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Chris Berger and Scott Wells, Civil and Environmental Engineering, presented two papers, "Modeling Effects of Channel Complexity and Hyporheic Flow on Stream Temperatures" and "Development and Calibration Of Lake Whatcom Water Quality Model," at the National TMDL (total maximum daily load) 2007 Conference of the Water Environment Federation held in Bellevue, Wash., June 24-27. The Lake Whatcom model work is a collaborative study between the PSU water quality research group and the Washington Department of Ecology. They are establishing discharge guidelines for point and non-point sources of pollution in the Lake Whatcom basin near Bellingham, Wash.