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Program Schedule – Monday, October 27, 2008 (continued)
3:15 – 4:45 Concurrent Sessions III
Track A Ballrooms CD Track B Meeting Rooms 1–3 Track C Meeting Rooms 7–9 Track D Meeting Rooms 4–6
Low Impact
Development
Moderator: Wayne Sicora
Co-moderator: Lorin Hatch
Amery Regional Medical
Center – A Rural LID
Precedent
Kevin Biehn, Emmons &
Olivier Resources, Inc.
Low Impact Storm Water
Management – Lessons
Learned
Jessica Collin-Pilarski, Daniel
Bigalke, Ayres Associates
Vegetation – Can It Fix Soils
in Raingardens Not in Your
Lifetime!
Dave Bauer, Rice Creek
Watershed District, and
Dan Wheeler, University of
Minnesota
Pesticides,
Contaminants of
Concern, and Emerging
Contaminants
Moderator: Mark Edlund
Co-Moderator: John Baker
Fermentation Processes:
Effect on Contaminant
Partitioning and Water
Quality
Denice Nelson and Paige
Novak, University of
Minnesota
Identification and
Degradation of Industrial
Phytoestrogens
Mark Lundgren and Paige
Novak, University of
Minnesota
A 2007 Assessment of
Pesticides in Minnesota
Lakes
William VanRyswyk,
Minnesota Department of
Agriculture, and Steven
Heiskary, Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency
Hydrologic Impacts
of Climate Change
Moderator: Rick Voigt
Co-Moderator: Randy Neprash
Adapting Storm Water
Management to Climate
Change
Jennifer Olson and Camilla
Correll, Emmons & Olivier
Resources, Inc.
Devils Lake: Hydrologic
Analysis of a Closed
Basin System
Kari Layman and Rick Hauck,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Influence of Climate Change
on Flow in the Minnesota
River at Mankato
Jeramy Kulesa and David
Mulla, University of
Minnesota
Sediment Loading
Moderator: Jon Hendrickson
Co-Moderator: Karen Jensen
Sediment Loading in
the Le Sueur River Basin
Stephanie Day and Patrick
Belmont, University of
Minnesota; Karen Gran and
Andrea Johnson, University of
Minnesota, Duluth; and
Carrie Jennings, Minnesota
Geological Survey
Wild Rice River
Sediment Budget
Jonathan Petersen, Jon
Hendrickson, and Rebecca
Soileau, U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers
Quantifying Erosion Rates
from Ravines, Streambanks,
and Bluffs
John Nieber, Brad Hansen,
Chris Lenhart, Jason Ulrich,
Geoff Kramer, Zusana Kunesova,
David Mulla, Shannon
Wing, and Joel Nelson, University
of Minnesota
4:45 – 5:45 Poster Session and Reception
Minnesota Section, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Meeting
Monday, October 27, 2008 – 6 p.m. Social Hour, 7 p.m. Dinner, 8 p.m. Program
Location: Mancini’s Char House and Lounge, 531 West Seventh Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Cost: $30. This meeting is open to anyone who is interested.
The Rain Falls, the Rain Runs Off. Should I Be Concerned
Speaker: John S. Gulliver, Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
As civil engineers, we should be concerned about storm water runoff because it is a significant portion of any civil engineering project and a
large portion of maintenance requirements. For example, handling storm water runoff constitutes five percent of highway construction projects
on average, and the maintenance of these storm water facilities can be up to 10 percent of their initial construction cost every year. In
addition, a good design can reduce construction costs by up to 50 percent, reduce maintenance costs by up to 50 percent, and sometimes do both!
So, transportation, geotechnical, structural, and construction professionals, take note: Regulations for storm water handling can create
substantial opportunities for cost savings; innovations with the use of the water can also create an improved human environment, and
should be a part of your initial construction planning process.
This talk will address the construction process with innovative storm water planning. The result is the merging of landscape and
infrastructure to provide for improved water quality, reduced water runoff quantity, and an improved environment.
For questions or additional registration information, contact Teresa Kes, Barr Engineering (tkes@barr.com), or John F. Blackstone, PE
(jblackstone@comcast.net or 651-266-6324).
Reservations can be made online at www.ascemn.org or through voice mail at 952-832-2929.
7 Minnesota Water Resources Conference, October 27–28, 2008