Appalachian Rivers III Conference

Table of Contents

• Disclaimer
• Papers and Presentations
  • Opening Session
  • Session 1. Watershed Modeling
  • Session 2. Watershed Characterization and Remediation Technologies
  • Panel Discussion 1. Appalachian Regional Issues Related to TMDL's, Including Non-Point Sources
  • Session 3. Water Quality and Monitoring
  • Session 4. GIS and Information Systems
  • Panel Discussion 2. Watershed Stewards: Their Objectives and Technology Needs
  • Panel Discussion 3. Technology Roles and Needs in the TMDL Process

Disclaimer
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Papers and Presentations

Opening Session

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jan Wachter, U.S. DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory

Appalachian Rivers Conference Overview and Technology Perspective 
Opening Remarks Text [PDF-44KB] and Presentation [PDF-519KB]
L. Zane Shuck, The WMAC Foundation

Session 1. Watershed Modeling

1.1 Flow and Sediment Transport and Deposition in Meandering Rivers [PDF-504KB]
Goodarz Ahmadi and Mehrzad Shams, Clarkson University
Duane H. Smith, U.S. DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory

1.2 Geostatistical and Fractal Description of the Cheat River Watershed
Desiderio Vasquez, Boyd F. Edwards, and Duane H. Smith, U.S. DOE
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Michael Strager, West Virginia University

1.3 TAMDL: Simulation of the Water Quality of Streams Affected by AMD [PDF-184KB]
Jerry Fletcher and James M. Stiles, West Virginia University

Session 2. Watershed Characterization and Remediation Technologies

2.1 Identifying and Cataloging Water Pollution Sources by Watershed Using Aerial Thermal Infrared Imaging and GIS[PDF-8576KB]
Garret A. Veloski and Terry Ackman, U.S. DOE NETL
Jim Sams, U.S. Geological Survey
Robert Dilmore, University of Pittsburgh

2.2 The Ability of VLF and Vertical-Gradient, Magnetic Surveys to Locate Hydrologic and Geologic Features in an Underground Gold Mine[PDF-3940KB]
Richard W. Hammack and Garret A. Veloski, U.S. DOE NETL
Lynn McCloskey and David Reichhardt, MSE Technology Applications, Inc.

2.3 Applications of Thermal Imagery to Watershed Hydrology [PDF-7902KB]
Jason Jester, Sensytech, Inc.
C. Warren Campbell, JAYA Corporation

2.4 Understanding Biotic and Abiotic Controls of Nitrogen Saturation from the Catchment to Landscape Level
Niki S. Nicholas, Tennessee Valley Authority
H. Van Miegroet, Utah State University
I. F. Creed, University of Victoria
D. G. Tarboton, Utah State University

2.5 Feasibility Study for Ecosystem Restoration by Remediation of the Webster Mine Discharge at Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania[PDF-2049KB]
Thomas A. Gray, GAI Consultants, Inc.
Edward J. Smith, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Robert S. Hedin, Hedin Environmental

2.6 New Opportunities: New Native Brook Trout Streams, a New Wilderness [PDF-27KB]
Donald C. Gasper, Retired, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

2.7 Monongahela Basin Mine Pool Project [PDF-2142KB]
Paul Ziemkiewicz, West Virginia University

Panel Discussion 1. Appalachian Regional Issues Related to TMDL's, Including Non-Point Sources

Thomas J. Feeley, U.S. DOE NETL [PDF-726KB]
Robert Runowski, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [PDF-1305KB]
James M. Stiles, West Virginia University [PDF-102KB]
Mark Killar, Western PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Evan Hansen, Downstream Strategies [PDF-59KB]

Session 3. Water Quality and Monitoring

3.1 Recent Developments in Real-Time Environmental Monitoring [PDF-2671KB]
Steve Fondriest, Fondriest Environmental

3.2 The Use of Hydrolab Datasondes in Stream Monitoring Along the Proposed Corridor H Interstate[PDF-1359KB]
Thomas G. Jones and Scott Coplan, West Virginia University

3.3 Cost Effective Water Quality Monitoring [PDF-2594KB]
Jason Harrington, Hydrolab Corporation

3.4 A Continuous Water Quality Monitoring, Data Storage, and Display System [PDF-504KB]
Thomas W. Keech, Process Dynamics (PRODYN)
L. Zane Shuck, The WMAC Foundation

Session 4. GIS and Information Systems

4.1 Distributed Watershed Modeling Capabilities Using the TOPMODEL Concept Within a Typical Grid Cell Geographic Information System
Robert N. Eli, West Virginia University

4.2 Deploying a Watershed Portal to Access the Extensive Water Technology Body of Knowledge
Steve Meador and Marissa Colburn, Project Performance Corporation

Panel Discussion 2. Watershed Stewards: Their Objectives and Technology Needs

Shelia M. Vukovich, WV Div. of Enviro. Protection, Stream Restoration
Jennifer Pauer, WV Division of Environmental Protection, Stream Partners
Steve Fondriest, Fondriest Environmental
Lindsay P. Abraham, WV Div. of Enviro. Protection, Stream Restoration

Panel Discussion 3. Technology Roles and Needs in the TMDL Process

James C. Laine, WV Division of Environmental Protection [PDF-504KB]
Martin Christ, West Virginia University [PDF-58KB]
Thomas Jones, West Virginia University
Dave Montali, West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection

NETL Conference Services Information

Conference Services
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Phone: (412) 386-6044
FAX: (412) 386-6486
E-mail: kimberly.yavorsky@netl.doe.gov