Focusing on Colorado, the Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, and Wyoming, as well as the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan — including the plains, mountains, and intermontane valleys of this region. Topic areas to be explored include:
Water Quality and Availability in the Upper Great Plains Aquifers
- Williston/Powder River
- Basin Scale Studies
- Basin Planning/Outlook Forecasting
- Role of Storage
- Surface Water/Groundwater Interaction
- Natural Recharge/Managed Aquifer Recharge
- Brackish Water
- Remote Sensing Technologies
- Airborne Geophysics
- Augmentation Wells (South Platte)
State Regulation of Groundwater within the Region/Groundwater Law
- Exempt Wells
- Water Allocation
Potential Environmental Impacts of Gas and Oil Development to Groundwater
- Produced Water, Reuse, and Disposal
- Brine Spills/Brine Contamination
- Secondary Recovery and Water Compatibility Concerns
- Providing Water Resources for Oil and Gas Development
- Carbon Capture and Deep Wells
Groundwater and Mining
- In-situ Leach Mines
- Permitting processes
- Uranium
- Post-site Closure and Water Restoration
Agriculture and Groundwater
- Groundwater and Glacial Deposits
- Irrigation
- Allocation
A current call is underway seeking abstracts for this conference. Click on the “Call for abstracts” tab below for more information and to submit your abstract today.
Abstracts must be submitted in sentence form and without bullet points by Sunday, March 29, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Word limits are 15 words or less for titles and 300 words or less for abstracts.