Aquifer Storage Recovery V

(Aquifers, regulations, arsenic and other water quality issues)

 

Holiday Inn Busch Gardens Tampa, Florida - Thursday, October 20th 2005

 

Science, Technology, Management and Policy

 

A one-day educational program sponsored by

 

American Ground Water Trust

            

Co-sponsored by

US Geological Survey

Florida Geological Survey

 

Registration on-line at: www.agwt.org (conferences)

 

WHY YOU SHOULD BE THERE

The Trust’s annual Florida ASR Conferences provide an opportunity for all interested parties to hear about the latest progress and development in ASR from scientific, engineering, management and regulatory perspectives. The future of ASR technology applications in Florida has huge significance for resource management, development planning, and ecological restoration.

 

The one-day, 2005, Florida program (ASR V) will bring together the state’s engineers, scientists, planners, water-resource managers, attorneys, concerned citizens, etc. to share up-to-date information regarding the challenges, feasibility, potential, regulatory concerns and the economic & environmental benefits of aquifer management strategies involving artificial recharge/ aquifer storage. 

 

BACKGROUND

The Trust’s is a non-profit organization. Its educational mission has a focus on resource sustainability and source protection.  Since 1999, the American Ground Water Trust has convened ten conference programs that have featured aquifer storage: 

 

1999, Phoenix, AZ (Water Banking, Conjunctive Use and Artificial recharge)

2000, Ontario, CA (Innovations in Artificial Recharge) with Assn. of Groundwater Agencies

2001, 2002, 2003 Orlando, FL (Aquifer Storage Recovery I, II and III)

2001, Ontario, CA (Conjunctive Use: Experiences & Frontiers) with Assn. of Groundwater Agencies

2001, Chicago, IL (Alluvial Aquifers: Options for Development)

2003, Denver, CO (Water Management Strategies)

2004, Tampa, FL (Aquifer Storage Recovery IV) with FL Geol. Survey & Hydrogeology Consortium

2004, Denver, CO (Aquifer Recharge: Focus on Denver Basin Aquifers)

 


2005 Florida ASR Conference

 

FIELD TRIP – PEACE RIVER

Pre-Conference Field-trip opportunity: Wednesday October 19th 2:00pm to 4:30pm

(Are you driving to Tampa from south Florida?  Why not join the field trip?)

 

The ASR System at the Peace River Facility is the largest ASR program in the eastern United States, consisting of 22 wells completed into 3 distinct storage intervals.   Join the field trip, visit the ASR well fields & monitoring sites and speak to the Water Authority experts and their consultants about the design, permitting, and latest operational testing results for the ASR program.

 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 

2005 ASR V Program: Thursday October 20th 8:30am to 4:30pm

 

Presenters:

(The presentation order and timing not yet finalized)

 

éKeynote speaker

Carol Ann Wehle, Executive Director 

South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL                                        

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éASR site selection considerations using GIS matrix overlays

Chris Brown, Senior Engineer Steve Stutterfield, Planner, Michael W Fies, Senior Hydrogeologist

US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL

 

éBorehole geophysics and sequence stratigraphy:  Key methods for developing reliable high-resolution hydrogeologic frameworks for modeling Florida aquifers

 Kevin Cunningham, Hydrologist

USGS, Miami, FL

 

éHydrogeologic Framework for a Regional ASR System

Emily Richardson, Lead Hydrogeologist

South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL

 

éEcotoxilogical effects of recovered ASR water – pilot study – Caloosahatchee

Isabel Johnson, Sciences Group Leader

Golder Associates Inc. Gainesville, FL

 

éEvaluation of geologic structures and aquifer geometry in the Lake Okeechobee area using seismic reflection

Michael W. Fies, Senior Hydrogeologist and Steve Myers, Geologist

            US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville, FL

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éCity of Tampa: Geochemical changes using ozonated water for recharge

Mark McNeal, Manager, Hydrogeologic Sciences

CH2M Hill, Tampa, FL

 

éUpdate on the Hillsboro ASR Pilot Project

Rick Nevulis, Project Manager

South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL

 

éPeace River Enhanced Geochemical Monitoring Program

Kevin Morris, Chief Engineer

The Peace River/ Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, and

Mark McNeal, Manager, Hydrogeologic Sciences

CH2M Hill, Tampa, FL

 

é ASR for Florida utilities in an uncertain regulatory environment  

John Kaufman, Water Resources Manager, & Mark Chandler, Senior Engineer

 Montgomery Watson Harza, Fort Lauderdale, FL

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éThe behavior of arsenic and other metals in bench-scale leaching studies that simulate ASR conditions Jonathan D. Arthur, Hydrogeology Program Supervisor

FDEP/Florida Geological Survey, Tallahassee, FL

 

éArsenic & other metals in ground water: Understanding aqueous chemistry processes involving dissolved oxygen, chlorine, iron & sulfate

June Mirecki, Hydrogeochemist

US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Vicksburg, MS

 

éArsenic Mobilization In Florida's Aquifers During ASR Cycles - A Basic Perspective

Mark Pearce, Vice President

Water Resources Solutions, Cape Coral, FL

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éWell or Aquifer?: Where ASR water quality compliance should be measured

David Pyne, President

ASR Systems, Gainesville, FL

 

éASR implementation: quality issues now emerging from darkness to enlightenment

Don Ellison, ASR Projects Coordinator

South West Florida Water Management District, Brooksville, FL

 

éFederal Perspective on Injection well regulations

John C. Taylor, Senior Environmental Engineer

USEPA REGION 5, Chicago, IL

 

éFlorida Regulatory Update

Richard Drew, Chief, Water Facilities Regulation

Florida DEP, Tallahassee, FL

 

(The presentation order and timing not yet finalized)

 

Continuing Education

 

Employee Development University is a learning partner with the American Ground Water Trust and 0.65 CEU credits are available for conference attendees who complete the sign-in and sign-out sheet at registration and who submit an evaluation form. (0.9 CEU credits are available for those also attending the field trip). [Visit www.eduniv.com for more information about this CEU program.]

Exhibit and Sponsorship Opportunities

Corporate, agency or organization financial sponsorship support will be appreciated. Any proceeds resulting from Trust conferences are applied to our ground water education programs.  All exhibitors and sponsors will be recognized in the conference program. Exhibit tables are 6 feet long and skirted. Companies/ organizations supporting the program can have the benefit of distribution of company literature to all participants, publication of company logo and contact information in the program documents and will receive an electronic list of all participants.  Sponsorship will help defray hotel costs for coffee breaks, lunches etc. For information about sponsorship, call the Trust (603) 228-5444. For exhibit tables see registration form.

Hotel Accommodations

Holiday Inn near Busch Gardens, 2701 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, Florida 33612

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn Busch Gardens at $75 per night. To receive this rate, you must mention the American Ground Water Trust group rate when making your reservation.  All rooms and rates are subject to availability.  For reservations call (813) 971-4710 or (800) 206 2747. 

 

Directions: The hotel is 1.5 miles east of Interstate 275 at exit 34 and 4.5 miles west of Interstate 75 at exit 54.

American Ground Water Trust

The American Ground Water Trust is a national not-for-profit organization.  The educational mission of the Trust is to:

_ Promote groundwater protection and resource sustainability

_ Communicate the environmental and economic value of groundwater

_ Showcase groundwater science and technology solutions

_ Increase citizen, community and decision-maker awareness, and

_ Facilitate stakeholder participation in water resources decisions.

 

REGISTRATION

 

Registration on-line at: www.agwt.org (conferences)

 

ASR V (Holiday Inn Busch Gardens Tampa, Florida - Thursday, October 20th 2005)

(8:15am to 4:30pm)