October 2, 2024
The National Press Club: 529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045
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| 6:00-8:00 P.M. |
Gathering Reception
The National Press Club is a secure facility which for entry all attendees/staff must scan this QR code (on phone or printed ) to pass through the security gates at the entrance of the Club on the 13th floor.
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October 3, 2024
EPA Ruckelshaus Conference Center, Washington, D.C.
(Zoom Links: Auditorium | Breakout Room) |
| 8:00-8:30 A.M. |
Breakfast
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| 8:30-8:45 A.M. |
Welcome and Panel Discussion
- Catherine Kling and Al McGartland/Julie Hewitt: Welcome Remarks and Motivation for Symposium
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| 8:45-10:15 A.M. |
Panel 1: Frontiers in Ecology
Moderator: David Keiser
- Christopher J. Kucharik
- Jana Compton
- Grace Wilkinson
- Jacques Finlay
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| 10:15-10:30 A.M. |
Break
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| 10:30-Noon |
Two Split/Parallel Sessions
Each paper will be allocated 22 minutes total, 16-18 minutes for presentation followed by 3-4 minutes for questions and discussion.
Session 1: Agricultural Conservation and Water
Moderator: Nilesh Shinde
- Gabriel Lade: Size-Based Regulation and Environmental Quality: Evidence from the US Livestock Industry
- Isabelle Picciotto: A Clean SWEEP? Estimating the Impacts of Irrigation Efficiency Subsidy Programs on Water and Energy Use
- Jeffrey Hadachek: Can Farmer-Led Initiatives Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution
- Nilesh Shinde: Costs and Benefits of Adaptive Groundwater Irrigation in U.S. Corn and Soybeans
Session 2: Integrated Assessment Modelling
Moderator: Will Wheeler
- David Newburn: Integrated Assessment Modeling of Household Fertilizer Behavior: Implications for Nonpoint Nutrient-Reduction Programs and Coastal Water Quality
- Derek Wietelman: Interacting Incentives for Agricultural Conservation Subsidies and Trading Programs: An Integrated Assessment Model for Water Quality and Carbon Sequestration Benefits in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- Charles Griffiths: The Social Cost and Inequity of Nutrient Pollution in U.S. Freshwater Streams
- Yu-Kai Huang: Effectiveness of Alternative Strategies for Nutrient Loss Reduction under Uncertainty in the Racoon River Basin.
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| Noon-1:15 P.M. |
Lunch
Speaker: Chris Timmins
- Environmental Injustice: Correlations, Causes and Consequences.
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| 1:15-1:30 P.M. |
Break
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| 1:30-3:00 P.M. |
Two Split/Parallel Sessions
Each paper will be allocated 22 minutes total, 16-18 minutes for presentation followed by 3-4 minutes for questions and discussion.
Session 3: Valuation of Water Quality
Moderator: Kristen Swedberg
- Chris Moore: Valuing Changes in Aquatic Biodiversity and Recreation with a Nationwide Survey
- Yoojin Cha and Yusuke Kuwayama: Estimating Water Quality Benefits with Revealed Preference
- Nabin Khanal: Unveiling the Hidden Costs: Housing Market Impact of Drinking Water PFAS Contamination
- Yongjie Ji: The Impact of Nutrient Water Pollution on Lakeside Property Values in the US
Session 4: Wildfires, Drinking Water Quality
Moderator: Mainul Hoque
- Jordan Suter: Characterizing Community Drinking Water Systems Exposed to Wildfire in the Western U.S.
- Beth Haley: The Effects of Wildfires on Drinking Water Quality in the Western United States
- Steven Dundas: Wildfire Impacts on the Value of Safe Drinking Water: Evidence from Housing in Oregon’s Willamette Basin
- Praharsh Patel: Behavioral responses to two-part tariffs: Evidence from the introduction of volumetric water pricing
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| 3:00-3:30 P.M. |
Break
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| 3:30-5:00 P.M. |
Two Split/Parallel Sessions
Each paper will be allocated 24 minutes total, 18-20 minutes for presentation followed by 4-6 minutes for questions and discussion.
Session 5: Regulation and Policy
Moderator: Tihitina Andarge
- Margarita Petrusevich: A retrospective analysis of the benefits and costs of the SDWA Arsenic Rule
- Tihitina Andarge: Major/Minor Thresholds in Environmental Regulation
- Kaitlynn Sandstrom-Mistry: Evaluating the Impact of the Clean Water Act on Industrial Water Discharges
- Jianwei Ai: The Impact of Clean Water Act on Employment
Session 6: Methods
Moderator: Joel Corona
- Klaus Moeltner: Flexible Meta-Regression for Benefit Transfer: Local weighting vs. Random forests
- Bonnie Keeler: Investigating the distribution of water contaminants in Mississippi River communities
- Robert J. Johnston: When and How Should Non-Market Values be Used to Inform Water Quality Decisions? Modeling the Accuracy of Valuation and Corresponding Value of Information
- Kristen Swedberg: Developing a Use Based Water Quality Index
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| 5:15 P.M. |
Adjourn
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October 4, 2024
EPA Ruckelshaus Conference Center, Washington, D.C.
(Zoom Links: Auditorium | Breakout Room) |
| 8:15-8:45 A.M. |
Breakfast
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| 9:00-10:30 A.M. |
Panel 2: The Frontiers of Benefit Cost Analysis and the Natural Capital Accounts Efforts
Moderator: Al McGartland
- Jeff Shrader
- Heather Klemick
- Emily Pindilli
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| 10:30-10:45 A.M. |
Break
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| 10:45 A.M.-12:15 P.M. |
Two Split/Parallel Sessions
Each paper will be allocated 22 minutes total, 16-18 minutes for presentation followed by 3-4 minutes for questions and discussion.
Session 7: Selected Topics on IAM/SWAT
Moderator: Joel Corona
- Katrin Bieger: Using Soil and Water Assessment Tool outputs for economic assessments – considerations from a SWAT+ modeler’s perspective
- Kelsie Ferin: Integrated economic-agroecosystem modeling approaches to address multi-scale water quality issues under contemporary and future climates.
- Xavier Garcia: Integrating eco-hydrological and economic models to inform effective water quality management policies. The case of the Catalan River Basin District
- Jordan Burt: Endogenous Impacts of Aquatic Recreation on Households’ Lawn Fertilizer Use: Could Coastal Water Quality Improvements Have Hidden Benefits?
Session 8: Cell Phone Data, Valuation of Water Quality
Moderator: Daniel Phaneuf
- Dimitris Friesen: Using mobility data to estimate water quality benefits
- Stephen Newbold: Valuing satellite data for harmful algal bloom
early warning systems
- Emmett Saulnier: Out-of-sight, Out-of-mind? Distance Decay in Use and Non-use Value
of Water Quality
- Sonia Refulio-Coronado: The impact of water quality at the beach on disadvantaged communities in Rhode Island: Evidence using aggregated visitation data
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| 12:15-1:30 P.M. |
Lunch
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| 1:30 – 2:00 P.M. |
Egg Timer Presentations (5 minutes per presentation)
Moderator: Nilesh Shinde
- Julie Hewitt: EPA’s Upcoming Water Affordability Needs Assessment
- Sampriti Sarkar: Aging infrastructure, affordability and legacy costs: Consumers’ willingness to pay for risk reduction
- Patrick Lloyd-Smith: Putting heterogeneity to use to improve the generalizability of water quality valuation studies
- Isaiah Bryant-Sheth: A Storm Brewing: Estimating Costs of Climate-Induced Pollution in Drinking Water
- Emil Kee-Tui: The Value of Harmful Algal Bloom Free Lakes in the U.S.
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| 2:00-3:30 P.M. |
2 Split/Parallel Sessions
Each paper will be allocated 22 minutes total, 16-18 minutes for presentation followed by 3-4 minutes for questions and discussion.
Session 9: Drinking Water Quality, Standards, and Human Capital
Moderator: Tihitina Andarge
- Jiameng Zheng: The effect of lead from drinking water on long-run
educational outcomes
- Weizhe Weng: The Legacy of Historical Redlining: A National Study on Drinking Water Violations
- Wes Austin: Reducing PFAS in Drinking Water and Perinatal Health
- Tzu-Hui Janet Chen: Agricultural Externality: Health Impacts of Glyphosate Water Pollution
Session 10: Agriculture, Conservation, and Water Quality
Moderator: Catherine Kling
- Nicole Karwowski: Water Quality and the Conservation Reserve Program: Empirical Evidence from the Mississippi River Basin
- Tieyue Zhang: The Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program on Downstream Water Quality Across the US.
- Anthony Ponce: Evaluating state policies supporting conservation in agriculture: Impacts on water quality in Minnesota
- Ngoc Ha Do: The Effects of Conservation on Water Quality
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| 3:30-3:45 P.M. |
Wrap-up
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