Educational Offerings

 
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Cargo Securement: All Tied up—and Down, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
Fleet Safety: Preventing Common Water Well Driller Fleet Accidents, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
How to Select the Best Activated Carbon Adsorption Systems for Your Application, Workshop, Water Quality and Treatment  
Techniques for Longer Pump Life, Workshop, Water Systems  

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Achieving Your Personal Best in the Water Systems Field, Workshop, Professional Development  

8:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Real-World Geothermal Heat Pump Installations, Topical Session, Geothermal Operations  

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
How to Sell to Difficult Customers, Workshop, Professional Development  

8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Borehole Geophysics Introductory Short Course, Workshop, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  

9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Implementing a Good Risk Management Program, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
Modern Activated Carbon Characterization Methods, Workshop, Water Quality and Treatment  
Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Improving Job Efficiency by Slowing Down, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Supervisor's Drug and Alcohol Testing Course, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Drilling Cost Calculator, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  
Horizontal Bioventing Wells Installed for Reuse of Midwestern Downtown Brownfield, Workshop, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  
Keys to Winning State and National Legislative Campaigns, Panel, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
Understand Your Water and Well Problems: Coliform, Slime/Iron Bacteria, Odors, and Corrosion, Workshop, Professional Development  
Water Systems 101, Workshop, Water Systems  

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Aquifer Protection: Technical, Policy, and Regulatory Strategies, Topical Session, Water Quality and Treatment  

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Explaining Ground Water/Surface Water Interaction to Those That Don't Understand: NGWA's Video Tool, Workshop, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Introduction to Hydrogeology, Workshop, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  

1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Pow! Zap! Sell! How to Sell Like a Super Hero and Close More Sales, Workshop, Professional Development  
The Sustainable and Sanitary Well, Topical Session, Professional Development  

1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Forklift Training for Ground Water Professionals, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  

2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Ground Water Policy and Regional Management in Florida: A Changing World, Topical Session, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  

2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Update on the Development of Well Construction Practice Standard, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  

3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Louisiana's Ground Water: Securing Our Economic Future with Public Ground Water Policy, Workshop, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  

3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Marketing Your Professional Certification, Workshop, Professional Development  

4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Digging Trenches and Laying Wire No More, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  
Hurricane Charley: A Lesson in Regional Cooperation, Workshop, Water Quality and Treatment  
Microbial Effects of Wells and What to Do about Them, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  

4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Nice Guys Can Put You out of Business: Complying with DOT's Driver Qualifications, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
 
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
New Technology to Enhance your Career and Business Part I, Workshop  

10:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
Optimizing Well Design with Borehole Logging Technologies, Topical Session, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  

10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Applications of Dual Rotary Drilling, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  
McEllhiney Lecture: How Much Is Enough? Making Decisions in the Water Well Industry, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Ground Water Resource Evaluation and Allocation Through Applied Numerical Modeling, Topical Session, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  
Ground Water and Competing Water Rights within Watersheds, Topical Session, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  
Soil Vapor Extraction: Understanding Physical, Chemical, Design, and Technology Limitations, Workshop, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  
Using the Environmental Remediation Drilling Safety Guideline to Enhance Industry Safe Practice, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Common Water Well Contractor Accidents and How to Prevent Them, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
Progress Toward a Nationwide Ground Water Monitoring Network, Panel, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  
Pump Installation Cost Calculator, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  
Repair a Hand Pump—Save a Life, Workshop, Water Systems  

1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Cost-Effective Tools for Investigations and Remedial Applications: Direct-Push Technology, Workshop, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  

2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Pump Smarter with VFDs and Pump Cards, Workshop, Water Systems  
Safety Success Through Leadership, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
The Right Stuff: Tools for Raising Public Awareness about Ground Water, Workshop, Professional Development  
 
Thursday, December 6, 2007

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
New Technology to Enhance your Career and Business Part II, Workshop  

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Pump Installation Calculator - 2nd Offering, Workshop  
Regulators Panel Discussion, Panel, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  

1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Advances in the Water Well Industry Over the Past 20 Years, Topical Session, Drilling Operations/Well Construction  

1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Geophysical Technology for Ground Water Resource Evaluation, Topical Session, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  

2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Darcy Lecture: Getting the Information Ground Water Modelers Need: A Report from the Field, Workshop, Ground Water Availability/Sustainability  
 
Friday, December 7, 2007

8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Planning for Disaster, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
Pump Installer Licensing: What's New on the State Level, Workshop, Safety/Regulatory/Compliance  
Transportation Management Options for the Ground Water Industry, Workshop, Business Management  
Water Work in Developing Countries: Tips for a Safe and Productive Trip, Workshop, Professional Development  

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Be a Part of the Future! NGWA's Director Candidates School, Workshop, Professional Development  

2007 NGWA Ground Water Expo and Annual Meeting