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Artificial Recharge of Ground Water (#124)

Baltimore, Maryland • September 22-23, 2009

Presented by David Pyne, PE, and Daniel Stephens, Ph.D.

Register nowCourse description

This course includes discussions of:

  • The various recharge processes (natural, incidental, enhanced, induced, artificial)
  • The types of systems for artificial recharge (surface basin, vadose zone trenches or shafts, wells)
  • Physics of infiltration of water into soil
  • Measuring infiltration rates for recharge system design
  • Formation of clogging layers at the infiltrating surface
  • Flow through the vadose zone
  • The development of perched groundwater
  • Ground water mounding
  • Water sources, including sewage effluent
  • Soil/aquifer treatment processes
  • Role of recharge in water reuse
  • The use of floodwaters for recharge
  • Pretreatment of water.

Well recharge inducing types, objectives, sources of water, design of wellheads and wellfields, and functioning of aquifer storage recovery (ASR) systems in aquifers with either fresh water or impaired groundwater, quality will be covered in this course. The course will lead you through the planning, designing, operating, and management phases of systems for artificial recharge. Principles will be illustrated with practical examples.


Course objectives

Course outline

Who should attend?

  • Engineers
  • Hydrologists
  • Geologists
  • Public health officials
  • Consultants and planners
  • Water and waste water specialists in municipalities, water districts, and state and federal government agencies.

Education level

The course is designed for introductory and intermediate level professionals. Because artificial recharge of groundwater is interdisciplinary, some conceptual knowledge about geology, undergroundwater movement, chemistry, and microbiology is desirable.

NGWA awards continuing education credits

This course is worth 1.5 CEUs.

Fees and registration

Venue

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Information current as of 5-18-2009. For further information or help, e-mail customerservice@ngwa.org or call 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791).