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2007 Ground Water Summit |
| Wednesday, May 2, 2007: 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | |||
| Ballroom A (Albuquerque Convention Center) | |||
| Ground Water in Developing Countries II | |||
| Ground water is a vital resource for bringing water to the more than one billion people, mainly in developing countries, who lack access to safe drinking water. This session includes papers that describe the identification, planning, development, and delivery of ground water as safe drinking water for developing countries, with a special emphasis on sustainable solutions. Papers addressing ground water quality issues will also be included (e.g., arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, pathogens, salinization). We seek presenters from NGOs (non-governmental organizations), PVOs (private voluntary organizations), consulting firms, government agencies (e.g., USGS, Peace Corps), and academia. | |||
| Moderators: | David A. Sabatini, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Victor M. Heilweil, U.S. Geological Survey | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Ground Water Model Development in Regional Aquifer Systems with Sparse Hydrogeologic Data: Cuatrocienegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico Brad D. Wolaver, Ph.D., Candidate1, John M. Sharp, Jr.1 and Vince C. Tidwell2, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, (2)Sandia National Laboratories | ||
| 1:20 p.m. | Ground Water Resource Sustainability in the Bani Area of Mali Alexandra Lutz, Candidate, PhD1, Jim Thomas, PhD1, Greg Pohll, PhD1, Mamadou Keita, Hydrogeologist2, W. Braimah Apambire3 and W. Alan McKay1, (1)Desert Research Institute, (2)Mali Rural Water Project, (3)World Vision United States | ||
| 1:40 p.m. | Bacterial Quality and Potential Treatment of Ground Water in a Rural Region of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Walton R. Kelly, Ph.D., Illinois State Water Survey | ||
| 2:00 p.m. | Simple Water Treatment Technologies: Arsenic and Fluoride Removal Using Low-Cost Materials Thabani B. Mlilo, BSc(Hons)1, Laura Brunson1, Christopher M. Baumert2, Shristi Rajbhandari, MS3 and David A. Sabatini, Ph.D.1, (1)University of Oklahoma, (2)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (3)Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen | ||
| 2:20 p.m. | Business Model for Implementing Sustainable Water Solutions in Developing Areas Laura R. Brunson, BBA, Thabani Milo, BSE, [HONS] and David A. Sabatini, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma | ||
| 2:40 p.m. | Developing a Model for Rural Water Quality Monitoring: A Case Study of South-Central Bénin, West Africa Pamela E. Crane, BS, MS, University of Notre Dame, Stephen E. Silliman, Univ of Notre Dame, Moussa Boukari, Université d’Abomey-Calavi and Felix Azonsi, Direction l’Hydraulique | ||
| 3:00 p.m. | A Water Supply Study at San Sebastian De Lemoa, Guatemala Andrew Curtis Elmore, Ph.D., P.E. and Jeffrey D. Cawlfield, Ph.D., P.E., University of Missouri-Rolla | ||
| 3:20 p.m. | Problems and Possible Ways of Achieving Sustainable Management of Ground Water Resources in Subsaharan Africa Njah Ekun Ferdinand, Student, Katholiek University Leuven | ||
| 3:40 p.m. | Practical Water Supply Challenges: the Enugu State, Nigeria Water Development Project Maren L. Somers, Student, Murugesu Sivapalan, Paulius Elvikis, Benjamin Finnegan and Benjamin Barnes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | ||