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1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LUNCHEON SPEAKERS
Surface Water
Withdrawal Permits Programs for Humid Regions
J.
Wayland Eheart, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University
of Illinois, Urbana
Water-related Legislation of the 1995-1996 Term of the
Georgia General Assembly
James
E. Kundell, Vinson Institute of Government, Univ. of Georgia
DINNER SPEAKERS
Moderator: Todd Rasmussen, School
of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia
New Directions for the American Water Resources
Association
Stephan
J. Nix, President, American Water Resources Association
A Visual Tour of the Chattahoochee River: Headwaters to Gulf by Canoe
Joe
and Monica Cook, Rome, Georgia
Overview of Georgia¡¯s River Care 2000 Program
Lonice
Barrett, Commissioner, Georgia
Department of Natural
Resources
PLENARY SESSION: The Future of Water Resources Management
in the ACF
and ACT River Basins
Looking Beyond the Comprehensive Study
Moderator: Roger Burke, Chief, Plan Formulation
Branch, Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
Shared Vision
Model and How It Will be Used in the ACT/ACF Comprehensive Study
Janet
Starnes, Senior Policy Analyst, Northwest Florida Water Management District
Interstate
Compacts
Nolton
Johnson, Chief, Water Resources Management Branch, Georgia
EPD
Allocation
Formula Concepts
Walter
Stevenson, Jr., Chief, Office of Water Resources, Alabama Department of
Economic and
Community Affairs
Development of
an Interagency Management Plan for Federal Agencies
J.
Keith Graham, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
TRACK I. BASIN-WIDE PLANNING
Comprehensive Basin Management - Modeling
Moderator: Gary Mauldin, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic
Division
Water Resources Management: Challenges and Opportunities
Aris
Georgakakos, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Decision Analysis and Optimization Modeling for
Complex Water Resource Systems
L.
Jeffrey Lefkoff, Hydrologic Consultants, Inc., and Donald R. Kendall, Calleguas
Municipal
Water District, Ventura County,
California
Effective Water Supply Planning in Uncertain Times
Trish
Reifenberger, Brown and Caldwell,
and James Parsons, Cobb County-Marietta Water
Authority
Water Reuse Challenges in Georgia: A Gwinnett County
Case Study
Ken
C. Hall, CH2M HIll
Interstate Water
Management
Moderator: Ron Cummings, Policy Research Center, Georgia
State University
An Interstate Management Strategy for the Suwannee River Basin
Kirk
Webster, Suwannee River Water Management District, and Mork Winn,
Georgia
DNR, Environmental Protection Division
Interstate Coordination Mechanisms for the ACF Basin
from a Florida
Perspective
Andrew
A. Dzurik, College of Engineering,
Florida State University
The Interstate Compacts for Water
Allocation of the ACF and ACT
River Basins: A Legal erspective
Leigh
Martin, School of Law, Univ.
of Georgia
Water Allocation
Alternatives - ACT/ACF River Basins
Moderators: Leroy Crosby, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
Preparing and Using Shared Vision Models for the
Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Watershed
Steve
Leitman and Janet Starnes, Northwest Florida Water Management District
Developing and Analyzing River System
Management Alternatives for the ACT/ACF Comprehensive Study
Steve
Whitlock, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
Key Steps to Water Allocation Formulas for the ACT and
ACF River Basins
David
E. Hawkins, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
Calibration of STELLA and HEC-5 Models for the ACF Basin
Yongqing
Yu, Dave Hawkins, Steve Whitlock, and Owen McKeon, Georgia
DNR,
Environmental
Protection Division
Water Quality of the Lower ACF
River Basin
Moderator: William Tietjen, Dept. of Biology, Georgia
Southwestern College
Environmental Distribution of Mercury
Related to Land Use and Physicochemical
Setting
in Watersheds of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
Carol
A. Couch, U.S. Geological Survey
Transport of Trace Elements and
Semi-volatile Organic Compounds in Fluvial Sediments of the Lower Flint River (Georgia) and Apalachicola
River (Georgia,Florida, Alabama) Basins During Tropical Storm Alberto, July
1994
Gary
R. Buell, U.S.
Geological Survey
World Wide Web Access to U.S. Geological
Survey Publications and Data: Apalachicola-
Chattahoochee-Flint River
Basin, Georgia, Florida,
and Alabama,
1992-95
Jerry
W. Garrett, Howard A. Perlman, and Judith D. Scholz, U.S. Geological Survey
Pesticide Occurrence in the Upper Floridian
Aquifer in the Dougherty Plain and
Marianna Lowlands Districts, Southwestern Georgia
and Adjacent Areas of Alabama and Florida
Daniel
J. Hippe, U.S.
Geological Survey
Water Management
Issues in the Lower
ACF Basin
Moderator: Ronald M. North, Professor Emeritus,
Dept. of Agric. and Applied Economics,
Univ.
of Georgia,
and North American Water Management Institute
Southwest Georgia Water Management Issues
Ronald
M. North, North American Water Management Institute
Agricultural Practices and Water Quality
Elizabeth
Blood, J.W. Jones Ecological Research
Center
Water Policy and Management Issues for Agriculture and
Agribusiness
Brian
Dill, Georgia Farm Bureau Federation
Water Management and Economic Development
Ken
Hatcher, Stevenson & Palmer Engineers
Waterways, Navigation, and Agriculture: ACF River Basin
Homer
Hirt, Tri-Rivers Waterway Association
Economic, Recreational and Environmental Issues of
Water Management in Southwest Georgia
Linda
Kuller, Southwest
Georgia Regional
Development Center
The Flint
River Basin: Unfinished Products
Ronald
M. North, North American Water Management Institute
Comprehensive River Basin Planning and
Assessment
Moderator: Gail Cowie, Institute
of Community and Area Development, Univ. of Georgia
Hydrologic Unit Mapping in Georgia
Mark
N. Landers, U.S. Geological Survey
Water Quality Assessment of the Suwannee River Basin
Jean-Paul
Calixte and Jimmy Bramblett, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Resources for Citizen Participation in Watershed
Protection
Olin
M. Ivey, GEO - Georgia
Environmental Organization, Inc.
A Citizen¡¯s Guide for Watershed Protection
Barrett
P. Walker, GEO - Georgia
Environmental Organization, Inc.
RIO:
Directory and Atlas for the Georgia Region
Karen
Bohling McGrath, GEO - Georgia
Environmental Organization, Inc.
Hazard Mitigation Activities Involving Dams
Tom
Woolsey, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
Savannah River Basin
Moderators: Stallings
Howell, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, and Myron
Yuschichin,
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
Emerging Water Resources Management Issues in the Savannah River Basin
Meredith
Anderson, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV; Leroy Crosby,
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers; Sally Knowles,
South Carolina Department of
Health
and
Environmental Control; Nolton Johnson, Georgia DNR; Olin Ivey, GEO - Georgia
Environmental
Organization; and Chuck Coomer, Georgia
DNR, Wildlife Resources Div.
A Comprehensive Water Resources Development Study for
the Savannah River Basin
Leroy
G. Crosby, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
TRACK II. WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Atlanta Area Stream
Quality
Moderator: Pat Stevens, Atlanta Regional Commission
Evaluation of Streamwater Quality in the Atlanta Region
Norman
Peters, USGS, and Stephen Kandell, Atlanta
Regional Commission
Stream Quality Assessments in the Developing Community
Robert
L. Bourne and Ransom Bennett, Cobb
County Water System
Spatial and Temporal Variability in
Nutrient Concentrations in Surface Waters of the Chattahoochee River Basin
Near Atlanta, Georgia
Norman
E. Peters, Gary R. Buell, and Elizabeth A. Frick, U.S. Geological Survey
Surface-water and Shallow Ground-water
Quality in the Vicinity of Metropolitan Atlanta,
Upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia,
1992-95
Elizabeth
A. Frick, U.S.
Geological Survey
Use of a Preliminary Index of Biotic Integrity in
Urban Streams Around Atlanta,
Georgia
Joseph
C. DeVivo, Institute of Ecology, Univ.
of Georgia; Carol A. Couch, U.S.
Geological
Survey; and Byron J. Freeman, Institute of Ecology, Univ. of Georgia
Agriculture and
Forestry
Moderator: Cran Upshaw, USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Effects of Acidic Deposition on Water Quality and
Forest Health in Georgia
Thomas
G. Huntington and Richard P. Hooper, U.S. Geological Survey
Agricultural Irrigation Trends in Georgia
Kerry
Harrison and Anthony Tyson, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia
Partnering for Georgia¡¯s Natural Resources: The 1996 Farm Bill
Jimmy
R. Bramblett, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Sedimentation and
Turbidity
Moderator: James E. Kundell, Vinson Institute of
Government, Univ. of Georgia
Big Creek Watershed Volunteer Monitoring
and Education Program: Focus on Wet
Weather Sediment and Turbidity Levels
Glynn
Forrest Groszmann, Groszmann Environmental Services
Sedimentation and Georgia's Fishes: An
Analysis of Existing Information and
Future Research
Kevin
Barnes, Judy Meyer, and Byron Freeman, Institute of Ecology, UGA
Characterization of Temporal and Spatial
Variability of Turbidity in the Upper
Chattahoochee River
Skelly
Holmbeck-Pelham and Todd Rasmussen, School of Forest
Resources, UGA
The Dirt II Panel: Georgia's Erosion and Sediment Control Technical
Committee
Benjamin
C. Dysart, Dysart and Associates, Inc.
Technical Problems with Implementing a Statewide
Sediment Control Program
Art
Horowitz, U.S. Geological Survey
Pollution Prevention
in Georgia
Moderator: L. Mark Risse, Dept. of Biological and
Agric. Engineering, Univ.
of Georgia
Opportunities and Impediments for Pollution Prevention
in Crop Production
L.
Mark Risse, Dept. of Biological and Agric. Engineering, Univ. of Georgia
Reducing the Pollution Potential of
Pesticides and Fertilizers in the Environmental
Horticulture Industry
Joyce
G. Latimer and S. Kristine Braman, Dept. of Horticulture, Univ. of Georgia
Water Conservation and Waste Minimization in the Food
Processing Industry
Michael
G. Powell, Dept. of Biological and Agric. Engineering, Univ. of Georgia
Water Conservation Through Automated Dyebath Reuse
James
L. Clark, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
Total Maximum Daily
Loads
Moderator: Jim Greenfield, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region IV
The Sierra Club v. the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency: A Presentation
of the Case Filed to Clean Up Georgia's Waters
Christy
Waite Espy, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia
Overview of the TMDL Development Process
John
Deatrick, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
The Georgia
TMDL Lawsuit
Yvonne
Martin, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Lake Lanier and the Upper Chattahoochee
Basin
Moderator: Edmond A.
Mayhew, Dept. of Biology, Gainesville
College
Survey of Nonpoint
Trace Metal Inputs to Lake Lanier
David
S. Leigh and Douglas W. Gamble, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Georgia
The Impact of Discrete Pollutant Sources on the Water
Quality of Lake Lanier
M.
Timmerly York, Appiah Amirtharajah, and Barbara Brouckaert, School of Civil
and
Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Forest Plan Revision on the Chattahoochee and Oconee National
Forests
Marcus
A. Beard, Interdisciplinary Planning Team for the Chattahoochee and Oconee National
Forests
Upper Chattahoochee Headwaters Riparian Restoration and
Education Project
Katherine
Baer, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, and Jennifer Derby, U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency, Region IV
Costs of Poor Water
Quality
Moderator: Bryan Hager, Georgia Sierra Club
The Costs of Poor Water Quality Management
Bryan
Hager, Georgia Sierra Club
Impacts of Poor Water Quality on Adjacent Property
Owners
Edmond A. Mayhew, Dept. of Biology,
Gainesville College
Silt: Its
Impact on the City of Roswell's Cecil Wood Water Purification Plant
Luke
W. Wood, Cecil Wood Water Purification Plant
Costs of Not Being Able to Use
Chattahoochee River
Water Downstream from Atlanta
Jim
Bazley, Carrol County
Water Authority
TMDL Lawsuit to Force Georgia to Develop an Effective
Plan to Clean Up Polluted Waters
Doug
Haines, Georgia Center
for Law in the Public Interest, Athens
TRACK III. WATERSHED PROTECTION
Aquatic Ecosystems Research
Moderator: Ronnie Haynes, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Hydrologic Condition Analysis
Keith
R. McLaughlin, USDA
Forest Service
Watershed and Hydrologic Condition Analysis
Jim
Greenfield, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Biomarker Assessment of Environmental
Contamination: In-Situ Studies with Freshwater Bivalves
Marsha
Black, Stacy Westerfield and John Belin, Environmental Health Science Dept.,
and
Kelley Van Vreede, Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program, Univ. of Georgia
Influence of Riparian Landform on Large
Woody Debris Input and Movement in a Blackwater Coastal Plain Stream
Stephen
W. Golladay, J. W. Jones Ecological Research
Center; B.J. Palik, USDA Forest
Service;
and P.C. Goebel and B. W. Taylor, J. W. Jones Ecological Research Center
Back to Odum:
Using Ecosystem Functional Measures in Stream Ecosystem Management
Michael
J. Paul, Institute of Ecology, Univ.
of Georgia
Local and Regional
Planning for Water Resource Protection in Georgia
Moderator: Susan Crow, Institute
of Community and Area Development, Univ. of Georgia
River Corridor Planning and Protection Strategies
Lee
A. Carmon, Northeast
Georgia Regional
Development Center
The Chattahoochee-Flint
Regional Development
Center¡¯s Role in Local and Regional Water Supply Issues
Lisa
J. Hollingsworth, Chattahoochee-Flint
Regional Development
Center
Protection of Water Resources in the Big Creek
Watershed
Dee
West, City of Alpharetta, Georgia
Advising Local Elected Officials in Water
Resources Issues: Using Knowledge
in ASpeaking Truth to Power
David
C. Kyler, Sapelo Foundation
A Case Study of the Establishment and
Revision of Watershed Regulations for Douglas County, Georgia
Cheryl
A. Dean, Appalachian Council of Governments
Legal Tools for the Protection of River Corridors
Ann
Pickett, Georgia
Environmental Policy Institute
Watershed Management
Moderator: Bill White, Georgia Soil and Water
Conservation Commission
The Broad River
Watershed Protection Demonstration Project
Susan
Crow, Institute of Community and Area Development, Univ. of Georgia;
Laurie
Fowler,
Georgia Environmental Policy Institute; and Sam Islam, Georgia Department
of
Community Affairs
The Ebenezer Creek Watershed Protection Demonstration
Project
Jonathan
Ambrose, Georgia
DNR, Natural Heritage Program; and Susan Crow,
Institute
of Community and Area Development, Univ.
of Georgia
Urban Watershed Initiatives: A City of Atlanta Case Study
Ken
Hall, CH2M HILL, and Tyler Richards, City of Atlanta Department of Public Works
Regional Water Quality and Wastewater
Concerns: Technology Transfer,
Environmental
Education and Information Dissemination
That Works
James
F. McGovern, Institute of Community and Area Development, Univ. of Georgia
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream: New Direction
Eve
Funderburk, Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources
Watershed Quality and
Land Use Trends
Moderator: Bruce Ferguson, School of Environmental
Design, Univ. of Georgia
Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Changes
in the Ebenezer Creek Watershed, 1958-1993
Susan
R. Crow, Institute of Community and Area Development, Univ. of Georgia;
and
Jonathan P. Ambrose, Georgia DNR, Natural Heritage
Program
Comparing Water Quality Along a Gradient of
Urbanization
Lee
Carrubba, Institute of Ecology, Univ.
of Georgia
Watershed Evaluation Requirements to Manage
Growth-driven Water Quality Impacts
Elizabeth
Krousel, William A. Kreutzberger and Phillip Sacco, CH2M HILL;
and
Judy Bowers, Cobb
County Water System
Flood and Sediment Interpretation at the Historic
Scull Shoals Mill
Bruce
K. Ferguson, School of Environmental Design, Univ. of Georgia
Hydrology of the Okefenokee Swamp
Moderator: Kevin Hiers, Institute
of Ecology, Univ. of Georgia
Wetlands Creation and Restoration of
Functional Values at a Titanium Mineral Operation Along Trail Ridge in Northeast
Florida
Jon
A. Samborski, E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Co., Inc.; and Michael A. Miller,
Environmental
Services and Permitting, Inc.
Okefenokee Swamp Hydrology
Cynthia
Loftin, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit, Univ.
of Florida
Aquatic Communities of the Okefenokee Swamp
Amy
E. Bergstedt and Karen G. Porter, Institute of Ecology, Univ. of Georgia
Natural Communities and Hydrology of Trail Ridge
Jim
Renner, Golder Associates, Inc.
Wetlands
Moderator: Larry Morris, School
of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia
Climate Change, Rising Sea Level and the Fate of
Coastal Wetlands
Huda
F. Alkaff, Institute of Ecology, Univ.
of Georgia
The Role of the Floridan Aquifer in Depressional
Wetlands Hydrodynamics and Hydroperiod
E.R.
Blood, J.S. Phillips, D Calhoun and J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center;
and
D. Edwards, University
of South Carolina
Premature Decline and Death of Trees
Associated with a Man-made Lake and
Groundwater
Withdrawals in Albany, Georgia
Sydney
T. Bacchus, Institute of Ecology, Univ. of Georgia
The Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Approach to
Wetland Functional Assessment:
Concept, Development and Use
Wade
Nutter, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia
TRACK IV. WATER QUANTITY
Floods and Droughts -
Forecasting and Coping
Moderator: Reggina Garza, National Weather
Service Southeast
River Forecast
Center
Use of the Quantitative Precipitation Forecast in
River Stage Forecasting
Judith
Stokes Bradberry, National
Weather Service
Southeast River
Forecast Center
Modeling Water Losses from Streams in Karst Areas
Leslie
Livingstone and C. Warren Campbell, Dept. of Civil and Environmental
Engineering,
Univ. of Alabama;
and Reggina Garza, NWS
Southeast River
Forecast Center
Typical Operation of Flood Control Reservoirs in Georgia
Edmund Burkett,
U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District
The Use of Diverse Surface Weather Data
Collection Systems in Support of the 1996 Olympic Games
Carlos
Garza, National Weather Service
Southeast River
Forecast Center,
and Gerrit
Hoogenboom,
Dept. of Biological and Agric. Engineering, Univ. of Georgia
Identifying Vulnerable Public Water Wells in Flood
Prone Areas
Barbara
Stitt-Allen, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
Water Use and Pricing
Moderator: Pete Terrebonne, Policy Research Center, Georgia
State University
Water Supply Facilities and Pricing in Georgia
Jeffrey
L. Jordan, Dept. of Agric. and Applied Economics, Univ. of Georgia
Possible Reasons and Results of a
Hypothetical Price Increase of Water in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Mary
L. Spivey, DynTel Inc.
Residential and Non-residential Water Use Factors for
the Atlanta
Region
Scott
Turner, Atlanta
Regional Commission, and Bryna Cosgriff, City Planning Program,
Georgia
Institute of Technology
Thirty Years of Research Through the Georgia Water Institute
Bernd
Kahn, Environmental Resources Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
Water Conservation
and Reuse
Moderator: Jack Dozier, Georgia Water and Pollution
Control Association
Water Conservation Regulations and Implementation for
the State of Georgia
William
N. Morris, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
The Use of the ISO 14001 Standard in a Water
Conservation Program
James
Walsh, Paul Schlumper, Rochie Tschirhart, and Deann Desai, GeorgiaInstitute
of Technology
Data Management Strategies to Support U.S.
Postal Service Storm Water Permitting
Anwer
R. Ahmed, David M. Paige and Gerald E. Seaburn, Law Engineering
and
Environmental Services, Inc.; and Paul L. Fennewald, U.S. Postal Service
Water Reduction Performance Support System for the
Poultry Industry
John
A. Pierson, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
Stormwater Management
Moderator: Terry Sturm, School
of Civil Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology
Wet Weather Flows in Newly Urbanizing Areas: Initial Thoughts on Designs for the
Future
Stephan
J. Nix, S. Rocky Durrans and Steven J. Burian, Dept. of Civil and Environmental
Engineering,
Univ. of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa; and
Robert E. Pitt, Dept. of Civil and
Environmental
Engineering, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
Delaware Sand Filter as an Option for Stormwater
Runoff
Danuta
Leszczynska, Dept. of Civil
Engineering, Florida
State University
A Modeling Approach To Identify Drainage Solutions for
Downtown Columbus, Georgia
G.
Patric Zhang and Emmy Montanye, W.L. Jorden & Co., Inc.
Stormwater Runoff Modeling of Tributaries to the Chattahoochee River
in Atlanta, Georgia
Elizabeth
Booth, Law Engineering and Environmental Services Inc.
Minimum Instream
Flows, Reservoir Ecology
Moderator: Mary Freeman, Institute
of Ecology, Univ. of Georgia
Recommended Flows to Protect Aquatic Habitat in Georgia Streams
James
Evans and Russ England, Georgia
DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
Regulating Instream Flow Levels to Benefit
and Preserve Aquatic Ecology: Potential Legal Authority for Instituting
Variable Flow Regimes
Candice
Decaire, School of Law, Univ.
of Georgia
Monitoring the Effects of Reservoir
Creation on Federally Listed Fish Species in the Southeast
Paul
G. Anderson and Barry G.H. Browne, Golder Associates Ltd.; and
Byron
J. Freeman, Institute of Ecology,Univ.
of Georgia
A Review of Fish Ecology Models and an
Approach for Integrated Reservoir and Ecological Management
Kelly
Brumbelow and Aris P. Georgakakos, School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
Sustainable
Development Issues
Economic Growth and Natural Resources Protection: How Long Can We Have Both?
Russell
H. England, Georgia
DNR, Wildlife Resources Division
The Need for Developing Economic Assessment
Approaches for Undervalued Natural Resources: Rivers and Wetlands
Keith Parsons, Georgia
Environmental Policy Institute, Georgia Rivers Network Program
Blueprint for Successful Communities - Strategies for
Shaping Livable Places
Ellen
Keys, The Georgia Conservancy
The Preemption Threat: Do State Permitting Laws Preclude More
Stringent Regulation at the Local Government Level?
Laurie
Fowler, Georgia
Environmental Policy Institute
Safety of Drinking
Water
Moderator: Dave Wangsness , U. S. Geological Survey
Public Drinking Water Quality in Georgia
Wayne
R. Fuller, Georgia
DNR, Environmental Protection Division
Results of Georgia Domestic Well Water Testing Program
Parshall
B. Bush, Anthony W. Tyson, Robert Perkins, and William Segars,
Cooperative
Extension Service, Univ.
of Georgia
A Water Utility's Viewpoint on Recent Federal Drinking
Water Regulations
James
M. Parsons, Cobb County-Marietta
Water Authority
An Evaluation of Subtyping Methods for the
Identification of Fecal Pollution Sources
Alison
Buchan, Dept. of Microbiology; and Merryl Alber, Mary Ann Moran,
and
Robert E. Hodson, Department of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Georgia
TRACK V. GROUNDWATER & COASTAL ISSUES
Advances in
Groundwater Technology
Moderator: Gregory C. Mayer, U.S. Geological Survey
Characterization of a Crystalline-rock
Aquifer Near Lawrenceville,
Georgia: Application of Advances in Borehole and
Surface Geophysical Methods
Melinda
J. Chapman, David W. Hicks=,
Michael F. Peck, and W. Todd Tharpe, U.S.
Geological Survey
Use of Ground-penetrating Radar to
Characterize Hydrostratigraphic Units Within a Georgia
Coastal Plain Province
James
Feild, West Johnson and Nina S¨ºrman, Dept. of Geology; Bryan Burkingstock,
School
of Forest
Resources; John F. Dowd and Ervan G. Garrison, Dept. of Geology;
and
Parshall B. Bush, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia
Application of Remote Sensing for Detection
of Possible Leakage of the Upper Floridan Aquifer Along the Coast of Georgia
Neven
Kresic and Martin Smith, Law Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
Complex Variable Boundary Integral Modeling of
Groundwater Flow and Transport
Todd
C. Rasmussen, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia;
and Guo-Qing
Yu,
HoHai University,
Nanjing, China
Coastal Water Quality
Moderator: Allan Hallum, Water Protection Branch, Georgia
DNR, EPD
Tidal Circulation Modeling of a Georgia Coastal Sound
Thomas
F. Gross, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, and Francisco E. Werner,
Marine
Sciences Dept., Univ.
of North Carolina
The Georgia Rivers Land-Margin Ecosystem Research
Program
Richard
G. Wiegert, Dept. of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Georgia
PCB Contamination at the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site,
Brunswick, Georgia
Keith
A. Maruya, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography; Kurunthachalam Kannan,
Michigan State University;
Paul Peronard, and Leo Francendese, U.S. Environmental
Protection
Agency, Region IV
Modeling of Saltwater Intrusion from
Brackish Canals in Southeast Florida: Dynamics and Management Implications
G.
Patrick Zhang, W.L. Jorden and Co., Inc.; Richard Pfeffer, Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics
Institute, Florida State Univ.; and Manfred Koch, Dept. of Geology, Temple Univ.
Floridan Aquifer
Moderator: David W. Hicks, U.S. Geological Survey
Saltwater Intrusion in the Floridan Aquifer System, Northeastern Florida
Rick
M. Spechler and G.G. Phelps,
U.S. Geological
Survey
Hydraulic Properties of the Karstic Upper Floridan
Aquifer Near Albany, Georgia
Debbie
Warner, U.S.
Geological Survey
Nature of Groundwater Aquifers in the Upper Coastal
Plain of Georgia and South Carolina
William
M. Fay, Exploration Resources Inc.
The Spatial Distribution of Dissolved
Pesticides in Surface Water of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in Relation to Land Use and Pesticide
Runoff-Potential Ratings, May 1994
Daniel
J. Hippe and Jerry W. Garrett,
U.S. Geological
Survey
Groundwater
Contamination and Remediation
Moderator: Seth Rose, Dept. of Geology, Georgia
State University
Tritium Migration in an Injection Well
System: Decoupling Physical and
Chemical Transport Processes in the Field
John
Seaman and Paul M. Bertsch, Savannah River
Ecology Lab; and Richard
N.
Strom, Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Design Considerations for the Installation of Ground
Water Recovery Trenches
Thomas
Kwader, Woodward-Clyde Consultants
pH Control of Landfill Seepage: A Case Study
William
H. Lynch, Law Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
Coastal
Groundwater Issues
Moderators: David Kyler and Becky Shortland, The
Georgia Conservancy
Development of an Interim Strategy for
Managing Saltwater Intrusion in the Upper Floridan Aquifer of Coastal Georgia
William
Frechette, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
Groundwater Use and Conservation in the Savannah Area
Mary
A. Elfner, Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission
Alternatives for Ground-water Management in the Brunswick, Georgia
Area
Martin
E. Smith and G.E. Seaburn, Law Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
Alternative Strategies for Management of the Floridan
Aquifer
Becky
Shortland, The Georgia Conservancy
Coastal Groundwater
Management
Moderator: Richard E. Krause, U.S. Geological Survey
Ground-water Management in Coastal Georgia
and Adjacent Parts of South Carolina and Florida: I.
Ground-water Resources and Constraints to Development
Richard
E. Krause, U.S.
Geological Survey
Ground-water Management in Coastal Georgia
and Adjacent Parts of South Carolina and Florida: II.
Numerical Ground-water Modeling
L.
Elliot Jones, U.S. Geological Survey
The Necessity for Water Supply Management Planning by
Local Governments
David
Rutherford, Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission
Whose Water Is It Anyway? A Survey of Georgia Law on Surface Water
and Groundwater Withdrawal Rights
Craig
K. Pendergrast, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Surface and
Groundwater Interactions
Moderator: Oscar Jackson, Bainbridge, Georgia
Ground-water Flow and Stream-aquifer
Relations Near the Savannah River Site, Georgia and South
Carolina
John
S. Clarke, U.S.
Geological Survey
Simulating Lake-groundwater Interaction with MODFLOW
Gregory
Council, GeoTrans Inc.
Estimation of Baseflow From Streamflow Data
in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River
Basins
L.
Elliot Jones and Gregory C. Mayer, U.S. Geological Survey
Mechanisms Supporting a Potential Use of Municipal Sewage
Sludge in Wetland Creation
Ronald
B. Sawhill, School of Environmental Design, Univ. of Georgia
POSTER SESSION - 1997
Streambank Stabilization Project on West
Fork of the Chattooga River, Chattahoochee and Oconee
National Forests
Dale
L. Rupin, U.S. Forest
Service, Chattahoochee and Oconee
National Forests
Heavy Metal Loading to Lake Lanier from Point Sources of Pollution and Urban Runoff|Barbara Brouckaert, Appiah Amirtharajah, Guangxuan Zhu, and M. Timmerly York,School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Using GIS to Prioritize Water Quality Improvement
Projects, Lake Lanier Basin
Jimmy
Bramblett, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Streambank Stabilization Using BioEngineering for the West Fork
Chattooga River.
Dale
L. Rapin, U.S. Forest
Service, Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forests
Development and Utilization of Genetic Probes for
Studying Zebra Mussel Veligers
Marc
Frischer, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography; Jane Wyllie, Andrew Hansen
and
Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, Darrin Fresh Water Inst., Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
Forecasting for Hurricane Josephin
Tarran
Craver and Jonathan Atwell, NWS
Southeast River
Forecast Center
Automated Weather Station Network
Gerrit
Hoogenboom and D.D. Gresham, Dept. of Biological and Agric. Engineering, Univ. of Georgia
Geo-Spatial Solutions for Water Resources and
Environmental Applications
David
Cox, Southern GIS, Alabama Power Company
Case Studies of Groundwater Investigations
Robert
Atkins, A & S Environmental Services, Inc.
Analysis of Ground-Water Withdrawals from a
Crystalline-rock Aquifer Near Lawrenceville,
Georgia
W.
Todd Tharpe, Michael F. Peck, and Melinda J. Chapman, U.S. Geological Survey
The Surficial Aquifer - An Alternative to the Floridan
Aquifer in Chatham County, Georgia
A.
John Patrick and Larry M. Stuber, EMC Engineering Services, Inc.
Chemically Enhanced Aquifer Development in
Unconsolidated Clastic Sediments
David
Brackett, Jonathan Radtke and Christopher Hemingway, Golder Associates, Inc.;
J.
Frank Lazenby, J.M. Huber Corp.; and Donald Greene, Greene¡¯s Water Wells, Inc.
Aquifer Vulnerability in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain: Some Environmental Tracer
Evidence of Recharging
Peter
A. Stone and Robert J. Devlin, South
Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental
Control;
and Jerry P. Moore, Dept. of Pesticide Regulation, Clemson University
Water Use in Georgia in 1995
Julia
L. Fanning, U.S.
Geological Survey
Georgia EPD Programs on Drinking Water, Ground Water
Resources, and Safe Dams
Paul
Lad, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
Georgia¡¯s Innovative Public Educational Programs
for Water Resources
William
I. Segars, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia
Impacts of Conventional Agricultural
Practices on Aquifer Water Quality:
An Overview of the Plains, Georgia Water Quality Study
David
Bosch, Ralph Leonard, and Clint Truman, USDA Southeast Watershed Research
Lab;
Larry West, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Georgia;
and David Hicks,
U.S.
Geological Survey
Predicting the Fate of Imidacloprid in a Coastal Plain
Setting Using VS2DT
Bryan
Burkingstock, School
of Forest Resources,
Parshall Bush and Yvette Berisford,
Cooperative
Extension Service, John Dowd, James Feild, and West Johnson, Dept. of
Geology,
Todd Rasmussen, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Georgia;
and
John
W. Taylor, USDA Forest Service
N and P Edge-of-Field Losses from Poultry Litter
Applications
R.W.
Vervoort, D.E. Radcliffe, and M.L. Cabrera, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences,
Univ. of Georgia;
and M. Latimore, Jr., Plant Science Dept., Ft. Valley State University
Sulfate and Phosphate Displacement of Arsenic from Fly
Ash Amended Soil
Nikolla
P. Qafoku, Urszula Kukier, Malcolm E. Sumner, William P. Miller and David
E.
Radcliffe, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Univ. of Georgia
Phytoremediation Research on TNT Degradation
Victor
F. Medina, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV, Athens
Mobility, Toxicity and Volume of Coal Tar at a Former
Manufactured Gas Plant Site
A.T.
Zimmerman, Zimmerman Technical Services, Inc.
SATURDAY PROGRAMS - 1997
Georgia's River
Care 2000 Program
Moderator: Harvey G. Young, Georgia Department
of Natural Resources
Overview of the RiverCare 2000 Program
Harvey Young,
Georgia Department of
Natural Resources; W.M. Winn, III, Georgia DNR,
Environmental
Protection Division; G. Robert Kerr, Pollution Prevention Assistance Division; Gail
Cowie, Institute of Community and Area Development, Univ. of Georgia;
and Hillrie M.
Quin, RiverCare Acquisition Services
River Assessment Overview
Alan
Hallum, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Division
Tools for Management
G.
Robert Kerr, Georgia DNR, Pollution Prevention
Assistance Division
GIS Databases
Hillrie
M. Quin, Georgia DNR, River Care 2000 Program
Interface with River Basin Planning
Mork Winn,
Georgia
DNR, Environmental Protection Division
WORKSHOP: Making Water Quality Enforcement Work
Moderator: Bryan Hager, Georgia Sierra Club
Making Water Quality Enforcement Work
Bryan
Hager, Georgia Sierra Club
Litigation Actions Under the U.S. Clean Water Act
David
Moore, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Local Government Enforcement of Soil Erosion
Ordinances
Alan
Toney, Fulton County Soil
and Water Conservation District
Citizen Monitoring of Sediment in a Watershed
Glynn
Groszmann, Environmental Consultant
Public Involvement in Watershed Management Plans
Laurie
Hawks, Georgia DNR, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream
Program
How to Protect Your
River
Moderators: Sally Bethea, Director, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, and Keith Parsons, Georgia
Rivers Network
WORKSHOP: Georgia Adopt-A-Stream - A Hands-On
Introduction
Moderators: Eve Funderburk
and Petey Giroux, Georgia DNR, Environmental
Protection Div
Water Education
Programs
Moderator: Fox McCarthy, Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority
The GSAMS, Rivers, Internet Project Uses
Technology to Connect Georgia
Students
and Teachers to the Environment
Ginny
King, Georgia
Department of Education
Technology Center,
Central
Savannah
River Area Regional Education Service Agency
Partners in Education - The Water Sourcebook Program
Fox
McCarthy, Georgia Water Wise Council
Project WET
Petey
Giroux, State Coordinator, Nonpoint Source Education, Georgia Environmental Protection
Division
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream
Laurie
Hawks, State Coordinator, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream program, Georgia DNR, EPD
Water Quality and Education Projects
Eve
Funderburk, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Program,
Georgia DNR,
EPD
WORKSHOP: The Development of a Community Curriculum for a Sustainable
Water Resources
Policy
Moderator: Olin M. Ivey, Georgia Environmental Organization
The Development of a Community Curriculum for a
Sustainable Water Resources Policy
Olin
Ivey, GEO - Georgia
Environmental Organization, Inc.; Jerry Brown, Coosa River
Basin
Initiative; Marshall Gaddis, Middle Georgia
Regional Training
Center; William
Deutsch,
Auburn Univ.;
Brian Mumma, and Edwin Speir, Georgia College and State Univ.
PANEL: Water Quality and Conservation - Issues Affecting Georgia¡¯s
Environmental
Horticulture Industry
Moderator: Gary L. Wade, Extension Horticulturist, Univ. of Georgia
Agricultural Water Issues Facing the Green Industry
William
I. Segars, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia
Reducing Environmental Risks From
Pesticides in Urban Landscapes:
Metro-Atlanta as a Case Study
Joyce
G. Latimer and S. Kristine Braman, Dept. of Horticulture, Univ. of Georgia
Innovative Approaches to Water Quality and
Conservation in the Greenhouse Industry
Marc
van Iersel, Dept. of Horticulture, Univ. of Georgia
Water Conservation Opportunities in the Nursery and
Turf Industries
Jeffrey
L. Jordan, Dept. of Agric. and Applied Economics, Univ. of Georgia
State and Federal Regulations that Address Water
Conservation
Nolton
Johnson, Chief, Water Resources Management, Georgia DNR, Environmental Protection
Division
PANEL: Water Issues Facing the Agricultural
Community
Moderator: Anthony Tyson, Cooperative Extension
Service, Univ. of
Georgia
Water Stewards:
Addressing the Future of Agricultural Water Use in Georgia
Gary
Black, Georgia Agribusiness Council
The Suwannee River Water Management
District Approach to Minimum Water Flows and Levels
John
C. Good, Suwannee River Water Management District
Water Quality Goals of the 1996 Farm Bill and Its
Influences on Agricultural Management
Matt
C. Smith, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Univ. of Georgia
Discussion of Major Water Issues Facing Georgia
William
I. Segars, Cooperative Extension Service, Univ. of Georgia