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Tuesday, February 11
 

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































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

1:30pm EST

Clean Waters - Water Quality #2
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
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
MH

Molly Hesson

Water Resources Specialist, Sage Services LLC
Tuesday February 11, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Harlan & Hollingsworth

3:15pm EST

Clean Waters - Toxics & Emerging Contaminants
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
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
Tuesday February 11, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Harlan & Hollingsworth
 
Wednesday, February 12
 

10:45am EST

Climate Change #1
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
10:45 - Development of a Multidimensional Coastal Wetland Migration and Maintenance Data Layer for NJ ResTOrS
Kimberly McKenna; Dr. Thomas Herrington; Dr. Richard Lathrop; Dr. Joshua Moody
11:00 - Integrated Modeling to Assess Delaware River Basin Water Resource Vulnerability to Drought
    Aubrey Dugger; Hedeff Essaid
11:15 - Risk & Resilience : Sea Level Rise Scenario Visualization for Adaptation and Mitigation Practices
Chris Feinman; Matthew Konfirst
11:30 - City of Wilmington GHG Reduction Program: Working to Achieve 50% Reduction By 2030
  Alison Quimby
11:45 - Q&A
Speakers
AQ

Alison Quimby

Manager of Sustainability and En. Compliance, City Of Wilmington Public Works
Wednesday February 12, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Christina Ballroom

1:30pm EST

Climate Change #2
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
1:30 - Foundational Support for Evaluating Flood Risk Management and NYC Water Supply Reliability in the Catskill and Delaware Watersheds
    Jennifer Garigliano
1:45 - Climate Change Projections for NYC Watershed and Upper Delaware Headwaters Region
    Jerry Mead
2:00 - Future climate to intensify extreme floods and shift flood generating mechanisms in the Delaware River Basin
    Ning Sun; David Judi; Hongxiang Yan; Mithun Deb; Zhaoqing Yang
2:15 - Using a Hydro-Terrestrial Modeling Framework to Investigate the Impacts of Climate, Land Use, and Sea Level Change on Hydrology and Salinity during Drought in the Delaware River Basin
    Aubrey Dugger; Salme Cook; Liv Herdman; Jared Smith; Hedeff Essaid; Andreis Prein
2:30 - Enhancement of Methodology for Calculating Net Carbon Emissions for Natural and Working Lands
    Brett Wiley; Kirk Raper; Metthea Yepsen; Chris Barry; Daniel Clark; Olga Lyandres; Alissa Benchimol
Wednesday February 12, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Christina Ballroom

3:15pm EST

The Mixing Zone
Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
3:15 - Seaports on the East Coast are Victims of Their Success
    James Dennis
3:25 - A New Conceptual Sediment Budget for Delaware’s Sandy Estuarine Beaches
    Justin Shawler; Aleksandra Ostojic; Sean McGill; Alexander Renaud; Ashley Elkins
3:50 - Q&A
Wednesday February 12, 2025 3:15pm - 4:30pm EST
Christina Ballroom