Schedule
2019
Tuesday, March 26th
8:30 AM

Spring Runoff Conference 2019: Water Challenges in the West

Spring Runoff Conference

Logan, UT

8:30 AM - 7:00 PM

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8:40 AM

An Update on the 2019 Water Year

Brian McInerney, National Weather Service

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

8:40 AM - 9:10 AM
9:10 AM

An Update on Water Legislation From the 2019 Utah Legislative Session

Tim Hawkes, Utah Legislature

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM

Harmful Algae Blooms in Utah

Scott Daly, Utah Division of Water Quality

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM
10:30 AM

Water Management in the West—A Federal Perspective

Brent Esplin, USBR

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM

Water Challenges in the Lower Colorado River Basin and the Drought Contingency Plan

Sharon Megdal, University of Arizona

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM

Ascending the Data Usability Gap in Mountainous Regions Through Scientist-Stakeholder Co-production

Alan Rhoades, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
1:50 PM

Perceptions of a Wicked Problem: Situation Assessment of Water Quality Issues in the Jordan River Watershed

Sarah Hinners
Debolina Banerjee

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
2:10 PM

Nutrient Criteria to Protect Utah's Headwater Streams

Jeff Ostermiller

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM

Interdisciplinary Green Infrastructure Research for Northern Utah: Social, Ecological, and Hydrological Sciences Across Multiple Sites

Sarah Hinners
Diane Pataki
Rose Smith

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
3:10 PM

The Utah Water Reuse Study: Initial Findings, Implications, and the Landscape of Wastewater Reuse Application

Hillary Fishler
Courtney G. Flint, Utah State University

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM

Cache Valley Resident Perspectives on Water Reuse

Courtney G. Flint, Utah State University
Kristen Koci

Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
3:50 PM

Detection and Quantification of a Variety of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Domestic Reclaimed Water Reuse in Northern Utah

Leila Ahmadi
Kwame Tweneboah Duodu
R. Ryan Dupont, Utah State University
Joan McLean, Utah State University

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
4:10 PM

Stream Centric Methods for Determining Groundwater Contributions in Karst Mountain Watersheds

Bethany Neilson, Utah State University
Hyrum Tennant
Trinity Stout
Matt Miller
Rachel Gabor
Yusuf Jameel
Mallory Millington, University of Utah
Andrew Gelderoos
Gabe Bowen
Paul Brooks

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
5:00 PM

A Comparison of Smart Irrigation Controllers in the Urban Landscape

Shane Evans

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

A Dynamic River Temperature Model for the Colorado River within Grand Canyon

Bryce Mihalevich

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

A Water Cycle for the Anthropocene

Audrey Stacey

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Aquifers Determine Nutrient Removal Capacity at the Catchment Scale More than Riparian and Hyporheic Zones

Camila Vargas

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Calcium Carbonate Co-Precipitation with Phosphorous: Developing a Novel Technique for Reconstructing Historic Lake Trophic States

Mark Devey

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Calculating the Impact of ~65 years of Anthropogenic Activity on the Utah Lake Watershed Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling

Erin Call

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Arctic Stream Networks Determined Directly with the Catchment-Scale Estimates of Redox Reactions

Ben Abbott

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Characterizing Streamflow and Temperature Patterns on the Blacksmith Fork River to Prevent Summer Channel Dewatering

Madison Alger

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Comparing the Salt Tolerance of Three Landscape Plants Using Near Continuous Gradient Dosing System

J. J. Chen

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Concentration-Discharge Relationships Reveal Trends in Geogenic Contaminant Input into the Upper Provo River, UT

Cameron Cordner

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Environmental Controls on Didymo Bloom Formation in the Logan River

Lindsay Capito

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Evapotranspiration Under Climate Change in the Ganges Delta of Bangladesh

Sonia Binte Murshed, Utah State University

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Feasibility of Multi-Year Forecast for the Colorado River Water Supply: Time Series Modeling

Brian Plucinski

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Forests and Water Yield: A Synthesis of Recent Disturbance Effects on Streamflow and Snowpack in Western Coniferous Forests

Sara Goeking

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Heavy Metal Accumulation in Flora at the Great Salt Lake

Sam Sedgwick

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Impacts of Glacier Meltwater on Water Chemistry and Discharge in Dinwoody Creek, Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA

Natalie Shepherd

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Leaky Legacies: Multi-Tracer Inference Affordably Predicts Long-Term and Large-Scale Nutrient Retention Capacity

Rebecca Frei

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Mapping Waterborne Pathogens in Ecuador to Reduce Infection and Elevate Human Quality of Life

Leslie Lange

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Nitrogen Requirements in Irrigated Small Grains After Alfalfa

Collin Pound

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Numerical Simulation of Near-Surface Soil Water and Heat Transport Under Varied Irrigation Rate and Water Table Depth

Chihiro Naruke, Utah State University

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pathogen Monitoring and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Secondary Water in Cache Valley, UT

McKinley Olsen

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Persistent Nitrogen Flux from Tundra Ten Years After Massive Wildfire

Samuel Bratsman

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Pretreatment of Waste Activated Sludge with Caldicellulosiruptor Bescii Increases Methane Production During Anaerobic Digestion

Anne Bennion

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Reservoirs as Magnifiers of Climate Change: Effect of Climate-Driven Water Management on Kokanee Salmon (Oncorhynchus Nerka) Habitat and Migrations in Idaho's Island Park Reservoir

Jack McLaren

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Response of Invertebrate Assemblages to Phragmites Australis Invasion and Native Plant Revegetation in Great Salt Lake Wetlands

Emily Leonard

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Rock, Paper, Sciss–(I Mean, Vegetation): The Vulnerability of Littoral Structure Loss Under Drought

Jenna Keeton

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Temporal Stability of Water Chemistry Spatial Patterns Across Temperate Ecoregions

Chelsea Abrahamian

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Logan River Observatory: A Lab In Our Own Backyard

Patrick Strong

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Response of Utah Lake's Plant Community Structure to Cultural Eutrophication

Leighton King

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Sunflower Project: Using Sunflowers To Provide Clean Water To Those Living In Areas Polluted By Uranium Mining Via Partnership With High-School Aged Students

Zak Webber

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Using Citizen Science to Locate Nutrient Sources and Foster Community Connection in the Utah Lake Watershed

Erin Jones

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Wildfire and Water Quality: Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Predict the Biodegradability of Dissolved Organic Matter

Leika Patch

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Wildfires and Storm Events: Multiple Stressors Alter Stream Form and Function in Semi-Arid Watersheds

Trevor Crandall

Logan Golf & Country Club, Logan, UT

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM