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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

Workshops


Cable Tool Drilling
Roger E. Renner, MGWC
1 CEP

Workshops


Lock-Out/Tag-Out for Water Well Drillers
Joseph J. Hogan, ARM, ALCM
1 CEP

Workshops


Low-Flow Ground Water Sampling
Bill Mann and Rob Mooney
1 CEP

Workshops


New Streams of Income
Gary Battenberg
1 CEP

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Workshops


The Cost of Doing Business: What Should Your Business Look Like?
Ron Slee
3 CEPs

8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Workshops


Geophysical Logging Introductory Workshop: Ground Water and Environmental Applications
Wendy Wempe, Ph.D. and Ned A. Clayton
3 CEPs

9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Workshops


Fall Protection and Working at Heights
Steve Ungphakorn
1 CEP

9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

Workshops


Air Rotary Drilling
Richard Thron, MGWC
1 CEP

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Update on the Development of ANSI NGWA-01-07 Water Well Construction Standard
Jonathan Jenkins
1 CEP

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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Best Suggested Practices for Dealing with the Relationship Between Wells with Elevated Levels of Iron and Arsenic—Work Session
Jonathan Jenkins
1.5 CEPs

Workshops


DOT Roadside Inspections: Beware and Be Ready
Gary LaBrake
1 CEP

Workshops


Fishing Tools
George Stewart
1 CEP

Workshops


Safety Legislation and Compliance in the Drilling and Pump Service Business
Jim Wright
1 CEP

Panel Discussions


Well Specifications: Best Practices and Conflict Resolution
Thom Hanna, RPG, Christopher Mikell and Mark Scharenbroich
1.5 CEPs

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

Workshops


Fall Protection and Working at Heights
Steve Ungphakorn
1 CEP

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Topical Sessions


Hydrophilanthropy
Michael E. Campana, Ph.D., Steve Schneider, MGWC and Ralph L. Taylor Jr., CWD/PI
1 CEP

Workshops


I Are a Scientist and You Is an Engineer: Technical Writing for Non-English Majors
M. Lisa Spahr, CG
1 CEP

Workshops


Preparing for an OSHA Inspection
Steve Canney
1 CEP

Workshops


Understanding IADC Codes for Tricone Bits
Tim Thomas
1 CEP

1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Workshops


Customer Service and Profitability: Much More than Just Answering the Phone Promptly
Ron Slee
3 CEPs

2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Workshops


Fleet Safety: Preventing Common Water Well Driller Fleet Accidents
Joseph J. Hogan, ARM, ALCM
1 CEP

2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Keynote Presentations


2009 NGWREF McEllhiney Lecture: Boring Logs—What's Important and What's Not: A Scientific Viewpoint
W. Richard Laton, Ph.D.

Workshops


Cost-Effective Tools for Investigations and Remedial Applications: Direct-Push Technology
Bruce Manchon, PG and John Sciacca, PG
1 CEP

Topical Sessions


Deep Ground Water Investigations
Mark Grivetti
1.5 CEPs

4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Panel Discussions


Educating Our Children: Ground Water Awareness in Schools
Cliff Treyens
1 CEP

Workshops


Planning for Disaster
Joseph J. Hogan, ARM, ALCM
1 CEP

Workshops


Preparing for a DOT Audit: What to Do Today
Gary LaBrake
1 CEP

Workshops


Water Well Standards for Developing Countries
Steve Schneider, MGWC
1 CEP

4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Workshops


Trends of Potential Impact to the Ground Water Industry: A Glimpse to the Future?
NGWA Planning Council
1.5 CEPs

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Workshops


Applications of Dual Rotary Drilling
Arden Godshall
1 CEP

Panel Discussions


Ground Water Availability for the Future: The Role of Monitoring in Resource Management
Michael J. Moran
1 CEP

Workshops


Grouting and Placement for the Geothermal Industry
Stewart Krause
1.5 CEPs

Workshops


Update on DOT Proposals and Activities
Gary LaBrake
1 CEP

12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

Keynote Presentations


2008 NGWREF Darcy Lecture: Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option
Michael Celia, Ph.D.

Workshops


Best Suggested Practices for Sustained Yield in a Hydrofractured Well—Work Session
Jonathan Jenkins
1.5 CEPs

Workshops


Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Variable Speed Pumps but Were Afraid to Ask
David L. Kill
1 CEP

Workshops


Killer Contract Clauses
Donald Gregory, Esq.
1 CEP

Workshops


Preventable or Unpreventable?
Joseph J. Hogan, ARM, ALCM
1 CEP

Workshops


Using the Environmental Remediation Drilling Safety Guideline to Enhance Industry Safe Practices
Jim Wright
1 CEP

2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Keynote Presentations


Keynote Address

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

Workshops


Best Suggested Practices for the Safe Handling of Radioactive Wastes from Water Treatment Devices—Work Session
Jonathan Jenkins
2.0 CEPs

1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Workshops


Hurricane Katrina: A Model that Really Worked
Ivor van Heerden, Ph.D.
1 CEP

Workshops


Marketing Your Consulting Firm
Ben Van Benschoten
1 CEP

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Workshops


Best Suggested Practices for Residential Well Cleaning
John H. Schnieders, Ph.D.
1.5 CEPs

Topical Sessions


Drilling, Well Construction, and Maintenance: Increasing Challenges from Regulators, Consultants, and Clients
Ethan O. Weikel, PG
1.5 CEPs

Workshops


NGWA Pump Installation Cost Calculator
John Pitz, CPI
1.5 CEPs

2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.

Workshops


Planning for Profit: Suppliers
Albert Bates, Ph.D.
1.5 CEPs

2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Workshops


Recruiting and Retaining Employees
Michael Malloy and Heidi Barry
1 CEP

Topical Sessions


What's in Your Modeling Toolkit?
Jason R. House
1.5 CEPs

3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.

Workshops


Drilling Fluids for Use in Ground Source Heat Pump Loop Installations
Joseph Dobry
1 CEP

Topical Sessions


Microbiological Issues in Ground Water Quality and System Function
Stuart A. Smith, CGWP
1.5 CEPs

Workshops


Nanotechnology in the Environment: Clean Water from Small Materials
Vicki Colvin, Ph.D.
1 CEP

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Workshops


Planning for Profit: Contractors
Albert Bates, Ph.D.
1.5 CEPs

Friday, December 5, 2008

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8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

Topical Sessions


Aquifer/Ground Water Protection: Effective Strategies for Protecting the Quality of Our Ground Water Supplies
Gary Burchard
1 CEP

Workshops


Decreasing Drilling Cost-per-Foot in the Geoexchange Drilling Industry: Selecting the Correct Bit
Dick Palmer
1 CEP

Workshops


How to Conduct an Effective Safety Meeting
Joseph J. Hogan, ARM, ALCM
1 CEP

Workshops


Keeping Up with Technology
Cary Austin
1 CEP

Workshops


Repair a Hand Pump—Save a Life
Ralph L. Taylor Jr., CWD/PI
1 CEP

8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Workshops


Be a Part of the Future: NGWA's Director Candidates School
Kevin B. McCray, CAE
2.0 CEPs

12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Field Trips


Las Vegas Valley Water District's Ground Water Recharge Facility Tour
Erin Cole, CGWP
3 CEPs