Calendar
When:
September 30, 2025 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
2025-09-30T09:30:00-04:00
2025-09-30T16:00:00-04:00
Where:
Virginia Public Safety Training Center, Knox Hall
7093 Broad Neck Rd
Hanover
VA 23069
Cost:
$65 until 8/1 $80 after
Contact:
Email
Event website

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