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2007 Ground Water Summit |
| Monday, April 30, 2007: 10:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | |||
| San Miguel (Albuquerque Convention Center) | |||
| Brackish Water: Identifying Barriers to Beneficial Use | |||
| This session will attempt to identify the universe of technical, legal, regulatory, ecological, and social barriers to improved management of waters of marginal quality. The session will begin to explore: *Current sources and potential availability of brackish water *Current technological and economic barriers to improved management *Disposal of residuals issues *Current parameters of a USDW *Policy and regulatory barriers to improved management of brackish water resources. | |||
| Moderator: | Ben Grunewald, Ground Water Protection Council Inc. | ||
| 10:50 a.m. | Radium in Brackish Water Aquifers in the United States and Middle East: Implications for Drinking Water Treatment and Inland Desalination Malcolm D. Siegel, Ph.D., M.P.H.1, Richard Kottenstette1 and A. Vengosh, Ph.D.2, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, (2)Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences | ||