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Upcoming Lunch Forums

May 2, 2011 Whose Water Is It? Issues in a Recent Interbasin Transfer Approval and Implications for Interstate Water Management (Charlotte, NC)
September 12, 2011 Sediment Standards
December 5, 2011 Oak Terrace: Re-Greening Urban Development
February 6, 2012  
April 9, 2012  
May, 2012 tentative (Charlotte, NC)
September 10, 2012  
December 3, 2012  

Power Point and PDF for Previous Forums:

http://www.ncsu.edu/wrri/events/ncwra/pastforums.html


To give you a flavor of the types of meeting topics we have had, here are a few of our past Lunch Forums:

Date

Topic

21-Jun-93

Interbasin Water Transfer in NC

13-Sep-93

Pollutant Trading

11/08/1993

Comprehensive Ground Water Protection in NC

01/10/1994

Pollution Prevention & its Economic Benefits

04/11/1994

Wetland Issues

11/07/1994

Water Reuse - the Next step in NC

02/07/1995

Water Quality Trends - NAWQA Perspective

05/08/1995

Wetland Issues

09/18/1995

State and Federal Legislative Update

11/28/1995

Biosolids & Privatization

01/22/1996

Present & Future of Animal Waste Management in North Carolina

04/22/1996

Innovative Approaches to Basinwide Management in North Carolina

12/09/1996

Water Quality and the Sounds - Status, Trends, and What Coastal Water Quality Means in North Carolina

02/24/1997

State NC Legislative Update

04/14/1997

Global Transpark - Water Resources Issues

09/08/1997

Pesticide - are you at risk?

11/03/1997

Lake Gaston - Virginia Beach

Feb-98

The 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Amendments: What do they mean in North Carolina?

Apr-98

Stream Restoration

Sep-98

??

12/07/1998

Neuse River Basin Nutrient Management Strategies

02/22/1999

Sediment: Approaches to Reducing Impacts (1)

04/12/1999

North Carolina Wetland and Stream Restoration / Preservation Programs

09/13/1999

Effects of the Neuse Rules on Urban Storm Water

12/06/1999

Cape Fear River Basin and Lake Jordon Water Quantity

02/14/2000

Innovative Watershed Restoration Projects (1)

04/10/2000

Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area

09/18/2000

Land Use and Watershed Planning

02/05/2001 Water Reuse in North Carolina
04/09/2001 Impacts of Dam Removal
09/17/2001 On-Site Wastewater Issues
12/03/2001 Floodplain Management

02/04/2002

When Water Runs Uphill: Planning for Interbasin Transfers

04/08/2002 TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Loads) Beyond the Basics
09/16/2002 Drought
12/02/2002 Stormwater Regulations: Phase II and Beyond
02/03/2003 Post-construction Stormwater BMPs: Good, Bad, and Ugly
04/07/2003 Airborne Water Pollutants
09/08/2003 Land Use & Water Quality Interactions Using GIS
12/01/2003 Water Reuse
02/02/04 Morgan Creek Local Watershed Planning Initiative: An EEP Case Study
03/31/04 Watershed Assessment and Restoration: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
09/13/04 Advanced Wastewater Treatment and TMDLs
12/06/04 The Impact of TMDLs on Stormwater Programs
05/21/05 Can Clean Water Come from Construction Sites?
04/4-5/05 WRRI Conference - Managing Water Quality & Quantity: Integrating Science, Technology and Policy
09/12/05 Pathogens gut check: what's in your water?
12/05/05 If you build it, will they come? Cumulative and secondary environmental impacts evaluated as required by SEPA and NEPA, and environmental permits - will they affect local growth options?
02/06/06 Hurricane Effects: Following the Path of Rita, Beth Wrege, USGS
04/4-5/06 WRRI Annual Conference - NC Water Resources: Preparedness for Natural and Man-made Distasters
09/11/06 North Carolina Nutrient Criteria and the Reservoir Protection Act
12/04/06 Future Conditions Floodplain Mapping
02/05/07
Stormwater BMPs: Taking Ownership
03/27-28/07
WRRI Annual Conference
09/10/07
Using the Best Climate Information Technology for Managing Water Resources
12/03/07
NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP): An Update
02/04/08
Emerging Contaminants/Pharmaceuticals
04/07/08
Greening Development to Protect Watersheds: Can Urban Land Use Planning Make a Difference?
10/8-9/08
WRRI Conference & NCWRA Symposium: The Billion Dollar Question: How Do We Manage Nutrients from the Built Environment? Speakers: Tom Schueler (Chesapeake Stormwater Network), Rich Gannon (NCDENR), Dr. Hans Paerl (UNC Marine Science Institute), Dr. Bill Hunt (NCSU), and Ruth Swanek (CH2M Hill)
February 16, 2009 The Grass is Always Greener Under the Water Sprinkler: The Role of Water Reuse in an Integrated Water Resources Managemenet Approach
April 9, 2009 Measuring the Value of Water to Competing Users During Times of Scarcity
September 11, 2009 Renewable and Sustainable Options for Charlotte Meckenburg Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plants
December 7, 2009 Recent and Current Projects and Initiatives in Hazard Risk Manaagement for NC Water Resouces
February 22, 2010 Water Shortage Challenges and the Israeli Experience
March 30, 2010 Symposium: Water-Energy Nexus: The Futue of Tow Valuable Resources
April 19, 2010 The Little Sugar Creek Stream Restoration Project (held in Charlotte, NC)
September 9, 2010 Incorporating the Value of Ecosystem Services and Uncertainty into Water Supply Planning
December 6, 2010 Determining Ecological Flows for River Basin Planning in NC
February 7, 2011 Water You Need to Know abou thte NC Phase I and Phase II MS4 Programs
March 22-23, 2011 WRRI Annual Conference and NCWRA Symposium: Implementating the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Stategy: Challenges and Opportunities
May 2, 2011 Whose Water Is It? Issues in a Recent Interbasin Transfer Approval and Implications for Interstate Water Management (Charlotte, NC)
September 12, 2011 Sediment Standards
December 5, 2011 Oak Terrace: Re-Greening Urban Development