GWRC 1991
1991 Georgia Water Resources Conference
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLENARY SESSION
volution of the Current Wetlands Policy
Lee Thomas, CEO and Chairman, Law Companies Environmental Group
Water Management in the Next Century
Warren Viessman, Jr., College of Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville
Environmental Ethics: Why Do We Care?
P. Aarne Vesilind, Chair, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University
LUNCHEON SPEAKERS
Environmental Priorities - Are We Regulating the Right Things?
Charles Jeter, Corporate Vice-President of Environmental Affairs, RMT, Inc., Greenville
Coordinated Water Resources Management: An Approach for the Eastern United States
Colonel Michael Thuss, District Director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
PANEL DISCUSSION: Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments
Moderator: Bruce Barrett, Vice President of Marketing, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc
Sponsored by: American Water Works Association, Georgia Section
Panelists: Fred Finley, Drinking Water Program, Georgia DNR, Environmental Protection
Division; Philip Karr, General Manager, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority; Elaine
Nash, Soil and Water District Supervisor, Rockdale County; and Frank Sherrill, Mayor,
Social Circle, Georgia
PANEL DISCUSSION: Water Quality Regulations
Moderator: Jack Dozier, Executive Director, Georgia Water and Pollution Control Assoc
Sponsored by: Georgia Water and Pollution Control Association
The Origin, Development and Implementation of Water Quality Regulations - Nationally >and in EPA Region IV
Phil Vorsatz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
The Development and Implementation of Water Quality Regulations in Georgia
David Word, Chief, Water Protection Branch, Georgia Environmental Protection Div.
The Effect of Water Quality Regulations on Municipal Wastewater Treatment
George Barnes, Director, Bureau of Pollution Control, City of Atlanta
Legal Perspective on Water Quality Regulations
Michael Davis, Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore
The Effect of Water Quality Regulations on Industry
Don Holder, Georgia Power Company
The Effects of Water Quality Regulations on Industrial Pretreaters
Charlie Jones, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.
Laboratory Analytical Limitations Related to Water Quality Regulations
Albert Liabastre, Principal Chemist, Environmental Lab Division, U.S. EPA
POSTER SESSION
Water Use in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers Basin, 1985
Richard L. Marella, U.S. Geological Survey, Tallahassee
Water Use in Georgia, 1980-89
Julia L. Fanning, U.S. Geological Survey
Ground-water Availability in the South Metropolitan Atlanta Region, Georgia
John S. Clarke and Michael F. Peck, U.S. Geological Survey
ADrastic@ Mapping to Determine the Vulnerability of Ground-water to Pollution
Victoria P. Trent, Georgia Geologic Survey
High-yielding Wells in Metamorphic Rocks: Influencing Factors
Melinda J. Chapman, U.S. Geological Survey, and Thomas J. Crawford, Dept.
of Geology, West Georgia College
Application of Geographic Information System Technology to Sanitary Landfill Site Selection
Alan C. Sandercock, Georgia Geologic Survey, and Randy Weathersby, Albany
Dougherty Planning Commission, Albany, Georgia
Unique Well Construction in a Weathered Pegmatite of the Georgia Piedmont
H. Dan Harman, Jr., Engineering Science, Inc.
Georgia's Underground Injection Control Program Protects Ground Water from Improper Waste Disposal
Wayne Fuller, Georgia Geologic Society, Georgia DNR, Environmental Protection Div.
Investigation of Petroleum Migration in a Saprolite Unit of the Piedmont in Northern Georgia
Michael E. Hermann, Engineering Science, Inc.
Migration of Petroleum from a Tank Farm into a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer in the Piedmont of Georgia
W. Mark Bailey, Engineering Science, Inc.
Using Compost to Reduce Soil Erosion
H. Clark Gregory, Richard M. Kashmanian, and Steven A. Dressing, Fulton County Soil
and Water Conservation
The Quantity and Quality of Rainfall at the National Atmospheric Deposition Site in Middle Georgia:1979-1989
Jerry T. Walker and John B. Melin, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Georgia
Surface Water Quality in Three Interdunal Ponds, South End Ponds Ecosystem, Cumberland Island, Georgia
Thomas R. Kozel, Dept. of Biology and Life Sciences, Savannah State College
Restoration of a Forested Wetland, Stone Mountain Creek, DeKalb County, Georgia
James R. Renner, WAPORA, Inc.
W.E.P.P. Hillslope Erosion Model Predictions for Natural Runoff Plots
L.M. Risse and M.A. Nearing, Agricultural Engineering Dept., Univ. of Georgia
Selecting a Dechlorinating Chemical for a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Georgia
Dipak Bagchi and Roy Thomas Kelley, Jr., Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.
Use of Organic N-Halamines as Water Disinfectants
Elisabeth Elder, Alisha Ward and Jesse Scott, Dept. of Biology, Georgia Southwestern College
Nitrates by Ion Chromatography
Adolf von W¨¹rttemberg, Gwinnett County Public Utilities
Diffuser Design and River Modeling
Paul D. Christiano and Daniel M. Loudermilk, Dames & Moore
Alternative Dam Construction Techniques
Randall P. Bass, Dames & Moore
COMPREHENSIVE RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT
Sponsored by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
Comprehensive River Basin Planning: Principles, Need, and Applications in the Southeast
Neil S. Grigg, Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University
Cooperative Water Management in the Susquehanna River Basin
Noel E. Beegle, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District
Drought Management in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area
Roland C. Steiner, Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin
WATER SUPPLY PLANNING
Applying the IWR-MAIN Water Demand Forecasting Model for a Georgia City
Jackie Sellers, Institute of Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia
Use of Land Use Coefficients to Forecast Utility System Demand
Kip Duchon and William Zieburtz, Jr., CH2M HILL; and Gary Cornell, Gwinnett County
Responsible Policy-making Leads to Realistic Water/Sewer Rates in Georgia
James Melvin Ewing, Georgia DNR, Environmental Protection Division
Water Resources Planning for Dalton, Georgia
Hugh Gauntt, Riley, Park & Hayden & Associates; A. Terry McClean, Golder Associates
Inc.; and V. DeForrest Parrott III, Dalton Utilities, Georgia
The Design and Construction of the Conasauga Reservoir
A. Terry McClean, Golder Associates Inc.
WATER CONSERVATION
Water Rate Setting Policy for Water Conservation and Peak Load Management
P. Michael Thomas and Patricia A. Stevens, Atlanta Regional Commission
A Water Authority's Conservation Program - Its Role with the Georgia Water Wise Council
Fox McCarthy, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority, and Andy Hull, Post Landscape
Local Government's Role in Water-Efficient Landscaping
James M. Santo, Atlanta Regional Commission
Xeriscaping Saves Water - But Does It Save Money?
Gary Wade and E. Neal Weatherly, Jr., Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia
A Native Plant Community Approach to Landscape Design for Water Conservation
Darrel G. Morrison, School of Environmental Design, Univ. of Georgia
REGIONAL RESERVOIRS
The Role for Regional Reservoirs in Georgia.
Nolton Johnson, Water Resources Management Branch, DNR Environmental Protection Div.
The West Georgia Regional Reservoir Wetlands Impact Assessment and Mitigation
J. Patrick Barber and David E. Hawkins, Dames & Moore
Groundwater Supply Assessment and Section 404 Permitting for Water Supply Reservoirs
James Renner, WAPORA, Inc., and Thomas Crawford, Dept. of Geology, West Georgia College
Optimization Model for the Development of a Regional Water Supply System
James Buddy Atkins, South Carolina Water Resources Commission
WETLANDS ISSUES
Enforcement of Sections 301 and 404 of the Clean Water Act: A Review of Enforcement Actions Pursued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IV
Laura Ellen Mazanti, U.S.. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Protecting Georgia's Wetlands
Ronnie J. Haynes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wetlands Mapping in Georgia Using LANDSAT Imagery
Christopher G. Canalos and Jonathan P. Ambrose, Georgia DNR, Freshwater Wetlands
and Heritage Inventory; and Robert R. Robinson, Jr., Erdas, Inc.
RESERVOIR OPERATIONS
A Control Model for the Savannah River System
Aris P. Georgakakos, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Reallocation of Water Storage in Lake Lanier
Edmund Burkett, Water Management Section, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
Operations of the Federal Hydropower Resources in the Southeastern United States
John Mixon, Southeast Power Administration
SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN TOPICS
Sponsored by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District Reallocation of Water Storage in Federal Water Projects
H. Al Pless, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
Water Resource Development Act of 1986: Implementation in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
D.L. Parrott, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
Savannah River Basin Study - Reassessment of Basin Needs and Priorities
Leroy G. Crosby, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
APALACHICOLA-CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT RIVER BASIN TOPICS
Reallocation of Lake Lanier, Georgia
Patricia A. Stevens, Atlanta Regional Commission
A Perspective on Water Management Practices and Programs in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Drainage Basin from the Bottom Up
Steve F. Leitman, Florida Defenders of the Environment, and Christopher D. Howell,
Northwest Florida Water Management District
Legal Issues of Water Allocation for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
Stephen E. Draper, Draper Engineering Research
WEST POINT LAKE
Sponsored by: Georgia Lake Management Society;
Factors Related to Trophic Upsurge of West Point Lake
David R. Bayne, Dept. of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University
Changes in the Sport Fishery and Fish Population of West Point Lake, Since Impoundment
Leslie M. Ager, Game and Fish Division, Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources
West Point Lake Water Quality Studies: 1987-1990
David Kamps, Water Quality Management Program, Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources
West Point Lake Predictive Chlorophylla Modeling Report
James M. Greenfield, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
LAKE MANAGEMENT I
Federal/Georgia Clean Lakes Program
Howard Marshall, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Lake Management from a Regulatory Perspective
Charles J. Zimmerman, Jr., Dames & Moore
Lake Water Level Management as a Tool for the Control of the Littoral Zone: An Optimization Approach
Ioannis X. Tsiros, Agricultural Engineering Dept., Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
The Trophic Status of Lake Sidney Lanier
Edmond Mayhew and Mary Mayhew, Dept. of Biology, Gainesville College
LAKE MANAGEMENT II
Sponsored by: Georgia Lake Management Society
Some Considerations for Managing Urban Lakes
F. Randolph Cooper, III, Southeastern Lake Management
Aquatic Plant Management in Georgia Power Company Reservoirs
Thomas L. Broadwell, Georgia Power Company, Smyrna
Nutrient Contributions of a Coastal Plain Stream to Lake Blackshear
H.E. Cofer, Dept. of Geology (retired); William Tietjen, Dept. of Biology; and William
Wysochansky, Dept. of Chemistry, Georgia Southwestern College
WATER RESOURCES LEGAL ISSUES
Water Resources Legislation in the 1991 Georgia General Assembly
James E. Kundell, University of Georgia
Protecting Life Functions, Economic Interests, Property Rights and Aesthetic Preferences in Georgia's Waters
J. Owens Smith, Institute of Natural Resources andMarine Extension Service,UGA
Survival Guide for S.L.A.P.P.s: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation
Grayson Roquemour
DRINKING WATER QUALITY
Water Quality from Private Wells in Georgia
Anthony Tyson and Robert Isaac, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia
Evaluation of Water Treatment Processes through Pilot Studies
David L. Haas and Kim W. Fox, Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.
Levels of Radium and Uranium in Georgia Public Water Systems
Robert Rosson and Bernd Kahn, Environmental Resources Center, Georgia Institute
of Technology; and Clifford Blackman and James Hardeman, Georgia DNR, EPD
Groundwater Radon Risk Mapping in Athens Region, Georgia
Shahrokh Rouhani, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; and
Marc E. Dillion, Golder Associates Inc.
Developing Watershed Protection Criteria for Georgia
David M. Ashley, Jordan, Jones & Goulding Inc., and David M. Word, Georgia DNR,
Environmental Protection Division
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Stormwater Drainage Inventory System - The Gwinnett County Case History
David B. Chastant, Gwinnett County Dept. of Transportation, Georgia
Comparison of Infiltration and Detention in the Georgia Piedmont Using Recent
Hydrologic Models
M. Morgan Ellington and Bruce Ferguson, School of Environmental Design, UGA
Evaluation and Control of the Long-term Water Balance on an Urban Development Site
Bruce Ferguson and M. Morgan Ellington, School of Environmental Design, UGA;
and P. Rexford Gonnsen, Beall Gonnsen & Co.
N.P.D.E.S. Permits for Industrial Facility Stormwater Discharges
William E. Hall, Dames & Moore
NON-POINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT
The Role of Georgia's Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Water Resources Programs
Dennis Hopper, Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Gum Creek Watershed Demonstration Project
William I. Segars, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia; and Betty Barton,
Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Urban Erosion -The Off-site Consequences
Stephen Martin, Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission
FOREST WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Erosion Studies in Burned Forest Sites of Georgia
A.K. Shahlaee, W.L. Nutter, and L.A. Morris, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia;
and P.R. Robichaud, USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Moscow, Idaho
Water Management on the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests
Kenneth Henderson, Kirby Brock, Ray Ellis, Dick Rightmyer and William Hansen, USDA
Forest Service, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests
Reed Creek Watershed and Fishery Improvement Project
William Hansen, Dick Rightmyer, Jim Kidd and Monte Seehorn, USDA Forest Service,
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests
WASTEWATER TREATMENT I
Nuisance Problems at Gwinnett County¡¯s Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility
Dennis A. Brown, Gwinnett County Dept. of Public Utilities
Optimal Real-time Activated Sludge Regulation
John Kabouris and Aris Georgakakos, School of Civil Engineering, Georgia Tech
Low Cost Approach for Dechlorination
Richard Grubbs and Tom Ladshaw, Gwinnett County Dept. of Public Utilities
WASTEWATER TREATMENT II
Wetland Treatment System Feasibility Study
Billy Lee and Larry Stuber, EMC Engineering Services, Inc.
Constructed Wetlands for Assimilation of Dairy Effluents: Monitoring Studies
Hoke Howard, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Use of a Nitrogen Leaching Model as a Design Criterion for Land Application of Waste Water
L.T. West and M.L. Cabrera, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia
SURFACE WATER QUALITY
Georgia Stream Temperature Characteristics
Thomas R. Dyar and S. Jack Alhadeff, U.S. Geological Survey
Biological Approach to Use Attainability
Thomas Simpson, CH2M HILL, and Robert Troxler, Gwinnett County Public Utilities
Water Quality Investigations Related to Proposed NPDES. Permit Limits for Metals
William Kreutzberger, CH2M HILL, and Robert Troxler, Gwinnett County Public Utilities
Bioaccumulative Contaminants in Fish, Risk Assessment and Fish Consumption Advisories
Q.J. Stober, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Athens
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
Use of Modified Bioassessment Protocols for Evaluation of Water Quality
Gail Cowie, James Cooley and Aditi Dutt, Inst. of Community and Area Development, UGA
Remote Sensing/GIS for Water Resource Management Applications in the Southeast
Roy Welch and Marguarite Remillard, Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science,
Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Georgia
The Development of the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network
Gerrit Hoogenboom, B.P. Verma and E.D. Threadgill, Dept. of Agric. Engineering, UGA
AGRICULTURAL WATER ISSUES
Justification for Water Table Management in Georgia
Daniel Thomas and Matt C. Smith, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Univ. of Georgia
A Comparative Study of Mathematical Models for Migration of Pesticides in Surface
and Subsurface Waters
Ioannis Tsiros and Mansour Zakikhani, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Chemical Leaching in Large Conventional and No-tillage Soil Columns
D.E. Radcliffe, M.H. Golabi and W.L. Hargrove, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia
Field Testing Pesticide Transport Models at a Cooperative Test Site Near Plains, Georgia
Charles N. Smith and David Brown, Environmental Research Lab, U.S. EPA, Athens; Rudolph Parrish, Computer Sciences Corp., U.S. EPA, Athens; Loris Asmussen and Ralph Leonard, USDA Southeast Watershed Research Lab; D. Woodrow Hicks, U.S. Geological Survey; William Payne, Environmental Research Lab, U.S. EPA, Athens; and R. Shaw Fletcher, Southwest Georgia Experiment Station, Univ. of Georgia
COASTAL RESEARCH
Sponsored by: Georgia Sea Grant College Program
Sea Gran's Role in Coastal Oceans Research
Mac V. Rawson, Georgia Sea Grant College Program, Univ. of Georgia
Lignin-Derived Organic Matter in Georgia Coastal Waters
Mary Ann Moran, Dept. of Microbiology and Institute of Ecology, Univ. of Georgia; Lawrence Pomeroy, Dept. of Zoology and Institute of Ecology, UGA; Edward Sheppard, Dept. of Microbiology and Institute of Ecology, UGA; Larry Atkinson, Oceanography Dept., Old Dominion University; and Robert Hodson, Dept. of Microbiology and Institute of Ecology, UGA
Transformation of Riverine Organic Matter in Estuaries
John Ertel, Dept. of Geology and Marine Science Program, Univ. of Georgia; and James Alberts and Mary Price, Marine Institute, Sapelo Island, Univ. of Georgia
PIEDMONT GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY I
Sponsored by: Georgia Ground Water Association
hydrogeologic Evaluations for High-yieldingWells in the Piedmont Province of Georgia and Alabama
Thomas Crawford, Dept. of Geology, West Georgia College, and U.S. Geological Survey;
and Melinda Chapman, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
Well Location Technology for the Georgia Piedmont
H. Dan Harman, Jr., Engineering Science, Inc.
Results of Pumping Tests Performed at the Barnesville Site, Lamar County, Georgia
William Steele, David Brackett, Madeleine Kellam and Mark Hall, Georgia Geologic Survey
PIEDMONT GROUND-WATER HYDROLOGY II
Sponsored by: Georgia Ground Water Association
Present and Future Directions for Isotope Hydrology Research in the Georgia Piedmont.
Seth Rose, Department of Geology, Georgia State University
Geology, Hydrogeology, and Ground-water Chemistry of the Plant Yates Gypsum Stacking Area, Coweta County, Georgia
J.C. Redwine, R.J. Tinsley and D.V. Patel, Southern Company Services Inc., Birmingham,
Alabama; and D. Bloomburg, Ardaman and Associates, Orlando, Florida
Areas in Georgia Poorly Suited for Municipal Landfills
David R. Hipple, Georgia Geologic Survey
AQUIFER PROTECTION I
Sponsored by: Georgia Ground Water Association
Construction and Operation of a Biotreatment Facility for Remediation of Hydrocarbon
Contaminated Soil
Robert E. Moore, Jr., Dames & Moore
Cost-effective Design of a Treatment System for Cleaning Up Soils and Ground Water
Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Elio F. Arniella, Envirosoft
Leachate Tests for Solidified Hazardous Wastes
Leslie J. Blythe, B & G Environmental, and Elio F. Arniella, Envirosoft
AQUIFER PROTECTION II
Sponsored by: Georgia Ground Water Association
A University Landfill Site Investigation
Warren Safter, Public Safety, Univ. of Georgia; and William Clister, Peter Robinson
and Benjamin Young, Brown and Caldwell
Geostatistical Mapping for Hazardous Waste Sites
Richard L. Satkin, Engineering Science, Inc., and Aris P. Georgakakos, School of Civil
Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Willingness to Pay for Groundwater Protection
Jeffrey Jordan and Abdelmoneim Elnagheeb, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, and William
L. Hargrove, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia
Groundwater Withdrawals Needed to Meet Irrigation Demands During Drought Years.
James E. Hook, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia