9am Personnel

9:30am Operations

10am Technical

11am RMP TRC

This year’s conference focuses on water supply planning, especially as it relates to the region’s recent data center developments and a growing need for drought resilience.

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PROGRAM: The conference runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (doors open at 9:00 a.m.). We have scheduled brief morning and afternoon breaks and lunch. A draft agenda is shown below (subject to change):

• Restoring Virginia’s Native Bivalve Bounty – Tim Lane, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
• James River Watch Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring: Proactively Detecting Elevated Levels of Bacteria – Michael Gillert & Tom Dunlap, James River Association
• Citizen Science Programs at Smith Mountain Lake – Mary Colligan, Smith Mountain Lake Association
• Road Salt and Water Quality Monitoring in Prince William County – Veronica Tangiri and Tom Ligon, Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District
• Can Stormwater Management Regulations Protect Channel Stability Following Development? – Tess Thompson, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Urban Stream Restorations Along a Chronosequence: Floodplain Carbon and Nutrient Retention Over Time – Katt Napora, George Mason University
• Meeting PFAS Compliance with Existing Infrastructure: Pilot Testing of Conversion of Anthracite Gravity Filters to Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) at a Surface Water Treatment Plant – Mark Titcomb, Newport News Waterworks
• Virginia DEQ’s Groundwater Monitoring Program – Matthew C. Richardson, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

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