2008 Ground Water Summit

2008 Ground Water Summit
Memphis, TN

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Sunday, March 30, 2008

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Ground Water Geochemistry

Monday, March 31, 2008

8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.

Welcome and Keynote Address

9:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Ground Water Modeling: Past, Present, and Future—a Session in Memory of Thomas a. Prickett

11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Citizen-Based Ground Water Resources Planning

Environmental Forensics and Hydrogeology

General Ground Water Topics I

General Ground Water Topics II

Road Salt in Ground Water

3:20 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Awards and Darcy Forum

4:45 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Reception and Poster Session with Jazz Combo

5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Poster Session

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

Contintental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall: Elvis is in the Building

9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.

Featured Speaker

10:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m.

Ground Water and Environmental Law I

Ground Water in Coastal Areas

Innovative Tools for Ground Water Characterization

Strategies for Subregional and Local Ground Water Resource Planning

Water Balance Analysis

11:40 a.m.-1:20 p.m.

Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

1:20 p.m.-3:20 p.m.

Geophysics Applied to Fractured Rock Ground Water Systems

Ground Water Management as an Agent of Social Change

Ground Water and Environmental Law II

Innovative Tools for Ground Water Characterization II

Strategies for Sub-Regional and Local Ground Water Resource Planning II

Toward a National Ground Water Monitoring and Data Network

3:20 p.m.-4:45 p.m.

Darcy Lecture: Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option

4:45 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

Poster Session and Networking Opportunities: Employment, academic, and professional pursuits

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.

Evaluation of Multiple Conceptual Models and Modeling Scenarios I

General Water Quality

Ground Water in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities I

Naturally Occurring Contaminants: Arsenic, Radium and More

Value-Added Investigation Techniques for Chemical, Geochemical, and Microbiological Constituents in the Subsurface

10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture: Germs and Geology: Emerging Issues in Waterborne Pathogen Research

11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Evaluation of Multiple Conceptual Models and Modeling Scenarios II

Geochemical Evaluations of Metals in Ground Water and Surface Water

Ground Water Resources and Competition: Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee

Ground Water in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities II

Naturally Occurring Contaminants: Arsenic, Radium, and More II


Sunday, March 30, 2008
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Ground Water Geochemistry

Monday, March 31, 2008
8:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Welcome and Keynote Address
9:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Ground Water Modeling: Past, Present, and Future—a Session in Memory of Thomas a. Prickett
11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Citizen-Based Ground Water Resources Planning
Environmental Forensics and Hydrogeology
General Ground Water Topics I
General Ground Water Topics II
Road Salt in Ground Water
3:20 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Awards and Darcy Forum
4:45 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Reception and Poster Session with Jazz Combo
5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Poster Session

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Contintental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall: Elvis is in the Building
9:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Featured Speaker
10:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
Ground Water and Environmental Law I
Ground Water in Coastal Areas
Innovative Tools for Ground Water Characterization
Strategies for Subregional and Local Ground Water Resource Planning
Water Balance Analysis
11:40 a.m.-1:20 p.m.
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:20 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
Geophysics Applied to Fractured Rock Ground Water Systems
Ground Water Management as an Agent of Social Change
Ground Water and Environmental Law II
Innovative Tools for Ground Water Characterization II
Strategies for Sub-Regional and Local Ground Water Resource Planning II
Toward a National Ground Water Monitoring and Data Network
3:20 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
Darcy Lecture: Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option
4:45 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Poster Session and Networking Opportunities: Employment, academic, and professional pursuits

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Evaluation of Multiple Conceptual Models and Modeling Scenarios I
General Water Quality
Ground Water in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities I
Naturally Occurring Contaminants: Arsenic, Radium and More
Value-Added Investigation Techniques for Chemical, Geochemical, and Microbiological Constituents in the Subsurface
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Birdsall-Dreiss Lecture: Germs and Geology: Emerging Issues in Waterborne Pathogen Research
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Evaluation of Multiple Conceptual Models and Modeling Scenarios II
Geochemical Evaluations of Metals in Ground Water and Surface Water
Ground Water Resources and Competition: Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee
Ground Water in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities II
Naturally Occurring Contaminants: Arsenic, Radium, and More II