The 6th Annual CALIFORNIA WATER SYMPOSIUM
The 6th Annual
CALIFORNIA WATER SYMPOSIUM
Saturday 08 May 20109, 845a-130p
Wurster Hall Auditorium
University of California, Berkeley
The symposium is free and open to the public, but please RSVP (to josh.pollak@gmail.com) to insure you will have coffee and there will be enough food for a light lunch.
This symposium presents results from graduate student research in hydrology applied to environmental restoration and conservation in California. It includes a panel discussion by experienced professionals who comment on the student research papers and the broader themes raised.
845a Introduction
9:00-9:45 Keynote Talk:
Restoration Nodes and Rehabilitation Corridors on the Napa River and the San Francisco Bay Area
Dr. Andrew Collison
9:45-12:00 Hydrology Student Presentations:
Sea-level Rise: Rethinking the Urban Edge
Brenda Snyder
Panhandle Neighborhoods Storm Water Analysis and Design Study
Conor Henley
Estuarewind: Past and Future Visions of the Berkeley Waterfront
David Dahl
Effectiveness of Channel Bank Protection on Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Levees
Derek Magnuson
Planning Along Tidal Wetlands: Navi Mumbai, India
Mishkat Ahmed
10:30 Coffee Break
Green Streets in North and East Richmond
Claudia Jimenez
Mercury Contamination and Remediation in the Cache Creek Watershed
Nina Fitch
Flow Criteria for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Ecosystem
Rachael Marzion
Analysis of Channel Stability Following Ecological Restoration at Lower Wildcat Creek, North Richmond, California
Scott Stromberg
The Napa River Tributaries Gravel Replenishment Adaptive Management Plan and Pilot Study
Shannon Fiala
Difference in Runoff between Traditional Design and Storage/Infiltration Approach
Xiao Wu
El Cerrito Creek Redesign at Blake Garden
Pedro Pinto, Catherine Sherraden, Karuna Greenberg and Kirsten Dahl
12:00-1:00 Thesis Poster Session & Light Lunch
Anticipatory Management of Carneros Creek, Napa County, California
Julie Beagle
Conjunctive Water Management in the San Joaquin Basin: A Case for Groundwater Management Reform
Josh Pollak
The Big Five: Dam Removal Planning in the California Coast Ranges
Clare O’Reilly
1:00-1:45 Panel discussion
Panelists include: Andy Collison & Jeff Haltiner (Philip Williams and Associates), Barry Hecht (Balance Hydrologics), Pete Downs (Stillwater Sciences), and Matt Kondolf (UC Berkeley)