2012 Conference Program

The program listed here is preliminary and will give an indication of the type of papers to expect. This year's times and speakers are yet to be finalized - we are still accepting abstracts until the program is full. Please check back soon for a glimpse of the program as it develops.

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Stormwater Management Design - So What Happens After the End-of-Pipe? Mike Gregory, AECOM, Kitchener, Ontario. Wednesday AM Presentation

2D Urban Flood Modelling - The Better Way? Fiona Macdonald and James Jorgensen, AECOM, Markham, Ontario.

Security Approaches for Water Distribution Systems in the Next Decade. Edward McBean, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario and Hailiang Shen, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Waterloo, Ontario. Thursday Presentation

A Framework for Assessing Computer Models for Sediment Transport and Accumulation in Wet Detention Ponds. Darryl Dormuth, National Research Council of Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan and Geri De La Mare, City of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

Pump Sizing for Dewatering a Levee-Protected Rural Area Using Combined 1D-2D Modeling. Rob James and Karen Finney, Computational Hydraulics International, Guelph, Ontario.

Benchmarking SWMM5/PCSWMM 2D Model Performance. Karen Finney and Rob James, Computational Hydraulics International, Guelph, Ontario.

SWMM5/PCSWMM 2D Application for Urban Dual Drainage Modeling. Nandana Perera and Rob James, Computational Hydraulics International, Guelph, Ontario.

River Flooding Applications of SWMM5/PCSWMM Combined 1D-2D Modeling. Rob James and Karen Finney, Computational Hydraulics International, Guelph, Ontario.

Comprehensive Urban Stormwater System Modeling and Communications for Sustainable Urban Flood Management in Complex Plain-Escarpment Terrain. Nahed Ghbn, Udo Ehrenberg, Monirul Islam, City of Hamilton, Ontario.

Lackawanna Wastewater Treatment Plant Elimination Study - A study of Potential Impacts on Smokes Creek and the Buffalo Sewer System. Juraj M. Cunderlik, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Waterloo, Ontario, Christopher P. Martin and David Barnes, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Buffalo, New York, Kimberley M. Irvine, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York and David P. Comerford, Buffalo Sewer Authority, Buffalo, New York. Wednesday presentation

Assessing the Potential for Rehabilitation of Surface Permeability Using Regenerative Air and Vacuum-Sweeping Trucks. Jennifer Drake and Andrea Bradford, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.

Development of Multi-Attribute UHRUs for Stormwater Management. Marija Eric, James Li and Darko Joksimovic, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario.

Two-dimensional Surface and Sub-surface Hydrologic Modelling of Burns Bog in Delta, British Columbia. Mauricio Hererra, EBA, a Tetra Tech Company, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Evaluation of Stormwater Retrofit Using PCSWMM. Ashraf El Sayed, Ramesh Rudra, and Bahram Gharabaghi, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.

Evaluation of Stormwater Management Ponds Thermal Impact using PCSWMM. Farshid Sabouri, Nandana Perera, Bahram Gharabaghi and Ed McBean, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.

Monitoring an Modelling of Soil Loss from Southern Ontario Basins during Pre-Development and Development Activities. Bill Trenouth, Bahram Gharabaghi, Ahmad Asna and Ed McBean, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.

Analysing of Low Impact Development Strategies using Continuous Fully-Distributed Groundwater and Surface Water Models. Mason Marchildon and Dirk Kassenaar, Earthfx Inc., Toronto, Ontario.

Applications of Radar-Based Rainfall Estimates to Urban Flood Studies. Daniel B. Wright, James A. Smith, Gabriele Villarini and Mary Lynn Baeck, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Planning Level Modeling of E. Coli Levels in a Suburban Watershed using PCSWMM. Mary Perrelli and Kim Irvine, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York.

Influence of Air Pocket Volume on Manhole Surge. Steven J. Wright, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

BMP Economics and Sizing. Ben Urbonas, Urban Watersheds Research Institute, Denver, Colorado. Thursday AM presentation

Accuracy in Stormwater & Floodplain Management. Ben Urbonas, Urban Watersheds Research Institute, Denver, Colorado. Wednesday or Thursday AM presentation

Application of EPA SWMM5 to Integrated Stormwater and Sanitary System Modeling - Seattle's Broadview Case Study. Sam Gould, David Hartley and Patty Dillon, Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Seattle, Washington and Dave Jacobs, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, Washington.

Stormwater Master Plan Development Employing an Integrated 12/2D Model for the Redwood Basin in Josephine County, Oregon. Ryan Retzlaff, Cardno WRG, Inc., Portland, Oregon and Anthony W. Kuch, XP Solutions, Portland, Oregon.

Innovations in CSO and SSO Long Term Control Plans. Uzair (Sam) Shamsi and Ron Ciucci, Michael Baker Corporation, Moon Township, Pennsylvania. Second last paper before lunch Wednesday

Engineers Without Borders - Changing the World One Community at a Time. Uzair (Sam) Shamsi, Michael Baker Corporation, Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Amir Allana, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Melissa Day, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jennifer Lehane, Michael Baker Corporation, Oakland, California. Last paper before lunch Wednesday

Climate Change and Urban Hydrology: Research Needs in the Developed and Developing Worlds. Kim Irvine, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York.

Total Maximum Daily Load Issues Confronting the Transportation Industry. Jy S. Wu, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina. Thursday presentation

Interior Drainage Flooding in Downtown Washington, DC - A Coupled Modeling Approach Using 2D Urban Flood Modeling. Volker Janssen and Brad Udvardy, LimnoTech, Washington, DC. Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning presentation

Kinematics of Entrapped Air Pockets Within Stormwater Storage Tunnels. Jose G. Vasconcelos and Carmen D. Chosie, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

Key Delineation and Modeling Steps for a Successful Evaluation of Green Infrastructures Performance. Hazem Gheith, ARCADIS, Columbus, Ohio.

Geoprocessing Tools for Surface and Basement Flooding Analysis in SWMM. Eric White and James Knighton, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Gary Martens, CDMSmith, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Matthew Plourde, Sci-Tek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Rajesh Rajan, CDMSmith, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Applying Bacteria Indicator Tool in A Pathogen TMDL Study. Jennifer Xie, Ecology and Environment Inc., Wellington, Florida. Wednesday afternoon

Shades of Green: Using SWMM LID Controls to Simulate Green Infrastructure. Matthew D. McCutcheon & Derek D. Wride, CDM Smith, Columbus, Ohio.

Micromonitoring. John M.H. Barton and Joseph Kamalesh, Stantec Consulting, Cincinnati, Ohio and Roger Jacobsen, Stantec Consulting, Columbus, Ohio.

The Effect of Stormwater on Wastewater Treatability: A Study of Targeted Emerging Contaminants at a Wastewater Treatment Plant. Kenya L. Goodson and Robert Pitt, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Sam Subramaniam, Miles College, Birmingham, Alabama, Shirley Clark, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Survival of Bacterial Indicator-Species on Impervious Environmental Surfaces in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Bradford M. Wilson and Robert Pitt, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The Effects of Water Quality Parameters on the Pollutant Runoff from Drainage Materials. Olga Ogburn and Robert Pitt, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Shirley Clark, Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania.

Framework for Interoperability in BMP/Receiving Water Modelling. Charles Rowney, ACR, LLC , Longwood, Florida, Jeff C. Moeller, Water Environment Research Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia and William Snodgrass, WERF Panel (City of Toronto), Toronto, Ontario.

Development of a Complete Dynamic 2D Modeling Approach for Flood Management in a Dense City Area in France. Nelly Peyron, Hydropraxis, Montpellier, France.

Accuracy Issues of a Public-Domain Area-Wide Streamflow Model Semi-Automatically Built from Data Readily Downloaded from the Internet. Hanlie Pretorius, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, William James, Computational Hydraulics International, Guelph, Canada and Julian Smit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Application of Low Impact Development (LID) Scenarios to Reduce Surface Flooding: A Case Study of Rattanakosin Village, Thailand. T. Chaosakul, T. Koottatep, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand and K. N. Irvine, Buffalo State University, New York, USA.

Performance of ANFIS Versus MLP-NN Dissolved Oxygen Prediction Models in Water Quality Monitoring. A. Najah, A. El-Shafie, O. A. Karim and O. Jaafar, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia.

Modeling the Effect of Grass Swale using SWMM in Beijing, China. Yongwei Gong, Shengjie, Zhang and Junqi Li, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China.

Long-term Simulation of Erosion and Sedimentation of Gharasoo River; And Assessing the Training Effect on the Amount of Sediment Transportation Using Gstars3 Model. Rasool Ghobadian, Razi University of Kermanshah, Iran, Nina Beigzali, University of Tabriz, Iran and Mohammad Zare, University of Tehran, Iran.

Chennai City Storm Water Drainage Plan - A Pathway for Adoption of Innovative Software Techniques. K.S.S.V.V Prasad, S.V.Rao and B.Sanjana Bhat, Aarvee Associates Architects Engineers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India.

Hydraulic Modeling Software Makes Complex to Simplex - Hyderabad Scenario. R.V. Chakrapani, K.S.S.V.V Prasad, M. Sukanya and P. Manohar Babu, Aarvee Associates Architects Engineers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India.

Stormwater Management in Tropical Countries : Specific Problems and Adapted Solutions. Nico Kersting, GENIVAR, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, Gilles Rivard, GENIVAR, Montreal, Quebec and Elizabeth Inglefield, GENIVAR, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.

Contact Bill James at CHI: tel: (519) 767-0197 or email: bill@chiwater.com

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