
Educational Offerings
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |