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