LOCATION
Florida Gulf Coast University Cohen Ballroom
10501 FGCU Blvd. S.
Fort Myers, FL 33965
DATE & TIME
Friday, January 24, 2025
7:30 am: Registration
8:00 am - 5:00 pm: Program
5:00 pm: Networking Reception
See draft program below.
PARKING
Parking passes are required and will be sent to all registrants two days prior to the event.
CALL FOR STUDENT RESEARCH POSTERS
Open to all Florida students and all students conducting water resources research in Florida, in any topic pertaining to the field of water resources, broadly defined.
- Cash prizes
- Recognition: AWRA Florida State Award
- Opportunity to present, discuss, and share your research with professionals, researchers, and students from around Florida at a major state-level meeting
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SPONSORS
Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors!
Sponsorship opportunities are now available for 2025! Please support our partners and students by sponsoring the 34th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference! Review the sponsorship levels and visit the FES/ASCE site for more information and to pay online.
COHOSTS
The 2025 SWFL Water Resources Conference is administered and supported by a partnership of organizations including AWRA-FL, ASCE, Audubon of SWFL, FES, FGCU, REIS, SWFAEP, & AWRA FGCU Student Chapter.
REGISTRATION
FES/ASCE are the registration administrators for this event. Please click here to visit the registration page. Note: If you are not an FES member click the "Continue as Guest" button.
AWRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Thursday, January 23, 2025
6:00 pm
Location TBD
All are welcome!
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS (CEHs)
CEHs will be provided to Professional Engineers & Professional Geologists.
CONFERENCE COORDINATORS
Don Duke and Karen Miller
FIELD TRIP
TBD
CONFERENCE AGENDA
34th Annual Southwest Florida Water Resources Conference
Florida Gulf Coast University, Cohen Ballroom, Fort Myers, FL
January 24, 2025, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
OPPORTUNITIES FOR A RESILIENT RECOVERY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
Protecting Our Water Environment
7:30 am REGISTRATION
8:00 am WELCOMING REMARKS
DR. AYSEGUL TIMUR, President, Florida Gulf Coast University , FGCU
DR. GREGORY TOLLEY, Dean of the Water School, FGCU
DR. L. DONALD DUKE, Dept Ecology & Environmental Studies, FGCU Water School
8:30 am SESSION 1: ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION -
COASTAL AND WETLAND
DAVID HEMPLEMAN, P.E., Partner Engineering & Science: Moderator
DR. JEANNINE RICHARDS, Assistant Professor, Dept of Ecology & Environmental Studies, The Water School, FGCU
PLANTS SUCCESSION ON COASTAL DUNES AFTER HURRICANE IAN
DR. SERGE THOMAS, Professor, Dept of Ecology & Environmental Studies, The Water School, FGCU
PHYTOPLANKTON REMEDIATION IN THE EVERGLADES
DR. MARIA LOINAZ, PE, Collective Water Resources, LLC
CORKSCREW WATERSHED INITIATIVE – ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
10:00 am BREAK
10:30 am SESSION 2: NUTRIENTS AND RUNOFF
COURTNEY RICHARDS, PE, Kisinger, Campo & Associates: Moderator
JEFFREY JOHNSON, Oldcastle (invited)
NUTRIENT REMOVAL RULE (tentative)
SANDY WALTERS, President/CEO and Lead Facilitator, Eco Legacy Solutions, LLC
TREATING ALL ROADWAY STORMWATER RUNOFF TO REMOVE CONTAMINANTS
11:45 am LUNCH, Room 214
POSTER SESSION, FGCU Mezzanine
1:15 pm KEYNOTE SPEAKER: LIVING WITH WATER IS PART OF OUR DNA – EXAMPLES FROM THE NETHERLANDS
SASKIA PARDAANS, Senior Advisor, Infrastructure/Water Management, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
2:15 pm SESSION 3: REGULATORY UPDATE
KAREN MILLER, Chamber of Southwest Florida, Moderator
AMY S. THIBAUT, Esq., Roetzel
JOHN CHIBARRO, Esq., Greenberg Traurig
3:15 pm BREAK
3:30 pm SESSION 4: HURRICANE RECOVERY
BEV LARSON, ERA Lahaina Realty: Moderator
BRIAN HAMMAN, District 4 Commissioner, Lee County Board of Commissioners
DAN ALLERS, Mayor, Town of Fort Myers Beach
DANA SOUZA, City Manager, City of Sanibel
MAJOR COREY BELL, US Army Corps of Engineers
JENNIFER HECKER, Coastal and Heartland National Estuary Partnership
4:45 pm STUDENT AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS
DR. L. DONALD DUKE, FGCU
5:00 pm NETWORKING RECEPTION, Room 214