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| US Geological Survey, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Dept. of Agriculture, Madison Water Utility, Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council, Tennessee Valley Authority, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, and Ground Water Protection Council |
SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2002
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Welcome
Reception Hosted by members of the National Water Quality Monitoring
Council – All are encouraged to attend. |
NOTE:
Each 90-minute session within the six conference tracks will include
oral presentations followed by a question and discussion period.
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Opening
General Session "Welcome to the Conference" Charles Spooner, Office of Water, USEPA, Conference Co-Chair, "Welcome to Madison" Susan J.M. Bauman, Mayor, City of Madison "Conference Dedication" David Denig Chakrof, Water Utility Manager, City of Madison "Long-term research and a sustainable future for our waters" Dr. John J. Magnuson, Professor Emeritus, Limnology, University of Wisconsin " Understanding Water Quality: The Importance of Monitoring and Assessment" Dr. Robert M. Hirsch, Associate Director for Water, USGS "Monitoring and Integration of Clean Water Programs" Charles H. Sutfin, Director, Assessment and Watershed Protection Division, USEPA "Building a Monitoring Framework for the Future" Charles A. Peters, Supervisory Hydrologist, Wisconsin District, Water Resources Division, USGS, Conference Co-Chair "Conference Structure and Charge to Participants" Linda Green, Program Director, URI Watershed Watch, University of Rhode Island, Conference Co-Chair |
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Break |
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Track
1: Setting the Stage for
Monitoring Concurrent
Presentations and Discussions
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Collaboration: Meeting Multiple Needs through Monitoring Partnerships Moderator: Peter Tennant, Orsanco Developing
and Maintaining a Collaborative, Multi-Watershed Monitoring Network, Mark
Doneux
Connecticut River
Fish Tissue Study, Bethany Card |
Volunteer
Monitoring Expands
Your Reach Moderator: Linda Green, URI Watershed Watch IOWATER, Cost
Effective/Level 4 Citizen Monitoring, Philip Emmling The Role of Volunteer Watershed Monitors in Watershed Planning and Implementation, Cheryl Snyder, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
Watersheds: The Natural Basis for Monitoring Design Moderator: Don Dycus, Tennessee Valley Authority Water
Quality Monitoring at the Watershed Level in the Study Design and Tools Used in a Low-Cost Water Quality Assessment for Rivers/Watersheds, Nancy Turyk, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Developing a Scientific Basis for Source Water Protection Policies in the Salt Lake City Watershed Canyons, Lindsay Griffith, Brown and Caldwell - Golden, Colorado |
What’s
New at the State Level: New
Ways to Meet
Increasing
Needs Moderator: Fred Banach, Conn. DEP
Oklahoma
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Beneficial Use Monitoring Program (BUMP), Monty Porter
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Monitoring
Design on a National Scale Moderator: Gail Mallard, USGS Consideration
of Contaminant Sources, Physical Hydrology, and Policy Implications in
a National Design for Monitoring Groundwater Quality, Wayne W.
Lapham, US Geological Survey, Middleton, WI Application
of a Probabilistic Sampling Design on a National Level: EPA's
National Fish Tissue Study, Leanne Stahl, US EPA Office of Science and Technology Washington, DC |
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Lunch |
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Poster
Break
#1:
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Regional
Biological Monitoring: A Coordinated Effort by Professional and
Volunteer Monitors, Casandra Champion, Metropolitan Council
Environmental Services §
Effectively
Working with Volunteer Monitors, Elizabeth Herron, University of Rhode
Island-Cooperative Extension § Building a comprehensive support system for Cooperative Extension volunteer water quality monitoring efforts, Kristine Stepenuck, University of Rhode Island - Cooperative Extension §
Testing Water
Quality in §
FM River
Project, Thomas Moe, Energy & Environmental Monitoring
Program Design and Implementation §
The National
Study of Chemical Residues in §
Collection of
Nationally Comparable and Defensible Water Quality Data, § Source Water Protection on the Rhine: The Merits of a Joint Approach, Peter Stoks |
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Track
2/3: Field and Laboratory
Methods for Today and Tomorrow Concurrent
Presentations and Discussions
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Biological
Monitoring Moderator: Mike Miller, WI Dept. of Natural Resources Monitoring
Needs to Meet Benthic TMDL Requirements, Tamim Younos Invertebrate
Sample Processing at the In-Situ
Monitoring of Phytoplankton on the Cell Level, George Dubelaar, CytoBuoy
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Metals:
Sampling Moderator: Rock Vitale, Environmental Standards, Inc. Monitoring
Dissolved Metals in the Improvements
in Field Methods for Arsenic Monitoring, Dan Kroll, Hach Field
Instrumentation and Monitoring for Mercury Isotopes at the
Experimental Lakes Utilizing
Stable Mercury Isotopes for Tracers in Aquatic Ecosystems., Mark
Olson, U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, WI |
In-Situ Monitoring Moderator: Jerad Bales, US Geological Survey Field
Sampling and Analytical Methods for Monitoring Volatile Organic
Compounds in Karst Springs, Shannon Williams |
Early
Warning Monitoring Moderators: Katherine Alben, NY State Dept. of Health & Herb Brass, USEPA Drinking Water Early Warning Detection and Monitoring Technology Evaluation and Demonstration
Susan Vonderhaar, Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc. |
Enhancing
Data Quality and Comparability – Moderators: Cliff Annis, Merck & Company, Jerry Diamond, Tetra Tech |
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Poster
Break
#2:
Field
Methods, Experiences §
Laser
Diffraction Sediment Sensors Measure In-situ Size Distribution and
Concentration with a Fixed Calibration, Yogesh Agrawal, Wright State
University Department of Geological Sciences §
Continuous DO
Monitoring in Urban Waterways in §
If Water
Clarity is the Issue, then Why Not Measure It?, David Smith, New York
City Department of Environmental Protection §
An Automated
Validation and Alert System for Continuous Environmental Monitoring
Data, Kirk Barrett, §
Determination
of Total and Clay Suspended Sediment Loads from In-Stream Turbidity
Data in North Santiam River Basin, Oregon, Mark Uhrich, U.S.
Geological Survey
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Continuous
Water Temperature Monitoring in Wisconsin, Cindy Koperski, Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources §
Field
Filtration and Chilling as an Alternative to Acidification and
Chilling for Stabilizing Nutrient Concentrations During 30-day Storage
Intervals, Charles Patton, U.S. Geological Survey, National Water
Quality Laboratory § Biological Early Warning Systems in Drinking Water Production, Erik J. Penders, WRK Water Works, Netherlands GIS
and Models §
Flood
Inundation Modeling in Bangladesh Using GIS, Mohammad Rahman,
Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology §
NASS’s
Ortho-Rectified Cropland Data Layer, Rick Mueller, USDA/NASS |
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Track
2/3: Field and Laboratory
Methods for Today and Tomorrow Concurrent
Presentations and Discussions
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Ground
Water: Sampling and Analysis Moderator: Rick Copeland, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Immunoassay
Monitoring for Atrazine in Serious Problems with Ground Water Monitoring Wells: The Confounding Effect of Vertical Ambient Flows, Alper Elci, Environmental eng. & Science Dept., Clemson University |
Nutrients:
Sampling and Analysis Moderator: Ron Jones, FL International Univesity Alternatives to Kjeldahl Digestion for Determination of Total and Particulate Nitrogen in Water, Charles Patton, US Geological Survey, National Water Quality Laboratory Continuous
Monitoring of Nutrients and Chlorophyll in Sampling
Strategies for Determining Nutrient Loads in Streams, Thomas Soerens Corn Leaf Nitrate Reductase- A Nontoxic Alternative to Cadmium for Photometric Nitrate Determinations in Water Samples, Ellen Campbell, US Geological Survey, National Water Quality Laboratory |
Screening
Tools for
Priority
Contaminants Moderator: Barry Long, National Park Service Monitoring
of Chlorinated Disinfection By-Products in
Drinking Water: Approach Based in Differential Spectroscopy, Gregory
Korshin Using
Colilert to Monitor the Impacts of Wet
Weather Pollution Sources, Mindy
Garrison Determination
of Total and Clay Suspended-Sediment Loads From In-Stream Turbidity
Data in the North |
Remote Sensing Moderator: Jerry Diamond, Tetra Tech, Inc. Screening
to Identify and Prevent Urban Storm Water Problems: Estimating
Impervious Area Accurately and Cheaply, James Harrison
Lake
Assessing
Nitrogen Contamination Potential Via Remote Sensing, Larry Beard, USDA/NASS/Environmental, Economics & Demographics Branch |
Enhancing
Data Quality and Comparability – Moderator: Herb Brass, USEPA, NEMI:
Laboratory Analytical Methods, Herb Brass Meeting the Demands of Methods 1631 and 245.7 in a Single Instrument with Dual Atomic Fluorescence Detectors, David Pfeil, Leeman Labs, Inc. The
Blind Audit Program: An Ongoing QA Initiative of the Use
of Field Quality-Control Samples in Determining the Quality of
Pesticide Data Collected for the USGS National Water-Quality
Assessment (NAWQA) Program, Jeffrey Martin |
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Exhibits/Poster Break #3 - all posters highlighted |
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Reception |
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Track
4: Exploring
Opportunities in Data Management Concurrent
Presentations and Discussions
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Moving
Forward with Water Quality Data Elements Moderator: Charlie Peters, USGS Using
Common Data Elements to Exchange Data with Confidence, Charles Job Biological
Water Quality Data Elements, Charles Peters |
Applied
Database Systems Moderator: Jeff Schloss, UNH Cooperative Extension MrBST Software Application, Milo Anderson, USEPA, Region 5 Hydrologic
Databases for Federally-Listed T&E Species, Allen White National Park Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis Report Series, Mike Matz & Dean Tucker, National Park Service |
Data Rich Indicators Moderator: Greg Gross, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Monitoring
the Effectiveness of TMDL Implementation with the |
Tools
to Help Link, Explain, and Manage Data Moderator: David Denig-Chakroff, Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies Watershed
Assessment Tracking and Environmental Results System (WATERS), Tod
Dabolt XML
- The Lingua Franca of the Information Age, Abigail Cantor |
Data
Warehouses and Repositories Moderator: Paul Jehn, Ground Water Protection Council Data
Integration and Delivery through a Web-Enabled Environmental Data
Warehouse, Steve Kloiber STORET
- Supporting the Business of Environmental Monitoring, Cary
Mcelhinney |
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Poster Break #4 Reports
of Study Findings §
Predicted
Impact of Transgenic Crops on Water Quality and Related Ecosystems in
vulnerable Watersheds of the §
Sediment
Quality Assessment and Monitoring in the §
Contaminant
Profiles in Wastewater Measured in Support of the New Jersey Toxics
Reduction Program, Bo Liu, Battelle
Memorial Institute §
Results from §
Data Analysis
and Interpretation of the Lower Little Wolf Water Quality Evaluation
in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, Kelly Henderson, University of
WI-Stevens Point / Environmental Task Force Program §
Algal-Nutrient
Relations in the QA/QC
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Standards in
Laboratory Quality, Brooke Connor, US Geological Survey §
Method
Performance Characteristics and the Merging of Biological Assessment
Datasets, James Stribling, Tetra Tech, Inc. |
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Track
5: Making Sense of the
Data Concurrent
Presentations and Discussions
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Considerations
for Moderator: Tim Kubiak, US Fish and Wildlife Service; Geoffrey Ekechukwu, US Fish and Wildlife Service The
Dynamic Nature of Sediment and Organic Constituents in TSS, Mark Riedel Assessing
the Sensitivity of Endangered and Threatened Fish Species Using WET, Jim
Dwyer Ecological
Description of Fish Assemblages in the Utilization
of Thermal Refugia by Salmonids
in a Stressed River System: Implications for the Design of Water
Quality and Biological Monitoring Programs, George Guillen, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Arcata, CA |
Considerations
for Developing Nutrient Criteria Moderator: Don Dycus, Tennessee Valley Authority Evaluating
the Link Between Nutrient Concentrations, Periphyton-Growth
Rates, and Biological Indicators of Ecosystem Health in Five Streams
in Nutrient
and Algal Dynamics in the Establishing
Nutrient Criteria for Environmental
Water-Quality Zones for Streams: A New Regionalization
Scheme, Dale
Robertson |
Selecting
Indicators and Categorizing Results in Environmental Evaluations Moderator: Chuck Spooner, USEPA Oklahoma
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Use Support Assessment Protocols (USAP): An Historical Overview and
Their Practical Application, Bill Cauthron Development
and Application of Indicators for Monitoring Coastal Response to
Effluent Diversion in Finding
the Gaps: An Assessment
of Aquatic Biodiversity for the |
Data
Evaluation Tools – Statistics, GIS, and Models Moderator: Tony Olsen, USEPA Analyzing
Archived Water Monitoring Data For Temporal Patterns, Carl Zipper Estimation
of Nutrient Loads Using Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring and
Regression Analysis Compared to Other Load-Estimation Methods,
Victoria Christensen A
WEB-based GIS Application with a Focus on Source Water Protection
Goals of the Safe Drinking Water Act, William Cooter The
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Examples
and Experiences with Multi-metric Indices Moderator: James Stribling, Tetra Tech. Inc. Vegetation
Index of Biotic Integrity (VIBI) for Wetlands: Ecoregional, Hydrogeomorphic
and Plant Community Comparisons with Preliminary Wetland Aquatic Life
Use Designations, John Mack, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Development
and Testing of a Stream Site Classification for Use of Indices in Evaluating Florida's Ground Water Quality, Rick Copeland, Fl Dept. of Environmental Quality |
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Speaker
Luncheon, Conference Dedication and Award Presentation |
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Track
6: Data to Information to
Action Concurrent
Presentations and Discussions
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Communicating
Results that People Can Understand Moderator: Abby Markowitz, Tetra Tech, Inc. "Developing communication strategies involves setting goals and figuring out how to reach them. This interactive session will examine a series of steps we can use to craft effective communication strategies to get us where we want to go: objective, audience, message, format, distribution, and evaluation. Facilitators: Abby Markowitz, Tetra Tech"
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Volunteer
Monitoring Moderator: Linda Green URI Watershed Watch Monitoring
for Action, Elizabeth Herron FM
River Project, Thomas Moe Testing Water Qaulity in Puerto Rico's Beaches, Ana Navarro The Great American Secchi Dip-In: Creating an International Volunteer Network, Bob Carlson, Kent State University |
Initiating
Action at the Local Level Moderator: Toni Johnson, USGS Coupling
Hands-On Geoscience Education with Riparian Restoration in the Red
River Basin, North Dakota, Charlene Crocker, Energy &
Environment Research Center Communicating
Water Quality/Quantity Data to a Small Wisconsin Village Board in time
for Informed Decisions, Wes Halverson Design
of Water Quality Information Systems within the Framework of
Collaborative Watershed Organizations, Case Study: Big Thompson Watershed Forum,
Julianne Brown |
Computerizing
the Environmental Movement Moderator: Jeff Loser, US Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mary Ambrose, TNRCC Using
Internet Information to Protect Water Quality in Dissemination
of Beach Water Quality and Notification Nationwide, Tim Gormley Online
with IOWATER Monitors, Lynette Seigley GIS
Outreach and Training Approaches for Decision-Makers and Educators to
Ensure Data to Action in Local Watersheds, Jeffrey Schloss |
Communicating
the Big
Picture Moderator: Greg Gross, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Water Quality Management 101 - Communicating the Big Picture with the Basics, Derek Smithee, Oklahoma Water Resources Board Communicating
The Glue That Binds: Linking Monitoring Through Communication in the Great Lakes Basin Ric Lawson, Lake Michigan Monitoring Coordination Council Moving from "Data" to "Indicators": Connecting Water with Decision Making, Elisabeth Graffy, U.S. Geological Survey |
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Poster
Break #5 Biological
Assessment §
Assemblage-Level
Biological Indicators for Determining Impairment/Non-Impairment Status
of Mississippi Streams, James Stribling, Tetra Tech, Inc. §
Biological
Assessment of the Little §
An
Introduction to Wetland Bioassessment and the Biological Assessment of
Wetlands Workgroup, Douglass Hoskins, United States EPA Effective
Data Communication Tools §
Characterizing
Ground-Water Quality in §
Using
Brochures to Effectively Communicate Biomonitoring Results:
A Quick Yet Informative Way to Look at Your Watershed, Kristen
Pavlik, Tetra Tech, Inc. §
Picture’s
Worth 1,000 (or more) Data Points: Using Data Visualization Tools to
Present Large Quantities of Water Quality Data, Chris Buck, Apprise
Technologies, Inc. |
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Water Information Strategies Moderators: Robert Ward, Colorado State University & Peter Tennant, Orsanco |
Moderator:
Herb Brass, USEPA & Charlie Peters, USGS |
Moderator: Fred Banach, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection & Linda Green, URI Watershed Watch |
Moderator:
Jeff Loser, US Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service |
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Concluding
General Session: Summary
reports from Wednesday’s four Council workgroup discussion sessions,
followed by an open-microphone period. |
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Lunch |
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Moderator: Charlie Peters, USGS |
We
will explore:
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