Development and Implementation of the National Groundwater Monitoring Network in the Bay State
Thursday, September 26, 2013: 3:00 p.m.
Robert P. Schreiber, PE, BCEE, D.WRE
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Water Resources, CDM Smith, Boston, MA
William L. Cunningham
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Office of Groundwater, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Michael Wireman
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U.S. EPA, Boulder, CO
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
With pilot-testing completed, full-scale implementation of the National Ground Water Monitoring Network relies upon participation by states and other data providers. Joining the network involves upfront efforts demonstrated by the pilot-test states, including data-exchange setup for state-owned data to flow through the network web portal. Volunteer participation by Massachusetts in the network would be facilitated by its existing cooperative monitoring programs with the U.S. Geological Survey and now also by potential assistance offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region I (New England) water quality testing laboratory. Funding support, authorized by the federal SECURE Water Act, would help New England states join, and other sources of collaboration and cooperation are being sought through outreach such as at this new conference.
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.
William L. Cunningham, Office of Groundwater, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
Bill Cunningham is the Chief of the U.S. Geological Survey Office of Groundwater. This office oversees the technical and policy aspects of USGS groundwater investigations and data collection activities across the nation. Prior to joining the Office of Groundwater, he worked on groundwater science investigations in the Ohio and North Carolina Water Science Centers. Cunningham also serves as Co-Chair of the Subcommittee on Ground Water for the Federal Advisory Committee on Water Information. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Ohio State University.
Michael Wireman, U.S. EPA, Boulder, CO
Michael Wireman is a hydrogeologist with U.S. EPA Region 8.
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.
