Ohio Groundwater Forum: Protecting and Managing Groundwater for the Future (#5037)
Columbus, OHJune 19, 2013
Description:
Ohio is both a focal point and a microcosm for various groundwater issues. Shale gas development activities thrust potential negative impacts to groundwater withdrawals and quality to the forefront. Drought conditions in the Buckeye State emphasize the importance of long-term water resource management—what about water reuse, recharge, drought mitigation? Since water usage changes can occur quickly, how can we be nimble enough to make appropriate adjustments with changing weather patterns? Several different entities are collecting groundwater-related data in the state—how can that data best be captured to create a reliable database of credible information for all to use while respecting privacy issues? How sustainable are our well fields? What about arsenic, methane, and radioactivity in groundwater and what should we be doing about unregulated types of constituents?
Call for abstracts:
While this forum will focus on those groundwater issues of most critical concern to those industry professionals working in Ohio, it welcomes participation by all who are concerned about or doing research related to the resource.
Abstracts are being sought in these major categories:
- Hydraulic Fracturing/Shale Gas Development and Groundwater Protection
- Water Resource Planning
- Groundwater Quality
- Data Collection, Analysis, and Utilization
- Class II Injection Wells
- Well Field Sustainability
Abstract submission deadline –
Submissions Closed
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