2012 NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting
2012 NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
An Innovative Air-Rotary Drilling Technology That Lets You Drill Right Through Caving Overburden
Todd Giddings, Ph.D., PG
Glass Bead Filter Packs for Better Performance and Life Cycle Costs
Reinhard A. Klaus, Hydrogeologist
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
ANSI/NGWA Well Construction Standard, Part 1
Todd Hunter, CWD/PI
Database of State Regulatory Oversight of Geothermal Heat Pump Installations
Kevin B. McCray, CAE
FMCSA Program and Regulatory Update
Jack Van Steenburg
High Capacity Pumping
Tanner Tryon
How to Read a Profit and Loss Statement
Paul Humes, CPA
12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
ANSI/NGWA Well Construction Standard, Part 2
Roger E. Renner, MGWC, NGWAF
Inflatable Packers: Deployment and Safety
David Baca
Making NGWA Business Tools Work for You - Business Management
John Pitz, CPI and David Evener
Properly Sizing and Selecting a Water System
Chris Preston
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Employee Oversight for Companies and Nonprofits
Mark Van Benschoten, CPA
Mechanically Joined PVC Well Products–A 15-Year Retrospective and a Look Towards the Future
Steven B. Gross, MBA, PE
Mud Rotary Drilling
Roger E. Renner, MGWC, NGWAF
NGWA's Hydrogeologic Guidelines for Large-Scale Geothermal Heat Pump Installations
Kevin B. McCray, CAE
Public Awareness Toolbox: A Simple Guide to Educating Private Well Owners
Cliff Treyens and Gary L. Hix, CWD/PI, RG, CPG
2:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Air Rotary Drilling
Richard Thron, MGWC
Using the NGWA Pump Sizer
John Pitz, CPI
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Field Techniques for Understanding Your Well Problems
David T. Hanson
OSHA and Us, Are We There Yet?
Denis Crayon, CHST
Reverse Circulation Drilling
Thomas Downey, CWD/PI
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
8:40 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
Panel: Sharing and Selling Groundwater Science—Truth or Dare
Tyler Gass, PG, PHg, Roger Miller, Marvin F. Glotfelty, RG and Tom Christopherson
The Election, the Lame Duck Session, and Your Business—What It All Means
J.C. Sandberg and Laine Glisson Oliver
Transporting Hazardous Materials
Gary LaBrake
Using Sand Tank Models to Teach About Groundwater
W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Biofilm 101
Roger Miller
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Darcy Lecture: Transport of Viruses in Partially Saturated Soil and Groundwater
S. Majid Hassanizadeh, Ph.D.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Introduction to the Use and Installation of In Situ Piezometers for Groundwater Monitoring
Roy E. Jensen, Senior Hydrogeologist
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Volunteering in Developing Nations
John A. Nadolski, Tim Mulville, Joseph Smith, Alan Williams, Angie Simon and Pat Clark
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Hydrogeology 101
W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG
Modelo Económico para Diseño de Pozos (presented in Spanish)
Mauricio Javier Jaime Salazar
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
NGWA Director Candidates School
Kevin B. McCray, CAE
2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Innovative Approaches to Injection Well Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance–Sharing Over 40 Years of Practical Experience
John D. Bonsangue, PG and Justin McKeever