WESTERVILLE, OH, May 23, 2002 -- The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) is hosting an upcoming conference, "Innovative Approaches to Ground Water Disinfection: Coliforms, Pathogens and Treatment."
The conference is slated for September 5-6, 2002, in Sacramento, California. Cosponsors also include the California Ground Water Association and Texas A&M University.
The conference covers the issues surrounding bacteria and viruses and ground water, and provides training on the new Ground Water Rule. Conference attendees will learn how to monitor and treat domestic wells along with municipal systems. The two-day event will include the following topics:
Bacteria and Viruses
FEMA Report on Wells
Emerging Regulations
Walkerton E-Coli Tragedy
Water Well Construction
Disinfection Byproducts
Anthrax and Water Security
Chlorination
Ozonation
Electron-Beam Virus Treatment
Zeolite Barrier Technology
Advances in Genomics
Fletcher Driscoll, author of Ground Water and Wells will be the special guest lecturer. John Schnieders, principal chemist of Water Systems Engineering, Inc., will give the keynote address on "Disinfection and Coliform in Water Wells." The EPA's John Cicmanec will provide an update on new testing methods and risk management. More than a dozen additional well experts, manufacturers, and rule makers will make presentations at the event.
For more information or to register, contact the NGWA Customer Service Center at (800) 551-7379, or visit http://www.ngwa.org/education/clean.html. National Ground Water Association members include more than 16,000 U.S. and international ground water professionals-contractors, equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and ground water scientists and engineers.
NGWA members are committed to this basic understanding: when you are a ground water professional, it's more than just water. NGWA provides members, government, and the general public with the scientific knowledge and economic guidance necessary to responsibly develop, protect, and manage the world's ground water resources.
