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2006 Water Resources Symposium 

Policy, Stewardship and the Real World

 

 

October 11, 2006

Program Schedule

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7:30-9:00 Registration, Networking, and Continental Breakfast

 

9:00-9:05

Opening Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker

  •  Gary Kribbs, PCPG President

 

9:05-9:35 Keynote Address: Water: Policy and Practice
  • Dr. Robert Hirsch, Associate Director for Water, U.S. Geological Survey. Responsible for USGS water science programs.

 

9:40-10:40

Panel Presentations, Discussion, Rebuttals and Q & A Session

 

Opening Remarks by Dr. Robert Hirsch

 

Panelist Presentations

  • Environmental Representative:

    • Brian Hill, President & CEO, PA Environmental Council

  • Regulatory Representative:

  • Industry Representative:

    • Drew Hadley, Global Environmental Manager, Procter & Gamble Co.

 Panelist Rebuttals

 Moderator Questions and Summary

 

10:40-11:00 Poster & Exhibitor Break
11:00-11:30 Concurrent Technical Sessions
  • Detection of Emerging Contaminant Compounds in Ground Water and Surface Water Under Base Flow Conditions in Areas with Septic Systems and Other On-Site Wastewater Disposal.  Lisa Senior
  • Act 220 Water Budget Tool for Pennsylvania. David Jostenski, P.E.
  • Storm Water Management for an Industrial Facility Expansion in Karst Terrain Near Nazareth, Pa: Combining BMPs to Reconcile Opposing Technical and Municipal Requirements. Thomas D. Gillespie
  • Use of a Ground-Water Flow Model to Determine Potential Effects of Urbanization and Ground-Water Withdrawals on Trout Habitat in the Pocono Watershed, Monroe County, Pa.  Ronald A. Sloto

 

11:45-12:15 Concurrent Technical Sessions
  • A Water Resource Approach: Water Availability in North Carolina.  Joel Caves

  • Availability and Field Water Quality of Ground Water in the Marburg Schist in West Manheim Township, York County, Pa.  Dennis Low

  • Management Plan for the Conowingo Pond.  Andrew Dehoff

  • Geophysical Techniques for Characterization of Hydrogeological Systems.  Jeffrey Leberfinger

 

12:15-1:45  Lunch, Networking, Exhibits, and Poster Sessions
  • Presentation by Spotts, Stevens and McCoy, Inc.

 

2:00-2:30 Concurrent Technical Sessions
  • Integrated Resource Planning in SE Pa.  Amy Munson
  • Thrust Faults and the Hydrogeology of the Blue Ridge Province .  Dr. William Seaton
  • Ground-Water Modeling for Identifying, Quantifying, and Minimizing Water Resources Impacts by Large Land Development.  Robert Struble, Jr.
  • Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas.  Robert D. Pody

 

2:40-3:10 Concurrent Technical Sessions
  • The Value of Community Involvement in the Success of a Source Water Protection Strategy.  Alfred Guiseppe

  • The Nature and Clean-Up Options of Sulfide Veins Exposed During Highway Construction at Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania.   Dr. David Gold

  • Managing Water as a Sustainable Resource, a DCNR Legacy.  Samuel W. Berkheiser  

  • Ex-Situ Treatment of MTBE in Ground Water Using a Trickling Filter Bioreactor.  James P. Cinelli

 

3:10-3:30 Poster & Exhibitor Break

 

3:30-4:00 Concurrent Technical Sessions
  • Delaware River Fly Ash Recovery Project.  Robert J. Barkanic
  • Emerging Contaminants and Legacy Sediment in the Delaware Basin, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Gregory J. Cavallo
  • One Industry's Efforts to Ensure Effective Water Resource Management. Diane Alwine
  • A Water Budget Based Management Plan for Consumptive Use in a Headwater Drainage Basin (including) the Mitigation of "Lost Reaches" of a Limestone Headwater Stream.  Thomas D. Gillespie

 

4:00 Adjournment

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Delaware River Basin Commission


 

Pennsylvania Geological Survey


 

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection


 

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PA Water Resources Research Center


 

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