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2007 Ground Water Summit |
| Monday, April 30, 2007: 9:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | |||
| San Miguel (Albuquerque Convention Center) | |||
| Road Salt Contamination of Ground Water | |||
| This session includes but is not limited to the following topics: Scientific and policy issues surrounding road salt; Summary of existing research on what is not known about the fate of road salt released to the environment; A summary of experiences with salt contamination in various northern tier States pointing to helpful ways of dealing with resultant problems; A panel discussion that charts advice for the ground water community to offer to those who use the salt; Another goal is the formation of a public education campaign to address road salt issues. | |||
| Moderator: | Joshua Katz, Maine Dept. of Transportation | ||
| 9:30 a.m. | Chloride in Ground Water and Surface Water in the Northern United States John R. Mullaney, David Lorenz and Alan Arntson, U.S. Geological Survey | ||
| 9:50 a.m. | Effects of Road Salt Runoff on Shallow Ground Water Quality in the Chicago Metropolitan Area Walton R. Kelly, Ph.D. and Steve Wilson, Illinois State Water Survey | ||
| 10:10 a.m. | Estimates of Road Salt Mass Loadings in Complex Urban Environments David Rudolph and Ghulam Sarwar, University of Waterloo | ||
| 10:30 a.m. | Road Salt in Ground Water - How Big a Problem? Joshua Katz, M.S., LSE, Maine Dept. of Transportation | ||