Scientific Research and Technical Assistance to Private Well Owners Part 1
Presented on Thursday, December 5, 2013
More than 43 million people—about 15 percent of the US population—rely on domestic wells as their source of drinking water. Individual homeowners are responsible for maintaining these well systems and for monitoring water quality. This session brings together groundwater and health professionals and policymakers to discuss the latest scientific research and how it can be translated to technical assistance to private well owners. Presentations address baseline water quality, well construction, well maintenance, water testing and treatment, source area protection, problematic contaminants, training and technical assistance programs, use of social media, state and local policies and regulations, guidelines for on-site wastewater systems, drought planning and communication, and approaches in developing countries.
Moderators:
William Alley, Ph.D.
National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH
Dr. William M. Alley is Director of Science and Technology for the National Ground Water Association. Previously, he served as Chief, Office of Groundwater for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for almost two decades. Dr. Alley has published over 100 scientific publications, and most recently co-authored with his wife, Rosemarie, High and Dry: Meeting the Challenges of the World’s Growing Dependence on Groundwater. Among other awards, Dr. Alley received the USGS Shoemaker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Communication and the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award. He holds a B.S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an M.S. in Hydrogeology from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University.
Cliff Treyens
National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH
Cliff Treyens has been director of public awareness for NGWA since September 2003. A professional communicator for more than 30 years, Treyens has been a newspaper reporter, a political communications director, and a private-sector marketing/public relations practitioner. Distinctions include the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Public Service as part of a reporting team for the (Jackson, Mississippi) Clarion-Ledger, and serving as communications director for former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus and former Ohio House Speaker Vernal G. Riffe Jr.
