GWRC 1997
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