The Federal Advisory Committee on Water Information and How It Benefits the Bay State
Thursday, September 26, 2013: 2:25 p.m.
Robert P. Schreiber, PE, BCEE, D.WRE
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Water Resources, CDM Smith, Boston, MA
Brandon Kernen, PG
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Hydrology and Conservation Section - Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, NH
David R. Wunsch, Ph.D., PG
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Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE
The Federal Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) and its several subcommittees perform many functions of significant relevance and usefulness for the Bay State and its sister New England states and beyond. ACWI subcommittees tackle topics ranging from water quality methods development, to reservoir sedimentation, bulletins providing guidance for hydrologic analysis, remote sensing for water resources and hydrologic characterization, water resource sustainability, and design and implementation of nationwide water monitoring networks. These are only a few of the dozens of activities and initiatives conducted through ACWI that all groundwater professionals in the Bay State should be aware of. Therefore, this presentation will provide a description of each ACWI subcommittee while focusing specifically on the activities and initiatives of greatest relevance to groundwater in the Bay State and New England. In addition, the process for getting involved will be explained, including highlighting the most pressing current needs, such as the prioritization of federal monitoring in the face of shrinking budgets.
Robert P. Schreiber, PE, BCEE, D.WRE, Water Resources, CDM Smith, Boston, MA
Robert Schreiber is a registered professional engineer with more than 39 years of experience in water resource planning and computerized engineering analysis. He graduated from MIT’s Civil Engineering Department where he focused on groundwater hydrology and water resource systems analysis. He is a senior technical leader specializing in modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant fate and transport, and serves as a company-wide resource at CDM Smith. Schreiber was recently ASCE’s alternate representative to the Federal Advisory Committee on Water Information, and is co-chair of its Subcommittee on Ground Water, focusing on implementation of a National Ground-Water Monitoring Network.
Brandon Kernen, PG, Hydrology and Conservation Section - Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, NH
Brandon Kernen is a hydrologist and the manager of the Hydrology and Conservation Program for NHDES.
David R. Wunsch, Ph.D., PG, Delaware Geological Survey, Newark, DE
David R. Wunsch, Ph.D., is the Director and State Geologist of the Delaware Geological Survey. He formerly served as the Director of Science and Technology for NGWA. Wunsch has served on numerous committees for NGWA, and as an associate editor of the journal Groundwater. He served as President of the Association of American State Geologists (AASG), and represents AASG on the federal Advisory Committee for Water Information, and its Subcommittee on Ground Water. He is Licensed Professional Geologist in Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Delaware. Recently, Wunsch was awarded the American Geosciences Institute’s 2014 Outstanding Contribution to the Understanding of Geoscience award.
