Transcript Slide 1

AGENDA
2008 Ohio – Lake Erie Beach Conference
Friday, January 18, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
[NO CHARGE FOR CONFERENCE – LUNCH PROVIDED – Please RSVP]
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
4747 E. 49th Street
Cuyahoga Heights, OH 44125
Contact: Eva Hatvani (216) 641-6000
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration
Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
9:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome
Eva Hatvani
Opening Remarks - Introductions
NEORSD
USEPA Update
Holly Wirick
USEPA, Region 5
9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Beach Management
Dave Frank
ODNR – Cleveland
Lakefront State Park
9:50 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
“Lake Erie Ecosystem and Water
Quality Trends: Implications for
Beaches”
10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
BREAK
10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Lake County Beach Sampling Program
Dr. Jeffrey Reutter
OSU – Ohio Sea
Grant College Program
Nancy Niehus, R.S.
Lake County General
Health District
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
“Lake Erie and the Phosphorus Problem –
Dr. Bob Heath
Should We Be Worried About Nitrogen Too? Kent State University
Water Resources Research
Institute
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11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
12:45 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.
“Rapid determination of recreational
water quality by qPCR technology:
background, method performance
and issues”
Rich Haugland
OEPA
LUNCH (provided)
"Can We Carve Another Lake Erie?:
The Link between Promoting and Preserving
our Lake Erie Beaches“
Melinda Huntley
Ohio Sea Grant/Lake Erie
Coastal Ohio Trail
M. Jane Christyson,
Cleveland Metroparks
1:05 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
2:05 p.m. – 2:25 p.m.
“Using Rapid Methods and Predictive
Models at Lake Erie Beaches”
Donna Francy- USGS
Rebecca Bushon- USGS
Mark Citriglia- NEORSD
National Clean Beaches Week
Linda Mayer-Mack
NEORSD
2:25 p.m. – 2:45p.m.
“Integrated Grab Sampling at Lake
Erie Beaches”
Ben Tedrick
Steve Lizewski
NEORSD
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
BREAK
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
“An overview of multiple sources of
contamination at Urban Beaches”
James Lorkowski
Preview of: Beach Models: Predicting
Water Quality.“
Holly Wirick
OPEN DISCUSSION
Meeting Wrap-Up
Group Discussion
3:20 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
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Co-op NEORSD
USEPA, Region 5