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  • Poster Session
    Poster
    A Sustainable and Climate Resilient Water & Used Water Capital Improvement Plan to Achieve a Water Secure Future for the Indian Megacity of Bengaluru
    Room: Grand Foyer
    Author: Gaurav Bhatt – Jacobs Engineering Group
    Co-Author: Vivekanand Honnungar – Jacobs Engineering Group
    Planning and Management
  • Poster Session
    Poster
    A Water Agency’s Perspective on Misaligned State and Federal Policies while Struggling through Caldor Fire Recovery Efforts for Disadvantaged Communities
    Room: Grand Foyer
    Co-Author: Rebecca Guo, PE, PMP, ENV SP – El Dorado Water Agency
    Co-Author: Kenneth V. Payne, PE – El Dorado Water Agency
    Co-Author: Yung-Hsin Sun, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE – Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
    Planning and Management
  • Poster Session
    Poster
    Optimization of Urban Water Supply Planning for a Mid-sized City in the Yangtze River Delta
    Room: Grand Foyer
    Author: Zihan Zheng – ZJU-UIUC Institute, International Campus, Zhejiang University
    Author: Run Hu – ZJU-UIUC Institute, International Campus, Zhejiang University
    Author: Haocheng Fan – ZJU-UIUC Institute, International Campus, Zhejiang University
    Author: Jianyu Zhou – ZJU-UIUC Institute, International Campus, Zhejiang University
    Author: Tingju Zhu, PHD – ZJU-UIUC Institute, International Campus, Zhejiang University
    Planning and Management
  • Poster Session
    Poster
    Unifying decision-making “silos” in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: A multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO) framework for adaptation planning
    Room: Grand Foyer
    Author: Samuel J. Rivera, Ph.D. – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Sudip Gautam (he/him/his) – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Meghna Babbar-Sebens, Ph.D. – Oregon State University
    Planning and Management
  • Poster Session
    Poster
    URG-Futures - A stakeholder-driven tool to evaluate climate adaptation options for the Upper Rio Grande river basin
    Room: Grand Foyer
    Author: Chinedum Eluwa – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Co-Author: Casey Brown – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Planning and Management
  • Monday, May 22nd
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Ensemble Streamflow Prediction in Korea: Need From Hydrologic Forecasting to Reservoir Operations
    Room: Del Mar I
    Author: Yeonju Kim – Seoul National University
    Co-Author (not attending): Gi Joo Kim – Institute of Construction and Environmental Engineering
    Co-Author (not attending): Young-Oh Kim – Seoul National University
    Planning and Management
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    Comparison and Development of Season-ahead Hydrologic Forecasts for the Upper Colorado River Basin
    Room: Del Mar I
    Author: Kaitlynn Hietpas – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Co-Author: Paul Block, PhD University of Colorado-Bolder – University of Wisconsin - Madison
    Co-Author (not attending): Julianne Quinn, PHD, AMASCE (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Planning and Management
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Application of CRE hypothesis in Yongdam Dam basin using flux evapotranspiration measurements
    Room: Del Mar I
    Author: Boosik Kang, PhD – Dankook University
    Co-Author (not attending): Eunji Kim – K-water
    Planning and Management
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM PDT
    Promises and challenges of trend detection and prediction for adaptation planning in the water sector – the Bayesian perspective
    Room: Del Mar I
    Author: Baptiste Francois – University of Massachusetts
    Co-Author: Hadi Heidari (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts
    Co-Author: Casey Brown – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Evaluating the response of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Basin to alternative stationary hydrologic scenarios
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf – Florida State University
    Co-Author: Steve Leitman – Florida State University
    Co-Author: Manuela Brunner – Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    Detecting Spatial Patterns in Water Distribution Pipe Failures during Extreme Weather Events
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Helena R. Tiedmann, MS – The University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Kasey M. Faust, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin
    Co-Author: Lina Sela, PhD – The University of Texas at Austin
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    1:45 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
    Modeling Residential Water Demand to Uncover High Consumption and Potential Drivers
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Jorge Pesantez – California State University, Fresno
    Co-Author: Shivani Ramesh – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Ashlynn S. Stillwell, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
    The long-term and basin-scale effects of residential water conservation on shared water availability
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Benjamin Winter – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Author: Landon T. Marston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Reachability of water quality targets while avoiding adverse impacts on agricultural productivity
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Kevin Wallington – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Ximing Cai – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Dusan Stipanovic – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:00 PM – 3:18 PM PDT
    Evaluating effects of coal-fired power plant refined coal consumption on downstream drinking water quality 2016-2020
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Kelly D. Good, Ph.D., P.E. – Villanova University
    Co-Author: Chelsea Kolb, Ph.D. – RAND Corporation
    Co-Author: Jeanne Marie. VanBriesen – Carnegie Mellon Univ
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    Projecting CSO Volume Reduction Benefits from GSI Under Uncertainty
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Kimi S. Artita, PhD, PE – CDM Smith
    Co-Author: Rajesh Rajan, PMP – CDM Smith
    Co-Author (not attending): Edward Lennon, Jr. – Philadelphia Water Department
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:18 PM – 3:36 PM PDT
    Modeling the U.S. Western Electric Interconnection to Understand the Consequences of Hydrometeorological Extremes and Options for Risk Mitigation
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Kerem Ziya Akdemir – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Konstantinos Oikonomou – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Jordan D. Kern – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Nathalie Voisin – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Monitoring a Non-Perennial Stream in a Semi-Arid Rangeland Slated for Development
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Dixie L. Poteet – Colorado State University
    Co-Author: Aditi S. Bhaskar – Colorado State University and University of Colorado Boulder (as of January 2023)
    Co-Author: Ryan Morrison – Colorado State University
    Co-Author: Stacy Wilson – Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
    Co-Author: Brik Zivkovich, EI, CFM – Mile High Flood District
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:36 PM – 3:54 PM PDT
    Retirement of US Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants Increases Water Availability
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Landon T. Marston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Md Abu Bakar T. Siddik – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Peter Caldwell – United States Forest Service
    Co-Author: Emily Grubert (she/her/hers) – University of Notre Dame
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    Toward an Integrated Framework for Assessing Vulnerability and Risk to Compounding Global Change and Shocks: Application to San Francisco City and Bay Area Water System
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Baptiste Francois – University of Massachusetts
    Co-Author: Alexis Dufour – WSP
    Co-Author: Khanh Nguyen – Stockholm Environment Institute
    Co-Author: Alexa Bruce – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Co-Author: Casey Brown – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Co-Author: Dong Kwan Park – Climate, Resilience, and Sustainability, WSP USA
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    3:54 PM – 4:12 PM PDT
    A DSS for energy contracts procurement in water distribution systems
    Room: La Cascada I
    Author: Mashor Housh. Housh – University of Haifa
    Co-Author: Elad Salomons – Optiwater \ Uo Haifa \ Technion \ Xylem
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    Helping Rural Foothill Small Water Systems Improve Resiliency in the Face of Climate Change
    Room: La Sirena II
    Co-Author: Kenneth V. Payne, PE – El Dorado Water Agency
    Author: Rebecca Guo, PE, PMP, ENV SP – El Dorado Water Agency
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    4:45 PM – 5:03 PM PDT
    The impacts of climate change on water availability, a case study in Tietê river basin, Brazil.
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Felipe A. Sgarbi (he/him/his) – WayCarbon
    Author (not presenting): Lis V. Bentes – WayCarbon
    Co-Author (not attending): Bruna Nunes – ENACOM Handcrafted Technologies
    Co-Author (not attending): Priscilla Ghisi – AES Brasil
    Co-Author (not attending): Mathias Ludwig – AES Brasil
    Co-Author (not attending): Melina Amoni – WayCarbon
    Co-Author (not attending): Douglas Vieira – ENACOM Handcrafted Technologies
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:03 PM – 5:21 PM PDT
    Extending the Decision-Making Lead time of Municipal Water System Management through Teleconnections and Novel Methods for Estimating Supply and Demand
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Ryan Johnson – Alabama Water Institute
    Co-Author: Steven J. Burian, PE – Alabama Water Institute
    Co-Author: Danyal Aziz, Ph.D. Student – University of Alabama
    Co-Author (not attending): Courtenay Strong – University of Utah
    Co-Author (not attending): Paul Brooks – University of Utah
    Co-Author (not attending): Margaret Wolf – University of Utah
    Co-Author (not attending): Logan Jamison – University of Utah
    Co-Author (not attending): Luke Stone – University of Utah
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:21 PM – 5:39 PM PDT
    Understanding Agriculture Drought Propagation and the Controlling Factors
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Muhammad A. Khan – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Ximing Cai – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Planning and Management
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:39 PM – 5:57 PM PDT
    Past Successes and Future Challenges in Wastewater Collection Systems Analyses at the Philadelphia Water Department
    Room: La Sirena II
    Author: Rajesh Rajan, PMP – CDM Smith
    Co-Author: Kimi S. Artita, PhD, PE – CDM Smith
    Co-Author (not attending): Edward Lennon, Jr. – Philadelphia Water Department
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Identifying Safe Operating Spaces to Navigate Cooperative Implementation Uncertainties in Water Supply Infrastructure Pathways
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Lillian Lau – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Patrick M. Reed, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: David Gold, PhD – Cornell University
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
    Operation rules and patterns for 450+ large reservoirs in the Contiguous United States
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Donghui Li – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Yanan Chen – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author (not attending): Qiankun Zhao, S.M.ASCE – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Ximing Cai – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Author: Yanan Chen – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Author (not presenting): Qiankun Zhao, S.M.ASCE – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:15 PM – 1:33 PM PDT
    Who is downstream? A case study of community drinking water system vulnerability to changing coal-fired power plants bromide loads in the Ohio River Basin
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Kelly D. Good, Ph.D., P.E. – Villanova University
    Co-Author: Chelsea Kolb, Ph.D. – RAND Corporation
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    A Hydro-Economic Simulation-Optimization Model For Operation of Folsom Dam
    Room: La Cascada III
    Co-Author: Mahdi Erfani – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author: Erfan Goharian, Ph.D., EIT, A.M.ASCE – University of South Carolina
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM PDT
    Interdisciplinary Modeling of Water Resources' Climate Sensitivity in the Walker River Basin
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Gabrielle Boisrame – Desert Research Institute
    Co-Author: Bernard Baah-Kumi – University of Nevada,Reno
    Co-Author: Rosemary Carroll – Desert Research Institute
    Co-Author: Michael H. Taylor – University of Nevada, Reno
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:33 PM – 1:51 PM PDT
    Operationalizing household affordability in urban water supply planning models
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Jennifer B. Skerker – Stanford University
    Co-Author: Benjamin Rachunok – Stanford University, North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Aniket Verma – Stanford University
    Co-Author: Sarah Fletcher – Stanford University
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Spatial Multi-criteria Flood Risk Assessment Using Machine Learning and Socio-environmental Factors
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Nasim Mohamadiazar – Florida International University
    Author: Ali Ebrahimian, PhD, A.M.ASCE – Florida International University
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
    Study of operation pattern changes of 140+ flood control reservoirs in CONUS
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Yanan Chen – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
    Co-Author: Ximing Cai – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    1:51 PM – 2:09 PM PDT
    Collecting at-home water quality observations through a citizen science project to characterize risk of lead in drinking water
    Room: Del Mar II
    Author: Emily Z. Berglund, Ph.D. – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Mohammad Ali Khaksar Fasaee, M.S. – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Danielle Lin Hunter – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Caren Cooper – North Carolina State University
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
    Discovering key tradeoffs and consequential vulnerabilities for robust water supply investment partnerships under deep uncertainty
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Andrew L. Hamilton, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Rohini S. Gupta, S.M.ASCE – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Patrick M. Reed, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Harrison B. Zeff, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Gregory W. Characklis, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM PDT
    Optimizing Cascade Reservoir Operations Using an Adaptive Forecast Optimization Approach
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Bilal Iftikhar – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Carly Hansen, PhD – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Yang Chen – Oak Ridge National Lab
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    Optimizing Hydropower Reservoirs with Limited Flexibility on the Columbia River
    Room: La Cascada III
    Author: Mitch Clement, P.E. – University of Colorado Boulder
    Co-Author (not attending): Edith Zagona – University of Colorado Boulder
    Co-Author (not attending): Timothy Magee – University of Colorado Boulder
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
    Robust and Equitable Regional Infrastructure Investment Pathways Require Cooperating Water Utilities to Understand Counterparty Risks
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: David Gold, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Patrick M. Reed, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: David Gorelick, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Gregory W. Characklis, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM PDT
    Community-led Stormwater Infrastructure Maintenance Using Real Time and Technology-Enabled Solutions for Climate Resilience
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Ahmad H. Payab – Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
    Author (not presenting): Nikki Pearl (she/her/hers) – Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
    Author (not presenting): Lu Bivona – Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
    Author (not presenting): Timothy Feeney – Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
    Author (not presenting): Bita Alizadehtazi – Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
    Author (not presenting): Franco A. Montalto – Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
    Co-Author (not attending): Matina Shakya – Drexel University
    Co-Author: Stefano Cadringher – Drexel University
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
    The Role of Asymmetric Uncertainty Visualizations in Decision-Making by Environmental Decision Support System Users when Evaluating Conservation Plans for Peak Flood Reduction
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Efrain Noa-Yarasca – Texas A&M Agrilife
    Co-Author: Meghna Babbar-Sebens, Ph.D. – Oregon State University
    Co-Author: Andrea Chiou – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Co-Author: Kristen Macuga – Oregon State University
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PDT
    Modeling the Adoption of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Considering Cognitive Biases: An Agent-Based Simulation Approach
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Jingyi Qi – UNC Charlotte
    Co-Author: Nicole Barclay, PHD – UNC Charlotte
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
    Predicting Roadway Pluvial Flash Flooding Risk Using Crowd-Sourced Waze Traffic Alerts and a Hybrid Machine Learning Model
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Barbara Minsker, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE – Southern Methodist University
    Author (not presenting): Arefeh Safaei Moghadam – Climate LLC
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PDT
    Equity challenges in adaptive water supply investment and management pathways in The Federal District of Brazil
    Room: Del Sol
    Author: Bruna M. Araujo (she/her/hers) – University of Brasilia
    Co-Author: David Gold, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Lillian Lau – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Patrick M. Reed, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Conceição de Maria Albuquerque Albuquerque Alves – University of Brasília
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Assessing Linkages to Climate Change in Western State Water Plans
    Room: La Sirena III
    Author: R. Marie Garcia (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author (not attending): Ronald A. Kaiser, J.D. – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author (not attending): C. Prakash Khedun – Clemson University
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    The Social and Economic Impacts of a Flood Prone Urban Watershed in Pittsburgh, PA and Nature Based Strategies for Flood Mitigation and Policy
    Room: La Sirena III
    Author: Tom Batroney – HDR
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Economic Evaluation of Lesotho Investment Under Climate Change
    Room: La Sirena III
    Author: Tolulope Odunola – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Patrick Ray – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Casey Brown – University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Co-Author: Brent Boehlert – Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc)
    Co-Author: Kenneth Strzepek – Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc)
    Co-Author: Jeremy Richardson – Pegasys International
    Co-Author: Diego Castillo – Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc)
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM PDT
    Water Utility Infrastructure Planning in the Face of Deep Financial Uncertainty
    Room: La Sirena III
    Author: Christina Petagna – University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: David Gorelick, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Trevor Amestoy – Cornell University
    Co-Author: David Gold, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Lillian Lau – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Gregory W. Characklis, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Patrick M. Reed, PhD – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Tirusew Asefa, PhD – Tampa Bay Water Authority
    Planning and Management
  • Wednesday, May 24th
    5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    Using two-way option contracts to facilitate temporal water re-allocation during drought
    Room: La Sirena III
    Author: Zachary M. Hirsch – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Harrison B. Zeff, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Gregory W. Characklis, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Author: Rohini S. Gupta, S.M.ASCE – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Patrick M. Reed, PhD – Cornell University
    Planning and Management