Session 2: Groundwater Availability and Quality

Tuesday, October 2, 2018: 2:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.

2:00 p.m.
Mississippi’s Approach to Address Declining Groundwater Levels

Kay Whittington, PE, Office of Land and Water Resources, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Jackson, MS

2:40 p.m.
High Frequency Nitrate Concentrations Measured in Two Iowa Springs Fed by Intense Row Crop Agriculture

Keith Schilling1, Christopher Jones2 and Robert Libra3, (1)Iowa Geological Survey, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, (2)IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, (3)Iowa Geological Survey, Iowa City, IA

3:00 p.m.
Technical Analyses that Inform Groundwater Policy Decisions in the Nebraska Panhandle

Thad Kuntz, PG, Adaptive Resources Inc., Scottsbluff, NE

3:20 p.m.
Break

3:50 p.m.
Iowa Experience With Agricultural Drainage Well Inspection, Testing, Permitting, and Closure

Michael K. Anderson, PE, Water Allocation Section, Iowa DNR, Des Moines, IA

4:10 p.m.
Multiple Isotopes Reveal Spatial Complexities of Baseflow Sources in the Wabash River Watershed in Indiana and Ohio

Marty Frisbee, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

4:30 p.m.
Data-Based Sustainable Agriculture: Small-Scale Irrigation Development in Africa

Tess Russo, Ph.D.1 and William Alley, Ph.D.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, (2)National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH

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