GC23F:
Advancements in Adaptation Science to Support Sustainable Water Quality Management Posters


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Session ID#: 52289

Session Description:
Global change will have direct and cascading effects on water quality. Reducing the risk of harmful impacts requires management responses informed by the best available science. Several challenges remain in developing adaptation information necessary to support water quality management. These include nonlinear and abrupt changes, differing levels of confidence in future projections at spatial and temporal scales relevant to resource managers, interaction with land use and water management, and variability in the effects of management activities on water quality in different regional and watershed settings. This session addresses knowledge gaps to implement effective adaptation actions for protecting water quality in the long term. The session includes methods and case studies that demonstrate ways to provide science information responsive to user needs and complex decision-making challenges.
Primary Convener:  Thomas Johnson, U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States; U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Susan Julius, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington DC, DC, United States and Britta Bierwagen, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington DC, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Thomas Johnson, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC, United States; U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Thomas Johnson, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC, United States; U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States and Susan Julius, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington DC, DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Thomas Johnson, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington, DC, United States; U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1871 Surface water quality [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Exploring the Use of a Meta-Analytic Framework to Synthesize Published Literature Addressing Future Water Quality Change (411069)
Michael J Paul1, Rory Coffey2 and Thomas Johnson2, (1)Tetra Tech Inc., Ecological Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States, (2)U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States
BMP Design to Adapt to an Uncertain Future (390704)
Jonathan Butcher, Tetra Tech, Research Triangle Pk, United States
Spatial Mapping of Potential Biochar Effects on Agricultural Water Use and Crop Yield and Associated Cost-Benefit Analysis (453011)
Jennifer Kroeger, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States, Caroline A Masiello, Rice University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Houston, TX, United States, Ghasideh Pourhashem, North Dakota State University, Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials, Fargo, ND, United States and Kenneth B. Medlock III, Rice University, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Houston, TX, United States
Informing stream protection and restoration to maintain watershed resilience (449257)
Britta Bierwagen, U.S. EPA, ORD, Washington DC, DC, United States, Jen Stamp, Tetra Tech, Montpelier, VT, United States, Ryan A Hill, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Corvallis, United States, Susan K. Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, United States, Scott G Leibowitz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (retired), Corvallis, OR, United States, Kate MacNeale, King County, Seattle, United States, Chad Larson, Washington Department of Ecology, Olympia, United States, Rick Hafele, Retired, Corvallis, United States, Robert Plotnikoff, Snohomish County, Everett, United States and Bob Wisseman, Aquatic Biology Associates, Corvallis, United States
Assessing the Relative Vulnerabilities of Mid-Atlantic Freshwater Wetlands to Projected Hydrologic Regime Changes Associated with Climate Change: A Framework and Case Study of Seven Pennsylvania Watersheds (408611)
Denice Heller Wardrop1, Anna T. Hamilton2, Michael Q Nassry1, Jordan M. West3 and Aliana J Britson, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (2)Tetra Tech, Inc, Santa Fe, NM, United States, (3)EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington, United States
Suitable Suspects: Moving Past Hydrologic Conditions to Create More Equitable Groundwater Management Strategies (414289)
Wendy Klein, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States and Alex Kapolo Manda, East Carolina University, Department of Earth, Environment and Planning, Greenville, NC, United States
Hydrologic Modeling of Glaciated Watershed in Central Asia (466525)
Timur Sabitov, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY, United States

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