Abstract Index
Presentations
| Author | Title | Affiliation | Category |
| Thomas Atherholt | Coliform Bacteria Detections in Private Wells in New Jersey: Influence of Sample Number, Hydrogeology, Season, Labratory and Method -Abstract -Presentation |
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection | Groundwater Quality Issues |
| Joseph Ayotte | Censored Data: How Non-Detects Can Ruin Your Analysis -Abstract -Presentation | U.S. Geological Survey | Issues in Communicating Water Test Results to the Well Owner |
| Joseph Ayotte | Temporal Variability of Arsenic in Private Drinking Water Supply Well -Abstract | U.S. Geological Survey | Impact of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells |
| Lorraine Backer | Unregulated Drinking Water Initiative for Environmental Surveillance and Public Health -Abstract -Presentation | National Center for Environmental Health | Plenary Session |
| Richard Behr | How Organic Carbon Leached to Groundwater Significantly Increases Manganese Concentrations- Manganese, The Other Dull Gray Toxic Metal -Abstract -Presentation | Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection | Manganese in Groundwater |
| Diane Boellstorff | A Texas Well Owner Network to Safeguard Private Well Aquifer Integrity -Abstract -Presentation |
Texas AgriLife Extension Service | Education and Risk Communication |
| Darlene Capuano | Communicating Water Test Results to the Well Owner- A Laboratory's Point of View -Abstract -Presentation | BAL Laboratory, Microbiology Division of Thielsch Engineering | Issues in Communicating Water Test Results to the Well Owner |
| Stewart Chute | The Number of Connecticut Private Wells on or Near Contaminated Properties -Abstract -Presentation | State of Connecticut Dept. of Public Health | Public Health Issues and Private Well Water Protection |
| Clayton Commons | Lead in Drinking Water -Abstract -Presentation | Rhode Island Dept. of Health | Public Health Issues and Private Well Water Protection |
| Patrick Craft | Rhode Island Private Well Viewer- Providing Recommendations Without Divulging Data -Abstract -Presentation | Rhode Island Dept. of Health | Approaches to Managing and Sharing Private Well Testing Results |
| Jacqueline Daoust | An Independent Voice Helps Solve Well Owner Issues -Abstract -Presentation | American Groundwater Trust | Education and Risk Communication |
| Bruce Douglas | Vermont's Experience with Private Water Supply Well Isolation Areas- Going Beyond the Minimum Radius Approach -Abstract -Presentation | Stone Environmental, Inc. | Public Health Issues and Private Well Water Protection |
| Sarah Flanagan | Groundwater Quality of New England Crystalline Bedrock Aquifers -Abstract | U.S. Geological Survey | Groundwater Quality Issues |
| Dermot Jones | Discrepancies Between Analytical Reporting Criteria and Sample Results Reported for Contaminants of Well Water in North Stamford Neighborhoods -Abstract -Presentation |
CT Dept. of Public Health | Issues in Communicating Water Test Results to the Well Owner |
| Brandon Kernen | Assessment of Water Levels in Bedrock Wells in New Hampshire -Abstract | NH Dept. of Environmental Services | Trends in Well Construction, Testing and Treatment |
| Michael Hutcheson | Guidance for Manganese for Public Water Supplies in Massachusetts- Evolving Perspectives -Abstract -Presentation | Massachusetts DEP, Office of Research and Standards | Manganese in Groundwater |
| Jonathon Kim | Deciphering Elevated Arsenic Levels in Groundwater Wells from Southwestern Vermont: A Review -Abstract -Presentation | Vermont Geological Survey | Impact of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells |
| Erin Ling | What's in Your Water? The Virginia Master Well Owner Network and Household Water Quality Program -Abstract -Presentation | Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech | Education and Risk Communication |
| Judith Louis | Geospatial and Geologic Analysis of Private Well Testing Data for Arsenic as a Method for Informing the General Public about Risk of Arsenic Contamination -Abstract -Presentation | NJ Dept. Of Environmental Protection | Impact of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells |
| Robert Marvinney | Assessment of Flouride, Manganese Nitrate, Nitrite, and Uranium in Domestic Well Water by Town in Maine, 2005-2009 -Abstract -Presentation | Maine Geological Survey | Approaches to Managing and Sharing Private Well Testing Results |
| Brian Oram | Getting the Waters Tested- The Marcellus Shale Factor -Abstract -Presentation | B.F. Environmental Consultants Inc. | Hydrofracturing and Its Impact on Groundwater |
| Patrick Phillips | Pharmeceuticals and Personal Care Products in Groundwater in the U.S. -Abstract -Presentation |
U.S. Geological Survey | Pharmaceuticals in the Environmentand the Impact on Drinking Water |
| John Peckenham | Flouride, Arsenic, and Chloride in Private Wells in Eastern Maine -Abstract -Presentation | Maine Water Resources Research Institute | Education and Risk Communication |
| Jesse Richardson | Hydraulic Fracturing and Domestic Water Wells -Abstract -Presentation | Water Systems Council | Hydrofracturing and Its Impact on Groundwater |
| Sharee Rusnak | A Continuing Legacy of Chlordane and Dieldrin?- A Case Example of Pesticides in Well Water in North Stamford, Connecticut -Abstract -Presentation | CT Dept. of Public Health | Approaches to Managing and Sharing Private Well Testing Results |
| Peter Ryan | Ultramafic Rock as Source of Elevated Arsenic in a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer System, Northern Vermont -Abstract -Presentation | Middlebury College | Impact of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells |
| Laurel Schaider | Organic Wastewater Compounds in Public and Private Drinking Water Wells Impacted by Septic Systems on Cape Cod, Massachusetts -Abstract -Presentation | Silent Spring Institute | Pharmaceuticals in the Environmentand the Impact on Drinking Water |
| Steve Spayd | Multiple-Contaminant Private Well Water Treatment- Arsenic, Radionuclides, and More -Abstract -Presentation | NJDEP-NJGS | Trends in Well Construction, Testing and Treatment |
| Andrew Stone | Water Well Hydrofracture and Gas Well Hydraulic Fracture: Not the Same Thing! -Abstract -Presentation | American Ground Water Trust | Hydrofracturing and Its Impact on Groundwater |
| Lisandro Suarez | Evaluation of Turbidity Acidification During Sampling and Analytical Preparation as the Cause of Observed Manganese Anomalies in Drinking Water Wells -Abstract -Presentation | CT Dept. of Environmental Protection | Manganese in Groundwater |
| Zoltan Szabo | Radionuclides in Rock Aquifers of the Highlands and Piedmont Provinces, New Jersey: Geological Sources and Distribution in Groundwater -Abstract | U.S. Geological Survey | Groundwater Quality Issues |
| Teresa Thornton | Evaluating a Community Based Environmental Monitoring Research Project (CBEMR) for Successful Private Well Education, Monitoring, and Research -Abstract -Presentation | Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches | Education and Risk Communication |
| Andrews Tolman | Understanding Septic Systems in Light of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products: What Do We Know Now? -Abstract -Presentation | Maine CDC Drinking Water Program | Pharmaceuticals in the Environmentand the Impact on Drinking Water |
| Gail Wasserman | A Study of Well Water Arsenic and Child Intelligence in Elementary School Children in Maine and New Hampshire -Abstract-Presentation |
New York State Psychiatric Institute | Impact of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells |
| Cliff Treyens | Private Household Water Wells: Protections to Reduce Risks to Water Supplies -Abstract -Presentation | National Ground Water Association | Trends in Well Construction, Testing and Treatment |
| Laura Wilson | Riding the Social Media Waves- Adventures with Wellwater Wednesdays! -Abstract -Presentation | University of Maine Cooperative Extension | Education and Risk Communication |
| Qiang Yang | Arsenic Contamination in Bedrock Aquifers in Central Maine -Abstract -Presentation | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University | Impact of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells |
Posters
| Author | Title | Affiliation | Category |
| Richard Behr | Construction and Anatomy of a Residential Bedrock Water Supply...or The Care and Feeding of Your Bedrock Well -Abstract -Poster | Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection | Trends in Well Construction, Testing and Treatment |
| Jessica Donohue | Groundwater Study in the Salt Pond Region of Southern Rhode Island, With Focus on Nitrate Pollution -Abstract -Poster | University of Rhode Island, Dept. of Geosciences | Groundwater Quality Issues |
| Amy Galford | Role of Water Testing Laboratories in New York State -Abstract -Poster | Cornell University | Private Well Testing Results, Data Management and Data Sharing |
| Judith Louis | Communicating Risks to Private Well Owners Using Maps -Abstract | NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection | Education and Risk Communication |
| Alyson McCann | Designing a Direct Mail Campaign to Prompt Private Well Owners to Test Their Water -Abstract -Poster | University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension | Education and Risk Communication |
| Laura Schifman | Fate and Remediation of PAHs in Receiving Soils and Stormwater Throughout the State of Rhode Island -Abstract -Poster | University of Rhode Island, Dept. of Geosciences | Groundwater Quality Issues |
| Judith Singer | Water Quality Protection Program -Abstract -Poster | CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection | Groundwater Quality Issues |
