National Ground Water Association

Event #	5083
​Date	​September 26, 2013
​Location	Brookline, Massachusetts

 

 

Conference overview

Gain insight on various groundwater issues affecting the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that, while small in comparison to most other states, serves as both the focal point for this conference, as well as a microcosm. As groundwater is the sole source of drinking water in many communities here, and rapid population growth has stressed some supplies because of competing needs, this event seeks to address solutions to the following questions:

• How do we maintain streamflows in stressed areas while preserving baseline groundwater quality and sufficient quantities to meet all needs?
  
• What are the threats to coastal waters from wastewater disposal and how can we ensure the resources are protected?
  
• How do bedrock aquifers fit into future sustainability of water resources and ecosystem health?
  
• How will we meet the challenges that periods of drought and flood present to groundwater management?
  

The call for abstracts closed June 2, 2013 and the submissions are currently under review. Once the completed, the conference program will be posted online.

Conference highlights

Keynote Address — Small Aquifers: Challenges and Opportunities​

presented by John L. Wilson, Ph.D., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Learn about the unique challenges, as well as opportunities, of small aquifers — deemed fast — such as those found in the Bay State area during this presentation. By groundwater standards of behavior, Bay State aquifer water levels and discharges respond quickly to perturbations of hydrology created by climate variability and change, and human impacts affecting recharge (e.g., land use) and discharge (e.g., pumping). Response times can be as short as months and seldom longer than a few years. 

2013 NGWREF McEllhiney Lecture — Keeping the Pump Primed: Aquifer Sustainability

presented by John Jansen, Ph.D., PG

Gain an understanding of how sustainability is defined and what tools and strategies can be used to protect groundwater systems, as well as those who obtain and develop it, during this lecture. How can we ensure the sustainability of our aquifers through sound science? What information must be gathered and compiled to build consensus and present a compelling case to regulators and policymakers?

Read more about the lecture and lecturer. (The McEllhiney Lecture Series is made possible by a grant from Franklin Electric.)

Conference committee

• David Boutt
• Ken Gaynor, CGWP
  
• Denis LeBlanc
  
• Robert Luhrs
  
• Robert Schreiber, PE, BCEE, DWRE.
  

Sponsors

For information on sponsorships, please contact Vickie Wiles at vwiles@ngwa.org.

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On/before August 23:

     NGWA member — $250
     Government employee (ID required) — $250
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          Nonmember — $150

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