June 14 Workshops

Optional preconference groundwater workshops will be conducted on Monday, June 14, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency at the San Francisco Airport (see program below). Conference participants may attend workshops for free (copies of materials available for a small fee). Participants not attending the conference pay a separate registration fee ($75 half-day, $125 full-day). Please send an email to Sue McClurg, SMcClurg@watereducation.org, at the Education Foundation to receive a registration form or contact Sue at +1 916-444-6240. For more information about the workshops, contact: Thomas Harter.

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Workshop 1: Compliance Groundwater Monitoring in Agriculture: Monitoring Well Construction, Network Design, and Regulations for California Dairies [8:30 am - 12pm]

8:30 - 9:15 Regulatory Framework for California Dairies and Current Monitoring Requirements, Clay Rodgers, Cental Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
9:15 - 10:00 Monitoring Well Drilling and Construction, Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis
10:00 – 10:20 BREAK
10:20 – 11:00 Groundwater Monitoring Well Network Design on Dairies, Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis
11:00 – 11:45 Representative Groundwater Monitoring Program for Dairies, Till Angermann, Luhdorff & Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers
11:45 – 12:00 Questions and Answers, Discussion

Workshop 2: Age-Dating, Geochemical Fingerprinting, and Emerging Contaminants in Animal Agriculture's Groundwater: California Dairy Case Studies [1:30 pm - 5pm]

1:30 – 1:50 Salinity and Nutrients in Dairy Groundwater, Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis
1:50 – 2:15 General Groundwater Quality in Dairy Groundwater, Megan Young, USGS Menlo Park
2:15 – 2:45 Groundwater Isotopes as a Fingerprinting Tool, Carol Kendall, USGS Menlo Park
2:45 – 3:00 BREAK
3:00 – 3:45 Age Dating and Denitrification Measurements in Dairy Groundwater, Brad Esser and Mike Singleton, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
3:45 – 4:10 Isotopic and Geochemical Signatures in Dairy Groundwater, Megan Young, USGS Menlo Park
4:10 – 4:35 Pathogens in Dairies and Dairy Groundwater, Xunde Li, University of California, Davis
4:35 – 5:00 Pharmaceuticals in Dairies and Dairy Groundwater, Naoko Watanabe, University of California, Davis

Workshop 3: Learning how to Acquire Groundwater and Water Quality Data in California: GAMA, Geotracker, and IWRIS [1:30 pm - 5pm]

1:30 – 2:15 Using Geotracker to Find Groundwater Quality Data, John Borkovich, State Water Resources Control Board
2:15 – 3:00 How to access and use USGS GAMA publications, Part I, Kenneth Belitz, USGS San Diego
3:00 – 3:15 BREAK
3:15 – 4:00 How to access and use USGS GAMA publications, Part II, Matthew Landon, USGS San Diego
4:00 – 4:45 Finding Groundwater Level Information and Other Water Data Using DWR’s IWRIS, Mary Scruggs, California Department of Water Resources