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1989 Georgia Water Resources Conference
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LUNCHEON SPEAKERS
Climate Change Impacts of Water Resources
Mark
Ayers, Water Resource Division, U.S.
Geological Survey, Trenton, NJ
Water Resources Management in Georgia
from a Federal Perspective
Greer
C. Tidwell, Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region IV
PLENARY SESSION: GEORGIA WATER RESOURCES
Georgia's Water Resources: A Status Report
Harold
Reheis, Assistant Director, Georgia DNR, Environmental Protection Division
Where are We Going From Here? Current Legislation and Water Issues
James
E. Kundell, Senior Research Associate, Vinson Institute of Government, Univ. of Georgia
Georgia's Water Resources: Challenge for the Future
William
B. Lord, Director, Water Resources Research Institute, University of Arizona
PANEL
DISCUSSION: INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COOPERATION
Intergovernmental Cooperation in Planning
and Implementing a Wastewater Treatment Facility
Larry
M. Stuber, EMC Engineering Services, Inc.
Intergovernmental Cooperative
Agreement: Politics and Finances
J.
Michael Moore, Doris Y. Flythe, Phillip Windsor, Hilton Kite and Kimball
Warnock, Effingham
County
POSTER SESSION
Rainfall Trends in the Georgia Coastal Plain
J.M.
Sheridan and W.G. Knisel, USDA-ARS, Southeast Watershed Research Lab
Water Use and Power Generation in Georgia
Julia
L. Fanning, U.S.
Geological Survey
Ground Water Use in Georgia, 1987
Victoria
L. Purcell, Georgia
Geologic Survey
Development of Water-table and Depth to
Water Maps for the Southeastern United States Using a Geographic
Information System
John
S. Clarke, U.S. Geological
Survey; and Jerry W. Sorensen and George Collins, U.S. EPA
Streamflow Water Quality in the Georgia
Coastal Plain
R.K.
Hubbard and J.M. Sheridan, USDA-ARS, Southeast Watershed Research Lab
Water Quality in the Three South End Ponds,
Cumberland Island, Georgia
Thomas
R. Kozel, Dept. of Biology and Life Sciences, Savannah
State College
Description of a Hydrologic Method for
Separating Stream Flow from Groundwater and Backwater by Means of
Oxygen-18, Savannah River Plant, South
Carolina
Wesley
Sigman Hardegree, Univ.
of Georgia
Microtopographic Influences on Soil Water
Movemen
Thomas
Mark Keith, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia
Determination of Nitrate-Nitrogen in Water
Using a Coated Wire Electrode
L.L.
Goodroad, L.M. Shuman and R.B. Pitts, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia
RAINFALL AND DROUGHT
The Historical Rome, Georgia Rainfall Series
Robert
D. Erhardt, Jr., U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Mobile
Outlook for Precipitation in Georgia
Gayther
L. Plummer, Institute of Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia
The Spatio-temporal Evolution of the
Average Drought Affecting Georgia
Vernon Meentemeyer and Peter T.
Soul¨¦, Dept. of Geography, Univ.
of Georgia
The 1986 and 1988 Droughts in Georgia
Jeffrey
T. Armbruster, U.S.
Geological Survey
WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION
Water Management for the Future - A State Perspective
Thomas
C. Burdette, Jr., Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
Efficient Use of Water Supplies Through Cooperative River
Management: The Atlanta Experience
Patricia
A. Stevens, Atlanta Regional Commission, and
Edmund B. Burkett, U.S.
Army Corps of
Engineers, Mobile
Public Relations Aspects of Water Management During
Extreme Drought
Edmund
B. Burkett, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Mobile
Water Conservation Measures for Short and Long-term
Water Demand Reduction
Laurie
E. Ashmore, Brown and Caldwell
IRRIGATION WATER USE
Water:
Essential for Agriculture
Rudy Underwood,
Georgia
Farm Bureau Federation
Why Xeriscaping Makes Good Sense
Philip
R. Karr, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority
Turfgrass Irrigation Scheduling by Infrared
Thermometry
Robert
N. Carrow, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ.
of Georgia
Trends in Ground-water Levels and Use in Georgia: 1950-1987
R.
Thomas James and Eugene P. Odum, Institute of Ecology, Univ. of Georgia
INSTREAM FLOWS
Importance of Groundwater Inflows for
Maintenance of Striped Bass Habitat in the Flint River
and Lake Seminole
Michael
J. Van Den Avyle, Georgia
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Habitat Suitability Criteria for Assessment of
Instream Flow Needs for Fish
Johnie
H. Crance, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Real-time Hydrologic Data Collection Systems for the
Southeast
Bradley
L. Gimmestad, NWS
Southeast River
Forecast Center
WATER ENGINEERING
Development of a Trihalomethane Control Strategy
Daniel
S. Skalsky, Brown and Caldwell; Randy E. Hildebran, Olsen Associates;
and
Carl S. Simmons, Public Utilities Director, City of Raleigh, North Carolina
Effective Evaluation of Water Distribution Systems
David
L. Haas, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc., and John O=Neil, Dept. of Public Works,
City of Athens,
Georgia
A Stochastic Control Method for Hydropower Scheduling
Aris
P. Georgakakos, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology;
and
Marty Meeks, Georgia Power
Application of Reservoir Sizing Techniques in Georgia
William
P. Martello and Pamela S. Burnett, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.
WATER RESOURCES
PLANNING
Water Supply Planning and Coordination in the Atlanta Region
Patricia
A. Stevens, Atlanta
Regional Commission
Long-range Water Supply Planning for Cobb County, Georgia
James
Nissen, Brown and Caldwell,
and Philip Karr, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority
Organizational Arrangements for Developing Long-range
Water Resources Plans for Georgia
Kathryn
J. Hatcher, Institute of Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia
Atlanta and the Chattahoochee
River: Past, Present and Future
Philip
W. Nungesser, Bureau of Pollution Control, City of Atlanta
MITIGATION FOR
RESERVOIR PROJECTS
Wetland Mitigation Guidelines for Water Supply
Reservoirs and Public
Fishing Lakes
in Georgia
Howard
D. Zeller, Georgia
Dept. of Natural Resources
Mitigation for Reservoir Projects Part I: Wildlife Mitigation Past and Present
Carol
J. Burns, Allen W. Conger and Richard W. Whiteside, Law Environmental Inc.
Mitigation for Reservoir Projects Part II: Current Environmental Legislation
Considerations
Allen
W. Conger, Richard W. Whiteside and Robert S. Webb, Law Environmental Inc.
Mitigation for Reservoir Projects Part III: Concepts and Their Application
Dorothy
M. Gibb and John T. Vermont, Law Environmental Inc.
WATER LAW AND
LEGISLATION
Pesticide Usage Legislation and Groundwater Quality
Terence
J. Centner, College of Agriculture, Univ. of Georgia
State Implementation of Section 319 Nonpoint Source
Pollution Controls for Forestry in the Southeast
Peter
Lickwar and Fred Cubbage, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia
Legal Aspects of Natural Resources Legislation Enacted
by the 1989 Georgia
General Assembly
J.
Owens Smith, Institute of Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia
Economic Aspects of Water Resources Management
Ronald
M. North, Institute of Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia
WATERSHED PROTECTION
Guidelines for Development of Watershed Protection
Plans in Georgia
Gail
M. Cowie and James L. Cooley, Institute of Community and Area Development, UGA
Stream Corridor Protection in the Atlanta
Region: The Metropolitan River Protection Act
and the Chattahoochee
Corridor Plan
James
M. Santo, Atlanta
Regional Commission
Fayette County¡¯s Experience with Watershed Protection
Ordinances
Christine
L. Venice, Dept. of Planning, Fayette
County, Georgia
Policy and Political Considerations in Watershed
Protection
James L. Cooley and Gail M. Cowie,
Institute of Community and Area Development, UGA
URBAN STREAMS
Factors Influencing the Quality of Urban
Streams in Georgia
and the Implications
for Stream Management
Ted
Mikalsen, Georgia Environmental Protection
Division
The Management of Flat Creek in Gainesville
Tim
Merritt, City of Gainesville,
Georgia
Cobb County¡¯s Stream Assessment Program
Colin
J. Decker, Cobb County Water
System, Georgia
The Atlanta Regional Commission¡¯s Urban Stream Demonstration Program
F.
William Kroeck, Atlanta
Regional Commission
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Variations in Precipitation and Runoff in an
Urbanizing Watershed
Bruce
K. Ferguson, School of Environmental Design, and Philip W. Suckling,
Department
of Geography, Univ.
of Georgia
Riparian Zone Effects on Water Quality
Richard
Lowrance, USDA-ARS, Southeast Watershed Research Lab
Chemical and Physical Components of Crusting in
Southeastern Soils
W.P.
Miller, D.E. Radcliffe and J. Scifres, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia
Wetland Design Considerations for Urban Stormwater Management Basin
Design
Allen
Conger, David Breaden, Scott Heefner and Melvin Brown, Law Environmental Inc.
AGRICHEMICAL MODELS
Relating Agrichemical Runoff and Leaching to Soil
Taxonomy: A GLEAMS Model Analyses
R.A.
Leonard, UGA College of Agriculture, and USDA-ARS
Southeast Watershed Research
Lab;
H.F. Perkins, Professor Emeritus, UGA
College of Agriculture;
and W.G. Knisel,
USDA-ARS
Southeast Watershed Research Lab
Potential Pesticide Contamination in Ground-water
Recharge Areas: A Model Simulation
L.E.
Asmussen, USDA-ARS Southeast Watershed Research Lab; D.W. Hicks, U.S.
Geological
Survey;
R.A. Leonard and W.G. Knisel, USDA-ARS Southeast Watershed Research Lab;
and
H.F. Perkins, Professor Emeritus, UGA College
of Agriculture
Geophysical Investigations of a Ground
Water Contaminant Plume - Electrical and Electromagnetic
Methods
Edward
Zungaila, Jr., Hazardous Materials Program Manager, Univ. of Georgia;
Fred Tuck, Applied
Geophysics, Inc.; and Dann Spariosu, Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Georgia
Geostatistics in Water Resources
Shahrokh
Rouhani, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
SOIL CHEMISTRY
Herbicide Movement in Conventional and Reduced Tillage
Soils
D.E.
Radcliffe, R.E. Jones and P.A. Banks, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia
Reversible Binding of Humic Substances to Clay
Colloids
E.
Michael Perdue, Charles E. Weaver and Keith Scanlan Matlack, School of
Geophysical
Sciences,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Release of Soil Metals Affected by Edaphic Conditions
in Coastal Georgia
Gian
Ghuman and Kamalakar Raut, School of Sciences and Technology, Savannah State
College
Water Movement and Chemical Transport in a Loblolly
Pine Forest
James
B. Feild, University
of Georgia
GROUNDWATER QUALITY
In Situ Biorestoration - Effects of Nutrient Addition on Aquifer Permeability
F.
Michael Saunders and G.F. Morrone, School
of Civil Engineering, Georgia
Tech
Microbial Activity in Ground Water at a Chemical Waste
Disposal Site
Huey-Min
Hwang and Anthony Q. Armstrong, Dept. of Microbiology and Institute of Ecology, Univ. of
Georgia; David Lewis, U.S. EPA, Athens; and Robert Hodson,
Dept. of Microbiology and
Institute of Ecology, Univ.
of Georgia
Toxicity Assessment of Volatile Organic
Compounds Found in Soil and Ground Water at a Hazardous
Waste Landfill Site
Oscar
Pancorbo, Tiande Cai, Timothy Kelley and Harold Barnhart, Dept.. of Food
Science
and
Technology, Univ.
of Georgia
Mutant Strains for Biodegradation of PCBs in
Bioreactor System
M.K.
Hamdy, Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Univ. of Georgia
GROUNDWATER
PROTECTION
The Ground-water Management Program of the Georgia
Geologic Survey
Randy
W. Weathersby and Kenneth R. Davis, Georgia Geologic Survey
Occurrence and Source of Natural
Radioactivity in Ground Water From the Upper Floridan Aquifer
in the Apalachichola Embayment-Gulf Trough
Area, Georgi
Lee
L. Gorday and Madeleine F. Kellam, Georgia Geologic Survey
The Capture-Zone Method for Recovery System Design
Gerald
E. Seaburn, Law Environmental Inc.
LAND TREATMENT OF
WASTEWATER
The Effect of Irrigation with Pretreated
Wastewater on Groundwater Quality and Evaluation
at Clayton
County, Georgia
Julia
W. Gaskin and Wade L. Nutter, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia
The Effect of Wastewater Irrigation on Streamflow and
the Hydrologic Budget
Ward
Cleveland, Earth Systems Associates, Ltd., and Wade Nutter, School of Forest
Resources,
Univ. of Georgia
Land Treatment of Wastes in Georgia: A Look to the Future
Wade
L. Nutter, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia
WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL
The State Revolving Fund Program in Georgia
John
Hagan, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, and Verona Barnes, Georgia
DNR,
Environmental
Protection Division
EPA Approach for the Diagnostic Evaluation of POTW
Performance
William
Cosgrove and Ronald Barrow, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Jackson Lake:
Response to Nutrient Reduction
David
M. Kamps, Georgia
DNR, Environmental Protection Division
Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia - Water Quality and Lay Monitoring Program
Carolyn
Lee Thomas and David Johnson, Life Sciences Division, Ferrum College, Virginia
RESEARCH AND
EDUCATION
Water Quality Research in the South
Georgia Coastal Plain
Matt
C. Smith and Daniel Thomas, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Univ. of Georgia
Development of Public Educational Programs on Water
Quality
William
I. Segars, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia
The Program of the Georgia Water Research Institute
Bernd
Kahn, Environmental Resources Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
Summary of Water Resources Research Under the Georgia
Water Resources Research Program
Ronald
M. North and Kathryn J. Hatcher, Institution of Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia
Panel Discussion:
Water Resources Research and Education
Moderator: Bernd Kahn, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Panelists: Pat Stevens, Atlanta
Regional Commission; Ram Arora, Georgia
State University; Dale
Threadgill, Univ.
of Georgia; Ronald North,
Univ. of Georgia; and F.M. Saunders, Georgia
Institute of Technology
PANEL
DISCUSSION: WATER FOR THE FUTURE
Moderator: Kathryn J. Hatcher, Institute of Natural
Resources, Univ.
of Georgia.
Panelists:
Representative Dean Alford, House Natural Resources and Environment Committee,
Georgia
General Assembly; Philip R. Karr, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; Bob
Kerr,
Georgia
Conservancy; and David Word, Water Resources Management Branch, Georgia
DNR,
Environmental
Protection Division