Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Concurrent Session I: 10:00–11:30 a.m.
- Concurrent Session II: 1:15–2:45 p.m.
- Concurrent Session III: 3:15–4:45 p.m.
8:00–9:30 – Welcome and Morning Plenary
Joel Larson, Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota
9:30–10:00 – Poster and Vendor Refreshment Break
Track I
Groundwater and Drinking Water Wells
Moderator: Jared Trost
Co-Moderator: Marcey Westrick
10:00–10:20 – 1058: Groundwater Conflict at the Edge of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul Metropolitan Area, Minnesota: When High-Volume Pumping Puts Private Well Owners Out of Water
10:20–10:40 – 1048: MDH Investigative Monitoring for Lithium and Other Unregulated Contaminants in Drinking Water
10:40–11:00 – 1057: A Review of Private Well Sampling in Dakota County
11:00–11:20 – 1055: Will We Have Safe Drinking Water in 2034? Minnesota’s Drinking Water Action Plan
11:20–11:30 – Q&A
Track II
Exploring User Perceptions of Local Water Management Practices
Moderator: Katy Thompson
Co-Moderator: Kari Benjamin
10:00–10:20 – 1025: Bioretention Basins and Retired Residents: A Pilot Project
10:20–10:40 – 1063: Patterns in Minnesota’s Lake User Perception, Eutrophication, and Lake Assessment Datasets—a 35-Year “Big Data” Retrospective
10:40–11:00 – 1110: Investigating Resident Water-Related Concerns in Urban Lake Nokomis Area
11:00–11:20 – 1095: Visitor Perception of Lake Water Quality in Highly Managed Urban Lakes in the Twin Cities
11:20–11:30 – Q&A
Track III
PFAS
Moderator: Cassandra Champion
Co-Moderator: Jeff Peterson
10:00–10:20 – 1013: Spatiotemporal Evaluation of PFAS Concentrations and Partitioning in Mississippi River
10:20–10:40 – 1113: Removal of PFAS from Stormwater: Sorption to Biochars, Activated Carbons, and Ion Exchange Resins
10:40–11:00 – 1053: PFAS in Wet Deposition and Sediments from the Western Great Lakes Region: Insights into the Profile of Atmospherically Deposited PFAS
11:00–11:20 – 1051: A Deeper Dive into PFAS in Sediments of the Great Lakes: Lake Superior and Lake Huron
11:20–11:30 – Q&A
Track IV
Aquatic Invasive Species and Carp Management
Moderator: Holly Wellard
Co-Moderator: Tracy Fallon
10:00–10:20 – 1090: Six Years Later: Results of a Multiyear, Innovative Carp Management Program
10:20–10:40 – 1017/1018: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Carp Management in a 14-Lake System in Minnesota with a Statewide Look at Carp Management Projects
10:40–11:00 – 1016: Tools Work! Boat Cleaning Tools Increase Removal of AIS from the Interior of Boats
11:00–11:20 – 1015: Which Water Bodies in the Upper Mississippi River Basin Are Prone to Invasion?
11:20–11:30 – Q&A
Track V: Special Session
HEC-RAS Developments: What's New & What's Coming
Moderator: Ann Bannitt
Co-Moderator: Erik Brenna
Adam Howard, Jeremiah Jazdzewski, US Army Corps of Engineers, Saint Paul District; Cameron Ackerman, US Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources, Hydrologic Engineering Center
10:00–11:20 – This special session is hosted by the US Army Corps of Engineers Saint Paul District and Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) staff. The session will focus on highlighting some of the recent additions to the HEC-RAS software, showcasing some of the up-and-coming additions and major changes, and ending with open discussion with USACE staff. Come learn about the future of RAS and chat with some of the RAS team.
11:20–11:30 – Q&A
11:30–12:15 – Lunch
12:15–1:00 – Luncheon Session: Dave Ford and Deborah L. Swackhamer Early Career Awards Presentation and Poster Highlights
Track I
Chlorides and Alum
Moderator: Ryan Johnson
Co-Moderator: Lorin Hatch
1:15–1:35 – 1068: Navigating Salinity Shifts: A Multifaceted Approach to Understanding Freshwater Salinization in Urban Lakes
1:35–1:55 – 1076: Are There Viable Solutions for Chloride Pollution? Parkers Lake Study Advances Options for Chloride Source Assessment and Treatment
1:55–2:15 – 1089: Improving Wilmes Lake, One Dose at a Time
2:15–2:35 – 1096: The Importance of Setting Appropriate Goals for Alum Treatments in Lakes
2:35–2:45 – Q&A
Track II
Clean Water History and Future
Moderator: Salam Murtada
Co-Moderator: Tracy Fallon
1:15–1:35 – 1088: The History of Minnesota’s Public Waters Inventory
1:35–1:55 – 1029: 20 Years of Lake Nutrient Impairment Delistings in Minnesota
1:55–2:15 – 1060: Insights from of 11 Years of Stormwater Training Evaluation Data
2:15–2:35 – 1104: Clean Water Council's New Strategic Direction for the Clean Water Fund
2:35–2:45 – Q&A
Track III
Engineering Solutions
Moderator: Rick Voigt
Co-Moderator: Wayne Sicora
1:15–1:35 – 1074: 35W Stormwater Storage Facility Design, Construction, and SWPPP Implementation
1:35–1:55 – 1026: Flood Resiliency, Water Quality, and Play: Reconfiguring a Landlocked Low Point with 7.4 Acre-Feet of Underground Infiltration
1:55–2:15 – 1020: Increasing Resiliency of Brown's Creek Headwaters with County Road Improvements
2:15–2:35 – 1105: Complex River Bridge Hydraulic Design—A Team Effort
2:35–2:45 – Q&A
Track IV
Applied Agriculture
Moderator: Jeff Berg
Co-Moderator: Nazli Yilmaz-Wodzinski
1:15–1:35 – 1004: Agriculture and Septic Systems Influence Rural Groundwater Across the Border: Nitrate, Pathogen, and Fecal Contamination of Private Wells in Western Wisconsin’s Karst Aquifer
1:35–1:55 – 1003: How Do We Achieve Minnesota’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy? The Role of the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program and Site-Specific Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategies
1:55–2:15 – 1007: Lessons Learned from Conversations with Farmers—They Really Do Care about Soil, Water, and Conservation
2:15–2:35 – 1008: Evaluating State Policies Aimed at Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution: Results of Interviews with Agency Professionals
2:35–2:45 – Q&A
Track V: Special Session
Innovations and Integration: Sensing, Data Science, and Water Technology
Moderator: Brent Dalzell
Co-Moderator: Jeff Strock
Tian Cui; Ardeshir Ebtehaj; Shaobo Deng
1:15–2:35 – Integrated and innovative solutions are needed to address water resource concerns. This session will combine emerging interdisciplinary research in three domains: sensors and sensor development; data-enabled environmental monitoring, modeling, and management; and water treatment technologies for urban and agricultural settings. Potential areas of innovation and technology development include recovery of nutrients, reducing costs and improving technology for water monitoring, improving and “greening” urban water infrastructure, and agricultural and industrial water recycling and reuse.
2:35–2:45 – Q&A
2:45–3:15 – Poster and Vendor Refreshment Break
Track I
Stormwater BMPs and Maintenance
Moderator: Tina Carstens
Co-Moderator: John Bilotta
3:15–3:35 – 1071: Inspecting and Maintaining Active Stormwater Filtration Media
3:35–3:55 – 1101: Phosphorus Removal Performance at Rosland Park’s Active Stormwater Filtration System
3:55–4:15 – 1032: Creating New Pond Vegetation Management Standards
4:15–4:35 – 1084: Changes in Stormwater Basin Infiltration Rates with Age
4:35–4:45 – Q&A
Track II
Assessment and Improvement of Ecological Systems
Moderator: Leah Gifford
Co-Moderator: Katy Thompson
3:15–3:35 – 1117: Development of a State-Wide Hydrogeomorphic Classification System for Calcareous Fens in Minnesota
3:35–3:55 – 1116: Ecosystem Health Action Plan for Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District
3:55–4:15 – 1023: Campus Greening: Bringing Natural Processes Back for Water, Habitat and Education
4:15–4:35 – 1073: Lake of the Woods: Southern Shore Barrier Island Erosion Investigation – Phase I
4:35–4:45 – Q&A
Track III
Rivers and Streams
Moderator: Cassandra Champion
Co-Moderator: Alycia Overbo
3:15–3:35 – 1098: Updating Pollutant Trends for Streams in the Twin Cities Metro Area
3:35–3:55 – 1100: Identifying Sediment Sources in the Forested Little Fork Watershed with Sediment Fingerprinting and Sediment Budget Methods
3:55–4:15 – 1083: Can Downscaled Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE-TWS) by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning Improve Streamflow Prediction Model? An Experiment at Central Minnesota, MN
4:15–4:35 – 1082: LOMRs and Turtles and Riffles, Oh My! Fourteen Years of Elm Creek Restoration Benefits to the City of Champlin
4:35–4:45 – Q&A
Track IV
Managing the Quality and Quantity of Agricultural Drainage
Moderator: Erik Brenna
Co-Moderator: Jeff Peterson
3:15–3:35 – 1005: Agricultural Drainage Water Recycling: Momentum Toward a Win-Win Solution for Water Quantity and Quality Challenges
3:35–3:55 – 1006: Using Natural Channel Tendencies to Inform Future Drainage Management
3:55–4:15 – 1001: Drainage Ditches: A Potential Water Storage Option for Minnesota
4:15–4:35 – 1002: Protecting Drinking Water with Rural Best Management Practices: Case Study of Martin County Ditch No. 28
4:35–4:45 – Q&A
Track V: Special Session
Equity in Drinking Water: Beliefs, Education, and Policies
Moderator: Jim Stark
Co-Moderator: Joel Larson
Heron Mahr, Clean River Partners; Emily Kreiter, University of Minnesota, Center for Changing Landscapes; Carrie Raber, Minnesota Department of Health; Tannie Eshenaur, Minnesota Department of Health
3:15–4:35 – Safe and sufficient drinking water is essential to healthy people and communities. In this session, we will discuss people's beliefs and values around drinking water in Minnesota, policies in place to support equitable access, and what policies or programs are missing. Participate in a panel discussion and interactive activity to brainstorm actions we can take at different levels of government and advocacy organizations to increase equitable access for everyone.
4:35–4:45 – Q&A