NWDTW 2026

NWDTW 2026

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1:00pm CDT

HIF Tour 3 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

3:00pm CDT

HIF Tour 4 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

1:00pm CDT

Efficiency, Automation, and Doing More with Less BCC - Smith (28 Class / 45 Theater)Jeremy White Innovation Depot update and current projects BCC - Central Bank (39 Class / 60 Theater)Bryce Redinger Hurricane Helene - Impact and Recovery Efforts at the Asheville Field Office BCC - Sellers (476 Class / 800 Theater)John Mazurek HIF Tour 5 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

3:00pm CDT

Design and prototyping of field gear: Imagination to Innovation BCC - Central Bank (39 Class / 60 Theater)Bryce Redinger • Mike Denicola Fulfilling Our Mission (Life & Property), One Gage at a Time: USGS Real-time Flood Impact Map Workshop BCC - Lackey (54 Tiered Class Only)Athena Clark • Julia Prokopec • Lauren Privette HIF Tour 6 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

8:00am CDT

Cableways – Overview, maintenance, and best practices BCC - Mobile (33 Class / 60 Theater)Seth Siefken HIF Tour 7 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

10:00am CDT

Workforce Challenges and Staffing Strategies for Managers--Open Forum Discussion BCC - Smith (28 Class / 45 Theater)Jeremy White What to do after you’ve measured the “big one”: USGS peak-flow data for Hydrologic Technicians BCC - Wilson (54 Tiered Class Only)Dan Wagner • Seth Siefken HIF Tour 8 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

1:00pm CDT

HIF Tour 9 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

2:30pm CDT

Troubleshooting Real-Time GNSS Surveys BCC - Wilson (54 Tiered Class Only)Bryce McClenney Well Integrity Evaluations - Approaches, Use Cases, Data Management, and other Considerations Hotel Capstone - Presidents (50 Theater/40 Classroom)Lance Gruhn

3:00pm CDT

HIF Tour 10 HIF - Theater (150 Theater / Monday)

8:00am CDT

dataRetrieval: R and Python packages to access USGS water data BCC - Nichols (21 Class / 40 Theater)Laura DeCicco • Cee Nell • Joseph Zemmels • Elise Hinman Tips & Tricks for Running Station Levels Hotel Capstone - Presidents (50 Theater/40 Classroom)Tyler Sansing • Dustin Wallace • Holden Smith • Crystal Hammer

10:00am CDT

Future Directions in GNSS Surveying: Proposed Changes to Field Data Collection Methods BCC - Lackey (54 Tiered Class Only)Bryce McClenney Groundwater Workgroup Open-Forum Moody Music - Room 1003 (150 Theater / Thurs Only)Lance Gruhn

1:00pm CDT

Visualizing Current Conditions at the state-level with hyswap BCC - Wilson (54 Tiered Class Only)Cee Nell • Elise Hinman Measuring Groundwater flow velocity and direction: Project investigations, long term deployments, and Research and Development of New Multi-dimensional Heat Pulse Flowmeters Moody Music - Room 1003 (150 Theater / Thurs Only)Lance Gruhn • David Lampe • Matt Hardebeck