Conowingo Infill Influence on Chesapeake Water Quality

January 13, 2016 - January 14, 2016
Annapolis, MD

The goal of this workshop is to discuss the future status of the processes taking place in the Lower Susquehanna River reservoirs, so that we can predict how any particular future watershed- or reservoir-management approaches will impact the attainment of Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria.
  • Given the current state of knowledge based on 1) the past record of observations, 2) first principles which can be used to build simulation models, and 3) the 2017 Midpoint Assessment timeframe, what would be the best approach to modeling the processes by which inputs to the reservoirs are transformed into outputs in past, current, and in future conditions?  It is expected that as the science improves the modeling approach will evolve and improve as well, but it is critical that current and future estimates of reservoir infill and outputs be based on the best representation of the processes that can be made at the present time.

 

  • Formulate a plan of study, including field data collection related to mass balance and biogeochemical transformations, as well as experimentation that will improve understanding of the processes at play in these reservoirs.  The plan of study also needs to consider the conceptual framework in which the field data are examined to quantify the rates at which the major processes are taking place in the reservoir system.

 


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