AWRA-FL October Technical Meeting

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Meeting Location

Auditorium B

South Florida Water Management District

3301 Gun Club Road

West Palm Beach, FL 33406

Thank You to Our October 2024 Sponsors!

Agenda

9:30 - 11:30 am   AWRA FL Board Meeting - All are welcome!

11:45 am   Registration

12:00 pm   Lunch Served

1:00- 1:30 pm   Welcome & Opening Remarks

Valeria Seidel, President, AWRA Florida Board of Directors

John Mitnik, Chief District Engineer, South Florida Water Management District

1:30 - 2:00 pm   Miami-Dade County Miami- Dade County & Biscayne Bay Water Quality

Pamela Sweeney, Manager, Coastal and Wetlands Resources Section

Craig Grossenbacher, Chief, Water Resources Coordination Division

2:00 - 2:30 pm   Broward County Broward County’s Future Conditions Groundwater and Considerations for Resilience

Gregory J. Mount, Water Resources Manager

2:30 - 3:00 pm   Palm Beach County Lake Worth Lagoon

Eric Anderson, Environmental Analyst

3:00 - 3:30 Break

3:30 -4:00 pm   USACE South Florida Ecosystem Restoration – A Proving Ground for Engineering with Nature

Eva Velez, Chief, Ecosystem Branch USACE

4:00 -4:30 pm   SFWMD Water Quality Modeling Best Practices

Walter Wilcox, Water Resources System Modeling Bureau Chief

Naiming Wang,  Principal Scientist

Yogesh Khare, Lead Systems Data Modeler

4:30 - 5:00 pm   SFWMD Biscayne Bay Water Quality Modeling using Delft3D FM

Matahel Ansar, Hydrology & Hydraulics Bureau Chief

5:00 pm   Happy Hour at the Embassy Suites by Hilton at 1601 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406

Meeting Sponsors

Our meeting sponsors are greatly appreciated!  Sponsorships are still available. Contact Samuel Palermo at 561-351-5278 to sponsor this meeting. Or, pay your sponsorship online here.

Continuing Education Credits

1 CEH Credit provided for Professional Engineers and Geologists.