Session Four

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Session Four(A) - GIS & WATER MANAGEMENT
Session Chair: Susan Hutson, U. S. Geological Survey, TN
Mapping and Decimeter Accuracy using existing VRS Infrastructure, Brandon Tolle, Navigation Electronics Inc.
Sector Mobile: Digital Area Contingency Plan - A Slick Tool, Lynn Ford, Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
The Role of GIS Technologies in the Stewardship of Alabama’s National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), Jared Bostic, Alabama Office of Water Resources, ADECA.

SSession Four(B) - WATER SUPPLY / GROUNDWATER
Session Chair: Robert Kidd, Kidd and Associates
Total Water Management for a Sustainable and Long-Term Water Supply, Douglas Baughman, CH2M HILL.
“Green” Synthesis of Pd Nanoparticles for Catalytic Hydrodechlorination of Environmentally Deleterious Trichloroethylene, Juncheng Liu, Auburn University.
Subsurface Reactive Barriers to Mercury Mobilization, Jonathan Dove, Auburn University.

Session Four(C) - DROUGHT ASSESSMENT / RESPONSE
Session Chair: Tom Littlepage, Alabama Office of Water Resources, ADECA
Impacts of the 2007 Drought on Public Water Supplies in Alabama, Steve Newton, CH2M HILL.
Extreme Drought Years in Alabama: Historical Significance and Climatic Influences, Jason Senkbeil, University of Alabama.
USACE Mobile District River Systems Update: Comparison of 2007 and 2008 Drought Conditions, Randall Harvey, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.