PROGRAM
Days: Tuesday, March 27th Wednesday, March 28th
Tuesday, March 27th
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08:20-14:30 Session : Registration
Location: Rotunda
09:00-09:10 Session : Opening Remarks
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
09:10-09:30 Session : Opening Remarks Charles Groat, Louisiana Geological Survey Director
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
09:30-10:20 Session 1A: Water Supply
Chair:
Steve Whitting (Intertek-PSI, United States)
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
| 09:30 | A pilot study for assessing freshwater flow impacts to Louisiana estuaries ( abstract ) |
| 09:55 | Assessment of Effects of Climate Variability on Water Supply Stress in Louisiana: Opportunities and Implications for Sustainable Water Management ( abstract ) |
09:30-10:20 Session 1B: Modeling
Chair:
Mary Gentry (Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, United States)
Location: Conference Room
| 09:30 | Hydraulic Modeling for Southwest Louisiana with Small River Systems ( abstract ) |
| 09:55 | A Laboratory Study on Turbulent Flow around Various Breakwater Structures. ( abstract ) |
10:00-13:00 Session 2: Posters
Chair:
Frank Tsai (Louisiana State University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, United States)
Location: Rotunda
| 10:00 | Three-dimensional Underseepage Evaluation for Profit Island Vicinity Levee ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Integration of Physically-Based Distributed Hydrologic model's into Local Flood Mapping Application ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Calibration and Water Budget Analysis of MRAA Groundwater Model in between 2004-2015 ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | 3-D Modeling of Subsurface Stratigraphy in The Lower Mississippi River Delta Plain ( abstract ) |
| 10:00 | Calibrating Chicot aquifer groundwater model: challenges and solutions ( abstract ) |
10:20-10:30 Session : Coffee Break
Location: Rotunda
10:30-11:45 Session 3A: Water Supply
Chair:
Robert Conger (BASF, United States)
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
| 10:30 | An overview of trends within hydraulic fracturing in Haynesville Shale Gas Play, Louisiana ( abstract ) |
| 10:55 | Estimating Water Withdrawals from Principal Aquifers in the United States, 2015 ( abstract ) |
| 11:20 | Advancing Irrigation for Agronomic Crops through STAMP ( abstract ) |
10:30-11:45 Session 3B: Sediment/Lithological Impacts
Chair:
John Jenning (Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, United States)
Location: Conference Room
| 10:30 | Sediment Availability in the Middle Lower Mississippi River ( abstract ) |
| 10:55 | Microbial community changes at the bottom sediments in tailwater recovery system influenced by the concentrated poultry feeding operations. ( abstract ) |
| 11:20 | Lithological Influences on the Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure Test and Implications to Assessment and Remediation at Southwest Foods Site in Lafayette, Louisiana (LDEQ Agency Interest no. 69569) ( abstract ) |
13:15-14:30 Session 4A: Flooding Impacts
Chair:
John Johnston (Louisiana Geological Survey, United States)
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
| 13:15 | High Resolution Modeling of Extreme Floods in Low-gradient urbanized environments: A case study in South Louisiana ( abstract ) |
| 13:40 | Can Public Policy Perpetuate the Memory of Flood Disasters ( abstract ) |
| 14:05 | Mitigating Impact of Evacuation Waste on Vital water Sources ( abstract ) |
13:15-14:30 Session 4B: Water chemistry
Chair:
Anthony Duplechin (Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District, United States)
Location: Conference Room
| 13:15 | Addressing Saltwater Intrusion in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ( abstract ) |
| 13:40 | Fresh and brackish groundwaters of the Louisiana continental shelf – do they exist? ( abstract ) |
| 14:05 | Intersection of Policy and Trends - Climate, Hypoxia, and Louisiana's Coast ( abstract ) |
13:15-16:15 Session 4C: Posters
Chair:
Frank Tsai (Louisiana State University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, United States)
Location: Rotunda
| 13:15 | Impacts of wildfire emission to water bodies in US ( abstract ) |
| 13:15 | Water and Salt Characteristic Changes of Ulungur Lake and the Corresponding Reason Analysis ( abstract ) |
| 13:15 | Effects of climate change and emission scenarios on nitrate and sulfur deposition to surface water in Louisiana ( abstract ) |
| 13:15 | Deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to China water bodies ( abstract ) |
| 13:15 | Sources of CO2 over the Gulf Coast and US using the CMAQ model during 2012 ( abstract ) |
| 13:15 | Investigation of saltwater intrusion mitigation strategies for Baton Rouge multi-aquifer system ( abstract ) |
14:30-14:40 Session : Coffee Break
Location: Rotunda
14:40-15:40 Session 5A: Professional Ethics
Chair:
Douglas Carlson (Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University, United States)
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
| 14:40 | Professional Ethics ( abstract ) |
14:40-16:20 Session 5B: Water chemistry
Chair:
Timothy Duex (University of Louisiana Lafayette, United States)
Location: Conference Room
| 14:40 | Field Observations of Soil-Water Tension throughout a Capillary Fringe in New Iberia, Louisiana ( abstract ) |
| 15:05 | The Belowground Intersection of Nutrients and Buoyancy in a Freshwater Marsh ( abstract ) |
| 15:30 | Characteristics of voluntary programs addressing nonpoint source pollution ( abstract ) |
15:40-16:05 Session 6: Climate Change Impact on Water Chemistry
Chair:
Douglas Carlson (Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University, United States)
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
| 15:40 | Contributions of air pollution and climate warming to tufa wetland degradation in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, eastern rim of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China ( abstract ) |
16:45-17:15 Session : Tour at LSU Center for River Studies
Address: 100 Terrace Ave., Baton Rouge, LA, 70802 (Next to CPRA Building)
Way to get there: You need drive to the CRS parking lot yourself before 4:45 pm.
Contact: Clinton S. Willson (cwillson@lsu.edu), Director, Center for River Studies, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University
17:30-18:00 Session : Tour at The Water Institute of The Gulf
Address: 1110 River Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Way to get there: You may drive to the TWI parking lot or walk from the CRS to the TWI.
Contact: Alyssa Dausman (adausman@thewaterinstitute.org), Vice President for Science, The Water Institute of The Gulf
Wednesday, March 28th
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09:00-10:30 Session : Registration
Location: Rotunda
09:05-10:45 Session 7: Hydrologic Systems
Chair:
Douglas Carlson (Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University, United States)
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
| 09:05 | Groundwater extraction and allocation when there are stock externalities ( abstract ) |
| 09:30 | Biogeochemical connectivity of dissolved carbon across the waterscape of a low gradient watershed ( abstract ) |
| 09:55 | Dieback of Roseau Cane (Phragmites Australis) in Coastal Louisiana ( abstract ) |
| 10:20 | The tensile root strength of Spartina patens: response to flood duration and nutrient addition ( abstract ) |
11:00-12:15 Session 8: Carbon Dioxide in Water Systems
Chair:
Douglas Carlson (Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State University, United States)
Location: Dalton Woods Auditorium
| 11:00 | Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Lower Mississippi River ( abstract ) |
| 11:25 | Solar Radiation Effects on Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide in Shallow Lakes ( abstract ) |
| 11:50 | Dissolved carbon and CO2 outgassing dynamics in the freshwater-saltwater mixing zone of a coastal river entering the Northern Gulf of Mexico ( abstract ) |