Water 2010 - agenda

Over the last 12 years, this biennial conference has drawn agency personnel, academics, students, educators and community members from across the state for a glimpse at the latest scientific discoveries related to our water systems.

agenda

Tuesday, October 5
	Preconference events Preconference activities can be attended as part of the larger conference or as a standalone event. Water resources modeling in Greater Chicago Metropolitan area (10am - 4pm) ($25) How to Prepare a Third Party TMDL for the EPA CANCELLED
Wednesday, October 6
8:30	Registration
9:00	Welcome and Opening Lisa Merrifield, Conference Chair Brian Miller, Interim Director, Illinois Water Resources Center
9:30	Concurrent Sessions Water Supply Sustainability - Little Chief Moderator: Brad Uken, Champaign County Farm Bureau East Central Illinois Regional Water Supply Plan Perspective; Derek Winstanley, Consultant Mahomet Aquifer Consortium Northeastern Illinois Water Supply Plan Perspective; Tim Loftus, Chicago Area Agency for Planning (invited) Business Perspective on Water Supply Planning; Alec Davis, Illinois Enviromental Regulatory Group Environmental Perspective on Water Supply Planning; Timothy Lindsey, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center The Green Infrastructure Act and Its Impacts on Illinois Water - Golden Gopher What is Green Infrastructure; Kalle Butler, Center for Neighborhood Technology History of the Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act; Hal Sprague, Center for Neighborhood Technology The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's Green Infrastructure Study; Martin Jaffe, University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Green Infrastructure Loan and Grant Opportunities; Amy Walkenbach, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
11:30	Break
12:00	Lunch with Speaker - Illini Ballroom Water Savigs Through Responible Design; Eric Benson, Assistant Professor Art and Design
1:30	Concurrent Technical Sessions Management practices and water quality: Part 1 - Fighting Illini Moderator: Ed Mehnert, Illinois State Geological Survey Tile Modification Project on the Salt Fork River Watershed: Addressing Nitrate Loss through Engineering and Outreach; Mark David, University of Illinois Factors Affecting Erosion Following Natural Gas Pipeline Construction; Bridget Harrison, Southern Illinois University Operating the Sidestream Elevated Pool Aeration Stations to Meet the Proposed Water Quality Standards on the Calumet-Sag Channel; Judith Moran, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Great Chicago An Assessment of Prescribed Burning on Soils and Erosion Potential in the Mixed Hardwood Forests of the Ozark Hills in Southern Illinois; Jon Schoonover, Southern Illinois University Urban stormwater and flooding: predicting events and developing management strategies - Little Chief Moderator: Margaret Schneemann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Diagnostic Analysis of Future Climate Scenarios Applied to Urban Flooding in the Chicago Metropolitan Area; Momcilo Markus, Illinois State Water Survey Sustainable Stormwater: The John Street Watershed Project; Gale Fulton, University of Illinois Valuing Preferences over Stormwater Management Outcomes; Catalina Londono, University of Illinois Flood Frequency Related to the Past Climate Changes in Northern Illinois; Momcilo Markus, Illinois State Water Survey Ecosystem restoration - Golden Gopher Moderator: Mike Retzer, Illinois Natural History Survey Status of Stream Restoration Projects in Illinois; Michael Retzer, Illinois Natural History Survey and Doug Carney, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Setting the Stage for a Natural Shoreline Healing; Hank Sutton, Lake Rip Rap, Inc./ Macoupin Boats Biological Responses to In-Stream Restoration in the Upper Cache River; Kaleb Heinrich, Southern Illinois University
3:00	Break
3:30	Concurrent Technical Sessions Management practices and water quality: Part 2 - Fighting Illini Moderator: Dave Larson, Illinois State Geological Survey Stream Response to Phosphorus Reduction at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater; Jennifer Wasik, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Great Chicago Impact of Nitrate Pollution to the Drought Yield of the Off-Stream Reservoir System in Pontiac, Illinois; Jory Hecht, University of Illinois Influence of Natural Organic Matter on Calcite Precipitation in a Water Treatment Plant; CANCELLED An Assessment of Water Quality and Channel Morphology in Three Southern Illinois Agricultural Watersheds; Alex Eade, Southern Illinois University New tools to improve decision making SmallWaterSupply.org - Online Resources and Support for Water and Wastewater Operators; Steve Wilson, Illinois State Water Survey An Online Communication Tool for Watershed Management Demonstration for the Fox River Basin; Ximing Cai, University of Illinois Virtual Watershed: A Web-based Decision Support Tool for Evolution of Agricultural Watersheds in a Systems Management Framework; Girmay Misgna, Southern Illinois University 3D Visualization Lab at ISGS; Don Keefer, Illinois State Geological Survey Monitoring water quality and quantity Moderator: Brian Miller, Illinois Water Resources Center Illinois EPA's Lake Michigan Monitoring Program: Past, Present, and Future; Joe Marencik, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Waukegan River: Sustainability is Difficult, but Possible; William White, Illinois State Water Survey Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring of Illinois Streams: An Assessment of Practicality, Sustainability, and Necessity; Thomas Granato, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Great Lakes Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative: Cooperative Science to Help Manage the Great Lakes; Paul Horvatin, US Environmental Protection Agency
5:00	Adjourn
5:30	Reception and Poster Session
6:30	Student Career Panel
Thursday, October 7
7:30	AMRA Meeting - Fighting Illini
8:15	Concurrent Sessions An Update on Water Planning in Illinois - Golden Gopher Moderator: Gary R. Clark, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Recent Water Quantity Planning Efforts and Updating the State Drought Plan; Gary R. Clark, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Office of Water Resources Adequacy of Illinois' Surface Water Supply Systems and Implications in Regional Water Supply Planning; Vern Knapp, Illinois State Water Survey Opportunities and Challenges for Meeting Water Demand in Northeastern Illinois; Al Wehrmann, Illinois State Water Survey The Role of the Mahomet Aquifer in the Future of East-Central Illinois' Water Supply; George Roadcap, Illinois State Water Survey Asian Carp: Current Research, Management and Outreach Activities - Little Chief Moderator: Kristin Tepas, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Insights into Invasive Asian Carp Biology and Ecology; Matt O'Hara and Kevin Irons, Illinois Natural History Survey Asian Carp and the Chicago Area Waterway System: An Overview and Update; Phil Moy, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Monitoring and Removal of Asian Carp from the Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System: The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Approach; Vic Santucci, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Outreach Initiative to Address Asian Carp; Kristin TePas, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Illinois Natural History Survey
10:15	Break
10:30	Concurrent Technical Sessions An integrated approach to resource management: The Fox River Watershed effort - Golden Gopher Moderator: Cindy Skrukrud, Sierra Club and a Chair of the Fox River Study Group, Inc. Water chemistry monitoring and biological evaluation of Fox River for water quality model calibration; Karen Clementi, Walter E. Deuchler Associates, Inc. Monitoring in Support of Model Development for the Fox River Watershed; James Slowikowski, Brett Randle and Kristy Vicari, Illinois State Water Survey Fox River Successes; Robert Trueblood, Fox River Water Reclamation District Fox River Watershed Investigation: Progressive Approach for Improved Planning; Alena Bartosova, Mustafa Rahim, and Sally McConkey, Illinois State Water Survey Planning for climate change and water shortages - Fighting Illini Moderator: Lisa Merrifield, Illinois Water Resoucres Center The Chicago Wilderness Climate Action Plan for Nature: Mitigation & Adaptation Strategies for Biodiversity Sustainability; Kerry Leigh, Chicago Wilderness Water Pricing as an Adaptive Climate Change Policy in Northeastern Illinois; Margaret Schneemann, Illinois Indiana Sea Grant and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning From Policy to Efficiency: A Model Water Conservation Ordinance; Amy Talbot, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning National Groundwater Monitoring Network; Dave Larson, Illinois State Geological Survey Human impacts on water quality - Little Chief Moderator: William White, Illinois State Water Survey Assessing the Potential for Endocrine Disruption in Urbanized Aquatic Environments: Study Design and Preliminary Findings; Thoma Minarik, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Chloride in Surface Waters and Groundwater of Illinois; Walton Kelly, Illinois State Water Survey Cost-effective Nitrate-N Monitoring Strategies Using Error-Adjustment Load Estimation Techniques; Siddhartha Verma, University of Illinois Simulating the Future Impacts of Urban Land Cover Change on Surface Water Quality Within the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area, Illinois; Cyril Wilson, Indiana State University
Noon	Lunch and Featured Speaker - Illinois Ballroom Robert Glennon Author of "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do about It"
1:30	Closing Comments and Adjourn - Illinois Ballroom