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DRAFT AGENDA
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM
2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH
7:30-8:30
MORNING LOGISTICS
McKimmon
Foyer
Registration, Load PowerPoint presentations for concurrent sessions
Room 1D
Poster & Exhibit Set up, Morning Refreshments
8:45-10:00 OPENING SESSION
Room 1A
Conference Welcome and Special Recognition of WRRI’s 50th Anniversary
Nicole Wilkinson, WRRI
Opening Keynote: A Reflection on a Half-Century of Water Resources in North Carolina
Featuring Bill Ross, Brooks Pierce, LLP, Former NC DENR Secretary and Duke Univ. Visiting Scholar
10:00-10:20
Room 1D
BREAK
Refreshments, Coffee, View Exhibits
10:20-11:40 CONCURRENT SESSION 1
Room 3
LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT IN COMMUNITY PLANNING
MODERATOR: TBD
10:20-10:40 The Tao of Stormwater: Municipal Scale Planning and Implementation of Urban Agriculture and Regional
Food Systems as an Efficient, Long-term Solution for Achieving Watershed Health and Community Resiliency Bobby
Tucker, Tetra Tech
10:40-11:00 Assessing the Development Costs of LID: A Case Study of the Developer’s Cost to Implement LID vs.
Traditional Stormwater Management for a Commercial and Single-Family Residential Site Mike Schlegel, Triangle J COG
11:00-11:20 Duke University Water Reclamation Pond James Caldwell, McAdams Water Resources & Infrastructure
11:20-11:40 Green Infrastructure Taking Root in Cities Robert Hopper, CDM Smith
Room 4
WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
MODERATOR: TBD
10:20-10:40 Tracking On-Site Wastewater Nitrogen Contributions to Surface Waters: From Site to Watershed-Scale
Michael O’Driscoll, East Carolina University
10:40-11:00 Inflow and Infiltration in Central Sewer Systems in Eastern North Carolina: Vulnerability to Rainfall
Lawrence Cahoon, UNCW
11:00-11:20 Evaluation of Package Treatment Plants on North Carolina’s Coast Eban Bean, East Carolina University
11:20-11:40 On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems and Phosphorous in the North Carolina Coastal Plain Charlie
Humphrey, East Carolina University
Room 5
CLIMATE IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER SUPPLY PLANNING
MODERATOR: TBD
10:20-10:40 Climate Factors that Drive Water Variability in the Carolinas Ryan Boyles, State Climate Office
10:40-11:00 Integrated Water Portal – Monitoring and Forecasting Water Supplies Rebecca Cumbie, State Climate
Office
11:00-11:20 Climate Change Information for Long-term Water Supply Planning Aashka Patel, Carolinas Integrated
Sciences & Assessment
11:20-11:40 Climate Variability and Water Management in NC Sankar Arumugam, NCSU
Room 6
ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT OF FRESHWATER SYSTEMS
MODERATOR: TBD
10:20-10:40 Assessment of Forest Cover in the High Rock Lake Watershed Wenwu Tang, UNC-C
10:40-11:00 Response of the Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community in Three Piedmont Streams in North Carolina to
Land Use Changes over a 20 Year Period Anthony Roux, UNC-C
11:00-11:20 Managing Aquatic Life Uses in Urban Settings in North Carolina: Observations and Options Michael Paul,
Tetra Tech
11:20-11:40 Comparison of Four Nitrogen Removal Kinetic Models in Two Distinct Wetland Ecosystems Receiving
Agricultural Drainage Water Tiffany Messer, NCSU
11:45-12:45 AWARDS LUNCHEON
Room 2A
Celebrate the 1st Annual Source Water Collaborative Awards
1:00-2:20
CONCURRENT SESSION 2
Room 3
EDUCATION & ENGAGEMENT
MODERATOR: TBD
1:00-1:20 Using Online Interactive Learning Tools to Education Students about Water Management Challenges in North
Carolina Michele Drostin, UNC-CH
1:20-1:40 Improving Understanding of Drought Impacts through Citizen Science Amanda Brennan, Carolinas Integrated
Sciences & Assessment
1:40-2:00 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Training for Municipal Staff and the General Public Joy Fields,
Piedmont Triad Regional Council
2:00-2:20 Tools and Methods for Successfully Recruiting and Engaging Watershed Stakeholders Christy Perrin, WRRI
Room 4
WATER UTILITY FINANCE
MODERATOR: TBD
1:00-1:20 Who Uses What? Deepening Our Understanding of the Drivers of Residential Water Use in NC Laura Taylor,
NCSU
1:20-1:40 Understanding Non-Residential Water Customers Mary Tiger, Environmental Finance Center
1:40-2:00 The Winners and Losers of New Utility Rate Models Shadi Eskaf, Environmental Finance Center
2:00-2:20 Financial Hedging Strategies for Mitigating the Financial Risks of Water Scarcity for Water Utilities: A National
Perspective Rachel Baum, UNC-CH
Room 5
PLANNING FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
MODERATOR: TBD
1:00-1:20 Creating Resilient and Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Ryann Neal, ARCADIS-US
1:20-1:40 Running Out of Water is Not an Option: The Jordan Lake Partners and Their Plan for Sustainable and Secure
Water Supplies for the Next 50 Years Don Greeley, Fountainworks, Inc.
1:40-2:00 Improving Coastal Water Resources Resilience to Climate Variability and Change Through Participatory
Dialogue Jessica Whitehead, North Carolina Sea Grant
2:00-2:20 Proactive Recovery Community Structures (PARCS) for the Outer Banks David Hill, NCSU
Room 6
SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY
MODERATOR: TBD
1:00-1:20 Low-Flow Characteristics and Flow-Duration Statistics for Selected USGS Continuous-Record Streamgaging
Stations in North Carolina Through 2012 Curtis Weaver, USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center
1:20-1:40 Challenge for Continuous Monitoring of Flow and Water Quality in a Coastal Plain Stream Chiao-Wen Lin,
NCSU
1:40-2:00 Modeling the Middle and Lower Cape Fear River using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool Saumya Sarkar,
Tetra Tech
2:00-2:20 Should We Start Making Water Quality Rating Curves at Each Monitoring Station? François Birgand, NCSU
2:20-2:45
BREAK
Room 1D
Refreshments, Coffee, Etc
2:45-4:45
CONCURRENT SESSION 3: PARTICIPATORY SESSIONS
Room 1A
CAREERS IN WATER RESOURCES
SESSION LEAD: RHONDA SARMENTO, DUKE UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES
SESSION DESCRIPTION: Are you a student or recent graduate interested in a career in the growing field of water resources?
Are you a professional looking for a career change? Join this interactive session on careers in water resources. A variety
of water resource sectors will be represented by over a dozen professionals who have diverse educational, professional,
and personal backgrounds and who will share their experiences, knowledge, and advice about careers in this field.
Participants will interact with and learn from our guests in small, rotating groups by self-selecting the sectors and
professionals they would like to meet. Professional summaries and recommended questions to ask will be provided to
participants prior to the session to aid in research, preparation, and to help participants choose who they are most
interested in meeting.
Room 4
MANAGING WATER LOSS AT UTILITIES WITH AUDIT & LEAKAGE SOFTWARE
SESSION LEAD: WILL JERNIGAN, CAVANAUGH & ASSOCIATES
SESSION DESCRIPTION: This session features an interactive training session on the latest version of AWWA’s free water
audit software, plus a preview of the new free leakage component analysis software tool. With growing pressure on
water utilities to manage water leakage and loss, establish billing and rate practices that account for the true cost of
providing water services to customers, and attention from the state on systems operating in the red, there has never
been a better time for utilities to understand and undertake comprehensive water auditing and asset management
programs. This session will be led by a team with vast experience at national, regional, and local levels in co-developing
the software tools in partnership with AWWA and assisting and training utilities large and small throughout the
southeast to help their systems become more effective, efficient, and accountable for their water and finances. Bring
your own laptop or tablet to work through the software on your own, or watch and learn and presenters demo the
tools.
Room 5
PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS: LINKING WATER RESEARCH TO STAKEHOLDERS’ NEEDS THROUGH THE RESEARCH
NETWORK ON WATER (RENEW)
MODERATOR: LAURA TAYLOR, NCSU
SESSION DESCRIPTION: Effective solutions to today’s most pressing water resource challenges requires meaningful
collaboration among government agencies, university researchers, and the private sector. This session focuses on the
challenge of building effective collaborations among NC’s water resource professionals. The session will begin with a
panel discussion highlighting key water-related challenges in North Carolina. Panelists will be drawn from state and
local government, non-profits and the private sector to reflect a wide variety of perspectives and water resource
challenges. The panel discussion will frame a set of challenges (e.g., drought management; water quality in urbanizing
areas; water allocation among sectors of the economy) around which session participants will form subgroups, which
will have a facilitated discussion identifying existing knowledge, people, and partnerships that are pertinent to water
research; identifies gaps in knowledge and resources; and also proposes new opportunities for partnerships around
identified gaps. Groups will report back to the entire session with facilitated discussion among the whole group
providing recommendations for way forward. Goals for the session are to connect researchers and stakeholders so that
each can gain a deeper understanding of the needs of North Carolina’s water managers and practitioners; for
disciplinary experts to gain a deeper understanding of other academic disciplines’ perspectives on water resources
through the subgroup conversations; provide a platform for the current state-of-the-art research in water resources
with the water managers, stakeholders and practitioners, and to allow the ReNeWS network to better identify ways to
incorporate stakeholder involvement into the ongoing development of a water research network at NC State.
Room 6
A HANDS-ON DISCOVERY OF NC DENR’S INTERACTIVE MAPPING TOOLS
SESSION LEADS: MELANIE WILLIAMS, CAM MCNUTT, NC DENR
SESSION DESCRIPTION: In this session participants will learn about NC DENR’s new interactive mapping tools and
capabilities, learn about the new Citizen Monitoring Project using these interactive mapping tools, and what projects
are in the works. These exciting tools are designed to help users better understand NC’s water resources and
watersheds, provide access to data, and better enable water resource management and protection. Participants will
have the chance to experience these tools on laptops, personal tablet, or personal smart phones while DENR employees
assist the audience with tool use, features, and access. Bring your wireless-ready device and enjoy this hands-on
training opportunity.
5:00-7:00
POSTER SESSION & NETWORKING RECEPTION
Room 1D
Join us for poster presentations and to meet poster authors, as well as network with conference
participants and exhibitors. Heavy hors d’ouvres and beer from NC State University’s
Fermentation Science Program will be served.
END DAY 1 OF THE CONFERENCE
THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH
7:30-8:30
MORNING LOGISTICS
McKimmon
Foyer
Registration, Load PowerPoint presentations for concurrent sessions
Room 1D
Morning Refreshments
8:30-9:30
OPENING SESSION
Room 1A
Morning Announcements
Nicole Wilkinson, WRRI
Opening Keynote: The Future of Water Resources in North Carolina: The Next 50 Years
Featuring Tom Earnhardt, Co-producer, Writer & Host of UNC TV’s “Exploring North Carolina”
series
9:30-9:45
BREAK
Room 1D
Refreshments, Coffee, View Exhibits
9:45-10:45
Room 3
CONCURRENT SESSION 4
STORMWATER TREATMENT APPROACHES
MODERATOR: TBD
9:45-10:05 Regenerative Stormwater Conveyances: Giving Old, Perched Outfalls New Life Ward Marotti, WK Dickson
10:05-10:25 Gross Solids in Urban Catch Basins: A Pollutant Accounting Opportunity? Sarah Waickowski, NCSU
10:25-10:45 New Stormwater Treatment Method Development: Case Studies and Challenges Kevin Nunnery,
Biohabitats, Inc
Room 4
CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS IN WATER
MODERATOR: TBD
9:45-10:05 Fate, Transport, and Removal of Pharmaceuticals at a Municipal Wastewater Land-Application Site in North
Carolina, USA Andrew McEachran, NCSU
10:05-10:25 1,4-Dioxane: A Drinking Water Contaminant of Emerging Concern for NC Drinking Water Providers Detlef
Knappe, NCSU
10:25-10:45 Naturally Occurring Boron in NC Coastal Plain Groundwater: Contrast in Sources or Mobilization Between
Confined Cretaceous and Pliocene Aquifers David Vinson, UNC-C
Room 5
DROUGHT AND HAZARDS FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES
MODERATOR: TBD
9:45-10:05 Multi-Hazard Vulnerability of Coastal Water Infrastructure to Sea Level, Storm Surges, and Riverine
Flooding Burrell Montz, East Carolina University
10:05-10:25 Development of a Coastal Drought Index Using Salinity Data Paul Conrads, USGS
10:25-10:45 Needs Assessment of Coastal Land Managers for Drought Indicators in the Southeastern U.S. Dan Tufford,
University of South Carolina
Room 6
MANAGING ANIMAL & AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND IMPACTS
MODERATOR: TBD
9:45-10:05 Swine Farm Anaerobic Digester Biogas Renewable Energy Project Michael Wicker, Withers & Ravenel
10:05-10:25 Effects of Vegetation and Width on Riparian Buffer Effectiveness Deanna Osmond, NCSU
10:25-10:45 Effects of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations on Stream Water Quality in Agricultural Watersheds of
the North Carolina Coastal Plain Stephen Harden, USGS
10:45-11:00
BREAK
Room 1D
Refreshments, Coffee, Exhibits & Posters
11:00-12:00
CONCURRENT SESSION 5
Room 3
DISTILLING STORMWATER RESEARCH INTO REGULATION
MODERATOR: HUNTER FREEMAN
Room 4
COMMUNITY & WATER PLANNING CASE STUDIES FROM OTHER STATES
MODERATOR: TBD
11:00-11:20 BMP Assessment Tool: Helping Communities Reduce Water Pollution and Plan for the Future Dean
Goodison, Atkins
11:20-11:40 System Modeling for Integrated Water Resources Planning: A Tool for Developing a Roadmap for Water
Management in the City of Franklin, TN David Mason, CDM Smith
11:40-12:00 New Approaches to Low Impact Development Permitting in the River Walk City: Comprehensive LID Use
Pattern Ordinance Kimberly Brewer, Tetra Tech
Room 5
DROUGHT PLANNING & PREPAREDNESS IN NC
MODERATOR: TBD
11:00-11:20 Overview of the NC Drought Management Advisory Council Curtis Weaver, USGS
11:20-11:40 High Resolution Indicators for Local Drought Monitoring Rebecca Cumbie, NCSU
11:40-12:00 Determining Climatological Patterns of Dryness and Drought at a Regional to Local Scale Across the
Carolinas Chip Konrad, UNC-CH
Room 6
NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
MODERATOR: TBD
11:00-11:20 Algal Blooms, Circulators, Waterfowl and Eutrophic Greenfield Lake, NC Michael Mallin, UNCW
11:20-11:40 Decadal Analysis of Water Quality in Falls Lake, the Triangle’s Major Potable Water Source JoAnn
Burkholder, NCSU
11:40-12:00 Modeling Sources of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen to the Neuse River Estuary from the Upstream Watershed
Chris Osburn, NCSU
12:00-1:45 LUNCH & NCWRA SYMPOSIUM KICK-OFF
Room 2
12:00-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:15 Hans-Peter Plag, Old Dominion University
1:15-1:45 Jared Bales, US Geological Survey
1:45-2:15
DESSERT BREAK & AWARDS CELEBRATION
Room 1D
Join us for coffee, WRRI birthday cake, and NCSU Howling Cow ice cream, and to celebrate the
winners of the Student Poster Competition, student art contest, and the 1st annual NC Source
Water Collaborative Award. Last chance to view posters and network with exhibitors.
2:15-4:30
NCWRA SYMPOSIUM (continued from lunch)
Room 1A
RESILIENCY IN WATER RESOURCES: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
MODERATOR: JASON DOLL, MOFFAT & NICHOL, NCWRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2:15-2:35 Resiliency and Sea Level Rise – Stan Riggs, East Carolina University
2:35-3:00 Green Infrastructure – Dwane Jones, University of District of Columbia
3:00-3:25 Food and Water - Dr. Laura Lengnick, Second Nature
3:25-4:00 Panel-Audience Discussion and Q&A
4:00-4:30 Closing – Disaster Recovery – Greg Brunelle, NY
4:30
CONFERENCE CLOSING COMMENTS