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Conference Agenda

Detailed information about sessions

Wednesday October 6, 2010

9:00 am - 9:10 am

Welcome & Introductions
Morgantown Mayor Bill Byrne

9:10 am - 9:30 am

Keynote Speaker
Congessman Alan Mollohan
Introduction by WVU President James P. Clements

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Plenary Session:
Legislative Approaches to Addressing
West Virginia'sWater Quality Issues

10:30 am- 11:00 am

Networking Break

11:00 am- 12:00 pm

Plenary Session:
Surface Mining and Water Resources in
West Virginia Coal Fields

12:00 pm- 1:30 pm

Lunch
Special Guest Speaker George Constantz

"Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders:
An Appalachian Mountain Ecology"

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

Stream Restoration

Ground Water

Monitoring Programs

PTTC Workshop

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Acid Mine Drainage

Nutrients

Monitoring Methodology

PTTC Workshop

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Networking Break

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Parliamentary Style Collegiate Debate
Shepherd University vs. Alderson Broadus
Topic: Marcellus Gas Well Drilling Water Withdraws

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Reception

Adjourn

 

 

Thursday October 7, 2010

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Special Guest Speaker:
Jerad Bales, Chief Scientist for Hydrology, USGS

9:00 am - 10:15 am

Plenary Session:
Monongahela River TDS Policy Concerns

10:15 am - 10:45 am

Networking Break

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Plenary Session:
New Gas Well Extraction Methods:
Does Marcellus Opportunity Mean Water Threats?

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Dunkard Creek Fish Kill

Water Use / Quantity / Planning

EDCs

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Energy Issues

Water Use / Quantity / Planning (Cont.)

No Session

Adjourn