GEORGIA WATER RESOURCES CONFERENCE
Speakers and Paper Titles for the 2003 Conference

April 23 - 24, 2003
The University of Georgia, Center for Continuing Education
Athens, Georgia

Draft Program

Track I - Georgia Water Policy and Planning

Track II - Metro Atlanta Water Issues

Track III - Nonpoint Sources, Buffers

Track IV - Restoration, Savannah River

Track V - Monitoring, Flint River

Track VI - Groundwater, Coast, Altamaha River Basin

Luncheon Presentation, Wednesday, April 23:

Water-related Legislation of the 2001-2002 Term of the Georgia General Assembly, James Kundell, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Univ. of Georgia

Luncheon Presentation, Thursday, April 24:

Where Have All The Planners Gone?, Luncheon Speech by Jimmy Palmer, Regional Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency - Region IV

Evening Event, Wednesday, April 23

Evening at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia

• Naturalist Guided Tour of Gardens and Trails, 5:30 pm
• Dinner at the Calloway Building, State Botanical Garden, at 6:30 pm ($20)
• Water: We Can't Live Without It, Dinner Speech by Lee A. DeHihns III, Attorney, Alston and Bird

TRACK I. GEORGIA WATER POLICY AND PLANNING

Masters Hall, first floor

GEORGIA WATER POLICY (Masters Hall, Wed., 8:30 am)

I. Is Water a Public Resource or Private Commodity?

Moderator: Peter Appel, UGA School of Law

• Reallocation of Federal Multipurpose Reservoirs: Principles, Policy and Practice; George McMahon, CDM and Michael Farmer, GaTech
• Georgia's Future Water Use Policy: Regulated Riparianism Or Radical Revisionism?, Harvey A. Rosenzweig, Troutman Sanders
• Water Policies And Globalization, Millard W. Hall, FAMU-FSU
• Water Sharing in the 21^st Century, Stephen Draper, The Draper Group, Atlanta.

GEORGIA WATER POLICY - PANEL (Masters Hall, Wed., 10:10 am)

II. Is Water a Public Resource or Private Commodity?

Moderator: Peter Appel, UGA School of Law

Panelists:

• Stephen Draper, The Draper Group
• Michael Farmer, GA Institute of Technology School of Public Policy
• Andy Keeler, UGA Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
• George McMahon, Camp, Dresser and McKee Inc.
• Harvey Rosenzweig, Troutman Sanders LLP
• John Sibley , The Georgia Conservancy

STATEWIDE WATER SUPPLY PLANNING (Master Hall, Wed., 1:00-2:30 pm)

Moderator: Nolton Johnson, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

Introduction: Nolton Johnson, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

• How Can We Plan for Water Supply and Protect Instream Flow Needs? Russell England, former Chief of the Fisheries Branch of the Georgia DNR Wildlife Resources Division
• Safe Yield: the Scientific, Legal, and Political Challenges of Allocating Water, Mary Freeman and Judy Meyer, UGA River Basin Science and Policy Center
• Georgia's New Paradigm: A Shift in Perspective, Allison Keefer, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
• Vulnerability and Long-term Sustainability of Surface Water in the State of Georgia, Ade Oke, Georgia DNR/Environmental Protection Division
• Meeting Water Supply Needs While Protecting The Economic And Ecological Integrity Of Georgia's Water Resources, Michelle Schmitt, Alice Miller Keyes, and Jessica Walters, The Georgia Conservancy

PANEL: STATEWIDE WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY (Master Hall, Wed., 2:40 -4:00 pm)

IV. PANEL - Lessons Learned and Moving Forward in Statewide Water Resource Management

Moderator: Gail Cowie, UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government

Panelists:

• Ron Carroll - UGA River Basin Science and Policy Center
• Stephen Draper - The Draper Group
• Tom McCall - Georgia General Assembly
• Pat Stevens - Atlanta Regional Commission and North GA Metropolitan Water Planning District
• Mary A. Elfner - DNR Water Conservation Coordinator

RESERVOIRS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (Masters Hall, Thur., 8:30-9:50 am)

• The Rationale for Reservoirs, James Mathis, Infratec
• Regional 50-Year Water Supply Plan for the City of Rome, Cave Springs, and Floyd County, Leigh Ross, Laurie Hawks, Trish Reifenberger, Rome, Brown & Caldwell
• Conservation in the Portfolio of Water Supply Options for Regional Reservoir Planning, Eric Rothstein, E. Allison Keefer, Mary A. Elfner, CH2M, DNR
• Water Supply Reservoirs in Georgia: An Update on Henry County's Proposed Tussahaw Creek Reservoir and the Importance of Thorough Environmental Impacts Analyses, Ellen Sutherland, Georgia River Network

WATER TRANSFERS AND ALLOCATION (Masters Hall, Thurs., 10:10-11:40)

Moderator: Roger Burke, Chief, Plan Formulation Branch, Mobile District USACE

• Key Concepts for Comprehensive State Water Planning, Terry DeMeo King, UGA-CVIOG
• Interbasin Water Transfer Policy in Georgia: Recommendations for Change From the Joint Comprehensive Water Plan Study Committee, Margaret Myzewski, UGA-CVIOG
• Energy Impacts on Georgia's Water Resources, Sara Barczak, Rita Kilpatrick, Georgians for Clean Energy
• Managing the Interrelationships of Watersheds and Water Supplies: The Zero Sum Water Allocation Model© 2002 GEFA, Cowan, Joel; Chou, Andrew; Larrabee, Ted; Bocarro, R.; and Sample, D., Law Engineering, Habersham & Cowan
• Selling the PublicÕs Water and Water Legislation of the 2003 Georgia General Assembly, Sally Bethea / Michelle Fried, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper

WATER AGENCY PROGRAM BRIEFS (Masters Hall, Thurs., 12:45-2:05)

Moderator: Ed Martin, US Geological Survey

• US Environmental Protection Agency Program Summary, James Giattina, Director for Water Programs, US EPA Region IV
• US Army Corps of Engineers Programs - Mobile District, (Invited) Mobile District US Army Corps of Engineers
• US Army Corps of Engineers Programs - Savannah District, Roger A. Gerber, Commander, Savannah District US Army Corps of Engineers
• US Fish and Wildlife Service Programs in Georgia, Mitch King, Deputy Director Southeast Region, US Fish and Wildlife Service

RESERVOIRS - CUMULATIVE IMPACT ANALYSIS (Masters Hall, Thurs., 2:15-3:35)

Moderator: Mary Davis, The Nature Conservancy

• Cumulative Impact Analysis: A Simple Model for Local Government Reservoirs and Withdrawals in Georgia, Nolton G. Johnson, DNR-EPD
• A Watershed Approach to Minimize Cumulative Impacts to Water Resources, Roger A. Gerber, Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Savannah District
• The Need for Cumulative Impact Assessment for Reservoirs, Mary M. Davis, NWF
• North Georgia Environmental Database Compilation for Cumulative Impact Assessments of Reservoirs, Carol Bernstein, Steve Dial, and Maggie O'Connor, USACE, Dial Cordy & Associates

INFORMATION FOR WATER MANAGEMENT (Masters Hall, Thurs. 3:45 -5:10)

Moderator: Robert R. Pierce, Chief, Enterprise GIS, US Geological Survey

• Regional Reservoir and Water Supply Program Overview Allison Keefer, Regional Reservoir Coordinator, Georiga Dept. of Natural Resources
• Water Resources Management and Planning Tools for Georgia River Basins Yusuf Mohamoud, US Environmental Protection Agency
• National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) Conversion To ArcHydro: Lessons Learned, Scott Bales and Eric McCrae, DNR-EPD, UGA
• Implementing a Geodatabase for Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection Systems: Strategies and Benefits, Bruce B. Taylor, Clayton County Water Authority

TRACK II. METRO ATLANTA WATER ISSUES

(Room KL on second floor)

METRO AREA WATER QUALITY (Room KL, Wed., 8:30-9:50)

Moderator: Lori Visone, Georgia Institute of Technology, Water Resources Institute

• Geochemical and Solute-Discharge Hysteresis Comparison of Two Atlanta Metropolitan Region Watersheds, Seth Rose, GSU
• Stormflow and baseflow concentrations and yields of total nitrogen for watersheds in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Mark N. Landers and Paul D. Ankcorn, USGS
• Organic wastewater contaminants in the upper Chattahoochee River basin, Georgia, 1999-2002, Elizabeth A. Frick, USGS
• New water-quality monitoring efforts in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, John K. Joiner, USGS
• Arsenic, Selenium, and Antimony: From Coal-Fired Power Plants to the Chattahoochee River, Patrick Leslie, Philip Froelich, Chris Bartley, Jud Partin, Ga. Tech

METRO AREA WATERSHED MANAGEMENT (Room KL, Wed., 110:10 -11:40)

Moderator: Kevin Green, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerc

• Development of Watershed Management Strategies for the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Doug Baughman, Heather Dyke, CH2M Hill
• Source Water Protection Strategies for Metro Atlanta Watersheds Betsy Horton, Cindy Daniel, Linda Warren and Doug Baughman, CH2M HILL
• Results of the Metro Atlanta Source Assessment Project Cindy Daniel, Atlanta Regional Commission
• Effects of urban development on nutrient loads and streamflow, upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1976-2001, Daniel L. Calhoun, Elizabeth A. Frick, and Gary R. Buell, USGS
• Management Options for Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution in Henry County, Georgia, GA, Alix Rooker and Trevor Clements, Tetra Tech

SOURCE WATER PROTECTION (Room KL, Wed., 1:00-2:30)

Moderator: Jim Patterson, Columbus Water Works

• A Sustainable Water Resources Management Plan For Big Creek, Michael Schmidt, Richard Wagner, and Andrew Romanek, CDM, Fulton County
• Watershed Protection Plan Implementation in Gwinnett County, David Chastant, Gwinnett County Dept. of Public Utilities
• Big Haynes Creek Riparian Buffer Study, Rockdale County, Steve Cannon, Laurie Hawks, and Jennifer Keyes, Rockdale County, Brown & Caldwell
• Lake Lanier Regional Source Water Assessment Plan (SWAP): Using Information Technologies for QA/QC and Creating Tools for Planning, Melanie Ruhlman, Tiffannie Hill, The Pinnacle Consulting Group, GMRDC
• Protecting the Source of the Soque River, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Kristin Costley, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper

GRIFFIN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (Room KL, Wed., 2:40-4:00)

Moderator: Brant Keller, City of Griffin Stormwater Utility Department

• Watershed-Based Stormwater Master Planning - Watershed Assessments, Lee Phillips and Ronald Feldner, City of Griffin Stormwater Utility Department, Griffin, Georgia
• Highway Corridor Non-Point Source Pollution Mitigation Study, Courtney Nolan, City of Griffin Stormwater Utility Department, Griffin, Georgia
• Hydraulic & Hydrologic Floodplain Mapping, City of Griffin Stormwater Utility Department, Richard Taylor, Integrated Science and Engineering
• Fecal Coliform TMDL Implementation - A Case Study , Charles Absher, McIntosh Trail Regional Development Center, Griffin, GA

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT (Room KL, Thurs. 8:30-9:50 am)

Moderator: Bob Donaghue, Georgia DNR Pollution Prevention Assistance Division

• Addressing Infrastructure Decline Through Proactive Asset Management, Ron F. Cagle, Jordan Jones Goulding
• Inflow and Infiltration Reduction Program, Benefits: Cost Effective Sewer Rehabilitation and Replacement, Rockdale County - A Case Study, Scott Emmons, Ray Hodges, Rockdale County
• Evaluation of Retrofitting Existing Stormwater Detention Facilities for Water Quality, David J. Sample, Willis L. (Chip) Hatcher, Jr., and Robert A. Bocarro, MACTEC Engineering & Consulting
• Development of a Stormwater Master Plan for the Upper Yellow River and Sweetwater Creek Watersheds in Gwinnett County, Laurie Hawks, C. Goodwin, D. Jones, A. Lewallen, P. Wright, D. Chastant, Brown & Caldwell, Entrix, Gwinnett County
• Defining a Stormwater Management Plan: Setting the Stage for Watershed Protection, Todd Rasmussen and Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, UGA-Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper

DROUGHT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT (Room KL, Thurs., 10:10-11:40 am)

Session Organizer: Aris Georgakakos, Georgia Tech Water Research Institute

• Drought Management: The State Perspective, by Robert Kerr; Georgia DNR Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
• Historical Droughts in Georgia, by David Stooksbury; UGA
• Climate Variability and Predictability, by Peter Webster, Georgia Tech
• Climate Variability and Change Assessments for the ACF and ACT River Basins, by Aris Georgakakos, Georgia Tech

APALACHICOLA-CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT RIVERS NEGOTIATIONS (Room KL, Thur. 12:45-2:05)

Moderator: Joanne Brandt, US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District

• Lake Lanier National Economic Development Update, George McMahon and Michael Farmer, Ga. Tech
• An Evaluation of Observed and Unimpaired Flow and Precipitation During Drought Events in the ACF Basin, Steve Leitman, FSU; John Dowd, UGA; and Skelly Holmbeck-Pelham, Upper Chattahoochee RK
• On Wings of Wax: Georgia's Flight Over the Chattahoochee , George William Sherk, attorney
• Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Tri-State Water Sharing, Layne Bolen, The Nature Conservancy

METRO WATER SUPPLY PLANS (Room KL, Thurs., 2:15-3:35)

Moderator: Patricia Stevens, Atlanta Regional Commission

• Forecasting Water Demands and Evaluating Water Conservation Alternatives for the 16-County Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Using an End Use Model, Brian M. Skeens, William O. Maddaus and David M. Ashley, Jordan, Jones & Goulding
• Water Conservation: An Appropriate Business Practice for Utilities, Roy Fowler, Cobb County - Marietta Water Authority
• Alternative Water Supply Sources for the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, You Jen Tsai, David M. Ashley, Jordan-Jones-Goulding
• Integrating Water Supply and Urban Stormwater Management, David J. Sample and James P. Heaney, James P., Law Engineering

PANEL: WATER CONSERVATION (Room KL, Thurs., 3:45-5:10)

Why Should I Conserve Water When Others Use So Much?

Moderator: Judy Adler, DNR Pollution Prevention Assistance Division

Session Organizer: Mary Elfner, Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Panelists:

• Andy Hull, President, EnviroNet Work Consulting, representing the Green Industry
• Kirk Mays, Georgia Department of Corrections, representing Institutions
• Rob McDowell, Ag Permitting Unit, EPD, representing Agriculture
• Paul Simms, Chief Envir. Engineer, Southwire Company, representing Industry
• Frank Stephens, Gwinnett County Public Utilities, representing Municipalities

TRACK III. NONPOINT SOURCES AND BUFFERS

(Room Q on second floor)

AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT SOURCE (Room Q, Wed., 8:30 -9:50)

Moderator: Cran Upshaw, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Impact of Poultry Litter Application to Near Surface Water Quality, David Dickens, Parshall Bush, Larry Morris, and Paul Vendrell, UGA
• Use of Composted Waste Materials in Erosion Control, Mark Risse, Britt Faucette, UGA Cooperative Extension Service
• Soil Quality on Georgia's Farms: Implications for Water Quality, James E. Dean, Julia W. Gaskin, and Rebecca E. Byrd, USDA-NRCS
• Water Quality and Fecal Coliform Monitoring on Big Cedar Creek, a 303d Listed Stream, Keith Fielder, Paul Vendrell, Parshall B. Bush, Rick Smith, David Lowe, and Frank Sears, UGA

MANAGING AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT SOURCES (Room Q, Wed., 10:10 -11:40)

Moderator: Ted Mikalsen, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

• Nutrient Management Planning in Georgia: An Overview of Regulations, Education and Technical Assistance, Thomas M. Bass, L.M. Risse and J.W. Worley, UGA Cooperative Extension Service
• Increasing Regulatory Controls over Animal Feeding Operations to Enhance Environmental Quality, Terence J. Centner and Jeff Mullen, UGA
• Implications of Proposed EPA Effluent Guidelines for Georgia Aquatic Animal Production Facilities, Ted Hendrickx, DNR-WRD
• Watershed Assessment Through Ecological Research/Farmers Active in Research, Dory Franklin, Miguel Cabrera, J.L Steiner, L.A. Risse, L.M. Risse and H. E. Hibbs, USDA-ARS
• Seeing Is Believing: Hands-On Tools for Education on Non-Point Source Pollution, Julia W. Gaskin, Gary L. Hawkins, Tina W. Pagan, and L. Mark Risse, UGA

TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD (TMDL) POLLUTION LIMITS (Room Q, Wed., 1:00 -2:30)

Moderator: Carol Baschon and Curry Jones, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV

• The Economics of Flow Enhancement vs. Sediment Controls in Meeting TMDLs: A Case Study of Spring Creek, Leslie Marbury and Andrew G. Keeler, UGA
• A Modular Modeling System for Hydrodynamic and Solute Transport Modeling, Yi Zhang, Georgia EPD
• Watershed Model Sensitivity to Bacteria Parameters, D. E. Radcliffe, M. Matthews, and M. L. Cabrera, UGA
• Host range considerations for E. Coli Tracking, Peter Hartel, Crop and Soil Science, UGA

WATERSHED ASSESSMENT AND WASTEWATER (Room Q, Wed., 2:40 -4:00 pm)

Moderator: Matt Smith, Biol. and Agric. Engineering, University of Georgia

• DOD P² Watershed Advisory Board: Project Overview, Catherine A. Fox, EPA, Jimmy Bramblett and Susan Varlamoff, UGA
• Gaps in Watershed Assessments in Georgia: Observations and Suggested Changes, Hillary Smith, David Gattie, Matt Smith, Wes Byne, and Victoria Collins, UGA
• A Design Approach for Constructed Wetlands for Storm Water and Point-source Wastewater Treatment, George M. Huddleston, ENTRIX
• Cost-effective Upgrading of a Small POTW with Constructed Wetlands Using a Cooperative Funding and Construction Approach, F. Douglas Mooney, Robert J. Petersen, John H. Rodgers, Jr., Weston Solutions, Keowee Utility, Clemson U.

LAND USE EFFECTS ON STREAM HABITAT (Room Q, Thurs., 8:30 -9:50)

Moderator: Ted Mikalsen, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

• Effects of Land Use on Streamflow Yields of Selected Consituents for Watersheds in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Mark N. Landers and Paul D. Ankcorn, USGS
• Geographic Information Systems in Support of Index of Biotic Integrity Monitoring in Georgia Streams,Thomas L. Litts Jr., Department of Natural Resources
• Using a Geographic Information System to Rank Urban Intensity of Small Watersheds for the Chattahoochee, Flint, Ocmulgee, and Oconee River Basins in the Piedmont Ecoregion of Georgia and Alabama, Evelyn H. Hopkins, USGS
• Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems in the Piedmont Ecoregion of Georgia and Alabama -- A Study Design, M. Brian Gregory and Wade L. Bryant, USGS

SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT (Room Q, Thurs., 10:10 -11:40)

Moderator: Terry Sturm, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Field Monitoring of Bridge Scour at Four Bridge Sites in Georgia, Anthony J. Gotvald, USGS
• Innovative Uses of Engineered Soils and Functional Landscapes in Stormwater Management and Land Planning, Wayne King, ERTH Environmental Partners
• Clarifying Turbidity--the Potential and Limitations of Turbidity as a Surrogate for Water-Quality Monitoring, Paul D. Ankcorn, USGS
• Effects of Excessive Sedimentation on the Growth and Stress Response of Whitetail Shiner (Cyprinella galactura) Juveniles, Andrew B. Sutherland, UGA
• Political, Economic and Engineering Challenges for Reducing Sediment Loads in Piedmont Streams, Philip D. Freshley, LandTec

RIPARIAN BUFFERS AND FORESTRY (Room Q, Thurs., 12:45 - 2:05)

• Patterns of Land Use Change in Upland and Riparian Areas in the Etowah River Basin, Allison H. Roy, Mary C. Freeman, Judy L. Meyer, UGA-Ecology
• Retention of Phosphorus from Simulated Run-off within Forested Streamside Management Zones (SMZs) of the Piedmont, Wm. Jim White, A. Pinho , Larry Morris, Rhett. Jackson,, UGA Forest Resources
• Characterization of Hydrologic and Sediment Transport Behavior of Forested Headwater Streams in Southwest Georgia, W.B. Summer, C. Rhett Jackson, M. Miwa, S.W. Golladay, UGA, International Paper, Jones Ecological Center
• Georgia Silvicultural Best Management Practices: 2002 Compliance Survey Report, Frank Green, Georgia Forestry Commission

RIPARIAN BUFFER MANAGEMENT (Room Q, Thurs, 2:15 - 3:35)

Moderator: Sue Tilden, Georgia Department of Community Affairs

• Examining the Effects of the Metropolitan River Protection Act on Land Cover Trends Along the Chattahoochee River, Karen Mumford, Liz Kramer and Jim Kundell, Univ. of GA
• Applying New Regulatory Criteria to Protect Riparian Buffer Zones, Alice Champagne, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
• Stream Macroinvertebrates and Amphibians as Indicators of Ecosystem Stress: A Case Study from the Coastal Plain, GA, Tara K. Muenz, Stephen W. Golladay, George Vellidis and Lora L. Smith, J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center
• The WaterFirst Community Program: Committed to Caring for Our Water Resources, Leigh Askew, DCA

GREENSPACE PROGRAM AND MITIGATION BANKING (Room Q, Thurs., 3:45 -5:10)

Opportunities for Natural Habitat Protection in High Growth Counties and Municipalities

Moderator: Keith Parsons, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

• Georgia Community Greenspace Program: Description and Use for Water Protection, Harvey Y. Young, DNR
• Benefits of Long Term Planning for Integration of Clean Water Act Section 404 Permit Mitigation and the Georgia Greenspace Program, Rebecca A. Rowden, USACE
• Greenspace and Wetlands Mitigation: A Recipe for Synergistic Success, Hans Neuhauser, Georgia Land Trust Center
• Role of Local Ordinances, Laurie Fowler, UGA

TRACK IV. RESTORATION AND SAVANNAH RIVER

(Room R on second floor)

ENDANGERED FISH (Room R, Wed., 8:30 -9:50)

• Distribution of Endemic and Imperiled Fauna of the Tallapoosa River System of Georgia, Jesslyn C. Storey, Carrie A. Straight, Bryon J. Freeman, James Peterson, Elise R. Irwin, Mary C. Fee, UGA-USGS
• Status of Robust Redhorse (Moxostoma robustum): Reintroduction Efforts and Preliminary Results of Sonic-tracking in the Ocmulgee River, Carrie A. Straight, Bryon J. Freeman, UGA
• Relating Species Richness, Upland Coldwater Fish Species, and Temperature in North Georgia's Trout Streams, Krista L. Jones, Geoggrey C. Poole, Judy L. Meyer, UGA
• Distribution and Abundance of Three Endemic Fishes in Shoals of the Upper Flint River System, Paula A. Marcinek, Mary C. Freeman, Bryon J. Freeman, UGA-USGS

STREAM IMPROVEMENT (Room R, Wed., 10:10 - 11:40)

Moderator: Ellen Sutherland, Georgia Rivers Network

• Public Participation in the Development and Implementation of the Etowah Habitat Conservation Plan, Libby Ormes, Erin Dreelin, Laurie Fowler, UGA
• Etowah Habitat Conservation Plan, Byron Freeman, Laurie Fowler, Seth Wenger, UGA Institute of Ecology
• Oconee Rivers Stream Improvement Project: Developing Successful Partnerships, Roy McHaney, Melanie Ruhlman, John Ward, Dana Poole, The Pinnacle Consulting Groupl, Upper Oconee River Network, Athens-Clarke County
• The Use of In-house Resources by a Municipality to Conduct a Watershed Assessment, Steve Shelton and Robert Bourne, Cobb County Water System
• Water-Quality and Ecological Assessment of Rottenwood and Sope Creeks, Marietta, Georgia, 2002, Deirdre D. Black, W. Brian Hughes, and M. Brian Gregory, USGS

STREAM RESTORATION (Room R, Wed., 1:00 - 2:30)

Moderator: Elizabeth Sudduth, UGA Institute of Ecology

• Tanyard Branch: Demonstrating an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Design Phase of an Urban Stream Restoration, Susan Herbert, UGA
• The Georgia Ecoregions Project: Determining Reference Conditions for Wadeable Streams., James A. Gore, Columbus State
• Assessment od Stream Restoration in Kentucky, Jeffrey Jack, U. of Louisville
• Stream Restoration Case Studies in North Carolina, Greg Jenninsgs, NCSU
• Placing Stream Restoration in Georgia in a National Perspective, Elizabeth B. Sudduth, Judy L. Meyer, Margaret A. Palmer, J. David Allan, Emily S. Bernhardt and the National Riverine Restoration Science Synthesis Working Group, UGA Institute of Ecology

ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION (Room R, Wed., 2:40 -4:00)

Moderator: Sandra Tucker, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Collecting Valuable Data for Useful Stream Assessment and Restoration Design Projects, E. Aylin Lewallen1, E. Dale Jones, Andrew Bearden, and Erik Dilts, ENTRIX
• Clayton County Water Authority's Stream Improvement Program, Mike Thomas and Kim Zimmerman, Clayton County Water Authority
• USACE Section 206 Ecosystem Restoration Program and Development of Restoration Alternatives to Support Projects in Cobb County, Georgia, Steven Hrabovsky, R. Harvey, C. Jernigan, I. Bergerson, G. Coffee, D. Jones, P. Leonard, E. Dilts, A. Bearden, B. Freeman, D. Dilks and T. Naperala, US Army Corps of Engineers
• Integrating Design Criteria for Management of Urban Ecosystems, David K. Gattie, J. Victoria Collins, William Tollner and Jack Crowley, UGA
• Modeling Changes in the Spatial Distribution of Soil Saturation in Urbanizing Watersheds, Craig N. Goodwin, Brown & Caldwell

AQUATIC ECOLOGY (Room R, Thurs., 8:30 -9:50)

Moderator: Alan Covich, incoming director Institute of Ecology, UGA.

• Beyond the Indices: Relations of Habitat and Fish Characteristics in the Georgia Piedmont, Brenda Rashleigh, EPA
• Bioassessment Metrics and Deposited Sediments in Tributaries of the Chattooga River Watershed, Erica Chiao and J. Bruce Wallace, UGA
• Determining Impacts to Aquatic Biota From Reservoir Releases, Colleen Cunningham, E. Aylin Lewallen and James F. Renner, Golder Associates Inc
• Potential Improvements in the Water Quality of the Savannah River Downstream of the J. Strom Thurmond Dam, Daniel Parrott, US ACE

SAVANNAH RIVER BASIN COMPREHENSIVE STUDY (Room R, Thurs., 10:10 -11:40)

Moderator: Leroy Crosby, Savannah District, US Army Corps of Engineers

• Study Overview - Leroy G. Crosby, Plan Formulation Team Leader, Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
• State Perspective - Georgia - Nolton Johnson, Chief, Water Resource Management Branch, Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
• State Perspective - South Carolina - Bud Badr, Chief Hydrologist, Land, Water, and Conservation Division, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
• Update EPA Savannah River Watershed Project - Ms. Marjan Peltier, Action Officer, Water and Wetlands Branch, Region 4, Environmental Protection Agency.
• Reservoir Allocation Model - Stan Simpson, Water Control Manager, Engineering Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District
• Stakeholder Analysis - R. Marty Ray, Senior Project Manager, Zapata Engineering
• Questions and Answers - All

ECOSYSTEM FLOW FOR SAVANNAH RIVER (Room R, Thurs., 12:45 - 3:35)

Organizer: Dr. Judy Meyer, River Basin Science and Policy Center and Institute of Ecology, UGA
Moderator: Kim Lutz, The Nature Conservancy

• Application of New Approaches to Instream Flow: Use of a Two-Dimensional Hydraulic Model and Habitat-Use Guilds to Establish Minimum Flows in a Southeastern Stream, Erik W. Dilts, Paul M. Leonard, E. Dale Jones, ENTRIX
• Balanced Water Use Planning in a Multi-use Environment: The Augusta Canal Hydropower Project, Douglas M. Mooneyhan and Paul M. Leonard, ENTRIX
• Specifying Water Flow Requirements to Support River Health, Brian Richter, Freshwater Initiative, The Nature Conservancy
• Hydrologic Modifications to the Lower Savannah River, Rhett Jackson, Cody Hale, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia
• Effects of Altered Flow Regimes on Floodplain Processes in the Savannah River Basin, Monica Palta, Elizabeth Richardson, and Rebecca Sharitz. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, and Savannah River Ecology Lab, Aiken SC
• Considerations for Flow Alternatives That Sustain Savannah River Fish Populations, William W. Duncan, Mary C. Freeman,J. Tavis McLean and Cecil A. Jennings. Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia and U.S. Geological Survey
• Proposed Ecosystem Flow Recommendation for the Savannah River Below Thurmond Dam, Judy Meyer, Institute of Ecology, UGA
• Panel Discussion for Savannah River Ecosystem Flows Moderated by Kim Lutz, The Nature Conservancy

SAVANNAH HARBOR AND COAST (Room R, Thurs., 3:45 - 5:10)

Moderator: Leroy Crosby, Savannah District, US Army Corps of Engineers

• Calibration of a 3-D Hydrodynamic and Salinity Model of the Savannah River Estuary, Matt Goodrich, Daniel L. Mendelsohn, Applied Technology and Management
• Monitoring and Modeling of Suspended Sediment Plumes to Evaluate the Effects of Agitation Dredging in Savannah Harbor, Christopher Ahern, H. James Craven, Robert M. Semmes, Bridget M. Callahan and Matt Goodrich, Applied Technology and Management Inc.
• Evaluating Beach and Nearshore Sediment Transport Impacts from the Proposed Deepening of the Savannah Harbor, Matt Goodrich, Fran Way, Haiqing Liu, OATM

TRACK V. MONITORING AND FLINT RIVER

(Room TU on second floor)

FLOODS AND STORMS (Room TU, Wed., 8:30-9:50 am)

Moderator: Reggina Garza, NWS Southeast River Forecast Service

• Tide Predictions for the Waccamaw River Including the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Scott C. Hagen, U. Central Florida
• Implementation of a River Level Forecast Site in the Suwannee River Basin, Florida, Reggina Garza and Thomas Mirti, NWS
• A Comparison of Precipitation Estimation Techniques Over Lake Okeechobee, Florida, Jamie L. Dyer, Reggina Garza, National Weather Service
• The Effects of Rainfall Network Density on River Forecasts--A Case Study in the St. Johns Basin, Gregory Quina, Henry Fuelberg, Bryan Mroczka, Reggina Garza, Judi Bradberry, Richard J. Lanier, FSU, NWS

Related Poster (Downstairs Atrium and Lobby, Wed., 4:00-5:00 pm)

• Flood Forecast Mapping in the Tar River Basin, NC: Providing New Flood Forecast Products in a GIS Environment, Doug Marcy, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston

FLOODS AND DROUGHTS (Room TU, Wed., 10:10 am)

Moderator: David Stooksbury, Biol. and Agric. Engineering, University of Georgia

• Flood-Tracking Chart, Flint River Basin, Georgia, Brian L. Cochran, Brian E. McCallum, Timothy C. Stamey, and Caryl J. Wipperfurth, USGS
• Floodplain Mapping in Georgia Using Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangle Basemaps, Jonathan W. Musser, Thomas R. Dyar, and S. Jack Alhadeff, USGS
• Topographic Map Viewer for Georgia, Jack Alhadeff, Daniel Alhadeff, Bob Dyar, Jonathan Musser, USGS
• Flood Forecast Operations at the National Weather Service Forecast Office, James Noel, Jeff Dobur, National Weather Service
• Incorporation of Radar Precipitation Estimates in a Drought Index Applicable to Wildland Fire, Scott L. Goodrick, USDA-Forest Service

STREAM MONITORING (Room TU, Wed., 1:00 -2:20pm)

Moderator: Harold Harbert, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

• National Water-Quality Assessment in Georgia--2001-2011, W. Brian Hughes and Marian P. Berndt, USGS
• Fish Consumption Patterns along the Upper Chattahoochee River, G. Loeffler, J.L. Meyer, H. Trammell, S. Holmbeck-Pelham, UGA-Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
• The Importance of Zn for Assessing the Impact of Heavy Metals in Urban Streams, David B. Wenner and William P. Miller, UGA
• The Importance of Specific Conductivity for Assessing Environmentally Impacted Streams, David B. Wenner, Melanie Ruhlman, and Sue Eggert, Upper Oconee Watershed Network
• Quality-Assurance and Quality-Control Procedures for an Urban Water-Quality Monitoring Program, Gwinnett County, Georgia, Andrew E. Knaak and Paul D. Ankcorn, USGS

LAKE WATER QUALITY (Room TU, Wed., 2:40 -4:00 pm)

• After the Flood: a Follow-up on the Trophic State of Lake Blackshear, Georgia, H.E. Cofer, M.E. Lebo W. L. Tietjen, and P.Y. Williams, GSWU
• The Role of Transported Sediment in the Cycling of Phosphate in Georgia Piedmont Impoundments, Amanda Parker and Bruce Beck, UGA Forest Resources
• Iron Reduction and Phosphorus Release from Lake Sediments and BT Horizon Soil: Incubation Studies to Explore Phosphorus Cycling, Amanda Parker, UGA Forest Resources
• Modeling and Detection of Structural Change in the Dynamics of DO in a Southeastern Piedmont Impoundment, Zhulu Lin and M. Bruce Beck, UGA

AGRICULTURAL WATER USE (Room TU, Thurs., 8:30 - 9:50 am)

Moderator: Nancy Norton, Flint River Water Planning and Policy Center

• Agricultural Water Use Associated with Animal Production Systems in Georgia, G.L. Newton, M.D. McCranie, V.J. Boken, D.L. Thomas and G.Hoogenboom, UGA
• Estimating Statewide Water Demand For Irrigation Using a Crop Simulation Model, Larry Guerra, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Vijendra Boken, Daniel Thomas, James Hook, and Kerry Harrison, UGA-BAE
• Water Use Estimation for Some Major Crops in Georgia Using Geospatial Modeling, Vijendra Boken, Gerrit Hoogenboom, James Hook, Daniel Thomas, Larry Guerra, and Kerry Harrison, UGA
• Agricultural Water Use in Georgia: Results from the Ag. Water Pumping Program, Daniel Thomas, Kerry Harrison, James Hook, Larry Wheeler, Gerrit Hoogenboom, William Segars, UGA

MANAGING IRRIGATION WATER USE (Room TU, Thurs., 10:10 - 11:40 am)

Moderator: Bill White, Georgia State Soil and Water Conservation Commission

• Development of a Variable-Rate Pivot Irrigation Control System, Calvin Perry and Stuart Pocknee, UGA
• Flint River Water Conservation Program: Center-pivot Irrigation Improvement, Anne Marie Rider, GSWCC
• The Response of Agricultural Water Use to Changes in Pumping Costs, Yassert Gonzalez-Alvarez, Andrew G. Keeler, and Jeffrey Mullen, UGA
• Recommendations for Metering Agricultural Water Withdrawals in Georgia, Daniel L. Thomas, K.A. Harrison, V.J. Norton, N.A. Norton, J.E. Hook, D.A. Eigenberg and L.R. Wheeler, UGA Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Agricultural Water Withdrawal Permits: a GIS-based Permit Management System and Permit Mapping in the Dougherty Plain, James Hook, Elizabeth Blood, Robin McDowell, Danna Betts, Derek Fussel, UGA, DNR-EPD

LAKE SEMINOLE LEAKAGE (Room TU, Thurs., 12:45-2:05 pm)

Moderator: David W. Hicks, J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center

• Comparison of Methods Used to Estimate Lake Evaporation for a Water Budget of Lake Seminole, Southwestern Georgia and Northwestern Florida, Brent Aulenbach and Melinda Mosner, USGS
• Assessment of Karst Features Underlying Lake Seminole, Southwestern Georgia and Northwestern Florida, Using Orthorectified Photographs of Preimpoundment Conditions and Hydrographic Maps, Lynn J. Torak., USGS
• Simulated Effects of Impoundment of Lake Seminole on Surface- and Ground-Water Flow in Southwestern Georgia and Adjacent Parts of Alabama and Florida, L. Elliott Jones and Lynn J. Torak, USGS
• Physical and Hydrochemical Evidence for Lake Leakage in Lake Seminole, Georgia, Diana M. Crilley and Lynn J. Torak, USGS

Related Poster (Downstairs Atrium and Lobby, Wed., 4:00-5:00 pm)

• Delineating karst features underlying Lake Seminole, southwest Georgia, using historical aerial photographs, Christopher B. Walls and Michael D. Hamrick, USGS

FLINT RIVER ECOSYSTEM (Room TU, Thurs., 2:15 - 3:35 pm)

Moderator: David W. Hicks, J.W. Jones Ecological Research Center

• Hydrologic Controls on Water Chemistry and Microbial Activity in a Small Coastal Plain Stream, Kit Wheeler, Stephen Opsahl, Jones Ecological Center
• Effects of Upper Floridan Aquifer Groundwater Contributions on Water Chemistry and Microbial Metabolism in the Lower Flint River, S. P. Opsahl, K. Wheeler, R. Lane, and J. C. Jenkins, Jones Ecological Center
• Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Streams in the Dougherty Plain, Guoyuan Li and Rhett Jackson, UGA-Forest
• Water Quality Studies of Beaver Creek and Turkey Creek., Elisabeth Elder, Chelsea Carter, and Theresa Wieslaskli, GSWU

FLINT RIVER ISSUES (Room TU, Thurs., 3:45 - 5:10 pm)

• Hydraulic Characterization of The Upper Floridan Aquifer in the Chickasawhatchee Swamp, SW Georgia, David W. Hicks, Brian Clayton, Jones Ecological Center
• The Effects of the 2000 Drought on Freshwater Mussels in the Lower Flint River Basin, Stephen Golladay, Paula Gagnon, Margaret Kearns, David W. Hicks, Jones Ecological Center
• Flint River Basin Water Policy and Management: Achieving Sustainability Through Regional Flexibility, Elizabeth Blood, James Hook, Holland, Jones Center
• Reaching Accord on Meeting Water Supply Needs: Citizen and Decision-maker Perspectives, Aaron S. Routhe and Emily N. Heinrich, U. of Tennessee

Related Poster (Downstairs Atrium and Lobby, Wed., 4:00-5:00 pm)

• An overview of water-resource issues in the middle and lower Flint River subbasins, southwest Georgia, Debbie Warner, USGS, and Virgil Norton, Albany State University

TRACK VI. GROUNDWATER, COAST, AND ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN

(Room VW on second floor)

COASTAL AQUIFER SALT INTRUSION (Room VW, Wed., 8:30 - 9:50 am)

Moderator: Bill Frechette, Georgia Environmental Protection Division

• Optimization of Well Locations and Pumping Rates in Coastal Aquifers, Chan-Hee Park, Mustafa M. Aral, Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Parallel Development of MODFLOW and SUTRA Models in Coastal Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida: An Approach to Study Regional Ground-Water Flow and Local Saltwater Intrusion, Dorothy F. Payne, Alden M. Provost, and Clifford I. Voss, USGS
• Model Framework and Preliminary Results of the Regional MODFLOW Ground-Water Flow Model of Coastal Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida, Malek Abu-Ruman, and Dorothy F. Payne, USGS
• Stream-Aquifer Relations in the Coastal Area of Georgia and Adjacent Parts of Florida and South Carolina, Sherlyn Priest and John S. Clarke, USGS

COASTAL WATER SUPPLY (Room VW, Wed., 10:10 - 11:40 am)

Moderator: Dorothy Payne, U.S. Geological Survey

• Ground-Water Levels in Georgia, 2001, David Leeth and John S. Clarke, USGS
• The Surficial and Brunswick Aquifer Systems--Alternative Ground-Water Resources for Coastal Georgia, John S. Clarke, USGS
• The Results of the Aquifer Interconnection and Leakage Analysis at Ebenezer Bend as Part of the Engineering Assessment of the Brunswick Aquifer System in Coastal Georgia, Christopher D. Hemingway, Jonathan S. Radtke, Golder Associates Inc
• Water Supply Alternatives in the North Carolina Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area, Brent Waters, Jean Crews-Klein and James Renner, Golder Associates Inc.
• Desalination as a Water Source for Municipal and Industrial Water Users: The Future is Now, Nancy A. Norton, Abdul-Akeem Sadiq and Virgil J. Norton, Flint River Water Planning and Policy Center

COASTAL WATER CONSERVATION (Room VW, Wed., 1:00 - 2:30 pm)

Moderator: Mary A. Elfner - DNR Water Conservation Coordinator

• Landscape Irrigation Auditing: A Mobile Laboratory Approach for Small Communities, Kerry Harrison, UGA
• Savannah Water Efficiency Project: A Plumbing Retrofit Case Study Deatre N. Denion, City of Savannah Water and Sewer Bureau
• Water Conservation in Coastal Georgia: A Success Story, Courtney Power, Chatham Co./Metro Savannah Planning Commission
• Conservation as a Critically Needed Water Supply Source, David Kyler, Center for Sustainable Coast

GROUNDWATER SUPPLY IN PIEDMONT (Room VW, Wed., 2:40 - 4:00 pm)

Moderator: Ram Arora, HydroVision Inc

• Influence of Foliation Fracture Systems on Water Availability in the Lawrenceville, Georgia, Area, Lester J. Williams, USGS
• Structural and lithologic controls on ground-water availability in a granite and biotite gneiss in the Conyers, Georgia, area, Donna D. Khallouf, and Lester J. Williams, USGS
• Characterization of a crystalline-bedrock aquifer using borehole geophysics, Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, Adrian D. Addison, USGS (no presentation, manuscript only)
• Naturally occurring radionuclides in Georgia water supplies: implications for community water systems, Phillip Albertson, USGS

THE ALTAMAHA RIVER AND ESTUARY - I and II (Room VW, Thurs., 8:30 - 11:40 am)

Organizer: Merryl Alber, Dept. of Marine Sciences, UGA

• An Overview of the Altamaha River Watershed, Mary Davis, The Nature Conservancy
• Preliminary Analysis of Biotic Indices and Land Cover Within Streams of the Georgia Piedmont, Gwendolyn D. Carroll, Patti Lanford, Thom Litts, UGA-DNR-WRD
• A Study of Invertebrates along a Gradient of Floodplains in the Altamaha River Watershed, Elizabeth Reese and Darold Batzer, UGA
• Hydrologic Modeling of the Lower Altamaha River Basin, Orhan Gunduz , Mustafa Aral, GaTech
• Nutrients and Dissolved Organic Matter in the Altamaha River and Loading to the Coastal Zone, Nathaniel Weston , James Hollibaugh, Samantha Joye, Univ. of Georgia and Jack Sandow, Altamaha Riverkeeper
• Simulating Material Movement Through the Lower Altamaha River Estuary Using a 1-D Box Model, Joan Sheldon and Merryl Alber, UGA
• Some Physical Factors That May Affect Turbulent Mixing in Altamaha Sound, Georgia, Daniela Di Iorio, Ki Ryong Kang, Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
• Spartina Species Zonation Along the Altmaha River Estuary Susan White, Merryl Alber, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia

COASTAL WATER ISSUES (Room VW, Thurs., 12:45 - 2:05 pm)

• Policy Implications of Georgia's Coastal Marsh Hammock Biological Surveys, Laura P. Jones, Maria S. Calvi, Southern Environmental Law Center
• National NEMO Network - Linking Land Use to Water Quality along Coastal Georgia Watersheds, Lee Sutton, Marine Extension Service, University of Georgia
• Cultural Models of Water Issues on the Georgia Coast, Benjamin Blount, Lisa Gezon, UGA, WGU
• Georgia Coastal Research Council: A Forum for Scientists and Managers, Merryl Alber and Janice Flory, UGA

GROUNDWATER AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE (Room VW, Thurs., 2:15 - 3:35 pm)

Moderator: Debbie Warner, US Geological Survey

• Resolution of Naturally Occurring Tritium as a Groundwater Tracer, Michael Neary, UGA
• Application of stable and radiogenic isotopic techniques to problems of surface and groundwater interactions, Alan L Mayo, Steve Nelson, John Noakes, David Tingey and Randy Culp, BYU, UGA
• Precipitation, ground-water use, and ground-water levels in the vicinity of the Savannah River site, Georgia and South Carolina, 1992-2002, Gregory S. Cherry, USGS
• Low-level Tritium Measurements in Groundwater near the Savannah River, 2000 - 2001, Ramon Garcia, Robert Rosson, Bernd Kahn, and Earl A. Shapiro, Ga. Tech, DNR-EPD

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION (Room VW, Thurs., 3:45 - 5:10 pm)

• Laboratory Study on the Transformation of Organic Contaminants Under Thermal Source Zone Removal Conditions, Jed Costanza, Kurt D. Pennell and James A. Mulholland, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Effects of Fenton's Reagent and potassium permanganate applications on indigenous subsurface microbiota: a literature review, Jonathan P. Waddell and Gregory C. Mayer, USGS
• Slug-test results from a well completed in fractured crystalline rock, U.S. Air Force Plant 6, Marietta, Georgia, Gerard J. Gonthier, and Gregory C. Mayer, USGS

• Mussel conservation on the Chickasawhatchee and Elmodel Wildlife Management Areas: methods for a relocation study, Battle, J.M., S.W. Golladay, and A.R. Bambarger, Jones Ecological Center
• Prediction of Shoreline Erosion at Hartwell Lake, South Carolina/Georgia, USA, Sebnem Elci, and Paul A.Work, Ga. Tech
• Beach renourishment: not the magic bullet for shoreline protection, Mandy Schmitt and Andy Haines, Center for a Sustainable Coast and interns of Duke University.
• Organic Contaminants in Biosolids From Wasterwater Treatment Plants in Georgia, Kang Xia, Greg Pillar, UGA
• Occurrence of herbicide degradation compounds in streams and ground water in agricultural areas of southern Georgia, 2002, John R. Pittman and Marian P. Berndt, USGS-Fla
• Phosphorus Movement in Conservation Tillage Systems Using Poultry Litter as a Nutrient Source, Gary Hawkins, UGA
• Water quality and upland wetland aquatic communities of Cumberland Island, Georgia, 1999-2000, Elizabeth A. Frick, M. Brian Gregory, Daniel L. Calhoun, and Evelyn H. Hopkins, USGS
• Field-testing Enterococcus faecalis For Bacterial Source Tracking, Karen Rodgers, Peter Hartel, Robin Kuntz, Dominique Godfrey, William Segars, UGA
• Ammonium Uptake in Headwater Streams Draining Forested & Urban Watersheds in the Georgia Piedmont, Cathy Gibson, UGA
• Mercury in aquatic ecosystems in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of Georgia and Florida, 2002. L.C. Chasar and Deirdre Black, USGS-Fla
• TMDL Cost Analysis: A Watershed Approach - Stekoa Creek, Jimmy R. Bramblett, USDA-NRCS
• Potential for Toxic Effects of Biosolid Application on Ceriodaphnia dubia, Brad Konwick, Kang Xia, Marsha Black, UGA
• Nutrient concentrations and land use in small streams of the Georgia Piedmont, J. Molinero, Roger Burke, NRC, EPA
• Trace gas concentrations in small streams of the Georgia Piedmont, Roger A. Burke, Jon Molinero, EPA, NRC
• NRCS Water Resource Programs, Jimmy R. Bramblett, USDA-NRCS
• Active learning -- water-quality education for youth at the annual Natural Resources Conservation Workshop field day, Tifton, Georgia, Kristin Ling Smith, M. Brian Gregory, and B. Joel Wood, USDA-NRCS
• Role of Iron-rich Georgia Soils in Controlling Nitrate Contamination of Ground Water, Dinku Endale, John Washington, Stephen Norris, Lidia Samarkina, USDA-ARS, EPA
• A Modeling Approach to Assess Water Balance of a Typical Southern Piedmont Catchment under Long-term No-till Usage, Deborah A. Abrahamson, Dinku M. Endale, Harry H. Schomberg, Stephen E. Norris, USDA-ARS
• Groundwater Monitoring in the Chickasawhatchee Swamp, Southwest Georgia, Brian Clayton, David W. Hicks, Jones Ecological Center
• Delineating karst features underlying Lake Seminole, southwest Georgia, using historical aerial photographs, Christopher B. Walls and Michael D. Hamrick, USGS
• Large Differences in Nitrogen Chemistry in the Upper Floridan Aquifer in Reference Wells on the Ichauway Ecological Reserve, Newton, Georgia, Joanna C. Jenkins, D. W. Hicks, and S.P. Opsahl, Jones Ecological Center
• An overview of water-resource issues in the middle and lower Flint River subbasins, southwest Georgia, Debbie Warner, USGS, and Virgil Norton, Albany State University
• Development of an estimated water-table map for coastal Georgia and adjacent parts of Florida and South Carolina, Michael F. Peck and Dorothy F. Payne, USGS
• Ground-water withdrawals from the Floridan aquifer system in the Southeastern United States during 2000, Richard L. Marella, USGS-Fla
• Development of a water-use database for use in coastal region ground-water models, Da'Vette A. Taylor, Jaime A. Painter, and Dorothy F. Payne, USGS
• Water Use in Georgia, 2000; and Trends, 1950-2000, Julia Fanning, USGS
• Statewide Water Conservation Plans: A comparative review and applications to Georgia., Mandy Schmitt, Alice Miller Keyes, Jessica Walters, Jacob S. Halcomb, Georgia Conservancy
• Should Global Tropospheric Vapor Concentrations be Recorded on a Mass Density Basis?, Nicholas T. Loux and Walter E. Frick, EPA
• Savannah River Estuary Hydrodynamics, Francis Way, Applied Technology Mgt
• The Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network: 10 years of Weather Information for Water Resources Management, Gerrit Hoogenboom, D.D. Coker, E. Edenfield, and D.M. Evans, UGA
• Topographic map viewer for Georgia, Jack Alhadeff, Daniel Alhadeff, Bob Dyar, Jonathan Musser, USGS
• Floodplain mapping in Georgia using digital orthophoto quarter quadrangle basemaps, Jonathan W. Musser, Thomas R. Dyar, and S. Jack Alhadeff, USGS
• Flood Forecast Mapping in the Tar River Basin, NC: Providing New Flood Forecast Products in a GIS Environment, Doug Marcy, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston
• Flood Forecast Operations at the National Weather Service Forecast Office, Jeff Dobur, National Weather Service
• The Southeast River Forecast Center Response to Evolving Customer Needs, Mark Fuchs, NOAA
• Flood-tracking chart, Flint River Basin, Georgia, Brian L. Cochran, Brian E. McCallum, Timothy C. Stamey, and Caryl J. Wipperfurth, USGS
• Hydrology and Nutrient Movement Of A Windrow of Dairy Bedding/Leaf Mulch Compost, Rose Mary Seymour, UGA
• Cattle Management Effects on Stream Water Quality, Monte Matthews, Miguel Cabrera, Dory Franklin, David Radcliffe, and V.H. Calvert, UGA
• Optimizing primary industrial wastewater treatment processes to improve downstream efficiencies and profits, Brian Kiepper, William Merka, Jackie Sellers, UGA
• A New Biotreatment Approach to Decolorizing Textile Wastewater Effluents, Ian R. Hardin, Xueheng Zhao, Danny E. Akin, UGA
• Obtaining and processing accurate weather data for the development of computer tool for the design of windrow composting operations, Jason Governo, Sidney Thompson, Brian Kiepper, UGA
• A vegetative survey of back-barrier islands near Sapelo Island, Georgia, Gayle Albers and Merryl Alber, UGA
• The Effect of Size on Susceptibility Determination in Source Water Protection Programs at Varying Watershed Scales, Margaret Tanner, David Sample, Ron Papaleoni, Paul Rose, MACTEC
• Georgia Water Nonpoint Education Team/ Coastal Georgia Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials, D.J. Borden, W. Bumback, Lee Sutton, Marine Extension Service, UGA
• Establishing the Relationship Between Turbidity and Total Suspended Sediment Concentration, C.P. Holliday, Todd C. Rasmussen and William P. Miller, UGA School of Forest Resources

• Hands On Water Education Tools, Julia Gaskin, UGA
• Multifunction Borehole Tool, Owen G. Holloway and Gregory C. Mayer, USGS
• Griffin Utilities, Brant Keller, City of Griffin
• Georgia Association of Stormwater Management, Brant Keller, GASMA
• NRCS Technical and Financial Assistance, Cran Upshaw, USDA-NRCS
• USGS Water Resource Activities, Georgia, Steve Craigg, USGS
• Savannah Riverkeeper, Frank Carl, Savannah Riverkeeper
• EPD-Water Resources, Mary Lou Godbey, EPD
• UGA-Irrigation Park, Rad Yager, UGA
• Water Resources Programs, Sissy Scott, Mobile District Corps of Engineers
• National Weather Service's Southeast River Forecast Center, Mark Fuchs, NWS