Hydrogeophysics and Deep Groundwater

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Monday, March 20, 2017

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7:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Registration

8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m.

Plenary Session (Joint with SAGEEP)

8:00 a.m. SAGEEP Awards Recognition

8:20 a.m. Mapping Brackish Aquifers: Future Water Resources

Andrea Croskrey, P.G.

9:10 a.m. The Critical Role of Water in Critical Zone Science: An Exploration of Water Fluxes in the Earth’s Permeable Skin

Kamini Singha

10:00 a.m. Break (in Exhibit Hall)

10:20 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Track 1: Applications of Hydrogeophysics to Groundwater Characterization, Monitoring, and Management

Melinda Chapman and Bruce Manchon, PG

10:20 a.m. Spiritwood Valley Aquifer Characterization Using a New Helicopter TDEM System

Jean Legault

10:40 a.m. Using Borehole Geophysics to Identify Potential Brackish Production Areas in the Rustler Aquifer, West Texas

Daniel Lupton, PG

11:00 a.m. Well Workovers – New Direction for Improvement of Groundwater Quality

Bruce Manchon, PG

11:20 a.m. Airborne Geophysics for Characterizing Aquifers with Examples from Antarctica to Nebraska

Bill Brown

11:40 a.m. Advances in the Realm of Hydrogeophysics: the Role of Quantum Geoelectrophysics in Groundwater Exploration

Jon Fennell, Ph.D., P.Geol.

12:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:30 p.m. Characterization of a Complex Permafrost Aquifer System Using Airborne Electromagnetic Data

Steven Humphrey, PG

1:50 p.m. Developing Groundwater Flow Nets Using Electrical Resistivity

Todd Halihan, Ph.D.

2:10 p.m. Using NMR and Hydrogeophysics to Evaluate ASR Feasibility in the Denver Basin

Dave Colvin, PG

2:30 p.m. Break (in Exhibit Hall)

3:00 p.m. Transforming Groundwater System and Critical Zone Mapping and Assessment in a ‘Big Data’ Environment

Ken Lawrie, Ph.D.

3:20 p.m. Locating, Investigating, and Defining the Upper Laramie Aquifer, Northeastern Colorado

Travis Brown

3:40 p.m. Corroborating Collapse Structures from Land/Marine Surveys in Carbonate Systems Using Borehole Geophysical Logs

Melinda Chapman

4:00 p.m. Exploration for Reliable Groundwater in an Igneous-Mantled Regional Carbonate Aquifer, Death Valley National Park

Steve Rice, PG

4:20 p.m. Break (in Exhibit Hall)

5:00 p.m. NGWA/SAGEEP Joint Poster Reception and Exhibit

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

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7:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Registration

8:30 a.m.-9:50 a.m.

PANEL: The Aquifer Exemption Process: Implementation for Groundwater Protection and Use

William Alley, Ph.D.

8:30 a.m. Relationship between the EPA and Delegated States

Lorrie Council, P.G.

8:55 a.m. Aquifer Exemption Process Overview

Hal P. Demuth

9:20 a.m. How States Address Requests for Exempt Aquifers

Lily Lee

9:50 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Track 1: Applications of Hydrogeophysics to Groundwater Characterization, Monitoring, and Management DAY 2

William Alley, Ph.D.

9:50 a.m. Brackish Groundwater as a Resource for the Nation

Jennifer S. Stanton

10:10 a.m. High Resolution Hydrogeologic Characterization of the Central & West Coast Groundwater Basins, Los Angeles County

Everett Ferguson Jr., PG, CHG

10:30 a.m. Break (in Exhibit Hall)

10:50 a.m. Identification of the Optimal Locations for Artificial Infiltration

Max Halkjaer

11:10 a.m. Towards a Simple and Pragmatic Approach to Deriving Groundwater Salinity Mapping From Airborne Electromagnetics

Kok Piang Tan, Ph.D.

11:30 a.m. Detailed Geological Modeling in Urban Areas: Focus on Surface Near Geology and Anthropogenic Layer

Tom Martlev Pallesen

11:50 a.m. Lunch (on your own)

1:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.

Track 2: Deep Groundwater Applications

Todd Halihan, Ph.D.

1:00 p.m. An Examination of Geophysical Tools Used in Guiding Assessment of Deep Groundwater – Alluvial versus Fluvial

Brian E. Caldwell, PG, CPG

1:20 p.m. Borehole Characterization of Deep Groundwater in Selected Hydrogeologic Settings of the Marcellus Shale Play

John Williams

1:40 p.m. Applying Geophysical Methods to Estimate Hydraulic Parameters for the Saturated Zones in Lolo Creek, Montana

Ali Gebril

2:00 p.m. Aqueous Rare Earth Elements, Concentration, and Stable Isotopes in Deep Basin Brines, Wyoming

Charles Nye

2:20 p.m. Break (in Exhibit Hall)

2:50 p.m. Seismic Attribute Processing to Find Deep Aquifers

John Jansen, P.G., P.Gp., Ph.D.

3:10 p.m. Characterizing Hydrogeological Conditions to a Depth of 1 km in West-Central Alberta

Brian Smerdon, PhD

3:30 p.m. Ten + Years of Water Level Data from the Regional Deep Carbonate-Rock Aquifer System, Southeastern Nevada

Greg Bushner

3:50 p.m. Wrap Up/Adjournment