2005 WRRI Conference Agenda

• Monday, April 4, 2005: Preconference Symposium Presentations
• Tuesday, April 5, 2005: 8th Annual Conference Abstracts and Presentations
• Poster Abstracts

Preconference Symposium

12:00 - 5:00 PM, Monday, April 4, 2005
Preconference Symposium
Low Impact Development Approaches for Sustainable Water Management
Jane S. McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC

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Overview

This workshop focused on the principles and practices of Low Impact Development for stormwater management. It highlighted innovative site planning and design techniques intended to reduce the impact of development on water quality and the environment. Speakers highlighted important components of LID implementation, including pre- and post-development hydrology as well as ordinance review.

April 4, 2005 Agenda

12:45 PM Welcome and Introductions
Greg Jennings, PhD, PE, Interim Director, WRRI

• What is LID?
  Larry Coffman, Low Impact Development Center
• Part 1: Slides 1-54 (3939 KB)
• Part 2: Slides 55-98 (2390 KB)
• Ordinances and Their Role in Implementing LID (1169 KB)
  Rusty Rozzelle, Mecklenburg County Water Quality Programs
• LID Site Design
  Larry Coffman, Low Impact Development Center
• LID Site Planning Part 1: Slides 1-28 (5032 KB)
• LID Site Planning Part 2 : Slides 29-69 (850 KB)
• LID Technology: Analytical Methodologies and Design Issues (1645 KB)
• LID Stormwater Practices
  Bill Hunt, PhD, PE, NC State University
• Part 1: Slides 1-36 (2311 KB)
• Part 2: Slides 37-74 (1936 KB)
• Issues Regarding Pre-and Post-Development Hydrology (333 KB)
  Dan Line, PE, NC State University
• LID Case Studies (856 KB)
  Kimberly Brewer, Tetra Tech, Inc.

5:00 PM Adjourn

8th Annual Conference

7:45 AM - 4:40 PM, Tuesday, April 5, 2005:
8th Annual Conference
Managing Water Quality & Quantity: Integrating Science, Technology & Policy
Jane S. McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC

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Overview

Since 1998, WRRI has been doing an annual conference focusing on water issues in North Carolina. Many questions about North Carolina’s water resources will be answered through the research presented by university and corporate researchers, students, and local, state, and federal government agency representatives.

Our goal is to provide a forum for attendees to become informed and educated on the most current research addressing water resource issues in North Carolina, and to network and discuss water-related issues with other attendees.

April 5, 2005 Agenda

7:45 - 9:00 AM Registration

9:00 AM General Session

• Welcome (1379 KB), Greg Jennings, PhD, PE, Interim Director, WRRI
• Keynote Address (1166 KB)
  Bill Holman, Director, Clean Water Management Trust Fund

9:50 - 10:20 AM Break (Posters and Exhibits Open)

10:20 - 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 1

Session A: Neuse River Basin Research

• Analytic Element Model Database for Neuse River Basin (549 KB)
  Michelle Rollins, NCDENR Divison of Water Quality
• The Importance of Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen in the Riverine N Flux of the Neuse River Basin, North Carolina (2057 KB)
  William J. Showers, Brian Usry, Matthew Fountain, Bernie Genna and Tim McDade, NC State University
• A Preliminary Evaluation of Nutrient and Ground-Water Fluxes to the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina (2328 KB)
  Tim Spruill, John Bratton, John Crusius, Beth Wrege and Gerald Strickland, US Geological Survey
• Comparison of NLEW and DRAINMOD: A Case Study from Craven County (128 KB)
  Deanna Osmond, Heather Schaetzle, Robert Evans, NC State University, and Natalie Jones, NCDENR
• A Mobile Hydrologic Information System to Support Stream Origin Determinations in North Carolina
  Thomas Colson, James Gregory, and Stacey Nelson, NC State University
• Part 1: Slides 1-12 (2555 KB)
• Part 2: Slides 13-19 (1695 KB)

Session B: Managing Urban Watersheds

• Integrating Science, Technology and Policy to Develop a Stormwater Post-Construction Ordinance that Will Protect Mecklenburg County’s Watersheds (429 KB)
  Trevor Clements, Tetra Tech, Inc. and Rusty Rozzelle, Mecklenburg County Water Quality Program
• Environmentally Integrated Site Design (270 KB)
  Todd St. John, Will Wilhelm, Beth Reed and Matt Lowder, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
• Technology Supporting an Urban Redevelopment Vision and Meeting State Stormwater Targets (791 KB)
  Kimberly Brewer, Jon Butcher, Tetra Tech, Inc., and Betsy Pearce, Town of Cary
• High Resolution Land Use/Land Cover Mapping and Impervious Surface Modeling in Fast Developing Watersheds (823 KB)
  Barry Hester, Siamak Khorram, Stacy Nelson and Halil Cakir, NC State University
• Evaluating Successful Public Involvement in North Carolina Watershed Planning Processes (883 KB)
  Nicole Darnall, Patrick Beggs, Christy Perrin, Melissa DuMond, Jennifer
  Feltis, Molly Puente, NC State University

Session C: Water Supply Planning and Conservation

• Water and Sewer Needs and Capital Finance Strategies in North Carolina Appalachian Region (229 KB)
  Matthew Richardson, Shadi Eskaf, Jeff Hughes, Richard Whisnant and Lynn Weller, UNC Chapel Hill
• Meeting SEPA Requirements: A New Approach through Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Plans (261 KB)
  Ruth Swanek, CH2M HILL, and Leila Goodwin, Town of Cary
• Integrating Conservation and Demand Management into Long-Term Water Supply Planning (342 KB)
  Ed Holland and Pat Davis, Orange Water and Sewer Authority
• Development of Performance Indicators for Water Efficiency: Measures Used to Benchmark Progress (446 KB)
  Jennifer Platt and Scot Berry, Town of Cary
• Water Conservation and Block Leader Education; Quantifying Results (256 KB)
  Scot Berry, Marie Delforge and Jennifer Platt, Town of Cary

12:00 - 1:30 PM Luncheon Forum (Posters and Exhibits Open)
NCWRA will present student poster awards and Luncheon Forum on
Watershed Management: Focusing on Nonpoint Source Pollution

• Tony Able, Watersheds and Nonpoint Source Section
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4
• Alan Clark, Chief of the Planning Section
  Division of Water Quality, NC Department of Environment & Natural
  Resources

1:30 - 2:50 PM Concurrent Sessions 2

Session A: Estuarine Resources

• Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Habitat Mapping Using Aerial Photography (768 KB)
  Elizabeth Noble, Kyle Hall, Elizabeth City State University, and Dean E. Carpenter, Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program
• Water Quality Improvements Following Sewage Treatment Upgrades in the New River Estuary, North Carolina (223 KB)
  Michael Mallin, Matthew McIver, Heather Wells, Douglas Parsons and Virginia Johnson, UNC Wilmington
• Hydrologic and Biological Controls on the Fate of Watershed-derived Nitrogen in Estuaries: Insights from “Whole-estuary” Stable Isotope Enrichments (492 KB)
  Craig Tobias, UNC Wilmington
• Water Quality Impacts of a Recent Rise in Atlantic Hurricane Activity on the Nation’s Two Largest Estuaries: Putting Things in Perspective (1720 KB)
  Hans Paerl, B. Peierls, L. Valdes, R. Weaver, T. Gallo, M. Piehler, R. Luettich, UNC Chapel Hill, J. Adolf, L. Harding Jr., University of Maryland and UMBI, R. Christian, ECU, and J. Ramus, Duke University Marine Laboratory

Session B: Impacts of Urbanization

• Urbanization and Decline in Water Quality: Do Statistically Identifiable Thresholds Exist? (1079 KB)
  James Gilliam, Halil Cakir, NC State University, and Trish MacPherson, NCDENR
• Effects of Urbanization on Streams in the Piedmont of North Carolina: Responses of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages (205 KB)
  Thomas Cuffney, Elise Giddings, Jerry McMahon and Doug Harned, US Geological Survey
• Mud, Microbes and Mussels: Issues facing Charlotte-Mecklenburg and the Water Quality Management Approach (1263 KB)
  Jeff Hieronymus, Charlotte Storm Water Services
• Prioritizing Management in a Low Flow Watershed (1167 KB)
  Heather Fisher, Klaus Albertin, David Pizzi, Tetra Tech, Inc., and Jocelyn Elliot, NCDENR

Session C: Water Quality Management

• Predicted Compliance with the Proposed Stage 2 Disinfection By-Products Rule for Eleven Water Utilities in the North Carolina Urban Water Consortium (171 KB)
  Philip Singer and Nora Han, UNC Chapel Hill
• Prevention of Tastes and Odors in the Wake Forest Reservoir by Artificial Destratification and Copper Sulfate (396 KB)
  George Pesacreta, Ecological Consultants
• Biomarkers of Oxidative Damage Due to Environmental Exposure to PCBs in Corbicula Clams (Brier Creek, NC) (276 KB)
  Daniel Lehmann, R. Heltsley, D. Shea, J. Levine and J. Law, NC State University
• Overview of Approaches to Mercury TMDLS: Charting the Complex Course from a Fish Dinner to a Permit Limit (659 KB)
  Jane Staveley, Nadine Weinberg, Arcadis G&M, Phyllis Fuchsman, Environ Corp., and Alexander Sheffield, Geosyntec Consultants

2:50 - 3:20 PM Break (Posters and Exhibits Open)

3:20 - 4:40 PM Concurrent Sessions 3

Session A: Bacterial Contamination of Surface Waters

• Fecal Contamination of Tidal Creek Sediments-Relationships to Sediment Phosphorous and Among Indicator Bacteria (332 KB)
  Lawrence Cahoon, Michael Mallin, Byron Toothman, Michelle Ortwine, Renee Harrington, Rebeeca Gerhart, Shannon Alexander and Tart Blackburn, UNC Wilmington
• Load-duration Curve Analysis for Fecal Coliform TDML, Chicod Creek, North Carolina (522 KB)
  Jonathan Butcher, Tetra Tech, Inc., and Brian Jacobson, NC DWQ
• An Intensive Inter-agency Approach to Reducing Fecal Coliform Levels in a Major Stream Basin in the City of Raleigh (1842 KB)
  Jack Moyer, Deputy Director Raleigh Public Utilities Dept
• Developing and Implementing a Strategy for Complying with a Fecal Coliform TMDL in Charlotte-Mecklenburg (1220 KB)
  Rusty Rozzelle, Mecklenburg County Water Quality Program

Session B: Nonpoint Source Pollution Controls

• Examination of Nutrient Removal Efficiencies in Piedmont and Blue Ridge Riparian Systems (440 KB)
  Craig Allan, Mark Thomasson, Jy Wu and Donna Allan, UNC Charlotte
• Turbidity Reduction Using Polyacrylamide: The Results are Clear, Sometimes (501 KB)
  Rich McLaughlin, Sara Hayes, Dan Clinton, NC State University, Sandy Mort, and Matt Matthews, NCDENR Division of Water Quality
• Managing Stormwater Runoff from Transportation Facilities: An Overview of NCDOT’s NPDES Highway Stormwater Program (1182 KB)
  Andy McDaniel and Matthew Lauffer, NC Department of Transportation
• Performance of Vegetative Filter Strips for Highway Pollutant Removal (187 KB)
  Craig Allan, Jy Wu and L. Liu, UNC Charlotte

Session C: Water Resource Management

• Impacts of Population Growth, Climate Change and Landuse Change on Water Availability and Demand Across North Carolina and the Southeastern US: Methods (794 KB)
  Ge Sun, Steven McNulty, Erika Cohen and Jennifer Myers, USDA Forest Service
• Impacts of Population Growth, Climate Change and Landuse Change on Water Availability and Demand Across North Carolina and the Southeastern US: Results and Implications (793 KB)
  Steven McNulty, Ge Sun, Erika Cohen and Jennifer Myers, USDA Forest Service
• Modeling Forest Hydrology across a Physiographic Gradient in North Carolina with the MIKE SHE/MIKE 11 Modeling System (470 KB)
  Jianbiao Lu, NC State University, Ge Sun, Steven McNutly and James Vose, USDA Forest Service
• Getting to Adaptive Management of the Roanoke River
  Samuel Pearsall, The Nature Conservancy, and Brian McCrodden, Hydrologics, Inc.
• Part 1: Slides 1-24 (2658 KB)
• Part 2: Slides 25-52 (1197 KB)

4:40 PM Adjourn

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