| Wednesday, April 2, 2008: 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. | |||
| Chickasaw (Memphis Cook Convention Center) | |||
| Naturally Occurring Contaminants: Arsenic, Radium and More | |||
| The session will consist of presentations on the occurrence, fate and transport and treatment of naturally occurring contaminants that pose potential problems for domestic and municipal wells. Case studies on some of natures's carcinogens such as arsenic, radium, radon, and uranium will be featured. Abstracts are being sought for the following topics: arsenic, radium, radon and uranium compliance; water system treatment design considerations; challenges for regulators; occurrence in private wells; adsorptive media processes for treatment; geochemistry of arsenic, radium, radon, and uranium; point-of-use and point-of-entry treatment equipment; human health effects; dermal exposure issues; and case studies. | |||
| Moderator: | Robert W. Masters, NGWA | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Economic Benefits of Arsenic Removal : Case Study from India Joyashree Roy, Jadavpur University | ||
| 8:20 a.m. | Treatment of arsenic in groundwaters in eastern New England using Point-of-Entry (POE) and Point-of-Use (POU) devices at domestic well sites Teresia Moller, PhD and Paul Sylvester, PhD, SolmeteX Inc. | ||
| 8:40 a.m. | Radionuclide Treatment and Environmental Stewardship - Have you fullfilled your obligations? Rick Zahnow, BESC, /, Chem, E, Water Remediation Technology, LLC | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Arsenic in and around Montezuma Well, a Natural Spring in Central Arizona: Evaluating Regional Ground Water Flow and Resulting Arsenic Transport Raymond H. Johnson, Ed DeWitt and L. Rick Arnold, USGS | ||
| 9:20 a.m. | Well logging and reconstruction for radium reduction John Jansen, Ph.D., Aquifer Science & Technology | ||
| 9:40 a.m. | Open | ||