Groundwater Sustainability

Monday, February 26, 2018: 9:20 a.m.-2:20 p.m.

Moderators:
Stacy Timmons and Fred Rothauge
9:20 a.m.
Simplified Stream Accretion Modeling for Sustainable Groundwater Management: An Interactive Approach

Deborah L. Hathaway, PE and Gilbert Barth, Ph.D., S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., Boulder, CO

9:40 a.m.
Energy Storage Investigation at Groundwater Banks

Lon House, Ph.D.1 and Mark Beuhler2, (1)Water and Energy Consulting, Oro Valley, AZ, (2)Willow Springs Water Bank, Lancaster, CA

10:00 a.m.
Groundwater in Unconfined New Mexican Aquifers

Alex Rinehart, Ethan Mamer and Geoffrey Rawling, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM

10:20 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m.
Mapping Deep Channel Deposits in the Ogallala Aquifer Using Electrical Resistivity Surveys

John Jansen, Ph.D., PG1, James Beach, PG2, Ted Powell3, Kristie Laughlin4 and Tyler Davidson, P.E.2, (1)Leggette, Brashears and Graham, West Bend, WI, (2)WSP USA, Austin, TX, (3)Legette, Brashears, and Graham, Madison, WI, (4)LBG-Guyton, Austin, TX

11:05 a.m.
An Overview of the NMBGMR Collaborative Groundwater Monitoring Network and How to Get Involved

Sara Chudnoff, PG1 and Stacy Timmons2, (1)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Albuquerque, NM, (2)NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM

11:25 a.m.
Lifetime Projections for the High Plains Aquifer in East-Central New Mexico

Alex Rinehart and Geoffrey Rawling, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM

11:45 a.m.
Lunch Break (provided)

1:00 p.m.
Potentiometric Surface Maps in the Middle Rio Grande Basin: Rising Water Levels in the Production Zone

Lucas Curry1, Amy Galanter1, Andre Ritchie1 and Katherine Yuhas2, (1)USGS NM Water Science Center, Albuquerque, NM, (2)Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority, Albuquerque, NM

1:20 p.m.
Siting, Design and Construction of a Horizontal Well for Industrial Water Supply in the Ogallala Aquifer

James Beach, PG1, Tyler Davidson, P.E.1 and Dan Ombalski, PE, PG2, (1)WSP USA, Austin, TX, (2)Directed Technologies Drilling, Bellefonte, PA

1:40 p.m.
Developing 3-Dimensional GIS Models for Visualizing Aquifer Systems in New Mexico

Colin Cikoski1, Stacy Timmons2 and Alex Rinehart3, (1)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, (2)NM Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Socorro, NM, (3)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM

2:00 p.m.
Investigating Groundwater Sustainability in Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico

Steve Rice, PG, Paula A. Cutillo, Ph.D. and Joseph Chafey, Water Resources Division, National Park Service, Fort Collins, CO

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