National Ground Water Association

Course #	219
​Date	​June 18, 2013
​Location	​Columbus, Ohio
​Instructors	​Stuart A. Smith, CGWP, and Allen E. Comeskey, CPG​
CEUs	​0.725
​Member price	$395
​Nonmember price	$545

 

Course overview

​This one-day course will ​help you better understand the challenges and risks of operating a wellfield, and how to establish a framework for smart strategic planning and management that will significantly increase asset reliability and reduce operating costs.

Groundwater-based water supplies and other well arrays represent valuable infrastructure assets, but as they are necessarily exposed to the natural environment, they are prone to deterioration over time. Wellfields also must be hydrologically sustainable — operating within hydrogeologic constraints.

Such infrastructure cannot manage itself — and without proper planning and action, disruptions can (and often do) occur. However, with foresight, planning, and ongoing maintenance, wells and well systems can continue with good performance indefinitely.

Learning objectives

During this course, you will learn about:

• The hydrogeologic, environmental, and technical bases of wellfield sustainability — groundwater occurrence, water well construction and development with emphasis on design, material choice, and construction basics that foster long service life
  
• How a wellfield is a slice of the environment — the biogeochemical, hydrogeologic, and operational challenges impacting wellfield sustainability
  
• Understanding and managing the hydrologic and environmental challenges to wellfields
  
• The basics of typical problems affecting well and system performance
  
• Methods and systems involved with rehabilitating a poorly performing well or wellfield, and successfully planning and managing a rehabilitation project
  
• Implementing a fact-based wellfield management program
  
• Using cost-benefit analysis and the concept of value in planning wellfield actions in order to operate a wellfield on a life cycle cost basis.
  

Who should attend?

• Designing engineers
• Municipal utility managers
• Technical-level wellfield managers
• Groundwater sector people serving these markets.

33 East Nationwide Blvd.
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614 461.4100
877 388.4462 (reservations)

Accommodations: NGWA has secured a limited block of rooms on a first come, first served basis at the group rate of $129 per night single/double occupancy (valet parking included and there is free Internet access). This rate applies to the NGWA room block and is valid until the May 19, 2013 cutoff, unless our block fills before that date. When making your reservations, be sure to mention you are attending this NGWA event. Remember, you are responsible for securing your own reservations. For guest check-in and checkout times, please contact the hotel directly.