Urban Water Innovation Network

Annual Meeting (Virtual)

July 20 – 21, 2021

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July 20, 2021: Research Contributions to Science & Practice

Welcome & Housekeeping: 8:45am – 9:00am (MT)

Project Reports: 9:00am – 3:00pm (MT)

Each project will have 10-mins to discuss major research findings. Presentations should specifically address how the research contributes to advancing the science and practice of managing sustainable urban water systems. Discuss how your work may potentially be useful to stakeholders and how your work might influence practice.

Thrust A: 9:00am -10:45am

A1-1 (Arabi): Quantify vulnerability, resilience and adaptability
A2-1 (Bou-Zeid): Land-atmosphere-hydrosphere interactions
A2-2 (Georgescu) Land-atmosphere-hydrosphere – projecting future change
A2-3 (Hondula): Assessing thermal comfort implications
A2-4 (Meggers): Assessment and design of innovative building systems and urban infrastructure
A3-1 (Jenerette): Urban Vegetation Biodiversity – Ecosystem Functioning

Thrust A Discussion: 10:15-10:45am

Break (10:45-11:00am)

Thrust B: 11:00am – 12:30pm

B1-1a (Sharvelle): Enhance capacity for use of alternative water sources
B1-2 (Horvath): Life-cycle assessment of urban water systems
B2-1 (Meixner): Comparative impact of Green Infrastructure across urban systems
B2-2a (Smith): Flood hydrology and rainfall frequency
B2-2b (Bledsoe): Hydrology and hydraulics of urban floodplains
B3-1 (Arabi): Flood risk to assets and socioeconomic sectors in a changing world
B4-1 (Jones): Greywater Reuse: Pathogen Removal by a Membrane Bioreactor

Thrust B Discussion: 12:30-1:00pm

Lunch Break (1:00pm-1:30pm)

Thrust C, D & URP: 1:30pm – 3:00pm

C1-1 (Pivo): Adoption of Sustainable Water Solutions
C2-1 (Bolson/Kirby): Homeowner adoption of new technologies
C3-1 (Harlan): Social Equity & Environmental Justice (SEEJ) of sustainable water systems
C4-1 (Maas): Financial models and strategies to support the transition to One Water
D1-1 (Santelmann): UWIN Envision Modeling
D2 & D3 (Arabi): UWIN decision innovation systems
URP/Education (Berkowitz)

Thrust C&D Discussion: 2:30-3:00pm

HAPPY HOUR: 3:00-4:00pm

July 21, 2021: SRN Research Products

Envisioning Career Path Opportunities: 9:00am – 10:00am (MT)

Student-focused panel discussion on post-graduation career paths and opportunities. Panelists representing utility, academic, non-profit and private sectors will discuss their career paths and factors that influenced their trajectories. Discussions will include question and answer sessions for the students to interact with the panelists:

Utility – Marc Cammarata (Philadelphia Water Dept.)
Academia – Jessica Bolson (FIU), Sybil Sharvelle (CSU), Alex Maas (UI)
Private Sector – Glen Daigger (One Water Solutions/UM)
Non-profit – Howard Neukrug (U-Penn Water Center, formerly US Water Alliance and Philadelphia Water Dept.), William Cooper (National Science Foundation)

Break (10:00-10:15am)

Transdisciplinary Products: 10:15am – 11:15am (MT)

Sustainable urban water systems book
Session in professional meetings (e.g., AGU Fall meeting)
MOOC/Online course(s)
Stakeholder products (e.g., factsheets)

Break (11:15 – 11:30am)

Special Issue: 11:30am – 12:30pm (MT)

Special issues/collections in peer-reviewed journals
Authors will present their ideas during a panel session and discuss logistics.

Break (12:30 – 1:00pm)

UWIN Data: 1:00 – 2:00pm (MT)

Published/available datasets
Data dissemination to stakeholders

Break (2:00 – 2:15pm)

NSF & EAC Reflection: 2:15pm – 3:00pm (MT)

NSF Program Manager(s)
External Advisory Committee