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Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Session 1 – Advances in Sensor Technologies for Water Security
Incorporating Emerging Sensor Technologies into Existing Near-Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring Stations. Lisa D. Olsen and Michael T. Koterba, USGS, WRD, Baltimore, MD
Use of Historical Water-Quality Data in the Contiguous United States to Guide the Development and Testing of Sensors in Streams and Aquifers Used for Military and Civilian Water Supplies. Michael T. Koterba and Lisa D. Olsen, USGS, WRD, Baltimore, MD
In Situ Detection of Pathogen Indicators Using Active Laser-Induced Fluorescence Imaging and Defined Substrate Conversion. John Anderson, Robert Fischer, Clint Smith, US Army ERDC TEC, Alexandria, VA; S. Webb and Jean Dennis, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
RiverSpill: A Real-Time Emergency Response and Planning Tool. William B. Samuels, Rakesh Bahadur, Jonathan Pickus, David Amstutz, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, VA; and Kevin McCormack, U.S. EPA, Washington, D.C.
Application of Remote Sensing and GIS Tools in Delineating Sensitive Waterbodies and Watersheds. Subijoy Dutta and William E. Roper, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Session 2 – Adaptive Environmental Management
Ken Reckhow, Duke University, Durham, NC; Kai Lee, Williams College (tentative acceptance); Leonard Shabman, Resources for the Future; Donald Boesch, University of Maryland; Don Scavia, NOAA; and Paul Freedman, Limnotech
Session 3 – Federally-Funded Research Opportunities – Part A
Doug James, NSF Hydrologic Sciences; Jared Entin, NASA Earth Sciences; and Barbara Levinson, EPA ORD
Session 4 – International Perspectives on Water and Sustainability
A Comparative Case Study of the Politics and Policy Development of Sustainable Water Resources: Southern and Eastern Africa. Anya Butt, Central College, Pella, IA; Laura Powers, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Jim Zaffiro, Central College, Pella, IA
Development of an Operational Strategy for Controlling The Water Quality in the Jordan Valley. Azm S. Al-Homoud, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Sustainable Management of the Dead-Sea Water Resources. Nir Becker, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
How to Deal with Water Crisis in China in 21st Century. Li Kangmin, FFRC Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi, China
Roots of Conflict: Water, Worldview and Sustainability in a West African Environment. Fenda A. Akiwumi, Hill College, Hillsboro, TX
Session 5 – Information Transfer and Education for Water Security
Developing and Communicating Scientific Understanding of Water Resources to Advance Water Security: A Case Study in Northern New Mexico. Charles L. Nylander, Elizabeth H. Keating, and Velimir V. Vesselinov, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Use of a Model in Securing a Water System. Marsha Hosner, DHI Inc., Newtown, PA
On-Line Real Time Monitoring – Peace of Mind? Connie K. Schreppel and Philip A. Tangorra, Mohawk Valley Water, Utica, NY; David D. Eaton and Stephan P. Donovan, Mohawk Valley Water, Prospect, NY
Response to and Recovery and Remediation to Malicious Attacks on Water and Wastewater Utilities: A Training Curriculum for Emergency Operations Planning. Jan Gerston and Keith McLeroy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Session 6 – Collaborative Water Supply Planning: A Shared Vision Approach for the Rappahannock Basin
Lauren Cartwright, US Army Corps of Engineers; Jeffrey Connor, William Cox and Kurt Stephenson, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Session 7 – National Water Institute Program: Sound Water Science For The 21st Century
Panel Members: John Schefter, USGS; Ken Reckhow, North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute; James Moncur, Hawaii Water Resources Research Center; Tamim Younos, Virginia Water Resources
Research Center
Session 8 – International Water Resources Challenges
The Mexico and U.S. Paso del Norte Region: Challenges Toward a Common Future for Water Resources. Alfredo Granados and Oscar Ibañez, University of Cd. Juarez
Water Management for the Rehabilitation of the Ecological Functions of the Senegal River Delta. Aliou Mamadou Dia, University of Dakar, Senegal
Water Resources Challenges Facing UAE in the 21st Century. Azm S. Al-Homoud, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Water Harvesting: A Water Security Strategy for Mitigating the Impact of Drought in Ethiopia. Getachew Alem, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
An Integrated Modeling Framework for Water Policy Evaluation, Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico. Lee Addams and Steven M. Gorelick, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Session 9 – Water Security: National and International Perspectives
Water and Security in International Relations: A Cooperative Debate. Anthi Dionissia Brouma, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
Environmental Degradation and Water Security for the World Population. Ramesh S. Kanwar, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Enhancing the Nation’s Response to Public Water Supply Catastrophes. Joel A. Diemer and Brian H. Hurd, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Early Warning Contaminant Surveillance Systems: Fundamental Issues. Irwin Pikus and Yacov Haimes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Session 10 – Plumbing Failure and Security: Corrosion and its Causes, Economic Impacts, Consumer Safety Concerns
Complexity of Corrosion and Need for Interdisciplinary Solutions. Andrea M. Dietrich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; and Andrew J. Whelton, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Causes of Corrosion. Paolo Scardina and Marc Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Economic Impacts of Corroding Pipes. G.V. Loganathan and Darrel Bosch, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Public Health and Consumer Concerns. Sharon Dwyer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Sensory Perception of Drinking Water and Corrosion By-Products. Susan Duncan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Session 11 – Federally-Funded Research Opportunities – Part B
Michael O’Neill, USDA REES, Michael Smith, NOAA, and Kenneth Reckhow, USGS
Session 12 – U.S.-Mexico Water Security Issues – Rio Grande
Economic Implications of Rehabilitation of Irrigation Districts’ Infrastructure: Texas Rio Grande Basin. Michael Popp, Ed Rister, Ron Lacewell, Allen Sturdivant, and John Robinson, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Applying the Concept of the Hydro-Political Security Complex to Water Management in the Binational Lower Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin. Mitchell Mathis, Houston Advanced Research Center, Woodlands, TX; and Ismael Aguilar-Barajas, Institute Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiors de Monterrey, Mexico
Development and Implications of Irrigation District Operating Rules and Water Rights in the Rio Grande Valley: An International Water Resource. Megan Stubbs, Ed Rister, Ron Lacewell, John Ellis, and John Robinson, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Agricultural Producers Identify Barriers to Improving Water Use Efficiency in the Rio Grande Basin. Ari M. Michelsen, LeeAnn DeMouche, and Frank Ward, Texas A&M University, El Paso, TX
Session 13 – Research to Protect Water Resources in the United States – Part A
Opening Remarks. Alan Hais, National Homeland Security Research Center, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Overview of the Water Security Research Action Plan. Jonathan Herrmann, National Homeland Security Research Center, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH
Characterization and Monitoring. Steve Allgeier, Water Protection Task Force, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH
Detection Technologies. Alan Lindquist, National Homeland Security Research Center, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH
Session 14 – Applications of Sustainability – Part A
Building Bridges: Community-based Networks for Sustainable and Secure Water Management. Stephen Gasteyer, Rural Community Assistance Program, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Integrating Sustainable Development Throughout The Corps Water Resource Program. William L. Klesch and Charles R. Moeslein, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.
Is Sustainable Use a Serviceable Legal Standard in the Management of Water? Joseph W. Dellapenna, Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA
Federal Leadership in Managing America’s Rivers. Daniel P. Loucks, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Session 15 – Applications of Hydrologic Sciences to Sustainability
The Importance of Considering Groundwater Quality in Defining Sustainable Use: A Case Study Using 3-D Flow and Transport Models to Assess Water Resources in Northern New Mexico. Elizabeth H. Keating, Velimir V. Vesselinov, Charles L. Nylander, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
The Role of Parameter Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis in Using Models to Develop Strategies for Sustainable Use of Groundwater Resources. Velimir V. Vesselinov, Elizabeth H. Keating, Charles L. Nylander, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
The Site-Scale Saturated-Zone Flow Model for Yucca Mountain: Calibration of Different Conceptual Models and Their Impact on Flow Paths. George Zyvoloski, Edward Kwicklis, Al Aziz Eddebbarh, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM; Bill Arnold, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM; Claudia Faunt, U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA; and Bruce A. Robinson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Integrated Modeling of River Basins to Assess Water Security. Everett Springer, C. L. Winter, Keeley Costigan, Susan Mniszewski, and Patricia Fasel, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Using Historical Records of Drought to Forecast Future Droughts. Julianna Fessenden, J. Heikoop, M. Ebinger, C. Allen, D. D. Breshears, and K. Lepper, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Session 16 – Sharing the Challenge: Managing our Nations Flood Problems – Part A, Defining and Achieving Flood Mitigation Success
Factors that Influence National Flood Damage Trends. Lauren Cartwright, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. and Laura Zepp, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Intergovernmental Success in Multi-Component Flood Mitigation. Robert Yowell, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Williamsport, PA
Nonstructural Flood Mitigation Activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Larry Buss, Omaha District Corps of Engineers, Omaha, NE
Building Technical Capability to Address Flooding and Other Water Resource Challenges: Training and Development Initiatives for Corps Water Resources Professionals. Duane Baumann, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL and Mark Dunning, U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources, Alexandria, VA
Session 17 – Research to Protect Water Resources in the United States – Part B
Distribution Systems Modeling. Roy Haught, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH
AwwaRF Program in Drinking Water Research. Frank Blaha, American Water Works Research Foundation, Golden, CO
WERF Program in Wastewater Research. Amit Pramanak, Water Environment Research Foundation, Alexandria, VA
Session 18 – Applications of Sustainability – Part B
A Proposed Framework for Developing an Adaptive Environmental Management System within the Lake Tahoe Watershed. John Tracy, Center for Watershed and Environmental Sustainability, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
Water Quality Evaluation of the Lower Deschutes River, Oregon With Selective Withdrawal. Stephen Breithaupt, Tarang Khangaonkar, and Zhoaqing Yang, Tetra Tech FW, Bothell, WA; and Kevin Marshal, Portland General Electric, Portland, OR
Water and Energy Security. T. Randall Curlee and Michael J. Sale, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
How to Sustain Water Resources Through Effective Watershed Management. Tracy Carluccio, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Washington Crossing, PA
Session 19 – Water Supply and Management
The Role of Source Water Assessment in Water Security. John M. Peckenham, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, University of Maine, Orono, ME; Andrews L. Tolman, Maine Drinking Water Program, Augusta, ME; and Jeffrey McNelly, Maine Water Utilities Association, Waldoboro, ME
Water Supply Emergency Planning for the National Capital Region. Stuart A. Freudberg and James W. Shell, Jr., Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Washington, D.C.
Traditional Wells as Phreatic Barometers: A View from Qanats and Tube Wells in Developing Arid Lands. Dale R. Lightfoot, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Water Management Organizations: Scale Effects and Management Tools. Ding Jing and Edna T. Loehman, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Water Recycling Saves Future Drinking Water Resources. Clifford B. Fedler, International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Session 20 – Sharing the Challenge: Managing our Nations Flood Problems – Part B, Shaping Flood Damage Mitigation Policies
Historical Perspective of Flood Mitigation in the United States. Leonard Shabman, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.
Evolution of the Corps of Engineers Floodplain Management Activities Since the Great Midwest Flood of 1993. General Gerald Galloway, retired, International Joint Commission, Washington, D.C.
Prospects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood Mitigation Program. G. Edward Dickey, Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Friday, August 1, 2003
Session 21 – Urban Infrastructure and Utilities Security
Urban Water Infrastructure Maintenance Using GPS and GIS. Elizabeth K. Burns, Gabriel Bey, and Darlene Reynolds, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Utilizing Routine Water Quality Instruments and Artificial Neural Networks for Monitoring Distribution System Security. Dave Byer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Water Quality and Geospatial Modeling for Water Security Management. Zheng Y. Wu, Thomas Walski, Rong H. Wang, Jack Cook, and Robert Mankowski, Haestad Methods, Inc., Waterbury, CT
U.S. Geological Survey Resources to Support the Department of Defense Joint Service Agent Water Monitor Program and National Water Security. Lisa D. Olsen and Michael T. Koterba, USGS, WRD, Baltimore, MD
Session 22 – Tracking Nutrient Enrichment of Water Resources in the 21st Century
A Vision for a Nationally Consistent Nutrient Input-Output Information System. Robert Howarth, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The State of the Art: Recent Advances and Challenges in Relating Nutrient Input and Outputs to Surface Water Quality. Richard Alexander, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Challenges and Opportunities in Estimating Nutrient Inputs and Outputs: Agricultural Sources. Robert Kellogg, USDA-NRCS
Challenges and Opportunities in Estimating Nutrient Inputs and Outputs: Atmospheric Deposition. Elizabeth Boyer, SUNY Syracuse, Syracuse, NY
Challenges and Opportunities in Estimating Nutrient Inputs and Outputs: Point Sources. David Hair, EPA East
Session 23 – Research Applications to Water Policy and Management
Building the Agenda for Institutional Research in Water Resource Management. William Blomquist, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Tanya Heikkila, Columbia University, New York, NY; and Edella Schlager, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Universities Undertaking Water Resources Security Research: Issues for Consideration. Jonathan W. Bulkley, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Redefining Water Rights: A New Approach to Marketing Water. Olen Paul Matthews, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Water Security and the Law: Conflicts and Compatibility. Jesse J. Richardson, Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Session 24 – Foundations of Sustainability
The Sustainable Development of Water Resources. R. Warren Flint, Five E’s Unlimited, Washington, D.C.
Defining Sustainability As It Applies To Water Resources: An Ecological Economics View. Christopher Lant, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems: Indicators That Shed Light on the Sustainable Use of Fresh Water. Kent K. Cavender-Bares and Robin O’Malley, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Washington, D.C.
Hydro-professionals – Changing Roles in Identifying and Maintaining Sustainable Water Resources. Keith G. Kennedy and Francois Zwahlen, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland