2019 Session Schedule

NAU STUDENT WATER SYMPOSIUM 2019

THURSDAY APRIL 18TH

SESSION: GOVERNANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
TIME NAME TITLE
9:00 AM Riley Swanson Groundwater Management in the Colorado River Drainage Basin: Effects of Policies on Water Resources
9:15 AM Michaela Shallue Canyon De Chelly: Watershed Modeling to Predict the Hydrological Impacts of Climate and Land Use
9:30 AM Katie Gaul Water Policy and Distribution in Taganga, Colombia
9:45 AM Adrienne Soder Spatial Representation of Nonmarket Valuation Results to Inform Watershed Restoration
10:00 AM Marina Aukon-Page Perspectives on the Gold King Mine Spill
BREAK 10:15-10:30 AM

SESSION: CLIMATE AND AVAILABILITY
10:30 AM Ellie Broadman Vanishing River: A 360-degree Exploration of Colorado River’s Imperiled Flow
10:45 AM Joelle Sawaya Assessing Governance & Mitigation Techniques to Address Threats to the City of Flagstaff’s Water Supply
11:00 AM Prestin Cooke Study of the Impact of Water Scarcity as it is Directly Related to Socio-economic Policies in Arid and Semiarid Regions
11:15 AM Kelly Bessem Weighing Flagstaff’s Future Water Supply Options
11:30 AM Charlotte Wiman Late Holocene Hydroclimatic Records from Varved Lake Sediments in Columbia Lake Colorado
LUNCH 11:45 -1:15 PM

SESSION: INDUSTRY
1:15 PM Daniel Foley Crop Water Productivity Mapping Analysis with Geographic Information Systems to Improve Global Food and Water Security
1:30 PM Sydney Throop The California Wine Industry’s Impact on the Water System
1:45 PM Shannon Elizabeth Molvin Disproportionate Water Injustice in Chiapas, Mexico
2:00 PM Tristan Smit The Bottled Water Conspiracy: The Cost of Bottled Water on Cascade Locks
BREAK 2:15 – 2:30 PM

SESSION: DAMS
2:30 PM Kendall Brooks Mekong River Basin and Dam Development: Downstream Impacts
2:45 PM Madeleine Smith Decommissioning Glen Canyon Dam: An Analysis of the Fill Mead First Proposal
3:00 PM Bennett Chavez China’s Global Impacts: Funding and Construction of Dams
3:15 PM Katie Guetz Dam Removal and River Responses: Investigating the Decommissioning Process and Monitoring of the Elwha River and Fossil Creek Dams
3:30 PM James Major A Path to Designation: A Case Study Featuring Fossil Creek in the Arizona/New Mexico Mountains Ecoregion
BREAK 3:45 – 4:00 PM

SESSION: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
4:00 PM Meghan Schrik New Goals for Tamarisk Management
4:15 PM Christopher Kocay Adapting California’s Water Resource Management to Climate Change
4:30 PM Jordyn Williamson Progression of the Colorado Pike Minnow Reintroduction Campaign
4:45 PM Sarah Smith Using Ecosystem Services as a Framework to Understand the Values of New Mexico’s Gila River
END 5 PM

POSTER SESSION: FRIDAY APRIL 19TH 4:00PM-6:00PM


FRIDAY APRIL 19TH

SESSION: CUPI – GRAND CANYON TRUST & BLACK MESA TRUST
9:00 AM Rachel Ellis EXPLORING ANTICOLONIAL PROTECTIVE PATHWAYS FOR THE CONFLUENCE OF THE COLORADO AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVERS
9:15 AM Cecilia Martinez HOPI VS. NON-HOPI WATER USAGE IN THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER BASIN
9:30 AM Tara Hoelzer ANALYSIS OF C.C CRAGIN RESERVOIR ON THE LCR AND SIIPA’PU
9:45 AM Damian Bednarz THE MOENKOPI WASH & THE SIIPA’PU

BREAK 10:00AM – 10:15 AM

10:15 AM Marley Roberts THE PROTECTION OF SIIPA’PU UNDER THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO
10:30 AM Sarah Wolfram SIIPA’PU PROTECTION UNDER THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT
10:45 AM Sarah Negovan RIGHTS OF NATURE: A LEGAL APPROACH TO PROTECTING SIIPA’PU, THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER AND BEYOND
11:00 AM CUPI Group PROTECTING THE CONFLUENCE OF THE COLORADO AND LITTLE COLORADO RIVERS AND SURROUNDING CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT SITES
BREAK 11:15 – 11:30 AM

SESSION: INDIGENOUS WATER RIGHTS
11:30 AM
 Sierra Cottle THE WINTERS DOCTRINE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD: HOW CURRENT ADJUDICATION OF THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER BASIN COULD LEAD TO NAVAJO ERASURE
11:45 AM Kem Collymore INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, WATER RIGHTS
12:00 PM Damian Bednarz DAPL & POLICY CHANGE
LUNCH  12:15 – 1:15 PM

SESSION: CHEMISTRY AND QUALITY
1:15 PM Ramon A. Uriarte Mendoza EFFECTS OF CO2 CONCENTRATION ON WATER DESALINATION THROUGH MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS
1:30 PM Kylie Dykstra, Joel Gilbert, Madeleine Stoll, Melissa Jacquez ALTERNATIVE BIOSORBENT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
1:45 PM Courtney Roush LEAF LITTER SPECIES AFFECTS ON MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION
2:00 PM Gabriella Gonzalez WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE (WASH)
BREAK 2:15 – 2:30 PM

SESSION: HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES & MODELING
2:30 PM
2:45 PM Madeleine Stoll CHARLES C. AVERY INTERN SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES WITH THE ARIZONA HYDROLOGICAL SOCIETY
3:00 PM Rob George ARE NATIVE FISH THE ANSWER FOR LARGE-SCALE RIVER MANAGEMENT?
3:15 PM Lauren Mason-sarantopulos VARIATION IN TEMPERATURE AND NITRATE TOLERANCES IN NATIVE AND INTRODUCED AMPHIPODS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA, HYALLELA AZTECA AND GAMMARUS LACUSTRIS
3:30 Alexander Wood VARIABILITY IN CONTINUOUS SPRING DISCHARGE FROM MULTIPLE KARST SPRINGS, KAIBAB PLATEAU, GRAND CANYON.
BREAK 3:45 – 4:00 PM

4:00 -6:00 PM POSTER SESSION in Ashurst Hall
NAME POSTER TITLE
Sara Dresler Exposure to Arsenic Inhibits Tail Regeneration in vivo
Morgan Andrews Climate Stressors and the Tolerance of Freshwater Invertebrates Along an Elevational Gradient
Chelsey Seaton Analysis of groundwater recharge in a restored forest watershed using a novel measurement technique
Jenna Marie Chaffeur and Andrew Thomas Examining Water Storage Loss in the Wet Meadows of the Mogollon Rim Region of Central Arizona, United States
Leah Brennan Geomorphic channel response following severe debris flows in Wet Canyon, Pinaleño Mountains, Arizona.
Sophia Melfi Analyzing Hydroclimatic Controls of Turbidity in Upper Lake Mary, AZ
Spencer Harvey GIS application of the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) for modelling the success of phytostabilization of mine tailings in Northern Arizona
Oscar Lujan Arsenic Contamination and its Impact on Cellular Functions in Wound Healing
Lauren Magee Potential effects of climate change and human interactions on groundwater supply and demand in the Eloy and Maricopa-Stanfield Basins, Arizona
Amanda Kapp Lake to Faucet