Call for Papers

2015 NGWA Conference on the Upper Great Plains

Cheyenne, WY
September 22-23, 2015
Gain insight on groundwater issues such as availability and quality, water scarcity, and low recharge rates, being encountered in the Upper Great Plains, a growing and economically important region of the United States, during this NGWA conference.

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.

Steps and Instructions:

  1. Session Topic

    Select a session topic.
  2. Enter Title

    Enter your title, and any comments to organizers.
  3. Enter Authors

    Enter author name, affiliation, and contact information.
  4. Enter Abstract Text

    You will be able to copy/paste your abstract into a text box.
  5. Confirmation

    You will have a chance to look over the submission to make sure all is complete.
  6. General Instructions

    No names or titles should be included in the abstract text. Names will be automatically hidden during the abstract review process and will be automatically inserted and properly formatted upon publication.

    Presenting authors will be automatically informed of the unique ID numbers and passwords assigned to their abstracts. Abstracts may be viewed and modified at any time between submission and the deadline, using the assigned ID# and password.

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