WESTERVILLE, OH, July 22, 2002 -- The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) has added an extra day of workshops to its upcoming 2002 Ground Water Expo. The Expo, held this year in Las Vegas, will now be in full swing on Sunday, December 8, and will run through Wednesday, December 11.
Workshops to be offered throughout the four-day event include the following:
* Applications of the Dual Rotary Drilling Method
* Cost Benefits of Horizontal Well-Based Remediation Systems
* DOT Update for Ground Water Contractors
* Fleet Safety Management
* Geothermal Heat Pumps Roundtable Discussion
* Health and Safety at Drilling Sites
* Household Well Financing Programs and Other News from Washington
* In-situ Removal of Radium from Ground Water
* Increasing Profit Margins and Lowering Taxes
* Proactive Accident Investigation
* Protect the Hearing You have Left: Noise Training for Water Well Drillers
* Water Quality: Answering Your Customers' Questions
* Water Well Rehabilitation-Understanding Problems and Solutions
Several other workshops will be offered as well. The annual convention and exposition, now in its 54th year, will also feature displays of the latest equipment and products, technology demonstrations, a cutting-edge technical conference, and certification exams.
Premiering this year will be Action Demonstration Sessions, a unique series of technology demonstrations sponsored by The HDD Well Team of Arvada, Colo., to showcase the latest in ground water monitoring equipment. These sessions are designed to facilitate technology transfer and application exchange.
The technical conference taking place during the Expo is the Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association of Ground Water Scientists & Engineers, a membership division of NGWA. The 2002 Annual Meeting and Conference is titled "Linking Surface and Subsurface Hydrology-From Science to Technology." This year's conference will offer several featured speakers:
* Scott Bair, The Ohio State University: "Intoxicating Cases of Ground Water Under the Influence of Surface Water"
* Cliff Dahm, University of New Mexico: "Hydrogeology and Biogeochemistry of Surface Water and Ground Water Interfaces"
* David Pyne, ASR Systems LLC: "Aquifer Storage Recovery: Science, Technology, and Regulation"
* Bridget R. Scanlon, University of Texas
* Edward Sudicky, University of Waterloo: "Fully-integrated Modeling of Surface and Subsurface Water Flow and Solute Transport: Model Overview and Applications"
* Garth Van Der Kamp, Environment Canada
* William Woessner, University of Montana
All workshops and technical conference sessions are open to all Expo attendees.
Also new this year are Technical Interactive Presentations (TIPs), an educational format for presentations designed to encourage the active exchange of ideas between presenters and interested conference attendees. TIPs are composed of poster material, field equipment, site samples and computer displays. Every TIP will be on display for a specific day, and each presenter will also be assigned a 30-minute period in which to present.
NGWA has added an auction to the mix this year, too, to raise funds for the National Ground Water Educational Foundation for scholarships. Held after the President's Dinner on December 9, it will feature items such as a mountain cabin weekend and a NASCAR race package.
For information on exhibiting at the Expo, contact Shelby Fleck at (800) 551-7379, or by e-mail at [email protected].
For other details or to register, visit the Expo section of the NGWA Web site-www.NGWA.org-where visitors also can find information on the sights and sounds of the Las Vegas area.
National Ground Water Association members include 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.
