2016 SC Water Resources Conference ScheduleDAY 1 • Morning • Wed, 10/12

7:30 AM Registration Opens

Morning Break (Lower Level)

Ballroom AOpening Remarks | Jeffery Allen, Executive Director - Clemson University SC Water Resources CenterSouth 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 PerspectivesJohn 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

8:30-10 AM

10-10:30 AM

SESSION 110:30-NOONRoom Assignment

TRACK 1Water Policy and

PlanningLexington Room A

Scott HarderSCDNR

Bruce CampbellUS Geological Survey

Andrew StroudCity of Columbia

Matt NeetUniversity of South Carolina

David ShelleyCongaree National Park

Toby FeasterUS Geological Survey

Robert OsborneBlack & Veatch

James Landmeyer US Geological Survey

Erika HollisUpstate Forever

Oscar Flite IIIPhinizy Center for Water Sciences

Maggie EmmonsUniversity of South Carolina

Peng GaoCarolinas Integrated

Sciences and Assessments

GroundwaterEric Strom

US Geological Survey

MonitoringCal Sawyer

Clemson University

Data Mining ITim Callahan

College of Charleston

Flood of 2015 INoel Hurley

US Geological Survey

TRACK 2Surface Water and

Groundwater SystemsLexington Room B

TRACK 3AStormwater

Richland Room A

TRACK 4AHydrologic Monitoring

and ModelingRichland Room B

TRACK 4BHydrologic Monitoring

and ModelingRichland Room C

TRACK 5Climate, Floods

and DroughtBallroom A

TRACK 3BStormwater

Congaree A

South CarolinaState Water Plan Update

Development & Application of a Groundwater-Flow Model

of the Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifers, Aiken County

to Support Water Resource Decisions

Assessment of GroundwaterQuality of Atlantic Coastal

Plain Aquifers,Aiken County, SC

The City of Columbia Stormwater Management

Program & Integrating Water Quality Community

Outreach & Education with a Volunteer Adopt-a-Stream

Program

Using Volunteer Monitoring toImprove Water Quality

in Upstate South Carolina

Employing Virtual Beach Software, Historic in Situ, Remotely Sensed & CoastalObservation System Data for

Bacteria Forecast Water QualityModeling in Sarasota, FL

Results of a ContinuousLagrangian River Cruise on theSavannah River to Determine

Overall Metabolic Activityof this Ecosystem

Reconstructing the October2015 Flood on Cedar Creek

at Congaree National Park, SC

Assessing the Effects of Sanitary Sewage Overflows from the 1000-year RainEvent on Metal Cycling inthe Congaree Watershed

The Flood of October 2015and Other Major Floods

in South Carolina

Erik SmithUSC / North Inlet-Winyah

Bay NERRSC Stormwater Ponds

Research & ManagementCollaborative: Developing

an Integrated & SustainableEconomic & Natural Resource

Strategy for Construction,Use & Maintenance

How Extreme was the October 2015

Precipitation Event in South Carolina?

Andrew TweelSCDNR

Stormwater Pond Inventoryfor the Eight Coastal

Counties of SC

Incorporating Resilienceinto Water Resource

Planning

Nina CarawayCDM Smith

Alexander ButlerSCDNR

Susan LibesCoastal Carolina University

Frances EllerbeWoolpert

Devendra AmatyaUSDA Forest Service

Hope MizzellSC Climatology Office

Development of a Groundwater Recharge Model

for South CarolinaUsing the USGS SWB Method

Rapid Reporting in Long-termMonitoring Programs for

Detection of Illicit Dischargesby NPDES SMS4 Communities

The Rapid and ComprehensiveAnalysis of Storm Events from

Continuous Water QualityMonitoring Datasets

Rainfall and HydrographReponse from Watersheds

for the October 2015Extreme Precipitation Event onthe Santee Experimental Forest

Online Interactive JournalOutlines 2015 South Carolina Historic Rain

and Flooding

Katie BuckleyClemson University

Healthy Landscapes,Healthy Ponds:

Developing an OutreachStrategy for Pond,

Community and EcosystemWell-Being

Using South Carolina’s New South Water Quantity

Models to SupportRegional Water Planning

SESSION TITLEMODERATOR

Stormwater Pond Initiative

April TurnerSC Sea Grant Consortium

October 2015 Extreme Event

Colt BowlesUSACE

Water Resource Planning ILori Dickes

Clemson University

PRESENTER 110:35-11

PRESENTER 211:05-11:30

PRESENTER 311:35-12

12-1:30 PMLUNCH

Ballroom B/C Lunch Plenary Session - Sponsored by Duke EnergyThe October 2015 Flood in South Carolina: Local PerspectiveClint Shealy, Water Works Superintendent, City of Columbia

2016 SC Water Resources Conference ScheduleDAY 1 • Afternoon • Wed, 10/12

SESSION 21:45-3:15

PRESENTER 11:50-2:15

PRESENTER 22:20-2:45

PRESENTER 32:50-3:15

3:15-3:45

TRACK 1Water Policy and Planning

Lexington Room A

Water Energy NexusRob Carey

Clemson University

David LadnerClemson University

William WenerickSCDHEC

Joshua RobinsonRobinson Design Engineers

Toby FeasterUS Geological Survey

Maria LammSCDNR

Jerry WylieSynTerra Corporation

Celeste JourneyUS Geological Survey

Betsy KaemmerlenFuss and O’Neill

James RiddleWoolpert

Brian BatesWoolpert

Assessment and AllocationDavid Graves

SCDHEC

Research Management BMPsHeather Preston

SCDHEC

Data Mining IINoel Hurley

US Geological Survey

Flood of 2015 IIGwen Geidel

University of South Carolina

TRACK 2Surface Water and

Groundwater SystemsLexington Room B

TRACK 3AStormwater

Richland Room A

TRACK 4Hydrologic Monitoring

and ModelingRichland Room C

TRACK 5Climate, Floods

and DroughtBallroom A

Integrated Energy-WaterPlanning in the Eastern

Interconnection

Stream Assessment Tools forCompensatory Mitigation

Assessment of Stream Quality inthe Piedmont and Appalachian

Mountain Area of theSoutheastern United States

An Engineering Methodology toQuanitfy the Hydraulic andHydrologic Performance of

Green Roofs

An Innovative Approach toStorm Drainage: The ShandonGreen Infrastructure Project

Low-flow Statistics Updatesin South Carolina

Spartanburg County ContinuousWater Quality Monitoring Program

Partnering for Results

The 1000-year Floodfrom 10,000 feet

October 2015 Flooding Impactson Floodplain Managementat the State and Local Level

Coal Combustion Residuals:Environmental Risk and Remedy

Jay WeistWorleyParsons

Eleanor JenkinsClemson University

Daniel HitchcockClemson University, Baruch Institute

Lynn TorakUS Geological Survey

Edward DicksonAECOM

Using Simulation-BasedOptimization to Guide Allocations

of Surface and Ground WaterResources for Agricultural

Water Use

Stormwater Decision-Making inCoastal South Carolina:

Is Science Informing Regulations?

Integrating Irrigation Metering andImagery Acquired from UnmannedAircraft Systems with GeostatisticalAnalyses to Enhance Agricultural

Production & Conserve Energy andWater Resources in South Carolina

October 2015 Dam Inundation:How the Flood Changed theConversation Around Dam

Inundation Mapping

Case Study Electric UtilityCompliance - New EPA Effluent

Limitations Guidelines

Afternoon Break (Lower Level)

Lori DickesClemson University

Stormwater Pond InitiativeApril Turner

SC Sea Grant Consortium

TRACK 3BStormwater

Congaree A

A Policy Overview of StormwaterPond Management in South

Carolina’s Eight Coastal Counties

Dianne GreenfieldUniversity of South Carolina

SCDNRUpdating the State-of-the-

Knowledge: Ecological Functionof Stormwater Detention PondsWithin the Coastal Landscape

An Assessment of NPS RunoffPollution in Coastal Stormwater

Ponds of SC & the Potentialfor Development of Antibiotic

Resistant Microbes

Geoff ScottUniversity of South Carolina

SESSION TITLEMODERATOR

2016 SC Water Resources Conference ScheduleDAY 1 • Afternoon • Wed, 10/12

SESSION 33:45-5:15

PRESENTER 13:50-4:15

PRESENTER 24:20-4:45

PRESENTER 34:50-5:15

5:30-7:00

TRACK 1Water Policy and Planning

Lexington Room A

HydroGeographyLori Dickes

Clemson University

Brian BatesWoolpert

James LandmeyerUS Geological Survey

Kimberly MorganelloClemson University

Caitlyn MayerCollege of Charleston

Jack BeersCDM Smith

Matthew NeetUniversity of South Carolina

Francis ChapelleUS Geological Survey

Guinn WalloverClemson University

Carson PruittPhinizy Center for Water Sciences

Edward RabonSCDHEC

Groundwater ContaminationEric Strom

US Geological Survey

TRACK 2Surface Water and

Groundwater SystemsLexington Room B

TRACK 3AStormwater

Richland Room A

TRACK 4Hydrologic Monitoring

and ModelingRichland Room C

TRACK 5Climate, Floods

and DroughtBallroom A

WOTUS - “If it doesn’t result ina map, the definition is flawed”

Occurrence of ElevatedBromoforms in Drinking Water

Produced from Deep Public-SupplyWells in Williamsburg County, SC

The Removal Kinetics of DissolvedOrganic Matter and the Optical

Clarity of Groundwater

Rainwater Harvesting: ProgramEvaluation to Understand Real

World Attitudes, Perceptions, andUser Application of the Practice

Master Pond Manager:A Model Approach for BetterPond Management Outreach

Field Spectroscopy as a Tool forEnhancing Water Quality Monitoring

in Coastal Watersheds:ACE Basin, South Carolina

Modeling an Urban Stream’sResponse to Precipitation, a Case

Study in Augusta, Georgia

Monitoring the Effects of theSouth Carolina Flood Events

in Charleston Harbor in October 2015

Utilizing GIS to Help Manage aMajor Disaster Program:

Case Study - The October Floodin SC and FEMA Substantial

Damage Inspections

Environmental Justice GuidelineComparisons with CoincidentFish Consumption Advisory

Waterbodies in South Carolina

Ronnie MartinSCDHEC

Kevin FinneranClemson University

Chris StarkerUpstate Forever

S. SamadiUniversity of South Carolina

Stephen ArnottSCDNR

Combined Biological & ChemicalApproaches in Groundwater

Remediation

Diving into DevelopmentStandards to Find Stormwater

Remedies that Save Money andImprove Safety

Embracing Uncertainty: A CaseStudy Examining Bayesian

Algorithm to Conceptual andDistributed Hydrology Models overa Complex Environmental System

Effects of the Hurricane JoaquinExtreme Flooding Event in theEstuaries and Coastal Waters

of South Carolina

Clean Water Act ImplementationAssessment: How are StatesImplementing and are there

Opportunities to Improve Efficiency?

Christopher MothorpeCollege of Charleston

Stormwater Pond InitiativeApril Turner

SC Sea Grant Consortium

TRACK 3BStormwater

Congaree A

South Carolina Pond ManagementApproaches and Costs:

An Economic State-of-KnowledgeReview & Synthesis

PANEL DISCUSSIONWITH ALL PRESENTERS

Sources, Fate, and Transport ofContaminants in Engineered

Stormwater Structures:A Coastal SC Perspective

Vijay VulavaCollege of Charleston

Reception, Poster Session and Judging for Student Poster Competition (Lower Level) / Sponsored by Santee Cooper

SESSION TITLEMODERATOR

Management & Applications/Outreach

Cal SawyerClemson University

Hydrology/Water QualityMonitoring I

Devendra AmatyaUSDA Forest Service

Water Quality Changesas a Result of Flooding

David GravesSCDHEC

2016 SC Water Resources Conference ScheduleDAY 2 • Morning • Thurs, 10/13

7:30 AM Registration Opens

Morning Break (Lower Level)

Ballroom AWelcome and Conference Remarks | Jeffery Allen, Executive Director - Clemson University SC Water Resources CenterMorning Plenary Session: Legislative Panel, South Carolina Flooding Events and State Water PlanningModerator: Senator Paul Campbell, Ag & Natural Resources CommitteePanel 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)

8:30-10 AM

10-10:30 AM

SESSION 410:30-NOON

PRESENTER 110:35-11

PRESENTER 211:05-11:30

PRESENTER 311:35-12

TRACK 1Water Policy and Planning

Lexington Room A

Mike CastonSJWD Water District

William VeselyCollege of Charleston

Austin WaldorfCoastal Carolina University

Patrick McMahonS&ME

Kirsten LackstromCarolinas Integated

Sciences and Assessments

David LadnerClemson University

Chris MackAECOM

Kimberly SittaCollege of Charleston

Erik SmithUniversity of South Carolina

North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR

John DurkeeWater Environment Consultants

Michael ChildressClemson University

Hope WalkerBlack & Veatch

Land Use and UrbanizationAnne Blair

NOAA Hollings Marine Laboratory

Research: Pond ManagementHeather Preston

SCDHEC

Infrastructure Water UseRobert Osborne

Black & Veatch

TRACK 7Coastal and Estuarine

SystemsLexington Room B

TRACK 3Stormwater

Richland Room A

TRACK 4Hydrologic Monitoring

and ModelingRichland Room B

TRACK 5Climate, Floods and

DroughtRichland Room C

TRACK 6Infrastructure

Congaree A

WHAT IF...?Using Dendroclimatology for

Water Resource Planning

Using Dissolved Organic CarbonConcentration and Character Data

to Assess Land Use ChangeEffects on Coastal Waters

Top-down and Bottom-up Controlsof Phytoplankton Assemblagesin Two South Carolina Estuaries

Determining the HydraulicEfficiency of Stormwater Detention

Ponds in South Carolina through theQuantification of Hydrolic Budgets

Pollutant Removal Performancein Stormwater Detention Ponds

Typical of Coastal South Carolina

Application of Various 1-D and 2-DHydraulic Modeling Software for

Stream Restoration Design

Using Models to Improve YourNPDES Limits

Climate and Water Resources in theCarolinas: Approaches to ApplyingGlobal Climate Change Information

to Local & Regional Questions

Using the Coastal Salinity Indexand Predicted Streamflow to

Forecast SC Blue Crab Landings

Mapping South Carolina DrinkingWater Quality for Alignment with

Health-Record Databases inEpidemiological Studies

What Happens When the DamBreaks? SJWD’s Emergency

Action Plan Program

Effective Strategies forCommunicating Risk

Sayward HarrisonUniversity of South Carolina

Kathryn EllisCollege of Charleston

Kimberly JonesTown of Bluffton

Shane BoringKleinschmidt Associates

Aashka PatelUniversity of South Carolina

Jonathan Williams, HDRFred Castles, Catawba-Wateree

Water Management GroupHydrological Assessments ofTidal Creeks to Inform NutrientManagement Recommendations

Management Decision ImplicationsResulting from Analysis of

Stormwater Best Management Practice Efficacy Across Temporal

and Varying Spatial Scales

Development of Habitat-basedMinimum Flows for South Carolina

Reservoirs: Options forSite-specific Data

A Bottom-up Approach forAssessing the Long-term

Reliability of Water Supplyin a Changing Climate

Raw Water Intake ContingencyPlanning for Resilient Water

Supply - CWWMG

Building Disaster-ResilientCommunities: Stakeholder

Perspectives on Risk, Response, and Recovery Following the

2015 SC Floods

SESSION TITLEMODERATOR

Understanding andCommunicating Risk

Rob CareyClemson University

Hydrology/Water QualityMonitoring IIColt Bowles

USACE

Climate Change and WaterResources in the Carolinas

Katie BuckleyClemson University

2016 SC Water Resources Conference ScheduleDAY 2 • Afternoon • Thurs, 10/13

SESSION 51:45-3:15

PRESENTER 11:50-2:15

PRESENTER 22:20-2:45

PRESENTER 32:50-3:15

3:15-3:45

TRACK 1Water Policy and Planning

Lexington Room A

Anne Marie JohnsonSCDHEC

Benjamin TheaputUS Geological Survey

Debabrata SahooWoolpert

Anoop Valiya VeettilClemson University

Kirsten LackstromCarolinas Integrated

Sciences and Assessments

Bruce CampbellUS Geological Survey

Barbara BeckinghamCollege of Charleston

Kendall Flint HolbrookWoolpert

David WerthSavannah River National Laboratory

Greg CarboneUniversity of South Carolina

MonitoringRheta Geddings DiNovo

SCDHEC

Case StudiesCal Sawyer

Clemson University

TRACK 7Coastal and Estuarine

SystemsLexington Room B

TRACK 3Stormwater

Richland Room A

TRACK 5AClimate, Floods

and DroughtRichland Room C

TRACK 5BClimate, Floods

and DroughtCongaree A

Utilization of the SC WatershedAtlas for Water Resource Planning

and Management

Streamgaging Toward the Future:Continuous Nitrate Monitoring,Waccamaw River Watershed, SC

Transport of CarbonaceousMaterials and PAHs in a Tidal

Creek-Bull Creek, Charleston, SC

Unraveling the Dissolved OxygenTMDL Truth Using Continuous

Water Quality Monitoringin South Carolina

Regulations of Stormwater in South Carolina, History and

Development over 45 Years

Water Resources in SavannahRiver Basin: Historical Assessment

and Projected Climate ChangeScenarios Analysis

Sarah AuClemson University

Bioavailability of FluorantheneAdsorbed to Microplastics

Quantifying the Effect ofCompromised Water Resources

on Operations at the Departmentof Energy’s Savannah River Site

A Hydroclimate Extremes Atlasfor the Carolinas

Paul ConradsUS Geological Survey

Hydrologic Record Extension ofSalinity Data to Evaluate Long-

Term Coastal Drought Conditions

Development of a Drought EarlyWarning System for the CoastalCarolinas: Session Introduction

South Carolina Atlantic CoastalPlain Groundwater Availability Model

Andrea SassardSC Sea Grant Consortium

Brooke CzwartackiSCDNR

William LambAmec Foster Wheeler

Kirk WestphalCDM Smith

Amanda FarrisCarolinas Integrated Sciences

and AssessmentsMonitoring Saltwater Intrusion

along the Coast of South CarolinaKinley Creek Watershed Study:

Solving Difficult Flooding Problemsin an Urban Watershed

Reducing the Risks of ClimateUncertainty on Water

What Can Citizen Scientists Tell UsAbout Drought? Using the

Community Collaborative Rain, Hail& Snow Network to Improve the

Monitoring and Reporting of Drought Impacts in the Carolinas

Creation of a Visualization andAccess Portal for Coastal SouthCarolina Water Monitoring and

Sampling Locations

Afternoon Break (Lower Level)

Emerging ContaminantsGwen Geidel

University of South Carolina

TRACK 4Hydrologic Monitoring

and ModelingRichland Room B

Microcystins Occurrence inWadeable Streams in the

Southeastern United States

Paul BradleyUS Geological Survey

Bioactive and BiocidalContaminants in Water, Sediment,

and Tissue at CongareeNational Park

Paul BradleyUS Geological Survey

12-1:30 PMLUNCH

Ballroom B/CLunch Plenary Session: Update on the South Carolina Surface Water Availability Assessment Opening Remarks: Colonel Alvin Taylor, SC DNR; Catherine Heigel, SCDHECProject Partner Leads: Ken Rentiers, SC DNR; David Baize, SCDHEC; John Boyer, CDM Smith; Jeffery Allen, Clemson University

SESSION TITLEMODERATOR

Water Planning Toolsand TechniquesShawn NanneyClemson University

Impact of Climate Changeon StreamflowRobert Osborne

Black & Veatch

Development of a Drought Early Warning System for the Carolinas

Jane ByrneCharleston Water System

2016 SC Water Resources Conference ScheduleDAY 2 • Afternoon • Thurs, 10/13

SESSION 63:45-5:15

5:15

TRACK 1Water Policy and Planning

Lexington Room A

Water Resource Planning IIMike Harrelson

Santee Cooper

Rebecca BerzinisAtkins

Jeremy PikeClemson University

Tangina AfrinClemson University

Chad WagnerUS Geological Survey

Angela Vandelay & Kelli GarciaAmec Foster Wheeler

Daniel CalhounUS Geological Survey

Katherine JohnsonPhinizy Center for Water Sciences

Matt HuddlestonSynTerra Corporation

Resource Management & LossTim Callahan

College of Charleston

TRACK 7Coastal and Estuarine

SystemsLexington Room B

TRACK 3Stormwater

Richland Room A

TRACK 6Infrastructure

Richland Room C

Long-term and Two-period Analysisof Hydrologic Conditionsof the South Edisto River

Developing SedimentManagement Guidelines for the

Broad River Basin

Spatial and Temporal Assessment of Back-Barrier

Erosion on Cumberland IslandNational Seashore

Discharge Characteristics ofPerforated Pipe Underdrain-

Aggregate System

Stormwater Infrastructure andChannel Integrity: How to AssessTributaries in the Watershed ofAugusta-Richmond County and

Other Urban Areas

Effects of Land-Applied Biosolidson Surface-Water Loads andGroundwater Quality in theJordan Lake Watershed, NC

Adaptive Water ResourceManagement for Problem Algae

Development of Watershed Plans

Melanie RuhlmanSave Our Saluda

Jared PorterKleinschmidt Associates

Will MartinClemson University

Shawn RosenquistPhinizy Center for Water Sciences

Influence of EnvironmentalVariable on Passage of AmericanShad at the Columbia Diversion

Dam, Broad River, SC

Impact of Climate Change onSite Rainfall-Runoff Characteristics

Kevin ConlonUS Geological Survey

Damon MullisPhinizy Center for Water Sciences

Determination of Changes in WaterQuality, Streambed Sediment, &Benthic Macroinvertebrates as a

Result of Stormwater Runoff fromSelected Bridges in South Carolina

Thermal Regime below ThurmondDam and its Relationship to the

Longitudinal Organization ofMacroinvertebrate Assemblages

Kelsey LaymonPhinizy Center for Water Sciences

Comparison of BenthicMacroinvertebrates Colonizing

Three Types of Passive Samplersfor Non-Wadeable Streams

A Historical Perspective ofNutrient Levels, Sources andProcessing in the Savannah

River Basin

Safe Yield and Minimum FlowDeterminations in the Upper

Saluda River Watershed

Biological CommunitiesKatie Buckley

Clemson University

Nutrients and WaterJane Byrne

Charleston Water System

TRACK 4Hydrologic Monitoring

and ModelingRichland Room B

Conference Closes

SESSION TITLEMODERATOR

Implications of Hydraulic Design

Anne BlairNOAA Hollings Marine Laboratory

PRESENTER 13:50-4:15

PRESENTER 24:20-4:45

PRESENTER 34:50-5:15