H091
Interstate Water Challenges In The Southeast United States: The New War Between The States

Session ID#: 80531

Session Description:
Water conflict, once reserved for the Western U.S. is a reality in the Southeast (SE) US. The Tri-State Water Wars between Alabama, Florida, and Georgia over the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) system has waged for nearly 30 years and on several occasions has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. This long-running legal battle, is being fought to determine the fate of one of America’s most endangered rivers, impacts communities, industries, regional economic development, and natural environments dependent on the waters of the ACF. In the SE US, interstate water conflict extends to multiple river systems including the Tombigbee, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Tennessee Rivers along with several others. This session focuses on current interstate water issues in the SE US. We encourage submissions on traditional presentations such as surface and groundwater flow, water availability, climate change, dendrohydrology, drought, flooding, and environmental impacts of low-flow conditions, as well as water policy and management are encouraged.
Co-Organized:
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1830 Groundwater/surface water interaction [HYDROLOGY]
1833 Hydroclimatology [HYDROLOGY]
6620 Science policy [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]

Primary Convener:  Greg Guthrie, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  Glenn A Tootle, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States and Bennett L Bearden, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Greg Guthrie, Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
 
The myth of abundance: Water resources in humid regions (490107)
Sarah Praskievicz, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, Greensboro, NC, United States
 
Southeastern United States Interstate Streams and a Changing Climate: A Paleo Perspective (510891)
Glenn A Tootle and Jonghun Kam, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
 
Application of a modified DRASTIC method to create a temporal Aquifer Recharge Potential Map for Alabama (538592)
Greg Guthrie1, Mary Hastings Puckett2, Gary Hastert1 and Bailey Vinson2, (1)Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)University of Alabama, Department of Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
 
What's in the Water?: Tracing the Transport and Deposition of Sediments in Fragmented Transboundary Rivers of the SE USA (551478)
Matthew Waters, Auburn University, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Auburn, AL, United States and Benjamin C Webster, Auburn University, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Auburn, AL, United States
 
Streamflow Alteration Assessments Supporting Bay and Estuary Restoration in Gulf States – Overview (587904)
Rodney R Knight, USGS Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Nashville, TN, United States
 
Using High-Resolution Forecasting of the Dry Season of Peninsular Florida to Improve Source-Water Allocation Decision Making (603243)
Christopher J Martinez1, Tirusew Asefa2, Tracy J Irani1, Jasmeet Judge3, Vasubandhu Misra4, Kevin Morris5 and Lisette Staal1, (1)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (2)Tampa Bay Water, Dunedin, FL, United States, (3)Center for Remote Sensing, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (4)Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (5)Peace River Manasota Regional Water Authority, Lakewood Ranch, United States
 
Declining water resources in Alabama and Mississippi, as identified by the GRACE satellites (615135)
Johanna Engström1, Bennett L Bearden1, Greg Guthrie2 and Glenn A Tootle1, (1)University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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