Water Quality | Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference

NPS Conference Presentations 2010

Opening Remarks

• Clean Water Act Reauthorization and Nonpoint Source Pollution
  Ronald Poltack, Executive Director, NEIWPCC
• From the Office of the Commissioner: Welcome to Massachusetts
  Gary Moran, Deputy Commissioner, Massachusetts DEP
  
• The Regional and National Perspective on NPS
  Johanna Hunter, Watersheds and NPS Unit Director, EPA New England

Keynote Address

• Climate Change Challenges of the Urban Environment
  Bryan Glascock, Director, Department of Environment, City of Boston

General Session: Climate Change in New England – Impacts on Water Quality

• Technical Challenges and Opportunities in Determining the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality in New England
  Steven Winnett, EPA New England
• Climate Change Adaptation for a New Hampshire Coastal Watershed: Identifying Risk and Costs for Culvert Infrastructure
  Michael Simpson, Antioch University, New England
• Climate Change Adaptation Planning for Water Quality Management
  Paul Kirshen, Battelle

Welcome to Massachusetts: A Review of Important Water Quality Issues and Projects Ongoing Throughout the State

• The Massachusetts Estuaries Project: Preserving and Restoring Coastal Resources
  Brian Dudley, Massachusetts DEP
• Regional Wastewater Management Planning for TMDL Compliance
  Thomas Cambareri, Cape Cod Commission
• The Watch Factory: A Case Study in Low Impact Development and Community Involvement
  Peter Reed, BSC Group
  Kate Bowditch, Charles River Watershed Association

Kate Bowditch, Charles River Watershed Association
Session 1.1: Best Management Practices – The Importance of Planning for Restoration of Water Quality

• Stormwater Management for Clean Water and Livable Communities
  Jeff Moeller, Water Environment Research Foundation
• A Recovery Potential Screening Method for Impaired Waters Priority Setting
  Douglas Norton, EPA Headquarters
• The Upper Charles River Pilot: What Will it Take to Meet the TMDL?
  Brian Brodeur, Massachusetts DEP

Session 1.2: Social Marketing – From Outreach to Action

• Using Simple Outreach Techniques to Help Prevent Contamination from Dog Waste
  Kelley Freda, Massachusetts DCR
• AmeriCorps Promotes Stewardship of Local Waterways
  Kyra Hoffmann, New Jersey, DEP
• Involving the Whole Community in Cleaning Up Stormwater
  Nancy Bryant, Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Watershed Community Council

Session 2.1: Best Management Practices – The Problem of Impervious Cover

• Responding to the Nation’s First Impervious Cover-Based TMDL
  Anne Kitchell, Horsley Witten Group
• Assessing and Restoring Massachusetts Stormwater Impaired Watersheds: Making Optimal Use of Impervious Cover and Bioassessment Data Sets
  Ken Hickey, FB Environmental
  Kimberly Groff, Massachusetts DEP
  
• The State of the Practice and Common Pitfalls for Porous Asphalt for Stormwater Management and Transportation Systems in Northern Climates
  Robert Roseen, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center

Session 2.2: Volume Based Management and the Importance of Understanding Hydrology

• The Runoff Reduction Method
  Joe Battiata, Center for Watershed Protection
• Impacts of Nonpoint Source March Loading on a Complex Estuary (presentation)
  Impacts of Nonpoint Source March Loading on a Complex Estuary (technical paper)
  John Cook, Advanced Data Mining International
• Volume Based Design and Green Infrastructure
  Andrew Reese, AMEC Earth and Environmental

Field Trip Briefings

• The White Island Pond TMDL (Cranberries Trip)
  Mark Mattson, Massachusetts DEP

Session 3.1: Emerging Issues: PPCPs, PAHs, and HABs- A Toxic Alphabet Soup

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Sealcoat; Are Parking Lots Releasing PAHs to the Environment?
  Alison Watts, University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
• Treatment of Onsite Septic Systems for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: The Present State of Knowledge
  George Heufelder, Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment
• Toxic Cyanobacteria: The Role of Nutrients in New England Waters
  James Haney, University of New Hampshire

Session 3.2: Low Impact Development – The Importance of Information in Building Better Ordinances

• LID Regulations: Moving Beyond Encouragement
  Michelle West, Horsley Witten Group
• Seattle Public Utilities LID Maintenance Package and Associated Costs
  Drena Donofrio, Seattle Public Utilities
• Coastal Plain Stormwater Solutions
  Sadie Drescher, Center for Watershed Protection

General Session: Cooperative and Interstate Watershed Initiatives

• The Tristate Targeted Watershed Initiative on the Connecticut River
  Christopher Curtis, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
  Anne Capra, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
• Lake Champlain and Nonpoint Source Phosphorus: Measuring, Monitoring and Management
  William Howland, Lake Champlain Basin Program, NEIWPCC
• Volunteer-Driven Water Quality Monitoring Efforts in the Nashua River Watershed
  Martha Morgan, Nashua River Watershed Association
  

Closing Address

• Water Management in the Context of a Changing Climate
  Herman Karl, Co-Director, MIT-USGS Science Impact Collaborative