NGWA Best Suggested Practices for Managed Aquifer Recharge

Alley, William

NGWA Best Suggested Practices for Managed Aquifer Recharge

Tuesday, October 2, 2018: 10:50 a.m.

William Alley, Ph.D. , National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH

Water supply shortages are occurring now and are expected to occur more widely in the future. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) will become an increasingly important tool for mitigating the economic, environmental, and public health impacts of these shortages. MAR captures available water (during wet periods, during periods of low demand, or water that would be lost otherwise) and moves this water under controlled conditions into underground reservoirs. Properly sited, designed, constructed, operated, and maintained MAR projects are a key component for addressing the nation’s water supply challenges. This paper discusses NGWA’s Best Suggested Practices for Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR), which are intended to foster the conceptualization, planning, and implementation of an aquifer storage and recovery project and examples of current efforts to apply MAR to agricultural settings.

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.