2025 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit: Full Schedule

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10:45am EST

Clean Waters - Water Quality #1

Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST

10:45 - Improving Dissolved Oxygen in the Delaware River Estuary: Moving from a Pathway to Implementation
Thomas Amidon; Namsoo Suk, Ph.D.
11:00 - Understanding Sediment Oxygen Demand in the Delaware River Estuary: Impacts, Insights and Uncertainties
Matthew Amato; Li Zheng

11:15 - Use of Change Factor Methodology to Estimate Dissolved Oxygen Under Various Loading Conditions
Jake Bransky; Thomas Amidon; Sarah Beganskas

11:30 - Philadelphia’s Tidal Delaware River Receiving Water Models

Eileen Althouse; Kinman Leung; Ramona McCullough; Paula Kulis; Phil Duzinski; Kimberly Artita

11:45 - The Role of Nitrification in the Tidal Fresh Delaware Estuary
Paula Kulis; Kinman Leung; Katie Lavalee; Michael Owens; Jeff Cornwell; Eileen Althouse; Grace Inman

Speakers

Eileen Althouse

Matthew Amato

Thomas Amidon

Jake Bransky

Paula Kulis

Tuesday February 11, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Harlan & Hollingsworth

Track 1

1:30pm EST

Clean Waters - Water Quality #2

Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST

Harlan & Hollingsworth

1:30 - Delaware Valley Early Warning System: Real-time Decision Support During Major Spill Response
Paula Kulis; Kelly Anderson; William Cesanek
1:45 - Enhancing Spill Response through Modeling and Automation
Joseph Fogarty; Li Zheng; Namsoo Suk; John Yagecic
2:00 - Sensitivity of Delaware River Salinity Intrusion to Changes in Freshwater Flow
Molly Hesson; Phil Duzinski; Ramona McCullough; Kimi Artita; Joe Anarumo
2:15 - A Sensitivity Analysis for a 3-Dimensional Model of Salinity Intrusion in the Delaware River Estuary
Kimi Artita; Phil Duzinski; Kinman Leung; Eileen Althouse; Ramona McCullough; Molly Hesson
2:30 - Stream Restoration and Pollutant Removal in McIntire Park: Integrating Environmental and Community Goals
Ryan O'Banion; Ty Smith; Dan Frisbee

Speakers

Molly Hesson

Water Resources Specialist, Sage Services LLC

Paula Kulis

Joseph Fogarty

Kimi Artita

Ryan O'Banion

Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Harlan & Hollingsworth

Track 1

3:15pm EST

Clean Waters - Toxics & Emerging Contaminants

Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST

Harlan & Hollingsworth

3:15 - PFAS 101 and the impacts to the Delaware Estuary
  Elizabeth Colletti; Radhika de Silva, PhD, PE
3:30 - Monitoring PFAS in the Delaware River and Tributaries to Reduce Loading and Protect Water Quality for End Users
  Jeremy Conkle; Ron MacGillivray; Matt T. Amato; Elaine Panuccio; Jake Bransky
3:45 - PFAS in Delaware Surface Waters
John Cargill, IV
4:00 - Microplastics Upstream of the Delaware River: Assessing the Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Hitchhikers of Microplastic Pollution in Blue Marsh Lake
  Jill Felker; Tami Mysliwiec; Vinh Lu; Hailey Zavecz
4:15 - Q&A

Speakers