NGWA Conference - Hydrology and Water Quality in the Southwest

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

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7:30 a.m.-4:50 p.m.

Registration

Registration

8:15 a.m.-8:20 a.m.

Welcome

Welcome

8:20 a.m.-9:15 a.m.

Keynote Address: Challenging Times Ahead in Hydrology

Daniel B. Stephens, Ph.D., PG

Keynote Speaker

9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.

Water Quality

William Alley, Ph.D.

Water Quality

Hexavalent Chromium in Groundwater in the Davis/Dixon/Woodland Area, Western Sacramento Valley, California

Mary Stallard, PG, CEG, CHG

Assessing Variability in Groundwater Quality in the San Joaquin Valley, California with Continuous Monitoring

Justin T. Kulongoski

10:15 a.m.-10:35 a.m.

Break

Break

10:35 a.m.-11:15 a.m.

Water Quality (cont.)

William Alley, Ph.D.

Water Quality (cont.)

Quality of Groundwater Used for Public Supply in the Basin and Range Basin-Fill Aquifers, Southwestern U.S.

Marylynn Musgrove

Building a Robust Conceptual Site Model for Remedy Optimization of a Former Dry Cleaner Contaminant Plume

Michael Lamar, PE

11:15 a.m.-11:55 a.m.

Mining Impacts on Groundwater Quality

William Alley, Ph.D.

Mining Impacts on Groundwater Quality

Use of Chemical and Isotopic Identifiers to Characterize a Uranium Contaminated Groundwater Plume in New Mexico

Mitchell Schatz

Assessing Background Groundwater in the Uranium Mining Belt of Northwestern New Mexico

Tom Myers, Ph.D.

11:55 a.m.-1:10 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)

Lunch (on your own)

1:10 p.m.-1:50 p.m.

Mining Impacts on Groundwater Quality (cont.)

Bruce Thomson, Ph.D.

Mining Impacts on Groundwater Quality(cont.)

Understanding Water Chemistry Under Uranium Recovery by In Situ Leaching for Aquifer Restoration

Omar Ruiz

Effect of Intermittent Flow on Metals Mobilized from Native American Abandoned Uranium Mine Waste Sites

Sumant Avasarala

1:50 p.m.-3:10 p.m.

Sustainabliity and Resilience

Bruce Thomson, Ph.D.

Sustainabliity and Resilience

Groundwater Sustainability in Mesilla Basin–Rio Grande Valley Area, USA and Mexico—A Hydrogeologic Perspective

John Hawley

Aquifer Compaction and Land-Surface Elevation Change in the Albuquerque Basin from 2005 to 2014

Jessica Driscoll, PhD

Assessment of Potential Gila River Flow Alteration on Riparian Groundwater Conditions

Deborah L. Hathaway, PE

Surveying New Mexico’s Private Well Users About Well Characteristics and Water Testing Practices

Kathryn Hayden

3:10 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

Break

Break

3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Sustainabliity and Resilience (cont.)

Bruce Thomson, Ph.D.

Sustainabliity and Resilience (cont.)

Private Well Outreach at Bernalillo County, What We Have Done and Where We Are Going

Sara Chudnoff, PG

Creating Simple Communication About Groundwater and Health Is Not Simple To Do. Why It Is Worth It.

Deyonne Sandoval, MS CHES

4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Poster Session

TBA

The People by the River

Leo S. Leonhart, Ph.D., RG

Changes in DOM Quantity and Quality in a Southern Rockies Forested Catchment

Galveston Begaye

Physiochemical Studies of Biofilm Growth on 3-D Printed Nanosurfaces Towards Improved Wastewater Treatment

Philip Roveto

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

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8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Registration

Registration

8:15 a.m.-9:25 a.m.

Panel: Water Quality - Constituents of Concern

Laura Bexfield, Miriam Wamsley, MWR and John A. Izbicki, Ph.D.

TBA

9:25 a.m.-10:25 a.m.

Groundwater Mangement

Matt Ely

Groundwater Mangement

The Domestic Well Exemption in the West: A Case Study of Santa Fe's Municipal Ordinance

Maxine Paul

Spatially-Distributed Estimates of Groundwater Discharge to Streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Matthew Miller

Use of Groundwater and Surface Water Fluctuations to Estimate Evapotranspiration

James Syme

10:25 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

Break

Break

10:40 a.m.-11:20 a.m.

Aquifer Storage and Recovery

Matt Ely

Aquifer Storage and Recovery

ABCWUA Aquifer Storage and Recovery

Amy Ewing, P.G.

11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Aquifer Recharge

Matt Ely

Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater: More Than Just Drought

Bruce K. Daniels, Ph.D.

Tracking Deep Groundwater in Northwest New Mexico: Water Chemistry Evolution and Potential Recharge Implications

Erwin melis

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.

Lunch (provided)

Lunch (provided)

1:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.

Aquifer Recharge (cont.)

Sara Chudnoff, PG

Aquifer Recharge

Applying Geochemistry to Managed Aquifer Recharge Projects

Christopher P. Wolf, PG

Quantity and Location of Groundwater Recharge in the Sacramento Mountains, South-Central New Mexico

Geoffrey Rawling

Understanding Trace Organic Chemical Attenuation During Groundwater Recharge by Means of a 2D Synthetic Aquifer

Julia Regnery

Identification of Karst Groundwater Systems in the Pecos River Watershed and Salt Basin, New Mexico

Annie M. McCoy, CPG

2:20 p.m.-2:35 p.m.

Break

Break

2:35 p.m.-3:35 p.m.

Aquifer Recharge (cont.)

Sara Chudnoff, PG

Aquifer Recharge (cont.)

The Sacramento Mountains Watershed Study: Can Thinning Trees Increase the Water Supply?

Talon Newton, Ph.D.

Forest Thinning to Increase Groundwater Recharge

Paul Davis

Use of Direct Push Logging and Sampling to Characterize a Groundwater Recharge Plume

Wes McCall, PG

3:35 p.m.-4:35 p.m.

Non-Traditional Water Resources

Sara Chudnoff, PG

Non-traditional Water Resources

Brackish Water for Inland Water Supply: Hydrologic Challenges

Bruce Thomson, Ph.D.

Brackish Water Resources and Recharge Rates in the Capitan Reef Aquifer, Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas

Lewis Land

Characterizing Brackish Water in New Mexico

Stacy Timmons