National Ground Water Association

(WESTERVILLE, OH — May 2, 2011) S.S. Papadopulos & Associates Inc. will underwrite the National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation’s (NGWREF) Robert Farvolden Awards in 2012 and 2013 — continuing its support of the awards presented to undergraduate and graduate students for outstanding poster and paper presentations made at the annual NGWA Ground Water Summit.

 

This year’s Farvolden Awards, underwritten by S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, will be decided during the 2011 Ground Water Summit taking place this week in Baltimore, Maryland. Up to four award recipients each will receive $750.

 

 

The scholarships are named in honor of the late Robert N. Farvolden, a pioneer in the development of modern hydrogeology. During a 20-year period, Farvolden taught literally hundreds of young Earth scientists at all academic levels. At the same time, he maintained an active international research effort on regional hydrogeology in more than a dozen countries with much of the emphasis on the development and management of safe water supplies for populations in underdeveloped areas. After his academic retirement in 1992, Farvolden accepted the position of senior scientist for the National Ground Water Association.

 

In addition to underwriting the Farvolden Awards in 2012 and 2013, S.S. Papadopulos will also provide $500 each of those years to the NGWREF’s Len Assante Scholarship fund, which awards scholarships to high school graduate or full-time undergraduate students studying groundwater-related fields who are enrolled in in a four-year college program or two-year well drilling associate degree program.

 

S.S. Papadopulos & Associates was established in 1979 to provide professional consulting services for groundwater issues. While groundwater hydrology and hydrogeology are the cornerstone of the firm's expertise, it has expanded to develop a recognized practice in contaminant studies, remediation, geochemistry, and surface water hydrology.

 

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NGWREF is operated by the National Ground Water Association as a 501(c)(3) public foundation focused on conducting educational, research, and other charitable activities related to a broader public understanding of groundwater.

NGWA, a nonprofit organization composed of more than 12,000 U.S. and international groundwater professionals — contractors, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, scientists, and engineers — is dedicated to advancing groundwater knowledge. NGWA’s vision is to be the leading groundwater association that advocates the responsible development, management, and use of water.