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Monday, May 19th
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Marta Zaniolo – Duke University
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Innovative Forecast-informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) at Lake Mendocino Improve Water Management in California’s Russian River Basin
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Michael Konieczki, PE, BC.WRE – HDR
Co-Author: Patrick Sing, PE – USACE San Francisco District
Co-Author: Nicholas Malasavage, PhD, PE – USACE San Francisco District
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Advancing Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations via Neuro-Evolutionary Direct Policy Search
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author (not presenting): Matteo Giuliani – Politecnico di Milano
Co-Author (not attending): Davide Spinelli – Politecnico di Milano
Co-Author: Marta Zaniolo – Duke University
Co-Author: Andrea Castelletti – Politecnico di Milano
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Formal Integration of Synthetic Ensemble Forecasts Into the Engineering Design of Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO): Lake Sonoma, CA Case Study
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Zachary P. Brodeur – Cornell University
Co-Author: Scott Steinschneider – Cornell University
Co-Author (not attending): Christopher Delaney – Sonoma Water
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Leveraging Model Predictive Control Methods and Ensemble Forecasts to Inform Reservoir Release Decision-Making
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Kyla Semmendinger-Raney, PhD – Center For Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)
Co-Author: Mahdi Erfani – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Co-Author: Erfan Goharian (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
A Release Weight Optimization Approach for Managing Inflow Forecast Uncertainty in Reservoir Operations
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Mahdi Erfani – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Co-Author: Kyla Semmendinger-Raney, PhD – Center For Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E)
Co-Author: Erfan Goharian (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
G.V. Loganathan Memorial Track on Reservoir Systems Operation
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Avi Ostfeld – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Seasonal, Daily and Hourly Optimal Reservoir Operations of the Brazilian Hydro-Wind-Solar-Thermal Power System
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Renato C. Zambon (he/him/his) – University of Sao Paulo
Author: Matheus D. Cicolani – University of Sao Paulo
Author: William W-G Yeh (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
ENSO State-Based Climate-Informed Reservoir Operation (CIRO) in the Trinity River Basin in Texas
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Mohamed HMA Mowafy – University of Cincinnati
Co-Author: Gaurav Atreya (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati
Co-Author (not attending): John Kucharski – USACE
Co-Author: Patrick A. Ray – University of Cincinnati
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Floating Solar’s Role in Staying Hydropower Development in Africa
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Wyatt Arnold – Politecnico di Milano
Co-Author: Andrea Castelletti – Politecnico di Milano
Co-Author: Matteo Giuliani – Politecnico di Milano
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Assessing the Hydropower Landscape in Alaska: Infrastructure, Potential, and Future Energy Development
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Faisal B. Ashraf – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-Author: Carly Hansen – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-Author: Tom A Ruggles – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-Author: Debjani Singh – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-Author: Hong-Jun Yoon – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Co-Author: Jillian Hyatt – East Tennessee state university
Co-Author: Juan Gallego-Calderon – Idaho National Labortory
Co-Author: Harvey Ray Hembree – Idaho National Laboratory
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Hydroeconomic Optimization of Water Management in the Tiaoxi Watershed of Lake Taihu, China.
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author (not presenting): Yibing Sun – Zhejiang University
Co-Author: Tingju Zhu (he/him/his) – Zhejiang University
Co-Author (not attending): Hanye Qiu – Zhejiang University
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Strategies for Joint Management of Water and Energy
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Landon T. Marston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Modeling National Wastewater Treatment Decarbonization
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Sahar H. El Abbadi – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Co-Author: Abigayle Hodson (she/her/hers) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Co-Author: Jennifer R. Stokes-Draut – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Energy and Carbon Impacts of a Changing Water Sector
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Jennifer R. Stokes-Draut – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Author: Abigayle Hodson (she/her/hers) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Co-Author: Sahar H. El Abbadi – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Co-Author: Mukta Hardikar – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Cost and Energy of Brackish Water Utilization in the Power Sector
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Mukta Hardikar – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Co-Author: Jordan Macknick – National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Geospatial Considerations of the Water Consumption of a Future Texas Electricity Mix
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Yael R. Glazer – The University of Texas at Austin
Author: Emily A. Beagle – The University of Texas at Austin
Co-Author: Drew Kassel – The University of Texas at Austin
Co-Author: Michael E. Webber – The University of Texas at Austin
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
A Techno-economic Analysis of Produced Water Treatment for Green and Blue Hydrogen Production in Texas
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Yael R. Glazer – The University of Texas at Austin
Co-Author: Emily A. Beagle – The University of Texas at Austin
Co-Author: Michael E. Webber – The University of Texas at Austin
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Systems Thinking and Decentralized Modeling for Complex Adaptive Systems
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Landon T. Marston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
The Use of Game Theory as a Decision Support Tool for the Electricity Sector Regarding Water Use. Case Study: Paraíba do Sul River Basin - Brazil
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Camila B. N. Borges (she/her/hers) – University of São Paulo
Author: Daniel L. Rodrigues – University of São Paulo
Author: Renato C. Zambon (he/him/his) – University of Sao Paulo
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
The Use of Serious Gaming as a Platform for Operator Training and Stakeholder Engagement for Water Distribution Systems
Room: Room 11 & 12
Co-Author: Lindell Ormsbee, PE PH PhD BC.WRE F.ASCE F.EWRI – University of Kentucky, Pigman College of Engineering
Author: James Adam Shelley, MS – Kentucky Water Research Institute, University of KY
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Agent-Based Modeling of an Optimal Maintenance Program for Green Stormwater Infrastructure Assets under The Clean Water Partnership in Prince George’s County, MD
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Bello Zailani Mahmud – Morgan State University
Co-Author: James G. Hunter – Morgan State University
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
5:30 PM – 5:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
When the Homeowner is the Utility: Ensuring Equitable Water Service for Rural US Communities Served by Decentralized Water Systems
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Claire Cropper, PE – Arizona State University
Co-Author (not attending): Lee Voth-Gaeddert, PE, PhD – Arizona State University
Co-Author (not attending): Elizabeth Wulbrecht – Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Planning and Management
Monday, May 19th
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Equitable Access to Affordable and Clean Water in Pre-pandemic, Pandemic, and Post-pandemic Modes of Work
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Brent Vizanko – North Carolina State University
Co-Author (not attending): Shimon Komarovsky – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Co-Author: Elias Zauscher (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
Co-Author: Avi Ostfeld – Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Co-Author: Emily Zechman Berglund, Ph.D. – Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy I: Stormwater
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Adriana D. Piemonti, PhD, PG, EIT – Clean Water Services
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Exploring the Determinants of Residents’ Intentional Behavior in Green Stormwater Infrastructure Adoption: A Multilevel Modeling Approach
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Mahsa Adib – Penn State
Co-Author: Hong Wu – Penn State
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Challenges and Solutions to Stormwater Policy Implementation
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Farzana Shahnewaz – University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Co-Author: Nicole Roberts – University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Optimal Placement of Stormwater Detention Basins and Dry Wells to Enhance Aquifer Recharge in Tucson
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Rashi Bhushan – University of Arizona
Co-Author (not attending): Courtney Crosson – University of Arizona
Co-Author (not attending): Kevin Lansey – University of Arizona
Co-Author (not attending): Dominic L. Boccelli – The University of Arizona
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Toward a Community-Informed Perspective on Floods and Management
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Marian Azeem-Angel – University of Wisconsin - Madison
Co-Author: Paul Block – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Muddy Waters in Jackson, Mississippi: How Can Flood Risks Best Be Reduced?
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Fletcher D. Shields, Jr., F. EWRI, PhD, PE, BC. WRE – Verdantas
Co-Author: Andrew Whitehurst, J. D. – Healthy Gulf
Co-Author: G. Mathias Kondolf, Ph.D. – Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, Univ of California, Berkeley
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy II: Urban Water Use
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Jorge Pesantez – California State University Fresno
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Data-Driven Regression Tree Model for Predicting Residential Water Demand Using Property Characteristics
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Angela Maldonado Alfaro (she/her/hers) – California State University, Fresno
Co-Author: Jorge Pesantez – California State University Fresno
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
How Droughts Shape Water Rates Affordability, Revenue Stability, and Water Use in Urban Utilities
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Marta Zaniolo – Duke University
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Modeling Urban Water Use in the Tucson Metropolitan Area
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Jacob R. Ayars – University of Arizona
Co-Author: Kevin Lansey – University of Arizona
Co-Author: Dominic L. Boccelli – The University of Arizona
Co-Author (not attending): Courtney Crosson – University of Arizona
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Effects of Drought on Urban Water Utility Finances
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Erik Christian Porse – University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
The Environmental Footprint of the Public Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Systems in the United States
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Landon T. Marston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Co-Author (not attending): Emme Bina – Virginia Tech
Co-Author (not attending): Md Abu Bakar T. Siddik – Virginia Tech
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy III: Complex Systems
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Jorge Pesantez – California State University Fresno
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Climate Conditioned Season Ahead Streamflow Forecast Development for the Upper Colorado River Basin
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Kaitlynn Hietpas – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Co-Author (not attending): Julianne Quinn (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
Co-Author: Paul Block – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Synthetic Random Environmental Time Series Generation with Similarity Control, Preserving Original Signal's Statistical Characteristics
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Barak Fishbain – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Co-Author (not attending): Ofek Aloni – Technion - Israel Institute of Technoology
Co-Author (not attending): Gal Perelman – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Adaptive Water Resources Management in California Under Climate and Demand Uncertainty
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Marie-Philine Gross – Technische Universität Berlin
Co-Author: Marta Zaniolo – Duke University
Co-Author: Alvar Escriva-Bou – University of California, Davis
Co-Author: Erik Christian Porse – University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Co-Author: Andrea Cominola – Technische Universität Berlin
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
An Interactive, Self-Organizing Map-based Framework for Decision-Making Under Deep Uncertainty: Insights from the Colorado River Basin
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Madeline R. Pernat, M.S. – University of Colorado Boulder
Co-Author: Joseph R. Kasprzyk, Ph.D. – University of Colorado Boulder
Co-Author: Edith Zagona – University of Colorado Boulder
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Computer Simulation of Large Hydrologic Systems Constrained by Multiple Flood Control and Water Supply Needs
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Wasantha A. M Lal (he/him/his) – US Army Corps of Engineers
Co-Author: Jaime Gralau-Santiago – US Army Corps of Engineers
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy IV: Regional Impacts
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Lauren H. Logan (she/her/hers) – Ohio Northern University
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Coordinating Across Water Management Silos: Application of Multidisciplinary Design Analysis and Optimization Approach for Altering Irrigation Water Rights in a River Basin
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Meghna Babbar-Sebens – Oregon State University
Co-Author: Siyeon Kim – Oregon State University
Co-Author: Sammy Rivera – Oregon State University
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Towards the Adoption of a Priority-based Water Rights System in Brazil´s Water Resources Administration
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Bruno Collischonn – National Water and Sanitation Agency
Co-Author (not attending): Patrick Thomas – National Water and Sanitation Agency
Co-Author (not attending): Marco Neves – National Water and Sanitation Agency
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Lake Champlain – Richelieu River Flood Modeling and Management
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: James D. Barton – Stantec
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Modeling the Evolution of California’s Water-Energy Nexus
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Abigayle Hodson (she/her/hers) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Author: Sahar H. El Abbadi – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Author: Jennifer R. Stokes-Draut – Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
4:45 PM – 6:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Water Resources Modeling, Management, and Policy V: Water Data
Room: Room 11 & 12
Moderator: Barak Fishbain – Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Developing Personalized End Use Datasets with an Internet-of-Things Water Diary
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Brent Vizanko – North Carolina State University
Co-Author: Elias Zauscher (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
Co-Author: Cade Karrenberg (they/them/theirs) – North Carolina State University
Co-Author: Emily Zechman Berglund, Ph.D. – Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
Co-Author (not attending): James Gardiner – North Carolina School of Math and Science
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Enhancing Emergency Management Preparedness with Seasonal Climate Forecasts
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Felix Boeing – University of Wisconsin
Author: Paul Block – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Planning and Management
Tuesday, May 20th
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Unique Inter-Organizational Interactions and Management Mechanisms of the Novel Community-Based P3 Model for Stormwater Infrastructure Delivery and Maintenance
Room: Room 11 & 12
Author: Bello Zailani Mahmud – Morgan State University
Co-Author: James G. Hunter – Morgan State University
Planning and Management
Wednesday, May 21st
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Planning & Management Council Awards / Julian Hinds Award & Lecture
Room: Room 3
Moderator: Dominic L. Boccelli – The University of Arizona
Moderator: Meghna Babbar-Sebens – Oregon State University
Planning and Management
Wednesday, May 21st
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Julian Hinds Award & Lecture
Room: Room 3
Author: Dragan Savic – KWR Water Research Institute
Planning and Management
Wednesday, May 21st
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Planning & Management Council Awards
Room: Room 3
Planning and Management