Aquifer/Groundwater Protection: Effective Strategies for Protecting the Quality of Our Groundwater Supplies

Wednesday, April 14, 2010: 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Tabor Auditorium (Westin Tabor Center, Denver)
Given the severity of recent droughts and the current discussions regarding climatic change, never before has groundwater fostered so much attention. This attention has provided a much greater need for regulators, scientists, and engineers to more fully understand and protect the quality of our groundwater resources. To that end, the NGWA Aquifer Protection Interest Group presents abstracts related to the technical, policy, or regulatory aspects of protecting the quality of groundwater resources, particularly those source waters used for drinking purposes. Presentations include source water delineation methods; groundwater monitoring strategies for aquifer protection; engineered control technologies to prevent groundwater contamination; assessing risks to groundwater; identifying and/or managing potential contaminant sources in source water protection areas; regulatory aspects of aquifer protection; and education and other management strategies for groundwater protection.
Moderator:
Michael A. Brennan, CPG
1:30 p.m.
Pilot Approach for Assessing Salt and Nitrate Loading to Groundwater in California's Central Valley
Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, Luhdorff & Scalmanini; Laura Foglia, Ph.D., Larry Walker and Associates; Robert Smith, Ph.D., Larry Walker and Associates; Joel Herr, Systech Water Resources; John Dickey, Ph.D., NewFields Agricultural & Environmental Resources LLC
1:50 p.m.
Public-Supply Well Vulnerability to Contamination—A Function of Aquifer Vulnerability and the Interaction Between the Well and Aquifer
Sandra M. Eberts, P.H.G., USGS; Brian G. Katz, USGS; Leon J. Kauffman, USGS; Peter B. McMahon, Ph.D., USGS; Bryant C. Jurgens, USGS
2:10 p.m.
Protecting Your Water Supply and Your Bottom-Line
Victor M. Sher, Sher Leff LLC; Alexander Leff, Sher Leff LLC
2:30 p.m.
Influence of CO2 Leakage On Aquifer Drinking Water Quality From Carbon Sequestration
Alexis Navarre-Sitchler, Colorado School of Mines; Assaf Wunsch, Colorado School of Mines; John McCray, Colorado School of Mines; Reed M. Maxwell, Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines
2:50 p.m.
Using Contributing Areas to Guide Water Quality Protection
Daniel E. O'Rourke, CDM; Mary Anne Taylor, CDM; John D. Boyer, PE, BCEE, D.WRE, CDM; Michael Labiak, CDM; Martin Trent, Suffolk County Dept. of Health Services
3:10 p.m.
Class V Permitting to Prevent Surface Water Impacts
Sonja Massey, Alabama Department Of Environmental Management
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