Conference Sessions
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Monday, December 4, 2017
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
10:30 a.m.-5:10 p.m.
Groundwater Modeling
William L. Cunningham and Jason R. House, CG, PG
- 10:30 a.m. WITHDRAWN - MODFLOW Validation of FEFLOW Model to Assess Sea Level Rise and Climate Change Drive Effects: Miami Beach Case Study
- 10:50 a.m. Reactive Transport Modeling: A New Paradigm in Design of In Situ Treatment Systems
- 11:10 a.m. Developing a Regional Model of the Coastal Lowlands Aquifer System—Using Uncertainty Quantification as a Guide
- 11:30 a.m. Multiple Tracer Testing Approaches for Improved Groundwater Flow and Reactive Transport Modeling Input Parameters
- 11:50 a.m. Using Machine Learning to Map Redox Conditions in the Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer System
- 12:10 p.m. Lunch (provided)
- 1:30 p.m. The Ozark Plateaus Groundwater Model: Parameter Effects on Forecast Uncertainty
- 1:50 p.m. A Devil of a Site
- 2:10 p.m. Predicting Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells in Glacial Aquifer in Western and Central Minnesota, USA
- 2:30 p.m. Groundwater Modeling for Closure of the Little Blue Run CCR Disposal Area
- 2:50 p.m. WITHDRAWN - Investigating Uncertainty of Groundwater/Surface-water Interactions in the Lower San Antonio River Basin, Texas
- 3:10 p.m. Break
- 3:30 p.m. Groundwater Modeling of a Deep Coastal Aquifer System in Tanzania Guided by Hydrocarbon Exploration Data
- 3:50 p.m. Regional Hydrostratigraphic Unit Modelling Using Directional MCP Simulation
- 4:10 p.m. WITHDRAWN - Quantifying Future Groundwater Depletion, Climate Change and Irrigation Demand
- 4:30 p.m. Groundwater and Nitrogen Modeling to Prioritize Management Strategies for Suffolk County’s Estuaries
- 4:50 p.m. Benchmarking of FEHM Control Volume Finite Element Solver
10:30 a.m.-4:50 p.m.
Groundwater Monitoring
Scott Morie, PG, CGWP, CHMM
- 10:30 a.m. Radium Mobility and the Age of Groundwater in Drinking-Water Supplies from the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
- 10:50 a.m. The National Groundwater Monitoring Network - A Progress Report and an Invitation to Participate
- 11:10 a.m. Evaluating Water Levels in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain using National Groundwater Monitoring Network Data
- 11:30 a.m. Gaining Insights Into Risks to Groundwater Using Big Data and Machine Learning
- 11:50 a.m. Improved Monitoring for Remediation Effectiveness with Water Quality Sondes
- 12:10 p.m. Lunch (provided)
- 1:30 p.m. Analytical Study of Groundwater Flow in a Vertical Plane at the Interface Of Permafrost
- 1:50 p.m. Implementation of a Non-Traditional Groundwater Level Monitoring Network in New Mexico
- 2:10 p.m. Tidal Influence on Remediation Sites: Understanding Predominant Gradients and Flow Inversion Effects on Mass Flux
- 2:30 p.m. Application of Environmental Tracers in the Analysis of Flow in Discontinuous Permafrost Aquifers
- 2:50 p.m. Acoustic Technology Provides New Groundwater-Level Monitoring Opportunities
- 3:10 p.m. Break
- 3:30 p.m. Arsenic Concentration Variability in Newly Constructed Drinking Water Wells in Minnesota, USA
- 3:50 p.m. Montana in the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network
- 4:10 p.m. Drilling and Installation of Deep Groundwater Monitoring Wells: Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
- 4:30 p.m. A New Methodology to Reduce Cost of Groundwater Monitoring Programs
Groundwater Remediation, including Combined Remedies
Seth Kellogg, PG
- 10:30 a.m. Groundwater and PFAS: State of Knowledge and Practice
- 10:50 a.m. Groundwater Remediation System Capture Analysis: Examples from Multiple Sites
- 11:10 a.m. Impacted Groundwater to Drinking Water: Large Potable End Use Groundwater Remediation System Design & Permitting
- 11:30 a.m. Challenges of Treating PAH Compounds Down to Part Per Trillion Levels on a Remediation Site
- 11:50 a.m. Thinking Outside the Boxcar: Combined Remedies using Single Application of Multi-Functional Amendments
- 12:10 p.m. Lunch (provided)
- 1:30 p.m. Evolving Regulatory Requirements, Health Effects & Cost-Recovery/Affirmative Litigation Options for PFAS
- 1:50 p.m. A Quantitative Approach for Passive Removal of LNAPL from Groundwater
- 2:10 p.m. In Situ Bioremediation Optimization in Fractured Bedrock using 3D Visualization and Analysis
- 2:30 p.m. Heat Enhanced Hydrolysis
- 2:50 p.m. Use of Permeable Reactive Barrier to Bioremediate a Petroleum Hydrocarbon Groundwater Plume
- 3:10 p.m. Break
- 3:30 p.m. Iterative High-Resolution Site Investigation and Remediation
- 3:50 p.m. Extended Release Low Solubility Potassium Persulfate Laboratory and Field Applications
- 4:10 p.m. Development of Klozur SP with a Built in Activator: Safe Storage / Mixing and Maintaining Treatment Effectiveness
- 4:30 p.m. Remediating the Largest Superfund Site in the Country – the Main San Gabriel Basin
Groundwater and Integrated Water Management
Nat Wilson
- 10:30 a.m. Implementing SGMA – An Update on California’s Foray into Groundwater Regulation
- 10:50 a.m. Using High Resolution, High Accuracy Topography Data to Improve Water Management on the High Plains Aquifer
- 11:10 a.m. WITHDRAWN - Opportunities and Challenges for Incorporating Threshold Effects in Linked Surface/Groundwater Management
- 11:30 a.m. Accessible County Level Water Resource Fact Sheets: Experiences from Louisiana
- 11:50 a.m. Ground Water Modeling Analyses to Inform Aquifer Management Decisions in the Nebraska Panhandle
- 12:10 p.m. Lunch (provided)
- 1:30 p.m. Providing Accessibility and Usability of MODFLOW Models for Water Managers
- 1:50 p.m. Maximizing Groundwater Sustainablity in a Highly-Urbanized Southern California Groundwater Basin
- 2:10 p.m. Impact of Awareness-Raising and Citizen Pressure on US Groundwater Governance
- 2:30 p.m. Improving Groundwater Management in Myanmar through Capacity Building
- 2:50 p.m. A Southern California Water Market- Managing in a Time of Scarcity
- 3:10 p.m. Break
- 3:30 p.m. Locating and Monitoring Private Domestic Wells to Improve Public Health
- 3:50 p.m. Toxic Levels of Lead and Copper in Groundwater Can Be Caused by Stray Electrical Current
- 4:10 p.m. Disposal of Produced Water into Depleted Oil Reservoirs: Economic Use and Risk of USDW Pollution
- 4:30 p.m. Groundwater and Global Energy Security
10:30 a.m.-2:10 p.m.
Invited Hydrogeophysics Papers from SAGEEP
John Jansen, Ph.D., PG
- 10:30 a.m. WITHDRAWN - Estimating the Distribution of Hydraulic Properties Using Resistivity Models Derived from Airborne Geophysics
- 10:50 a.m. Seismic Attribute Processing to Find Deep Aquifers
- 11:10 a.m. Characterizing the Spiritwood Valley Aquifer using Helicopter Time-Domain Electromagnetics
- 11:30 a.m. Identification of the Optimal Locations for Artificial Infiltration
- 11:50 a.m. Recommended Basic Borehole Geophysics for Hydrologic Investigations in a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer
- 12:10 p.m. Lunch (provided)
- 1:30 p.m. Applied Geophysics to Create Insight and Reduce Uncertainties
- 1:50 p.m. Combined use of Transient Electromagnetics, Passive Seismic, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods to Characterize an Unconsolidated Aquifer on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
2:10 p.m.-5:10 p.m.
Karst Hydrology
Benjamin Miller
- 2:10 p.m. Photolinears, Fractures, and Fallacies: What Can We Assume About the Structures of ASR Host Strata?
- 2:30 p.m. Evaluating Best-Practice Capacities for a Carbonate Island Karst Aquifer: Northern Guam Lens Aquifer, Guam, USA
- 2:50 p.m. Development Of A Freshwater Lens Assessment Protocol For Karst Islands
- 3:10 p.m. Break
- 3:30 p.m. Responses of Karst Springs to Precipitation Reflect Land Use, Lithology, and Climate
- 3:50 p.m. Volatilization of Trichloroethene from Groundwater in Karst, Mitigating a Human-Health Concern in a Show Cave
- 4:10 p.m. For a Better Understanding and Management of Karstic Aquifers: Characterization of the Properties of the Big Spring Karstic System (Missouri)
- 4:30 p.m. Hydrogeology of the Finegayan Basin, Northern Guam Lens Aquifer, Guam
- 4:50 p.m. Vadose Hydrology at Jinapsan Cave, Northern Guam
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Tuesday, December 5, 2017
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
Summit Plenary Session
Neven Kresic, Ph.D., PG, Chris Oakes, Janette Courtney and Heather Friedman
- 8:30 a.m. Introduction
- 8:35 a.m. Panel Discussion: Future of Groundwater Remediation from Client’s Perspective; Moderator Neven Kresic, Ph.D.
- 9:35 a.m. MODFLOW 6: Christian Langevin
10:40 a.m.-1:20 p.m.
Managed Aquifer Recharge
Deborah Leslie, PhD
- 10:40 a.m. 2013 Chino Basin Recharge Master Plan Implementation
- 11:00 a.m. Applying the HPT-GWS System for Evaluation of Managed Recharge in Unconsolidated Aquifers
- 11:20 a.m. On-Farm Storage Reservoir Water as a Potential Water Source in Managed Aquifer Recharge in Eastern Arkansas
- 11:40 a.m. Hexavalent Chromium Concentrations In Urban Runoff, Soil Moisture And Groundwater In The Los Angeles Basin
- 12:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
10:40 a.m.-2:40 p.m.
Mississippi Alluvial Plain Groundwater Project
Michael Bradley
- 10:40 a.m. Coupling Modeling with Monitoring to Assess Water Availability in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
- 11:00 a.m. Quantifying Water Use in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
- 11:20 a.m. Development of Monthly Water Budget Estimates for the CONUS and Application to the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
- 11:40 a.m. Evaluation of Recharge and Evapotranspiration Estimation Methods in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
- 12:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
- 1:20 p.m. Characterizing Groundwater and Surface-Water Interaction in the Mississippi Delta Using Hydrograph Separation
- 1:40 p.m. Geophysical Surveys to Characterize Geologic Controls on Aquifer Recharge and Surface Water–Groundwater Exchange
- 2:00 p.m. Initial Assessment of Agricultural Water Management Scenarios in the Mississippi Delta
- 2:20 p.m. Using a model’s purpose to guide model updates: The case of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain aquifer
10:40 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Surface Water/Groundwater Interaction
Rory Cowie, Ph.D.
- 10:40 a.m. Hydrogeologic Evaluation of a Radial Collector Well as a Water Supply for the City of Manchester, New Hampshire
- 11:00 a.m. Wintertime Infiltration and Snowmelt Processes of Black Spruce Peatlands in the Boreal Plain
- 11:20 a.m. Impact of Hyporheic Exchange on Stream Temperature in Restored Systems
- 11:40 a.m. Understanding Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions at a Mining District Superfund Site near Silverton, CO
- 12:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
- 1:20 p.m. Empirical Linear Model for Base Flow Forecast as a Function of the Rainfall Moving Average
- 1:40 p.m. Groundwater Models to Improve the Ecology of a Saline Floodplain
1:20 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Availability and Sustainability
Steven D. Wilson
- 1:20 p.m. On-Site Direct Potable Reuse: A New Approach to Improving Groundwater Sustainability
- 1:40 p.m. The Private Well Conference - A National Workshop on Private Well Issues
- 2:00 p.m. The Power of Networks: Increasing the Visibility of Local Groundwater Resources
- 2:20 p.m. Unmanaged Aquifer Recharge: Revisiting Sustainable Yield in Northeast Illinois
- 2:40 p.m. Quantifying the Change in Volume of Water in the Sparta Aquifer, Northern Louisiana
1:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m.
Panel: What Lies Beneath: Preventing Groundwater Challenges From Exerting Havoc on Your Projects
Fred Rothauge, John Pitz, CPI, NGWAF and Scott Honeyfield
2:20 p.m.-3:20 p.m.
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Thursday, December 7, 2017
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Direct Push Technology - As Useful as Ever...and Cost Effective Too
Bruce Manchon, PG and John Sciacca, PG
