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CWRA2022

10:30am MDT

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

11:15am MDT

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

11:30am MDT

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

11:45am MDT

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

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

1:30pm MDT

Panel Discussion - Cowichan Weir Upgrades WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood

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

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

2:20pm MDT

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

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

Developing a prioritization and design process for projects to restore salmonid habitat in BC  WolverineMike Gallant • Matt Wood • David West

9:00am MDT

What’s Going on Down There? Subsurface LID Performance Under Freezing Conditions WolverineBill Trenouth

9:20am MDT

Green rainwater infrastructure in the real world: City of Vancouver performance results WolverineBill Trenouth • Sylvie Spraakman

9:40am MDT

Bioretention Functionality under Frozen Conditions WolverineBill Trenouth • Sean Elliot

10:00am MDT

Assessing the function of stormwater management facilities in a changing climate WolverineBill Trenouth • Amanda Pinto • Nick Mocan

10:20am MDT

Impact of de-icing salts on the performance of bioretention media in retaining phosphorus from urban stormwater WolverineBill Trenouth • Brennan Donado

11:00am MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti Investigation of the 2021 flood in British Columbia from weather and hydrogeomorphic perspectives LadyslipperTBD • Kabir Rasouli

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

11:10am MDT

Historical and projected CMIP6 precipitation and temperature simulations for the Arctic watersheds OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Chandra Rajulapati 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 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

11:35am MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

11:40am MDT

CMIP5 and CMIP6 model projection comparison for hydrological impacts over North America OrchidQuentin Chiotti • Jean-Luc Martel 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

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 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

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

12:20pm MDT

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

1:30pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti 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 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 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

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 COUGAR CREEK’S DEBRIS FLOOD RETENTION STRUCTURE WolverineSean Douglas • Felix Camire

2:35pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti

2:50pm MDT

EXTRA TIME OrchidQuentin Chiotti TBDx WolverineSean Douglas

1:30pm MDT

Gray, Meet Green: Integrating Soil / Trees / Stormwater WolverineJoshua Maxwell • Michael James

1:40pm MDT

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

2:00pm MDT

Low Impact Development as a Tool for Flood Mitigation in a Retrofit Environment WolverineJoshua Maxwell • Jessica Wheatley

2:20pm MDT

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

2:40pm MDT

Designing Storm Parks to Meet Enhanced Performance Objectives in the Calgary Region WolverineJoshua Maxwell • Jennifer Massig