DAY 1 • Morning • Wed, 10/12
2016 SC Water Resources Conference Schedule
7:30 AM
Registration Opens
8:30-10 AM
Ballroom A Opening Remarks | Jeffery Allen, Executive Director - Clemson University SC Water Resources Center South Carolina’s Water Resources - Our Opportunity is Now | George Askew, Vice President - Clemson University Public Service and Agriculture (PSA) Morning Plenary Session: The October 2015 Flood in South Carolina: Federal and State Perspectives John Shelton, Assistant Director for Data - US Geological Survey; Jill Stewart, Director of Dam Safety and Stormwater Permitting Division, SC DNR; Maria Lamm, State Coordinator of Flood Mitigation Programs - SC DNR
10-10:30 AM
Morning Break (Lower Level)
SESSION 1 10:30-NOON Room Assignment
SESSION TITLE MODERATOR
TRACK 1
Water Policy and Planning Lexington Room A Water Resource Planning I Lori Dickes
Groundwater Eric Strom
Clemson University
Scott Harder
PRESENTER 1 10:35-11
PRESENTER 2 11:05-11:30
PRESENTER 3 11:35-12
TRACK 2
Surface Water and Groundwater Systems Lexington Room B
US Geological Survey
TRACK 3A
TRACK 4A
TRACK 4B
Richland Room A
Hydrologic Monitoring and Modeling Richland Room B
Hydrologic Monitoring and Modeling Richland Room C
Monitoring Cal Sawyer
Data Mining I Tim Callahan
October 2015 Extreme Event Colt Bowles
Stormwater
Clemson University
College of Charleston
Congaree A Stormwater Pond Initiative April Turner
SC Sea Grant Consortium
Erik Smith
US Geological Survey
Bruce Campbell
Andrew Stroud
South Carolina State Water Plan Update
Development & Application of a Groundwater-Flow Model of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifers, Aiken County to Support Water Resource Decisions
The City of Columbia Stormwater Management Program & Integrating Water Quality Community Outreach & Education with a Volunteer Adopt-a-Stream Program
Robert Osborne
James Landmeyer US Geological Survey
Upstate Forever
Phinizy Center for Water Sciences
University of South Carolina
Maggie Emmons
Andrew Tweel
Incorporating Resilience into Water Resource Planning
Assessment of Groundwater Quality of Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifers, Aiken County, SC
Using Volunteer Monitoring to Improve Water Quality in Upstate South Carolina
Results of a Continuous Lagrangian River Cruise on the Savannah River to Determine Overall Metabolic Activity of this Ecosystem
Assessing the Effects of Sanitary Sewage Overflows from the 1000-year Rain Event on Metal Cycling in the Congaree Watershed
Stormwater Pond Inventory for the Eight Coastal Counties of SC
Susan Libes
Frances Ellerbe
Black & Veatch
Nina Caraway
Alexander Butler
Using South Carolina’s New South Water Quantity Models to Support Regional Water Planning
Development of a Groundwater Recharge Model for South Carolina Using the USGS SWB Method
CDM Smith
SCDNR
Erika Hollis
Coastal Carolina University
University of South Carolina
David Shelley
Stormwater
SCDNR
City of Columbia
Matt Neet
USACE
TRACK 3B
Congaree National Park
Employing Virtual Beach Reconstructing the October Software, Historic in Situ, 2015 Flood on Cedar Creek Remotely Sensed & Coastal at Congaree National Park, SC Observation System Data for Bacteria Forecast Water Quality Modeling in Sarasota, FL
Oscar Flite III
Woolpert
Rapid Reporting in Long-term The Rapid and Comprehensive Monitoring Programs for Analysis of Storm Events from Detection of Illicit Discharges Continuous Water Quality by NPDES SMS4 Communities Monitoring Datasets
Devendra Amatya USDA Forest Service
USC / North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR
TRACK 5
Climate, Floods and Drought Ballroom A Flood of 2015 I Noel Hurley
US Geological Survey
Toby Feaster
US Geological Survey
The Flood of October 2015 SC Stormwater Ponds and Other Major Floods Research & Management in South Carolina Collaborative: Developing an Integrated & Sustainable Economic & Natural Resource Strategy for Construction, Use & Maintenance
SCDNR
Katie Buckley
Clemson University
Healthy Landscapes, Rainfall and Hydrograph Healthy Ponds: Reponse from Watersheds Developing an Outreach for the October 2015 Strategy for Pond, Extreme Precipitation Event on the Santee Experimental Forest Community and Ecosystem Well-Being
Peng Gao
Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments How Extreme was the October 2015 Precipitation Event in South Carolina?
Hope Mizzell
SC Climatology Office Online Interactive Journal Outlines 2015 South Carolina Historic Rain and Flooding
DAY 1 • Afternoon • Wed, 10/12 12-1:30 PM LUNCH SESSION 2 1:45-3:15 SESSION TITLE MODERATOR
PRESENTER 1 1:50-2:15
PRESENTER 2 2:20-2:45
PRESENTER 3 2:50-3:15
3:15-3:45
2016 SC Water Resources Conference Schedule
Ballroom B/C Lunch Plenary Session - Sponsored by Duke Energy The October 2015 Flood in South Carolina: Local Perspective Clint Shealy, Water Works Superintendent, City of Columbia
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
TRACK 3A Richland Room A
Water Energy Nexus Rob Carey
Assessment and Allocation David Graves
Research Management BMPs Heather Preston
David Ladner
William Wenerick SCDHEC
Robinson Design Engineers
US Geological Survey
Clemson University
Integrated Energy-Water Planning in the Eastern Interconnection
Stream Assessment Tools for Compensatory Mitigation
An Engineering Methodology to Quanitfy the Hydraulic and Hydrologic Performance of Green Roofs
Low-flow Statistics Updates in South Carolina
Clemson University
SCDHEC
SCDHEC
Joshua Robinson
Hydrologic Monitoring and Modeling Richland Room C
TRACK 3B
Lexington Room A
Clemson University
Stormwater
TRACK 4
Surface Water and Groundwater Systems Lexington Room B
Water Policy and Planning
Data Mining II Noel Hurley
US Geological Survey
Toby Feaster
Stormwater
TRACK 5
Congaree A
Climate, Floods and Drought Ballroom A
Stormwater Pond Initiative April Turner
Flood of 2015 II Gwen Geidel
SC Sea Grant Consortium
University of South Carolina
Lori Dickes
Maria Lamm
A Policy Overview of Stormwater Pond Management in South Carolina’s Eight Coastal Counties
October 2015 Flooding Impacts on Floodplain Management at the State and Local Level
Dianne Greenfield
Brian Bates
SCDNR
SynTerra Corporation
US Geological Survey
Celeste Journey
Betsy Kaemmerlen
James Riddle
Coal Combustion Residuals: Environmental Risk and Remedy
Assessment of Stream Quality in the Piedmont and Appalachian Mountain Area of the Southeastern United States
An Innovative Approach to Storm Drainage: The Shandon Green Infrastructure Project
Spartanburg County Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Program Partnering for Results
Jay Weist
Eleanor Jenkins Clemson University
Clemson University, Baruch Institute
US Geological Survey
University of South Carolina
Geoff Scott
Edward Dickson
Case Study Electric Utility Compliance - New EPA Effluent Limitations Guidelines
Using Simulation-Based Optimization to Guide Allocations of Surface and Ground Water Resources for Agricultural Water Use
Stormwater Decision-Making in Coastal South Carolina: Is Science Informing Regulations?
Integrating Irrigation Metering and Imagery Acquired from Unmanned Aircraft Systems with Geostatistical Analyses to Enhance Agricultural Production & Conserve Energy and Water Resources in South Carolina
An Assessment of NPS Runoff Pollution in Coastal Stormwater Ponds of SC & the Potential for Development of Antibiotic Resistant Microbes
October 2015 Dam Inundation: How the Flood Changed the Conversation Around Dam Inundation Mapping
Jerry Wylie
WorleyParsons
Afternoon Break (Lower Level)
Fuss and O’Neill
Daniel Hitchcock
Woolpert
Lynn Torak
University of South Carolina SCDNR Updating the State-of-theKnowledge: Ecological Function of Stormwater Detention Ponds Within the Coastal Landscape
Woolpert
The 1000-year Flood from 10,000 feet
AECOM
DAY 1 • Afternoon • Wed, 10/12 SESSION 3 3:45-5:15 SESSION TITLE MODERATOR
PRESENTER 1 3:50-4:15
PRESENTER 2 4:20-4:45
PRESENTER 3 4:50-5:15
5:30-7:00
TRACK 1
2016 SC Water Resources Conference Schedule
TRACK 2
TRACK 3A
TRACK 4
TRACK 3B
TRACK 5
Richland Room A
Hydrologic Monitoring and Modeling Richland Room C
US Geological Survey
Management & Applications/Outreach Cal Sawyer
Hydrology/Water Quality Monitoring I Devendra Amatya
Brian Bates
James Landmeyer
Kimberly Morganello Clemson University
College of Charleston
College of Charleston
Vijay Vulava
Jack Beers
WOTUS - “If it doesn’t result in a map, the definition is flawed”
Occurrence of Elevated Bromoforms in Drinking Water Produced from Deep Public-Supply Wells in Williamsburg County, SC
Rainwater Harvesting: Program Evaluation to Understand Real World Attitudes, Perceptions, and User Application of the Practice
Field Spectroscopy as a Tool for Enhancing Water Quality Monitoring in Coastal Watersheds: ACE Basin, South Carolina
Sources, Fate, and Transport of Contaminants in Engineered Stormwater Structures: A Coastal SC Perspective
Utilizing GIS to Help Manage a Major Disaster Program: Case Study - The October Flood in SC and FEMA Substantial Damage Inspections
Matthew Neet
Francis Chapelle US Geological Survey
Clemson University
Phinizy Center for Water Sciences
Carson Pruitt
Christopher Mothorpe
Edward Rabon
Environmental Justice Guideline Comparisons with Coincident Fish Consumption Advisory Waterbodies in South Carolina
The Removal Kinetics of Dissolved Organic Matter and the Optical Clarity of Groundwater
Master Pond Manager: A Model Approach for Better Pond Management Outreach
Modeling an Urban Stream’s Response to Precipitation, a Case Study in Augusta, Georgia
South Carolina Pond Management Approaches and Costs: An Economic State-of-Knowledge Review & Synthesis
Monitoring the Effects of the South Carolina Flood Events in Charleston Harbor in October 2015
Kevin Finneran
Chris Starker
Water Policy and Planning Lexington Room A
Surface Water and Groundwater Systems Lexington Room B
HydroGeography Lori Dickes
Groundwater Contamination Eric Strom
Clemson University Woolpert
University of South Carolina
Ronnie Martin
US Geological Survey
SCDHEC
Clemson University
Clean Water Act Implementation Assessment: How are States Implementing and are there Opportunities to Improve Efficiency?
Combined Biological & Chemical Approaches in Groundwater Remediation
Stormwater
Clemson University
Guinn Wallover
Upstate Forever
Diving into Development Standards to Find Stormwater Remedies that Save Money and Improve Safety
USDA Forest Service
Caitlyn Mayer
Stormwater Congaree A
Stormwater Pond Initiative April Turner SC Sea Grant Consortium
Climate, Floods and Drought Ballroom A Water Quality Changes as a Result of Flooding David Graves SCDHEC
CDM Smith
SCDHEC
College of Charleston
Stephen Arnott
S. Samadi
University of South Carolina Embracing Uncertainty: A Case Study Examining Bayesian Algorithm to Conceptual and Distributed Hydrology Models over a Complex Environmental System
PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ALL PRESENTERS
SCDNR
Effects of the Hurricane Joaquin Extreme Flooding Event in the Estuaries and Coastal Waters of South Carolina
Reception, Poster Session and Judging for Student Poster Competition (Lower Level) / Sponsored by Santee Cooper
DAY 2 • Morning • Thurs, 10/13
2016 SC Water Resources Conference Schedule
7:30 AM
Registration Opens
8:30-10 AM
Ballroom A Welcome and Conference Remarks | Jeffery Allen, Executive Director - Clemson University SC Water Resources Center Morning Plenary Session: Legislative Panel, South Carolina Flooding Events and State Water Planning Moderator: Senator Paul Campbell, Ag & Natural Resources Committee Panel Participants: Senator Danny Verdin (Ag & Natural Resources Committee); Senator Vincent Sheheen (Ag & Natural Resources Committee); Rep Roger Kirby (Ag, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee); Rep Russell Ott (Ag, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee)
10-10:30 AM
Morning Break (Lower Level)
SESSION 4 10:30-NOON
Water Policy and Planning
SESSION TITLE MODERATOR
PRESENTER 1 10:35-11
PRESENTER 2 11:05-11:30
PRESENTER 3 11:35-12
TRACK 1
TRACK 7
TRACK 3
Lexington Room A
Coastal and Estuarine Systems Lexington Room B
Richland Room A
Understanding and Communicating Risk Rob Carey
Land Use and Urbanization Anne Blair
Research: Pond Management Heather Preston
Clemson University
Mike Caston
SJWD Water District WHAT IF...? Using Dendroclimatology for Water Resource Planning
Chris Mack
NOAA Hollings Marine Laboratory
William Vesely
College of Charleston
SCDHEC
Austin Waldorf
Coastal Carolina University
TRACK 4
TRACK 5
Kimberly Sitta
College of Charleston
Effective Strategies for Communicating Risk
Top-down and Bottom-up Controls of Phytoplankton Assemblages in Two South Carolina Estuaries
Erik Smith
University of South Carolina North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR Pollutant Removal Performance in Stormwater Detention Ponds Typical of Coastal South Carolina
TRACK 6
Hydrologic Monitoring and Modeling Richland Room B
Climate, Floods and Drought Richland Room C
Infrastructure
Hydrology/Water Quality Monitoring II Colt Bowles
Climate Change and Water Resources in the Carolinas Katie Buckley
Infrastructure Water Use Robert Osborne
Patrick McMahon
Kirsten Lackstrom
USACE
S&ME
Clemson University
Carolinas Integated Sciences and Assessments
Determining the Hydraulic Application of Various 1-D and 2-D Using Dissolved Organic Carbon Climate and Water Resources in the Hydraulic Modeling Software for Concentration and Character Data Efficiency of Stormwater Detention Carolinas: Approaches to Applying to Assess Land Use Change Ponds in South Carolina through the Stream Restoration Design Global Climate Change Information Effects on Coastal Waters Quantification of Hydrolic Budgets to Local & Regional Questions
AECOM
Sayward Harrison
Stormwater
Congaree A
Black & Veatch
David Ladner
Clemson University Mapping South Carolina Drinking Water Quality for Alignment with Health-Record Databases in Epidemiological Studies
John Durkee
Michael Childress
Hope Walker
Using Models to Improve Your NPDES Limits
Using the Coastal Salinity Index and Predicted Streamflow to Forecast SC Blue Crab Landings
What Happens When the Dam Breaks? SJWD’s Emergency Action Plan Program
Aashka Patel
Jonathan Williams, HDR Fred Castles, Catawba-Wateree
Water Environment Consultants
Shane Boring
Clemson University
University of South Carolina
College of Charleston
Kathryn Ellis
Kimberly Jones Town of Bluffton
Kleinschmidt Associates
University of South Carolina
Building Disaster-Resilient Communities: Stakeholder Perspectives on Risk, Response, and Recovery Following the 2015 SC Floods
Hydrological Assessments of Tidal Creeks to Inform Nutrient Management Recommendations
Management Decision Implications Resulting from Analysis of Stormwater Best Management Practice Efficacy Across Temporal and Varying Spatial Scales
Development of Habitat-based Minimum Flows for South Carolina Reservoirs: Options for Site-specific Data
A Bottom-up Approach for Assessing the Long-term Reliability of Water Supply in a Changing Climate
Black & Veatch
Water Management Group
Raw Water Intake Contingency Planning for Resilient Water Supply - CWWMG
DAY 2 • Afternoon • Thurs, 10/13 12-1:30 PM LUNCH
SESSION 5 1:45-3:15 SESSION TITLE MODERATOR
PRESENTER 1 1:50-2:15
PRESENTER 2 2:20-2:45
PRESENTER 3 2:50-3:15
3:15-3:45
2016 SC Water Resources Conference Schedule
Ballroom B/C
Lunch Plenary Session: Update on the South Carolina Surface Water Availability Assessment
Opening Remarks: Colonel Alvin Taylor, SC DNR; Catherine Heigel, SCDHEC Project Partner Leads: Ken Rentiers, SC DNR; David Baize, SCDHEC; John Boyer, CDM Smith; Jeffery Allen, Clemson University
TRACK 1
TRACK 7
TRACK 3
Water Planning Tools and Techniques Shawn Nanney
Monitoring Rheta Geddings DiNovo
Clemson University
SCDHEC
Anne Marie Johnson
Benjamin Theaput
Debabrata Sahoo Woolpert
Clemson University
Utilization of the SC Watershed Atlas for Water Resource Planning and Management
Streamgaging Toward the Future: Continuous Nitrate Monitoring, Waccamaw River Watershed, SC
Unraveling the Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Truth Using Continuous Water Quality Monitoring in South Carolina
Lexington Room A
SCDHEC
US Geological Survey
Stormwater
TRACK 4
Coastal and Estuarine Systems Lexington Room B
Water Policy and Planning
TRACK 5A
TRACK 5B
Richland Room A
Hydrologic Monitoring and Modeling Richland Room B
Climate, Floods and Drought Richland Room C
Climate, Floods and Drought Congaree A
Case Studies Cal Sawyer
Emerging Contaminants Gwen Geidel
Development of a Drought Early Warning System for the Carolinas
University of South Carolina
Impact of Climate Change on Streamflow Robert Osborne Black & Veatch
Charleston Water System
Sarah Au
Anoop Valiya Veettil
Kirsten Lackstrom
Bioavailability of Fluoranthene Adsorbed to Microplastics
Water Resources in Savannah River Basin: Historical Assessment and Projected Climate Change Scenarios Analysis
Clemson University
Clemson University
Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments Development of a Drought Early Warning System for the Coastal Carolinas: Session Introduction
Greg Carbone
University of South Carolina
Bruce Campbell
Barbara Beckingham
Kendall Flint Holbrook Woolpert
US Geological Survey
Savannah River National Laboratory
A Hydroclimate Extremes Atlas for the Carolinas
South Carolina Atlantic Coastal Plain Groundwater Availability Model
Transport of Carbonaceous Materials and PAHs in a Tidal Creek-Bull Creek, Charleston, SC
Regulations of Stormwater in South Carolina, History and Development over 45 Years
Bioactive and Biocidal Contaminants in Water, Sediment, and Tissue at Congaree National Park
Quantifying the Effect of Compromised Water Resources on Operations at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site
US Geological Survey
US Geological Survey
College of Charleston
Andrea Sassard
Brooke Czwartacki SCDNR
Amec Foster Wheeler
US Geological Survey
Paul Bradley
Kirk Westphal
Creation of a Visualization and Access Portal for Coastal South Carolina Water Monitoring and Sampling Locations
Monitoring Saltwater Intrusion along the Coast of South Carolina
Kinley Creek Watershed Study: Solving Difficult Flooding Problems in an Urban Watershed
Microcystins Occurrence in Wadeable Streams in the Southeastern United States
Reducing the Risks of Climate Uncertainty on Water
SC Sea Grant Consortium
Afternoon Break (Lower Level)
William Lamb
Paul Bradley
David Werth
Jane Byrne
CDM Smith
Paul Conrads
Hydrologic Record Extension of Salinity Data to Evaluate LongTerm Coastal Drought Conditions
Amanda Farris
Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments
What Can Citizen Scientists Tell Us About Drought? Using the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network to Improve the Monitoring and Reporting of Drought Impacts in the Carolinas
DAY 2 • Afternoon • Thurs, 10/13 SESSION 6 3:45-5:15 SESSION TITLE MODERATOR
TRACK 1
Lexington Room A Water Resource Planning II Mike Harrelson
Resource Management & Loss Tim Callahan
Santee Cooper
5:15
Jeremy Pike
Stormwater
TRACK 4
TRACK 6
Richland Room A
Hydrologic Monitoring and Modeling Richland Room B
Richland Room C
Implications of Hydraulic Design Anne Blair
Biological Communities Katie Buckley
Nutrients and Water Jane Byrne
NOAA Hollings Marine Laboratory
Tanjina Afrin
Clemson University
Kevin Conlon
Infrastructure
Charleston Water System
Chad Wagner
Clemson University
Clemson University
US Geological Survey
US Geological Survey
Long-term and Two-period Analysis of Hydrologic Conditions of the South Edisto River
Developing Sediment Management Guidelines for the Broad River Basin
Discharge Characteristics of Perforated Pipe UnderdrainAggregate System
Determination of Changes in Water Quality, Streambed Sediment, & Benthic Macroinvertebrates as a Result of Stormwater Runoff from Selected Bridges in South Carolina
Effects of Land-Applied Biosolids on Surface-Water Loads and Groundwater Quality in the Jordan Lake Watershed, NC
Daniel Calhoun
Katherine Johnson
Damon Mullis
Matt Huddleston
Amec Foster Wheeler
US Geological Survey
Phinizy Center for Water Sciences
Phinizy Center for Water Sciences
SynTerra Corporation
Development of Watershed Plans
Spatial and Temporal Assessment of Back-Barrier Erosion on Cumberland Island National Seashore
Stormwater Infrastructure and Channel Integrity: How to Assess Tributaries in the Watershed of Augusta-Richmond County and Other Urban Areas
Thermal Regime below Thurmond Dam and its Relationship to the Longitudinal Organization of Macroinvertebrate Assemblages
Adaptive Water Resource Management for Problem Algae
Melanie Ruhlman
PRESENTER 3 4:50-5:15
College of Charleston
TRACK 3
Atkins
Angela Vandelay & Kelli Garcia
PRESENTER 2 4:20-4:45
TRACK 7
Coastal and Estuarine Systems Lexington Room B
Water Policy and Planning
Rebecca Berzinis
PRESENTER 1 3:50-4:15
2016 SC Water Resources Conference Schedule
Jared Porter
Will Martin
Kelsey Laymon
Shawn Rosenquist
Save Our Saluda
Kleinschmidt Associates
Clemson University
Phinizy Center for Water Sciences
Phinizy Center for Water Sciences
Safe Yield and Minimum Flow Determinations in the Upper Saluda River Watershed
Influence of Environmental Variable on Passage of American Shad at the Columbia Diversion Dam, Broad River, SC
Impact of Climate Change on Site Rainfall-Runoff Characteristics
Comparison of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Colonizing Three Types of Passive Samplers for Non-Wadeable Streams
A Historical Perspective of Nutrient Levels, Sources and Processing in the Savannah River Basin
Conference Closes