocki, Charlotte Stormwater Services

10:45 – 10:55 Introductions (Times are approximate)

10:55 – 11:15
An Ecological Risk Assessment of North Carolina Landscape Characteristics and Nonpoint Source Pollution
**Kevin M. Potter and Frederick W. Cubbage
Department of Forestry, NC State University

11:15 – 11:35
Urban Riparian Zones: Mitigation and Retention of Three Nutrient Species Known to Affect Water Quality
**Blair B. Bishop, Paul P. Mou, Anne E Hershey
Department of Biology, UNC- Greensboro

11:35 – 11:55
The Potential for Substantial Improvement in Sediment and Turbidity Control
**Richard A. McLaughlin
Department of Soil Science, NC State University

11:55 –12:15
A Screening-level Method to Size Detention Basins to Reduce Downstream Impacts
**William L. Saunders, Jr 
Department of Civil Engineering, NC State University and UNC-Charlotte
Jim Bowen
Department of Civil Engineering, UNC-Charlotte

12:15 – 1:30  Lunch (Posters and exhibits open) Student poster awards will be presented by the N.C. Water Resources Association during lunch. 

1:30 – 3:00 pm Concurrent Session II 

A. Watershed Restoration (Room 1-B)
Moderator: Alan Clark, N. C. Division of Water Quality

1:30 – 1:40 Introductions (Times are approximate)

1: 40 – 2:00
A Model for Citizen-based Watershed Restoration
**Callie Dobson and Robert Wallus
Hiawassee River Watershed Coalition

2:00 – 2:20
Implementing Nitrogen Reductions at a River Basin Scale: Neuse Crop Management Project
**Deanna Osmond, Department of Soil Science, NC State University
Bob Pleasants and Bill Lord, NC Cooperative Extension Service
David Hardy, NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Greg Jennings, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, NC State Univeristy

2:20 – 2:40 
Ecological Credits and Debits: An Approach to Comprehensive Watershed Restoration Programs to Meet Mitigation Needs
**Mary Jo Kealy, S. Paige Baker andWilliam Kreutzberger
CH2M Hill

2:40 – 3:00
Characterization of Vegetation and Soils along Restored Streams in the North Carolina Piedmont
**Melissa Ruiz and Ted Shear
Department of Forestry, NC State University

B. Remote Sensing and GIS for Water Resources Management (Room 3) 
Moderator: John Sutherland, N.C. Division of Water Resources

1:30 – 1:40 Introductions (Times are approximate)

1: 40 – 2:00
High-Resolution Data for the Neuse Estuary and Water Quality Predictions from the EFDC/WASP Model
**Robert E. Reed, Howard B. Glasgow, JoAnn M. Burkholder, David C. Toms and Carol A. Kinder
Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology, NC State University

2:00 – 2:20
Piedmont Delineation and Validation of Headwater Stream Catchments Using Lidar Data
**Valerie Garcia
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
Heather Cheshire, James Gregory and Donald Stallings
Department of Forestry, NC State University

2:20 – 2:40
Detailed Stream Riparian Buffer Zone Characterization Using 
High Resolution Remotely Sensed Data
**Siamak Khorram and Halil I. Cakir
Center for Earth Observation, NC State University
James Gregory and Donald F. Stallings
Department of Forestry, NC State University. 

2:40 –3:00
Potential Nitrogen Contribution from Septic Systems to North Carolina’s River Basins
Sushama Pradhan, Robert Austin, and Dr. Michael T. Hoover
Department of Soil Science, NC State University

C. Aquatic Biology and Water Quality (Room 1-A)
Coleen Sullins, Deputy Director,  N.C. Division of Water Quality 

1:30 – 1:40 Introductions (Times are approximate)

1: 40 – 2:00
Hydrology and Water Quality of Coastal Plain Headwater Streams: Effects of Stream Channel, Riparian Condition and Land Use
**Kevin H. Miller
N.C. Wetlands Restoration Program and Coastal Resources Management Program, East Carolina University
Robert R. Christian, Gregory F.R. Meyer, Mark M. Brinson and Richard D. Rheinhardt
Department of Biology, East Carolina University

2:00 – 2:20
Aquatic Life Uses of Intermittent Streams
**Dave Penrose and Lawrence Eaton
N.C. Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit
James D. Gregory
Department of Forestry, NC State University

2:20 – 2:40 
The Effect of Forest Type on Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Trophic Dynamics in the Southeastern United States
**Keli J. Goodman, Anne E. Hershey, and Kenneth Fortino
Biology Department, UNC-Greensboro

2:40 – 3:00
Linking Water Quality and SAV Health: Indicators of Watershed Condition
** Patrick D. Biber and Hans W. Paerl
Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jud W. Kenworthy
NOAA/NOS Beaufort Laboratory
Chuck Gallegos
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

3:00 –3:30  Break (Posters and exhibits open)

3:30 – 5:00 Concurrent Sessions III 

A. Nutrients in Coastal River Basins (Room 1-B)
Tom Jones, Senior Water Quality Advisor, N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund

3:30 – 3:40 Introductions (Times are approximate)

3:40 – 4:00
Water Quality Trends in the Mesohaline Neuse Estuary Based on a Decadal, Intensive Dataset
JoAnn M. Burkholder, **Howard B. Glasgow, Robert E. Reed, Carol A. Kinder, Greg M. Melia, David C. Toms and Darryl A. Cooney
Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology, NC State University

4:00 – 4:20
Historic Relationships between Phytoplankton Taxonomic Groups and Estuarine Dynamics
**Lexia M. Valdes, Michael F. Piehler , Luke Twomey, and Hans W. Paerl
Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
James L. Pinckney
Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University

4:20 – 4:40 
Phytoplankton Responses to the Vertical Separation of Light and Nutrients: Documentation of Diurnal Vertical Migration in the Neuse River Estuary
**Nathan Hall, Anthony Whipple, Hans Paerl, and Richard Luettich
Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill

4:40 – 5:00
Nutrient Limitation of Phytoplankton in the Cape Fear River Plume
**Michael A. Mallin, Trent H. Johnston, Matthew R. McIver, and Douglas C. Parsons
Center for Marine Science, UNC-Wilmington

B. Wastewater and the Environment (Room 3)
Moderator: Tommy Esqueda, Camp Dresser & McKee

3:30 – 3:40 Introductions (Times are approximate)

3:40 – 4:00
Integrating Engineering, Ecology, and Landscape Architecture for Wastewater System Design
**Victor A. D’Amato, ARCADIS
C. Halford House, Aqua Noeterics, Inc. 
Sarah K. Liehr, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, NC State University
Mary Myers, College of Design, NC State University

4:00 – 4:20
Shellfish Closures in Southwest Brunswick County, North Carolina: Septic Tanks vs. Stormwater Runoff as Fecal Coliform Sources
Lawrence Cahoon, Jason Hales, Kevin Rowland, Erin Carey, Socratis Loucaides, and Janice Nearhoof
Department of Biological Sciences, UNC-Wilmington

4:20 – 4:40
Use of Stable Isotopes to Trace Sewage Effluent through a Forested Low-Order Stream in the Vicinity of Greensboro, NC
**Anne E. Hershey, Amber J. Ulseth, and Kenneth Fortino
Biology Department, UNC-Greensboro

4:40 – 5:00
Effect of Graywater on Soil Hydraulic Properties
**Aziz Amoozegar, Christopher Niewoehner, Wayne Robarge, Michael Hoover, and Dean Hesterberg
Department of Soil Science, NC State University
Stuart Warren
Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University
Robert Rubin
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, NC State University

C. Coastal Plain Water Quality BMPs (Room 1-A)
Ron Ferrell, N.C. Wetlands Restoration Program

3:30 – 3:40 Introductions (Times are approximate)

3:40 – 4:00
Simple Methods for Predicting Annual Runoff from Poorly Drained Lands
**R.W. Skaggs, R.O. Evans and G. M. Chescheir
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, NC State University

4:00 – 4:20
Effects of a Constructed Wetland on Water Quality in the Coastal Plain
**Ed Scanlan, Robert Christian and Debbie Daniel
Department of Biology, East Carolina University
Terri Woods
Department of Geology, East Carolina University

4:20 –4:40
Comparison of Factors Effecting Nitrogen Removal via Denitrification in a Constructed and a Natural Wetland in Eastern North Carolina
**Amy Poe, Michael Piehler, Suzanne Thompson, and Hans Paerl
Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill

4:40 – 5:00
Effectiveness of Shrub Buffers on Nitrate-N Removal
**Carrie C. Wafer and Deanna L. Osmond
Department of Soil Science, NC State University

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