2023 Falls Lake Nutrient Management Study Research Symposium
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
9:30am – 3:00pm
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Reeves Auditorium
100 Old Mason Farm Rd
Chapel Hill, NC
The UNC Institute for the Environment collaborated with the Upper Neuse River Basin Association (UNRBA) on the 2023 Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy and Research Symposium. The purpose of the symposium was to inform stakeholders of recent research that has been funded by the NC Policy Collaboratory and UNRBA’s efforts to re-examine the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy. The symposium will featured from researchers from UNC, NC State, and East Carolina University, as well as the UNRBA.
Questions about the symposium can be directed to Grant Parkins, Watershed Education Coordinator with the UNC Institute for the Environment, parkins@unc.edu
Speaker Presentations
The UNRBA Pathway to a Re-Examination of the Falls Lake Nutrient Strategy – Forrest Westall
In-Lake Processes
In Situ Observational Study of Falls Lake Circulation – Harvey Seim, Rick Luettich, Tony Whipple, and Crystal Fulcher
Reservoir Sediment Nutrient Flux Analysis and Model – Anne Smiley, Suzanne Thompson, Mike Piehler
Defining the Balance Between N2 Fixation and Denitrification – Nathan Hall, Mike Piehler, and Hans Paerl
Cyanotoxin Dynamics in Falls Lake – Emily Pierce, Will McClure, Marco Valera, Joseph Mohn, and Astrid Schnetzer
Assessment of Zooplankton-Phytoplankton Relationships in Falls Lake – Nathan Hall and Mike Piehler
Watershed Processes
Estimating Nutrient Loads to Falls Lake from Streambank Erosion– Layla El-Khoury and Barbara Doll
Submerged Gravel Wetlands as an Effective Retrofit for an Ultra-Urban Watershed – Caleb Mitchell, Bill Hunt
Quantifying Nutrient Treatment by Onsite Wastewater Systems in Raleigh Belt Geological Settings in the Piedmont of North Carolina – Guy Iverson, Charles P. Humphrey Jr., Michael O’Driscoll, Natasha Bell, and John Hoben
Stakeholder Engagnement, Financing, and Applying What We’ve Learned
Evaluating the Benefits of Land Conservation on Water Quality in the Falls Lake Watershed– Noa Meiri
Estimating and Projecting Internal Phosphorus Loading in Piedmont Reservoirs – Smitom Borah, Dan Obenour
Financing Falls Lake Nutrient Management: Year 4 – Megan Doherty, Anna Patterson
NC Water Quality Standards Attaining Chlorophyll-A In A Piedmont Reservoir: Is It The Impossible Dream? – Dan McLawhorn
UNRBA’s Re-Examination: What We’ve Learned & What It Means For the Future of Falls Lake – Forrest Westall