WHH 2014 - The 2014 International Conference on Water Resources, Hydraulics & Hydrology

Topics of Interest
Water Resources Management, Range of effort levels, Defining adaptive management, Components, Benefits and Costs, Design, Implementation and Monitoring. Evaluation, Measurement tools, Riparian corridor restoration, Wetland creation and restoration, Watershed planning, management and restoration, Operation of dams and other infrastructure to meet competing use needs including aquatic habitat, Agriculture conservation practices and programs, Quantifying water resource parameters, Adverse, beneficial and cumulative impact assessment, Performance-based alternatives. Mitigation of water resources, Predicting future environmental conditions, Public involvement, Socioeconomic considerations, Data requirements, Existing data available, Models (hydrologic, hydraulic, water quality), Estimation tools and techniques, Geographic Information Systems (GISs), Environmental Management Systems (EMSs), Wetland and stream functional assessment, River flow variation impact analysis, Endangered species habitat assessment, Water and sediment budgeting, Non-point source pollution quantification, Integrating basin hydrologic components, Integrating land and water use management, Mitigation banking-wetland, stream, storm water management ponds, Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), Watershed-based NPDES permitting, Water quality credit trading, Endangered species habitat conservation, Policy and Legal Considerations. Agency frameworks and guidelines, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Clean Water Act and adaptive management, Alternatives analysis using adaptive management Water pollution control and water systems. Computational hydraulics. Simulation and modern computer methods for Hydraulics. Water quality and receiving waters, from precipitation processes,, Runoff, pollutant build-up, wash off, surcharging pipe networks, water distribution systems, Hydrologic and Coastal Processes, Hydrological Pathway from Terrestrial to Coastal Ecosystems, Large River Engineering and Management, Fluvial Processes and Sedimentation, Flood Control and Disaster Assessment, Surface and Ground Water Interaction in Coastal Regions, Fresh Water Resources and Saltwater Intrusion, Eutrophication and Hypoxia in Coastal Waters, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Wetlands and Floodplains, Coastal Wetland Restoration, GIS Applications in Coastal Hydrology Studies, Extreme Weathers, Socioeconomic Impacts of Extreme Weathers, Potential Global Change Effects on Coastal Water Resources, Coastal Water Quality and TMDLs, Educational Topics on Hydrology, Hydraulics, Water Resources, Special Topics, Others