2008 Missouri Groundwater Association Conference Agenda


8:00 to 8:30: Conference Registration


8:30 to 8:35: President's Address and Opening Remarks


8:35 to 9:00: New Groundwater Monitoring Network - Ryan Mueller, MDNR, Director, Water Resources Center


9:00 to 9:30: Investigation of the Changes in the Potentiometric Surface of the Ozark Aquifer Near Springfield, Missouri; Joe Richards, USGS (Abstract)


9:30 to 10:00: Feasibility of Powering a Deep Groundwater Pump with Renewable Energy in Rural Guatemala; William Granich, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Abstract)


10:00 to 10:30: Borehole Geophysics & Radionuclides/Contaminant Distributions in Public-Supply Wells- John Schumacher, USGS (Abstract)


10:30 to 10:45: BREAK


10:45 to 11:15: Domestic Use Groundwater Pathway- David Walchshauser, MDNR


11:15 to 11:45: Field Analyses for the Detection and Enumeration of Coliform Bacteria in Drinking Water During a Public Health Assessment Study- Jenna Tune, Missouri University of Science and Technology


11:45 to 12:15: Taproot Technology; Non-Invasive Plume Delineation-Jeremy Haynes,Michael G. Mason, and Matthew T. Shurtliff,Forrester Group


12:15 to 1:00: LUNCH (provided)


1:00 to 1:30: Mapping the Alluvial Aquifers in Northern Missouri with Aerial Geophysics- Brian Kelly - USGS


1:30 to 2:00: Well Rehabilitation and Development using High Pressure Gas Impulse Technology- Paul D. Buozis, Layne Christensen Co.(Abstract)


2:00 to 2:30: Using GeoProbe Data to Predict Contaminant Source History- Andrew Elmore, Ph.D., P.E., Missouri University of Science and Technology (Abstract)


2:30 to 2:45: BREAK


2:45 to 3:30: Taum Sauk Dam Failure and Restoration Efforts - Jim Alexander, MDNR


3:30 to 3:45: Process Improvements for Monitoring Well Reporting & Permitting- Beth Marsala, MDNR


3:45 to 4:15: Jesse Scott & Janette Housman, Missouri University of Science and Technology


4:15 to 4:45: Effects of Channel Bed Degradation and Water Table Drawdown on Wetlands along the Missouri River- Dale Blevins, USGS (Abstract)


4:45: Brief Closing Remarks


University Club of MU; Columbia, Missouri

107 Reynolds Alumni Center