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2016 Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium

Welcome to the official event schedule and directory for the 10th Annual Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium. Congratulations to Carl Adams of DWQ. He was nominated by peers, and celebrated with peers, as the 2016 Watershed Steward of the Year!

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Teresa Gray

Salt Lake County Health Department
Bureau Manager, Water Quality Hazardous Waste
Murray, UT

Teresa Gray is the Bureau Manager Water Quality and Hazardous Waste for the Salt Lake County Health Department which consists of 19 programs. She has been a Licensed Environmental Health Scientist for over 20 years. Her focus is on building partnerships. She has extensive knowledge in environmental regulations and public health issues including: water quality, hazardous waste, wastewater, household hazardous waste, recycling, swimming pools and public outreach. Prior to government service she was the Quality Control Microbiologist for Coca Cola Bottling and Quality Assurance Bio-Lab for two Pharmaceutical Companies.

9:55am MST

Persistent Urban Impacts On Surface Water Quality in the Wasatch Front GalleryKaren Nichols • Rachel Gabor

10:25am MST

Water Quality Summary of the Jordan River Watershed GalleryKaren Nichols • Sandy Wingert

11:00am MST

Quantifying Interactions of Climate and Landscape on Water Resources GalleryAnthony Berceau • Andrew Gelderloos

11:30am MST

Water Losses in SLC During Warm, Dry Years! GalleryAnthony Berceau • Yusuf Jameel

12:05pm MST

Jordan River Valley & Water Resources Status in the 2040s & 2090s Room 104/105Carly Hansen • Martin Buchert • Krishna Khatri • Nicholas von Stackelberg • Court Strong

12:35pm MST

What Really Inspires Stewardship? A Case Against Scare Tactics GalleryAlex Hamilton • Michelle Mileham • Anne Terry

1:00pm MST

Lunch Great Hall

3:05pm MST

Environmental Dashboard: Tracking the Health of the Wasatch GalleryJoan Degiorgio • Marian Hubbard-Rice

3:35pm MST

Water is for Fighting! Water Right Adjudications in Salt Lake Valley GalleryBlake Bingham

4:05pm MST

Mirage in the Desert: Data Centers, Water Use, & Growth GalleryDarin Mann • Weston Wood

9:10am MST

KEYNOTE: The Power of Possibility: Birth of a Movement, Rebirth of our Waterways Great HallMarc Yaggi

9:45am MST

Beyond the Ivory Tower: University-Stakeholder Partnerships for Utah's Water Future Great HallMichelle Baker • Chris Keleher • Mark Brunson • Jason Draper • R Ryan Dupont • Lewis Kogan • Nicholas von Stackelberg • Court Strong

11:00am MST

An Integrated Water Resource Management Model for the Great Salt Lake Watershed – Part 2 GalleryJoe Donaldson • Jeff DenBleyker • Laura Vernon

11:30am MST

Utah Lake Water Quality Study Room 104/105Ramesh Goel • Scott Daly

12:05pm MST

Anthropogenic Impacts on the Utah Lake Ecosystem Using GIS Spatial Analysis Room 104/105Joseph Rhodes • Weihong Wang

12:35pm MST

Considering the 3rd Pillar of Water Demand & Conservation: Economics GalleryGail Blattenberger • Zachary Frankel • Gabriel Lozada

1:00pm MST

Lunch Great Hall

2:30pm MST

Spatiotemporal Variability of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Room 104/105Jennifer Graham

3:05pm MST

Cyanotoxins and Cell counts: Managing Risk When Cyanobacteria Bloom Room 104/105Theron Miller

3:35pm MST

Land Use Changes and Implications for Forest Service Management GalleryCharles Condrat

4:05pm MST

Retrofitting Urban Streets to Green Streets: Lessons Learned Room 104/105William Harris