EPN Breakfast
Presentation and Panel Discussion
Presentation and Panel Discussion
Posted by Jim Stagge on March 03, 2023
On March 7, I will be presenting an overview of water issues facing Ohio and moderating a panel discussion with several exciting experts as part of the Ohio Environmental Professionals Network 2023 Spring Seminar.
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The topic of the series will be Changing Rivers: Enhancing the natural and social wellbeing of Ohio alongside more floods and warmer temperatures. From the conference organizers:
Ohio’s rivers are changing. Increased heavy precipitation events and warmer temperatures are two probable scenarios that aquatic systems in the Buckeye State will experience through climate change. The purpose of this event is to explore the specific issues of stormwater management and regional extreme rainfall events and to connect these changes to empirical research on the biotic diversity in Ohio’s streams and rivers, and on the socioeconomic health of human communities. This session will explore the emerging field of “ecohydroclimatology,” which utilizes atmospheric science to assess both temperature and precipitation changes, greenhouse gas effects, human-created landscape changes, including the building of impervious surfaces, and their interactions with the movement of water and aquatic biological conditions.
Topical experts will specifically address 1) leading strategies to monitor stormwater and precipitation flashes in waterbodies, 2) stormwater engineering tools, the use of green infrastructure and policy/communication strategies to prevent flooding in vulnerable homes and neighborhoods, 3) using aquatic biota to express overall stream and river conditions and as a measure of Clean Water Act management program effectiveness with a focus on stormwater.