USGS--Mid-Atlantic Area, Water Availability Workshop 2005.

Purpose:	To identify the significant water availability issues at the State, Local, and Regional scale, discuss potential technical approaches to these issues, review technical requirements, and share information.

Audience:	State and regional water-supply-regulation officials and technical staff from Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey; USGS District scientists and managers, and USGS National Program staff. (Attendee list)

Agenda--Day 1
	NOTE: All presentations have been converted from POWERPOINT to PDF and are viewable in the downloadable Adobe Reader..
12:30	Welcome by John Talley, Director of Delaware Geological Survey

12:45	Welcome and Address by Keynote Speaker Bob Hirsch, Associate Director for Water Programs, USGS Science and Water Availability (PDF 2.1 MB)

1:15	Overview of State Water Supply Planning Issues and Initiatives (~10 min presentations by key State Water Regulators) Dr Jerry Kaufman, University of Delaware presentation (PDF 4.3 MB) Matthew Pajerowski, Maryland Department of the Environment Fred Sickels, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection-New Jersey Geological Survey Bill Gast, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Michael Stratton, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection presentation (PDF 121 KB) Terry Wagner, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

2:45	Break

3:00
WATER BUDGET ANALYSIS

3:00-3:30	Water Availability Screening Tool (PDF 1.2 MB) Marla Stuckey Ground Water availability assessment (PDF 0.5 MB) Ron Sloto, USGS, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

3:30-3:50	Pennsylvania Screening Tool Overview (PDF 25 KB) Bill Gast, (PaDEP) Delaware River Basin (PDF 1.9 MB) Anthony Bonasera, (DRBC)

GROUND-WATER FLOW MODELS

3:50-4:10	Coastal Plain ground-water flow models to assess impact of future pumpage, NJ (PDF 9.6 MB) Alison Gordon, USGS, West Trenton, New Jersey

4:10-4:30	Using flow model information in a regulatory context, NJ (PDF 754 KB) Eric Roman, NJGS, Trenton, New Jersey

4:30-6:30	Adjourn/Poster Session (15-20 posters from USGS District Offices)

Agenda--Day 2

9:00	Welcome and orientation for Day 2

9:10	Technical Presentations (continued)

MINIMUM IN-STREAM FLOWS

9:10-9:30	Data collection and analysis to determine minimum in-stream flow needs (PDF 2.7 MB) Jennifer Krstolic, USGS Richmond, Virginia

9:30-9:50	Use of minimum in-stream flow information for regulatory purposes (PDF 152 KB) Alison Teetor, Clarke County Planning Department, Berryville, Virginia.

STREAM-FLOW METHODS

9:50-10:10	Stream hydrograph techniques for estimating ground-water recharge (PDF 1.4 MB) Dennis Risser, USGS, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

10:10-10:30	Development of web-based access to state-wide low-flow statistics (PDF 6.2 MB) Kernell Ries, USGS, Baltimore, Maryland

10:30	Break

11:00	Technical Presentations continue
WATER-USE ESTIMATION

11:00-11:20	Water use estimation techniques (PDF 692KB) and Estimating irrigation withdrawals (PDF 49 KB) Susan Hutson, USGS, Memphis, Tennennee

NEW DEVELOPMENTS

11:20-11:40	Optimization in ground-water modeling (PDF 1 MB) Daryll Pope, USGS, Trenton, NJ

11:40-12:00	Coupled ground water-surface water modeling (PDF 4 MB) George Leavesley, USGS Lakewood, CO

12:00-1:00	Keynote speaker (during lunch) Water Supply Planning (PDF 214 KB) Dr. William Cox, Virginia Tech.

1:00-2:00	Wrap up: Open discussion of water availability issues

2:00	Adjourn