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12:00pm MDT

NASH Introduction to Hydrometric Data Collection workshop - Spray River in Banff Off Site

8:00am MDT

CWRA National Board Meeting Crocus

8:30am MDT

NASH QAQC Cougar

9:00am MDT

CSHS Workshop: R for hydrologists Wolverine Geospatial assessment of surface water quality in a watershed region Squirrel

12:00pm MDT

NASH Flow Regatta Training - Spray River in Banff Off Site

5:00pm MDT

Icebreaker and Registration Plenary

6:30pm MDT

Art-Water-Climate Connection: Virtual Water Gallery Exclusive Viewing Off Site

7:00am MDT

Breakfast Plenary

8:00am MDT

Conference Opening Ceremonies PlenaryElder Rod Hunter

9:30am MDT

Key Note: Sustainability, Resiliency and Decision-Making in Transboundary Waters PlenaryPierre Béland • Robert Sisson

10:00am MDT

Posters Caribou Posters Squirrel

10:30am MDT

Coffee and Exhibitors Plenary Poster 10 - Water resources management modelling for analyzing flood mitigation projects along the Elgin Creek ConcourseNursultan Umirov • Masoud Asadzadeh Poster 11 - Multi-model Intercomparison Project on the Saskatchewan-Nelson-Churchill River Basin (Nelson-MiP) – Phase 0 – 1 SquirrelMohamed Ismaiel Ahmed • Tricia Stadnyk Poster 12 - Machine Learning as a Means to Understanding Emergent Behaviours in Snowpack Evolution SquirrelHannah Burdett • Dr. James Craig Poster 13 - CAMELS-spat: Creating a testbed for spatially distributed hydrologic modeling SquirrelWouter Knoben • Martyn Clark Poster 14 - Improving numerical simulations of glacier flow SquirrelJanine Hay • Martyn Clark Poster 15 - Importance of Water Body Attributes when Training Machine-Learning Models for Streamflow Prediction SquirrelQiutong Yu • Bryan A. Tolson Poster 16 - Using event-driven metrics for model-based hydrologic change detection in a northern hardwood forest SquirrelSimon Lin • S.G.M. Lin Poster 19 - Understanding emergent behaviours in upscaled snow fluxes through machine learning ConcourseHannah Burdett • Dr. James Craig Poster 20 - STREAM: Sequencing The Rivers for Environmental Assessment and Monitoring ConcourseRaegan Mallinson • R Mallinson Poster 21 - Community modeling: integrating multiple models into an open-source model configuration toolbox to accelerate the uptake of science advances in hydrologic modeling and prediction ConcourseBart van Osnabrugge • Wouter Knoben Poster 22 - EC-HEPEX: an open invitation to join a network of hydrological forecasting enthusiasts ConcourseBart van Osnabrugge • Louise Arnal Poster 23 - Living Lakes Canada Upper Columbia Basin Groundwater Monitoring Program ConcourseCarol Luttmer • Kayla Harris Poster 33 - Nonstationary stochastic paired watershed approach: investigating forest harvesting effects on floods in two large, nested, and snow-dominated watersheds in British Columbia, Canada CaribouRobbie Johnson • Alila Younes Poster 34 - Challenged by a climate oscillation: Hydrology of a terminal lake and wetland, and management for wildlife habitat and wastewater assimilation CaribouStewart Rood • Sarah Ellen Johnston Poster 35 - Filling in the details: base level flood hazard mapping as a cost-effective tool for floodplain management CaribouTyson Ehnes • Elisa Scordo Poster 18 - Remote sensing techniques for watershed assessments  ConcoursePatrick Little Poster 24 - Quantifying Spatial Distribution of Depression-focused Groundwater Recharge in the Canadian Prairies CaribouMd Shihab Uddin Poster 25 - Canada1Water stream-network analysis for national scale hydrological modelling CaribouEric Kessel • Steve Frey Poster 26 - MULTIPURPOSE WATER RESOURCE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT USING NILE BASIN DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM, TANA SUB BASIN, ETHIOPIA CaribouHabtam Achenef Poster 27- Enhancing water quality data access through collaboration between data centers CaribouCristina Cismasu • Claudine Boyer Poster 28 - Groundwater in complex and adaptive social-ecological systems: new theoretical approaches and practical implications for groundwater sustainability CaribouXander Huggins • Tom Gleeson Poster 36 - Comparison of Soil Water Dynamics Under Different Precipitation Regimes CaribouAmila Ljutic • Genevieve Ali Poster 37 - The impact of urban development on stream flow in northwest Calgary CaribouSamuel Johnson • Edwin Cey Poster 17 - Geoarchaeological Analysis of Floodplain Carbon Cycling and Holocene Landforming Processes Using Buried Soils in the Bow River Watershed SquirrelKelsey Serviss • Andrea Freeman Poster 8 - An Overview of Modelling Methodologies for Arctic Freshwater-Marine Systems and Projected Pan-Arctic Freshwater Discharge Changes ConcourseJack Kostick • Tricia Stadnyk Poster 9 - Climatic Controls on the Water Balance of an Oil Sands End Pit Lake ConcourseAustin Zabel • Richard Petrone Poster 29 - Potential in Nature-Based Solutions for Mitigating Impacts of Climate Change SquirrelZhonghao Zhang • Caterina Valeo Poster 30 - Spatial and temporal variations of fecal indicator bacteria in stormwater ponds in Calgary, Alberta ConcourseMina Shahirnia Poster 31 - Impacts of hydrometeorological conditions on river water quality in a mixed agricultural-forest catchment of Eastern Canada ConcourseBenoit Brault Poster 32 - Quantifying impacts of point source municipal wastewater effluent on benthic macroinvertebrate community composition in the Bow River near Calgary, AB ConcourseAphra Sutherland • David Barrett

11:00am MDT

Developing linked hydrological and ecological prediction systems to drive cumulative effects management ArnicaKelly Munkittrick IJC Progress Towards a Climate Resiliency Strategy LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro The case of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in view of the Canada/USA Boundary Waters Treaty OrchidKerry Black • FISAHA UNDUCHE Increasing Canada’s resilience to flooding: Introducing the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program (FHIMP) CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Maxim Fortin

11:10am MDT

The International Joint Commission Climate Change Guidance Framework LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Catherine Lee-Johnston

11:15am MDT

Greening Gray Infrastructure Using Soil and Water Bioengineering Approaches WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood

11:20am MDT

Case Study: National-level multi-criteria analysis and prioritization for flood hazard mapping CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Maxim Fortin A Collaborative Investigation in the Role of Groundwater and Channel Morphology in Redd Site Selection by Westslope Cutthroat Trout and Bull Trout in the Kootenays. ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Cailey McCutcheon Transboundary Adaptive Management in Action LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Mike Shantz

11:30am MDT

From Liability to Asset: Stream Restoration and Natural Channel Design in Land Development WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • Andrew Doherty

11:40am MDT

At long last, steps towards a government-to-government partnership to improve water management and stewardship in the Xwulqw’selu Sto’lo (Koksilah River) watershed, BC OrchidKerry Black • Jessica Doyle Typology and characterization of floods - formulation of recommendations aimed at mitigating the risks associated with floods CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Thomas Bergeron The tail of the century: the dynamism of 149 years of juvenile Atlantic salmon thermal aggregations in an eastern Canadian river ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Antóin O'Sullivan Results of the Great Lakes Phase I Expedited Review Hydroclimate Report and Next Steps for Phase II LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Nicole O'Brien

11:45am MDT

Lessons Learned from the Elbow Island Fish Spawning Habitat Restoration and Flood Mitigation Project WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • Allisha Sordi

12:00pm MDT

Quantifying Recent and Projected Glacial Decline for Kanaka Bar Indian Band Water Governance and Climate Change Adaptation OrchidKerry Black • Jeremy Morris Global Model evaluation and damage results CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Robin Bourke Water temperature model calibration on a subarctic basin: a multi-site strategy approach in a data-sparse region. ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Eisinhower Rincon Techniques and Challenges of Evaluating Alternative Operating Plans for a Multipurpose Reservoir System LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Brett Hultgren

12:15pm MDT

The Living Dikes Project: Design and Pilot Testing of Nature-Based Flood Protection in Boundary Bay, BC WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • Eric Morris

12:20pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidKerry Black Setting the stage for flood risk assessments that use consistent approaches / Préparer le terrain pour des évaluations des risques d'inondation selon des approches cohérentes CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk Modeling forest disturbance and growth in hydrologic models using the ROBIN vegetation simulation library ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Ming Han THE INTERNATIONAL ST. MARY AND MILK RIVERS STUDY LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Alain Pietroniro

12:30pm MDT

CANCID AGM Wolverine Lunch and Exhibitors Plenary

1:30pm MDT

Panel Discussion - Cowichan Weir Upgrades WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood Discussion of advancements and limitations on input data for flood risk modelling CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk Anthropogenic and climate drivers of changing groundwater vulnerability to contamination ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Sacha Ruzzante Diagnosing watershed governance: A 50-year longitudinal social network analysis of the Okanagan Basin Water Board LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Nelson Jatel

1:35pm MDT

Changes to the Natural Boundary with Weir Upgrades as Cowichan Lake. WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • Clayton Hiles

1:45pm MDT

Fish Passage at the Cowichan Lake Weir Rise WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood

1:50pm MDT

Meander Belt Development Setbacks WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • Jonathan Slaney Emergency Planning in First Nations Water and Wastewater Utilities OrchidKerry Black • Feyisetan Adebayo What are you Really Looking At? Scenario Selection in Flood Risk Assessments CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Julie Van de Valk Key factors for predicting low dissolved oxygen concentrations in the Bow River using a water quality model ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Nancy Martin Columbia River Treaty – Reservoir Regulation for Riparian Enhancement LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Stewart Rood

2:05pm MDT

Hydrotechnical and Geomorphological Assessment of the Indus Gravel Pit along the Bow River within Rocky View County, Alberta WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • Manas Shome

2:10pm MDT

Reseau CMI OrchidKerry Black • Madjid Mohseni A planner’s perspective on the use of flood risk assessments CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • David Sol Stream sediment load associated with agricultural best management practices ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Simon Bée Alberta’s Transboundary Waters Agreements—What are they, who is involved, and what are we doing? LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Carmen de la Chevrotière

2:20pm MDT

Environmental Flow Needs Screening Assessment for the Tsolum River Agricultural Watershed Plan WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • Katie Healey

2:30pm MDT

Experiences with flood risk assessment for evidence-based decision making CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Sandra Davis Disentangling multiple drivers of dissolved organic matter concentration in a prairie drinking water reservoir ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Anthony Baron International Watersheds Initiative- advancing understanding and quality of our shared waters- examples from two watershed boards LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Robert Phillips

2:35pm MDT

Use of Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA) to Determine Design Requirements for a Channel Realignment WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • Heather Amirault

2:50pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidKerry Black CanFlood: Canada’s new open-source flood risk modelling toolbox CrocusNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Seth Bryant Developing a prioritization and design process for projects to restore salmonid habitat in BC  WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • David West Statistical tools for water quality assessment and monitoring in river ecosystems – a scoping review and recommendations for data analysis ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Neal Tanna Managing Water Supply and Flood Control in the Souris River Basin LadyslipperErika Klyszejko • Al Pietroniro • Bruce Davison

3:00pm MDT

Industry 4.0 advances and development: The new frontiers ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Prachi Ugle Pimpalkhute Coffee and Exhibitors Plenary

3:30pm MDT

Water Circle with Indigenous Knowledge Keepers Orchid

5:00pm MDT

Alberta Branch AGM Wolverine

6:00pm MDT

Exhibitors Reception Plenary

7:00pm MDT

SYP Scavenger Hunt and Networking Off Site

7:00am MDT

SYP AGM Wolverine Breakfast Plenary

8:00am MDT

Key Note: TranscendingJurisdiction: Towards Co-Governance of Canada's Great Watersheds PlenaryErnie Campbell • Michael Miltenberger • Steve Nitah • Merrell-Ann Phare Posters Caribou Posters Squirrel

9:00am MDT

Assessing hydrologic and policy implications of proposed irrigation expansion on the Canadian Prairies ArnicaJames R. Craig • Lucas Vonderbank Manitoba Indigenous Lands and Flood Mapping Project OrchidKerry Black • Patricia Mitchell Water management to mitigate impacts of hydrometeorological extremes LadyslipperNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Krystal Chin What’s Going on Down There? Subsurface LID Performance Under Freezing Conditions WolverineBill Trenouth

9:12am MDT

An Early Warning System to Address Water Resources Threats and Stressors CrocusGabe Sentlinger • Mike Donahue

9:20am MDT

Modeling the synergistic effects of climate change and wetland drainage on Canadian Prairie streamflow ArnicaJames R. Craig • Zhihua He Interweaving Foreshore Mapping with Local Indigenous Knowledge OrchidKerry Black • Georgia Peck The impact of weighting climate simulations on flood projections LadyslipperNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Mariana Castaneda-Gonzalez Green rainwater infrastructure in the real world: City of Vancouver performance results WolverineBill Trenouth • Sylvie Spraakman

9:24am MDT

Water Quality Transit Time (WQTT) for Continuous Discharge Measurement in Large and Small Waterways CrocusGabe Sentlinger

9:40am MDT

Spatially Targeting BMPs in Canadian Prairie Watersheds to Maximize Water Quality Benefits ArnicaJames R. Craig • Joey Simoes Weaving Knowledge to Understand Historic Manomin Growth on the Upper Winnipeg River OrchidKerry Black • Samantha Mehltretter Flood damage model bias caused by aggregation LadyslipperNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Seth Bryant Bioretention Functionality under Frozen Conditions WolverineBill Trenouth • Sean Elliot

9:48am MDT

Drone Cookbook: Standard operating procedure for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in riverine ecology CrocusGabe Sentlinger • Andrea Kneale

10:00am MDT

Applications of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems in the Hydrological Sciences CrocusGabe Sentlinger • Carina Helm HGDM - a simple model for varying connected fractions of prairie basins ArnicaJames R. Craig • Kevin Shook Implementing calls to action toward reconciliation in graduate research OrchidKerry Black • Kristina Miller New Approaches and a Fresh Look at Floodplain Delineation in the Quebec City Area (Qc) LadyslipperNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Gilles Rivard Assessing the function of stormwater management facilities in a changing climate WolverineBill Trenouth • Amanda Pinto • Nick Mocan

10:12am MDT

Investigation of Image Velocimetry techniques using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for discharge measurements in Canadian Rivers CrocusGabe Sentlinger • James Bomhof

10:20am MDT

An agnostic modelling framework for prairie potholes ArnicaJames R. Craig • Mohamed Ismaiel Ahmed EXTRA TIME OrchidKerry Black A Tool for Promoting Community Resilience along Coasts and Rivers LadyslipperNicky Hastings • Julie van de Valk • Mike Donahue Impact of de-icing salts on the performance of bioretention media in retaining phosphorus from urban stormwater WolverineBill Trenouth • Brennan Donado

10:30am MDT

Coffee and Exhibitors Plenary

11:00am MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti Opening Remarks WolverineAngela Alambets Pilot Collaborative Water Monitoring in Northeast BC CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Elizabeth Johnson Investigation of the 2021 flood in British Columbia from weather and hydrogeomorphic perspectives LadyslipperTBD • Kabir Rasouli Time to Update the Split Sample Approach to Hydrological Model Calibration ArnicaJames R. Craig • Hongren Shen

11:05am MDT

An assessment of historical and future climatologies patterns over the Alberta Oil Sands Areas (OSA) using indicators from the Expert Team on Sector-Specific Climate Indices (ET-SCI) OrchidQuentin Chiotti • ALIDA THIOMBIANO Developing a Regional Water Management Organization: Lessons Learned in Okotoks WolverineAngela Alambets • Elaine Vincent

11:10am MDT

Historical and projected CMIP6 precipitation and temperature simulations for the Arctic watersheds OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Chandra Rajulapati The anatomy and uncertainty of a Canadian National River Gauging Network CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Hongli Liu Towards Watershed Security: The role of water in modernized land use planning in British Columbia—lessons and opportunities LadyslipperTBD • Oliver Brandes

11:15am MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

11:20am MDT

Alberta Irrigation Modernization (AIM) Program OrchidQuentin Chiotti • David Westwood A new watershed hydrometric monitoring program enabling Environmental Flow Need monitoring: Advancing water governance in Canada CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Nelson Jatel Cooperative Stormwater Management Initiative WolverineAngela Alambets • Kim Sturgess Community modeling: Supporting large-domain water resources modeling through an open-source model configuration toolbox ArnicaJames R. Craig • Wouter Knoben The City of Grand Forks Flood Mitigation Program (FMP) LadyslipperTBD • Andrew Wiens

11:25am MDT

Influence of postharvest deficit irrigation on sweet cherry cold hardiness in the Okanagan Valley OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Elizabeth Houghton

11:30am MDT

Towards Climate-Robust Water Management for Potato Production OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Amy Carruthers Watershed Security Through Nature-Directed Planning In the Canadian Columbia Basin: Using Science To Inform Water Governance CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Kat Hartwig

11:35am MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti Establishing a Regional Water Services Commission WolverineAngela Alambets • Dion Burlock

11:40am MDT

CMIP5 and CMIP6 model projection comparison for hydrological impacts over North America OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Jean-Luc Martel Q and A CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson Characterizing global hydrological modeling uncertainties using the Ensemble Meteorological Dataset for Planet Earth (EM-Earth) ArnicaJames R. Craig • Guoqiang Tang A Lesson in Emergency Preparedness – Overcoming Technical Challenges During Unprecedented Flooding in the Yukon’s Southern Lakes Region LadyslipperTBD • Rob Kenyon

11:45am MDT

Hydrologic Modelling of the Fraser River Basin for Multivariate Climate Impact Assessment OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Alexander Giberson

11:50am MDT

Low flow trends and drivers in snow-dominated mountain rivers of Alberta and British Columbia OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Paul Whitfield Newfoundland and Labrador Hydrometric Network: User Survey Results CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Janice McCarthy Diving into topics presented in first half of session WolverineAngela Alambets

11:55am MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

12:00pm MDT

Analysis of the Timing of Pivotal Historical Shifts in Modelled Pan-Arctic Freshwater Discharge and Permafrost Extent using A-HYPE OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Marie Broesky Innovative approach to develop a sustainable long-term watershed monitoring program CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Mike Christensen Principal Component Analysis for Identifying the most Informative combination of Signatures for Calibrating Hydrologic Models ArnicaJames R. Craig • Pouya Farokhzad Current Flood Protection Issues at Abbotsford BC LadyslipperTBD • Mike Currie

12:05pm MDT

Analyzing the impact of climate change on water balance relationship for a cold region basin using the discretized HYPE model OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Ajay Bajracharya

12:10pm MDT

Developing an Approach to Complete, Update and Maintain the Dataset of Basin Polygons for Canada’s Hydrometric Network CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Josh Wiebe EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

12:20pm MDT

2D Hydraulic Model Applications for River Analysis ArnicaJames R. Craig • Cameron Adams Addressing the gap in sub-national sectoral water use data in Canada CrocusJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Osama Younis EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti Record High Autumn Similkameen River Discharge causes Okanogan River to Reverse Direction - A Changing Flow Regime and Implications on Water Management LadyslipperTBD • Martin Suchy Q and A WolverineAngela Alambets

12:30pm MDT

CSHS AGM Wolverine Lunch and Exhibitors Plenary

1:30pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti Ensemble Data Assimilation Methods for Improved Snow Estimation and Streamflow Prediction in Mountainous Terrain ArnicaJames R. Craig • David Casson Understanding the role of regional groundwater flow on water resources in the Edmonton region LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Marcus Kehler Insights from regional scale monitoring using isotope tracers: an underlying perspective on hydrological change in space and time CrocusArghavan Tafvizi • April L. James • Tegan Holmes • John Gibson Integrated Provincial Flood and Steep Creek Assessments: connecting risk management for communities. WolverineSean Douglas • Kris Holm

1:35pm MDT

Natural Infrastructure is Infrastructure: Mainstreaming Natural Resilience Strategies in Canada OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Joanna Eyquem

1:40pm MDT

Climate change impact and resilience assessment of municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants: A case study OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Arpana Datta

1:45pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

1:50pm MDT

Evaluating Performance of Backwater Valves to Reduce the Risk of Basement Flooding: Relationships between Flow Structure and Solids Build-up in the Valve OrchidQuentin Chiotti • David Nguyen A bias correction method for Global Hydrological Models. Case of study: GEOGloWS ECMWF Streamflow Services in the Amazon Region Countries. ArnicaJames R. Craig • Jorge Sanchez-Lozano Insights into Recharge Processes in Mountain Block Hydrology LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Éowyn Campbell Characterization of hydrological permanence and landscape features sustaining opportunistic boreal wetlands across a chronosequence using isotopologues of water and radon. CrocusArghavan Tafvizi • April L. James • Tegan Holmes • Michael Wendlandt Risk Evaluation for Steep Creek Hazards: Lessons Learned WolverineSean Douglas • Alex Strouth

2:00pm MDT

Climate Change in the Canadian Arctic and the Impacts on Ice Roads OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Michèle Rochette

2:05pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

2:10pm MDT

Modelling the effects of climate change on water temperature for rivers downstream from a dammed reservoir OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Philippe Gatien Assessment of groundwater storage change and recharge using GRACE data in two selected aquifers in Niger, West Africa LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Sergio Barbosa Developing a framework for the continuous estimation of winter discharge through coupled hydrological and hydraulic modelling under river ice conditions. ArnicaJames R. Craig • KH Rahat Usman Bow Valley Debris Flood Mitigation: Recent Progress and Lessons Learned WolverineSean Douglas • Felix Camire

2:15pm MDT

A framework for evaluating and improving robustness of drinking water treatment plants during extreme weather-related turbidity spikes OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Kirti Nemani

2:20pm MDT

Disentangling climate change and anthropogenic surface water management effects on Hudson Bay freshwater supply periodicity and variability from weekly to multi-decadal timescales OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Andrew Tefs The Importance of Wetlands in Accurate Simulation of Streamflow and Stable Isotopes of Water in A Mesoscale Precambrian Shield Watershed: New Application of isoWATFLOOD CrocusArghavan Tafvizi • April L. James • Tegan Holmes

2:25pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

2:30pm MDT

Assessing freshwater storage in coastal estuaries: A Sustainable downstream storage for coastal area water supply OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Usman Khalil Hydrologic impact of the Canadian Small-Lake Model (CSLM) in the GEM-Hydro distributed model. ArnicaJames R. Craig • Etienne Gaborit Revealing dominant hydrologic processes with isotope tracer and flow performance metric sensitivities CrocusArghavan Tafvizi • April L. James • Tegan Holmes COUGAR CREEK’S DEBRIS FLOOD RETENTION STRUCTURE WolverineSean Douglas • Felix Camire Q and A LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson

2:35pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

2:50pm MDT

Elasticities of snow and runoff regimes to changing air temperature and precipitation in North American mountain headwater basins ArnicaJames R. Craig • Kabir Rasouli Melting the walls of traditional science communication: Exploring climate change in the Arctic through isotope hydrology and visual arts CrocusArghavan Tafvizi • April L. James • Tegan Holmes • Megan Leung EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti TBDx WolverineSean Douglas

3:00pm MDT

Coffee and Exhibitors Plenary NASH AGM Wolverine

3:30pm MDT

Posters and Exhibitors Plenary

5:00pm MDT

CWRA National AGM Wolverine

6:00pm MDT

Banquet Plenary

7:00am MDT

Breakfast Plenary

8:00am MDT

Key Note: Groundwater sustainability across scales: from partnering with Indigenous communities to contributing to global initiatives PlenaryTom Gleeson • Tim Kulchyski

9:00am MDT

Are water temperature sensors located at hydrometric stations monitoring conditions that are representative of the river thermal regime? LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • André St-Hilaire Projecting impacts of climate change on Lake Winnipeg winter outflows to the Nelson River Hydroelectric Complex ArnicaJames R. Craig • Kevin Lees Centering Indigenous Values in Flood Risk Projects CaribouTyson Ehnes • Robin Heavens Modernizing Hydrological Prediction Tools and Systems in Saskatchewan SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Curtis Hallborg Regional analysis of snowmelt and groundwater interactions in mountains, foothills, and plains regions in central Alberta CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Majid Zaremehrjardy Dialogue Session: Indigenous Perspectives on a Canada Water Agency OrchidKerry Black • Mario Swampy • Lillian Trapper • Martin Suchy • Merrell-Ann Phare

9:20am MDT

Simulating Local Hydropower Development for Climate Policy Alternatives with GCAM-Canada ArnicaJames R. Craig • Evan Arbuckle The isoHydRology package for Canadian hydrologists WolverineKevin Shook • Paul Whitfield • Tricia Stadnyk Tools to protect drinking water sources LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Kellie Garcia Buntin Modelling Bank Erosion in Gravel-Bed Rivers to Support Hazard Management CaribouTyson Ehnes • Sarah Davidson Integrating Research Results into Flood Forecasting Operations: Challenges and Opportunities SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Jennifer Nafziger Regional Volumetric Estimates of Groundwater Availability and the Application to Cumulative Effects Management in Alberta CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Alex Oiffer

9:40am MDT

gumboot - an R package for Bootstrap Analyses of Sampling Uncertainty in Goodness-of-Fit Statistics WolverineKevin Shook • Paul Whitfield Analysis of groundwater levels in Alberta CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube Developing a cloud-based and open-source hydrology model and data framework for the Okanagan Basin, B.C. ArnicaJames R. Craig • Nelson Jatel Flood Risk Management – Going Beyond Flood Hazard Identification LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Doug Bellomo Flood Risk Management – Going Beyond Flood Hazard Identification LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Doug Belomo Manitoba’s Flood Risk Mapping Initiative CaribouTyson Ehnes • Kibreab Aseffa Challenges in Flood Forecasting in Alberta SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Mohammad Khaled Akhtar

9:50am MDT

CSHShydRology - an R package for Canadian hydrology WolverineKevin Shook • Paul Whitfield Alpine groundwater recharge and karstic flow: new discoveries in the Canadian Rockies CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Sara Lilley

10:00am MDT

Simple mapping of locations and results using R and the CSHShydRology package WolverineKevin Shook • Paul Whitfield Application of intelligent models in estimation of evapotranspiration in wetlands (case study: Edmonton, Alberta) ArnicaJames R. Craig • Maryam Bayatvarkeshi Potential causes of pH changes in the boreal RAMP lakes of Alberta LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Jean Birks Innovative 2D Dynamic Floodplain Modelling for Establishing Regulatory Floodlines in Southern Ontario CaribouTyson Ehnes • Ryan Langlois Physically based river flood prediction in data-sparse cold regions: the Yukon River Basin flow forecasting system SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Mohamed Elshamy Watershed Characterization of Alpine Aquifer Systems CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Brayden Ralph

10:10am MDT

Using R and WhiteboxTools to incorporate catchment delineation into integrated workflows WolverineKevin Shook • Paul Whitfield • R.D. Moore

10:20am MDT

Flood Frequency Applications in R using NSERC FloodNet functions WolverineKevin Shook • Paul Whitfield • Jason Chiang Improving access to Canada’s rich diversity of water quality monitoring data through DataStream’s open-access data platform LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Mary Kruk Leveraging the capabilities of ensemble hydrological models for lake water level simulation of Mistinikon Lake ArnicaJames R. Craig • Rezgar Arabzadeh The Ontario Lake and River Routing Product CaribouTyson Ehnes • Bryan Tolson Advancing Near Real-Time Data Management for River Monitoring and Forecast in British Columbia SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Chun-Chao Kuo Comparison of Water Balance Techniques for Assessing Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions within a Designed Wetland Feature CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Peter John Thompson

10:30am MDT

Coffee and Exhibitors Plenary

11:00am MDT

Application of 1D and 2D Hydraulic Models for Flood Mapping in Alberta and BC ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Natalia Leon-Barrios Multi-Scale Observations of Turbulent Heat Fluxes above a Deep Boreal Hydropower Reservoir LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • ADRIEN PIERRE Manitoba’s continued path to Flood Resilience - At the 25th Anniversary of the Flood of the Century (The 1997 Flood) CaribouJanie Bergeron • Jay Deoring An ANN-based Canada-wide flood forecasting system SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Everett Snieder Modernizing Source Water Protection Planning through Geospatial Tools and Open Data Platforms CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Steph Neufeld Youth and Young Professional Perspectives OrchidKerry Black • Disa Crowchief

11:10am MDT

Groundwater contribution to environmental flow: a case study in British Columbia WolverineAndré St-Hilaire • Chinchu Mohan Fact-Checkers Needed! Certifying and Applying Stormwater Treatment Device Performance Claims ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Bill Trenouth

11:20am MDT

The added value of including water temperature in environmental flow considerations WolverineJames R. Craig • André St-Hilaire Hydrological functioning of wetland-dominated headwater catchments and their importance for water availability in the lower Athabasca River Basin, Canada CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Scott Ketcheson Keith Creek Re-Alignment and Enhancement ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Doug Johnston Flow Naturalization for the Oldman River LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • MD MAKAMUM MAHMOOD Climate Change Related Alterations to Flood Regimes Show an Increasing Rainfall Influence CaribouJanie Bergeron • Paul Whitfield Moving Beyond River Forecasting towards Dynamic Community Flood Risk Situational Awareness for Ice Affected and Open Water Conditions – Flood Alert SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Steven McArdle

11:30am MDT

Catchment-Scale Dynamic Integrated Modelling of Wetland Hydroperiods Post-Development WolverineAndré St-Hilaire • Dave van Vliet New Dynamic GI-BMP Sizing Tool ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Anna Leenay Understanding the Controls on Organic Soil Distribution, Thickness, and Moisture Dynamics in Headwater Catchments of the Boreal Plains CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Tori Green-Harrison

11:40am MDT

Positive Impacts of “Low Impact Development” for Combatting Extreme Heat ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Joanna Eyquem Estimation of environmental flows for Riverine Fish and fish habitat in Prairie rivers, Canada WolverineAndré St-Hilaire • Haitham Ghamry Ice jam assessment and monitoring system for the Town of Golden (Kicking Horse River) LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • David Kushner Empirical Simulation of Extreme Sea Levels and Impacts of Future Climate Change with Bootstrap Methods in Chaleur Bay CaribouJanie Bergeron • Karl Hanke Estimation of the design flood generated by mixed processes for the Coldwater River watershed SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Melissa Hairabedian • Vicenzo Coia An evaluation of the underlying soil hydrophysical properties on seismic lines CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Lelia Weiland

11:50am MDT

Application of machine-learning to spatio-temporal modeling of land cover evolution in discontinuous permafrost regions ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Shaghayegh Akbarpour Safsari

12:00pm MDT

Novel peatland reclamation through partial removal of a well pad: Understanding hydrologic controls on moss community initiation and alleviation of disruption to shallow groundwater flow CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Murdoch McKinnon Seasonal behavior of soluble reactive phosphorus within field-scale bioretention systems in cold climates ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Jaeleah Goor Freshwater sentinels: An Ecological Flows study with trout populations in Coles Creek, PEI. WolverineAndré St-Hilaire • Bruno C. Carneiro de Mendonca Large-scale comparison of snow-water-equivalent field measurements against near-real time gridded snow products over Quebec LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Francois Brissette A copula-based compound coastal-riverine flooding analysis of the St. Lawrence coast under sea level rise conditions CaribouJanie Bergeron • Mohammad Bizhanimanzar After Action Reviews and Lessons Learned from the 2018 and 2019 Mid-Winter Breakups and Ice Jam Flooding Events along the Credit River in Southern Ontario, Canada. SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Jeff Wong

12:10pm MDT

Charactersiation of aquifer conditions and ocean-aquifer exchange along the coastal interface using near-surface geophysical techniques. CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Igor Pavlovskii Weighting hydroclimatic simulations of future high flows based on model interdependency and performance ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Gabriel Rondeau-Genesse

12:20pm MDT

A unified approach for processing mountain research basin hydrometeorological and snow data for model forcing and evaluation LadyslipperJames Bomhof • Emily Anderson • Abbas Fayad The impact of reservoirs on the water temperature of the Tobique River, Canada WolverineAndré St-Hilaire • Negin Rahmati Trend assessment of nutrients and suspended solids across the Lake Winnipeg Basin: an application of the WRTDS model CaribouJanie Bergeron • Glenn Benoy Automatic Integration of Nowcast + Forecast Data into Flow Forecast Models: A Conservation Authority Showcase SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Steve Elgie Indirect human impacts on global protected areas through lateral groundwater flow CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • David Serrano The profile likelihood method with improved computational efficiency and numerical stability ArnicaKelly Munkittrick • Cuauhtémoc Tonatiuh Vidrio Sahagún

12:30pm MDT

Lunch and Exhibitors Plenary

1:30pm MDT

Gray, Meet Green: Integrating Soil / Trees / Stormwater WolverineJoshua Maxwell • Michael James Modelling trade-offs between crop yields, soil Phosphorus accumulation, and its transport across waterways of Nelson River Basin in Canadian Prairies CaribouAndrew Chan • Sepideh Kheirkhah Grand Council Treaty #3 & Territorial Planning Unit Introduction OrchidLucas King Providing situational awareness for the 2021 flood events in the Northwest Territories SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Ryan Connon Koksilah Watershed Hydrological Analysis CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Jos Beckers Fireside chat with Senior CWRA Members ArnicaMike Gallant • Maggie Romuld • Andrew Szojka • Andre St-Hilaire Canada Water Agency: translating water science to policy LadyslipperBob Sandford • Fred Wrona • Tricia Stadnyk • Kerry Black • Alain Pietroniro • Martyn Clark

1:40pm MDT

Green Infrastructure within City of Toronto Right-of-Way – From Council direction to Implementation WolverineJoshua Maxwell • Niloufar Mohajerani

1:50pm MDT

Assessing Water Quality in Alberta's Irrigation Districts CaribouAndrew Chan • Janelle Villenueve Anishinaabe Water Governance OrchidLucas King • Anita Collins • Hailey Krolyck Operational River Ice Monitoring on the Lower Churchill River during the 2021-2022 Ice Season SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Michael Lynch Potential for groundwater-surface water interactions to deliver phosphorus to a stream across multiple seasons CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Clare Robinson

2:00pm MDT

Low Impact Development as a Tool for Flood Mitigation in a Retrofit Environment WolverineJoshua Maxwell • Jessica Wheatley Fireside chat with Senior CWRA Members ArnicaMike Gallant • Tricia Stadnyk • Mike Currie • Sean Douglas • TBD

2:10pm MDT

Assessment of Precision Irrigation of Potatoes in Southern Alberta CaribouAndrew Chan • Adele Harding Treaty #3 Community Based Monitoring for Environmental Management OrchidLucas King • Chris Herc Advantages of using optimization approaches to operationalize regulations for control of shared water systems SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Arnejan van Loenen

2:20pm MDT

Opportunities for Integrating Prairie Pothole Wetlands into Urban Communities WolverineJoshua Maxwell • Carly Silver

2:30pm MDT

Irrigation requirements in Lanoraie, Quebec: optimizing agricultural needs in an ecologically- sensitive environment CaribouAndrew Chan • Meaghan Kilmartin Interaction Between the Sunnyside Alluvial Aquifer and The Bow River in Calgary-Alberta-Hydrogeochemical and Isotopic Perspectives CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Jean Birks Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation in Treaty #3 OrchidLucas King • Geneva Kejick A benchmark for probabilistic seasonal streamflow forecasting over North America SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Louise Arnal Fireside chat with Senior CWRA Members ArnicaMike Gallant • Ute Holweger • Stephanie Smith • Dave Murray • Rick Ross

2:40pm MDT

Characterizing Groundwater Influence on Stormwater Infrastructure in a Cold, Arid Region CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Lucas Ogrins Designing Storm Parks to Meet Enhanced Performance Objectives in the Calgary Region WolverineJoshua Maxwell • Jennifer Massig

2:50pm MDT

Q and A OrchidLucas King SnowCast: Daily forecasts of mountain snowpack using a snowdrift-permitting model SquirrelDave Casson. Louise Arnal • Al Pietroniro • Chris Marsh A meta-research approach using text analysis to examine nutrient transport in groundwater-surface water interactions CrocusBrandi Newton • Ravikant Kumar • Cynthia McClain • Nadine Taube • Ahmed Elsayed

3:00pm MDT

Coffee and Exhibitors Plenary

3:30pm MDT

Conference Closing and Student awards PlenaryElder Rod Hunter

5:00pm MDT

CSHS Social Night - Rose and Crown Off Site Plein Aire Virtual Water Galery Off Site

9:00am MDT

Global Water Futures Fortress Mountain Snow Observatory Visit Off Site Debris Flood Mitigation Structures in the Bow Valley – Technical tour Off Site Canadian Hydrological Forecasting System Caribou CANCID Irrigation Design Workshop Wolverine Hydrological Forecasting System Development Squirrel

1:00pm MDT

Raft Tour of Bow River Erosion Control and Flood Protection Projects in Calgary Off Site