| Monday, March 31, 2008: 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | |||
| Sultana (Memphis Cook Convention Center) | |||
| General Ground Water Topics II | |||
| No other food on the planet directly displays the significance of ground water than bottled water. An industry estimated to have 2006 revenues ranging from $US46B to $US100B, coupled with annual growth hovering about 10 percent, the importance of ground water resources to the bottled water industry is readily apparent. But with the increased growth in the worldwide demand for bottled water comes the inevitable concerns and conflicts over the perceived impacts of ground water withdrawals on shallow ground water resources, surface water resources and ground water-dependent ecosystems, along with the social concerns of large bottling plants increasingly being located in rural settings. The goal of this session is to seek more informed communication and collaboration between communities of ground water professionals, the bottled water industry, nongovernmental organizations, and communities hosting the resources and/or bottling plants. | |||
| Moderator: | William Todd Jarvis, Oregon State University | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | Water Wars in Maine: Politics, Taxes and Control James Wilfong, H2O for Me | ||
| 1:20 p.m. | Bottled Water and the Origins of Chemical Hydrogeology Francis H. Chapelle, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey | ||
| 1:40 p.m. | The Bottled Water Industry's Perspectives on Ground Water Management and Environmental Impacts Patrick Donoho and Robert R. Hirst, International Bottled Water Association | ||
| 2:00 p.m. | Potential Economic Effects of Water-Bottling Activities in Small Communities Kristin Lee, MPA, MCRP and Ernie Niemi, ECONorthwest | ||
| 2:20 p.m. | Virus Retention and Transport in Porous Media Joe Zhuang, Ph.D., The University of Tennessee | ||
| 2:40 p.m. | An Innovative Hot Spot Remedial Approach for a Wood Treating Site in Mississippi Norman D. Kennel, PG, Premier Environmental Services, Inc. and Thomas Clayton Richardson, International Paper Company | ||