2011 Private Well Symposium Agenda

Monday, November 14, 2011

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Pre-Event Workshops (WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS - PDF)

Putting Maps on the Web: Introduction to Google Maps
and Google Earth

PRESENTER: Alisa Morrison, EPA Lab Narragansett and
URI Department of Natural Resources Science

How to Get the Results You Want:
Designing Well Water Materials Your Audience Will Understand

PRESENTER: Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi, Principal, Clear Language Group

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Welcome and Connecticut Perspective on Private Well Issues

Stewart Chute
Toxicologist, Connecticut Department of Public Health

Patrick Bowe
Director, Remediation Division, Bureau of Water Protection & Land Use,
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

1:20 PM - 2:00 PM

Keynote Address - Groundwater Data and Assessment: A View from the Northeast and Afar

William M. Alley, Chief, Office of Groundwater
U.S. Geological Survey Headquarters, Water Resources Division

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Plenary Session - Unregulated Drinking Water Initiative for Environmental Surveillance and Public Health (UDWI)

Lorraine Backer, Environmental Epidemiologist
National Center for Environmental Health (Abstract)

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Break in the Exhibition and Poster Area

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions (listed below)

Concurrent Session 1
Education and Risk Communication

Concurrent Session 2
Approaches to Managing and Sharing
Private Well Testing Results

Concurrent Session 3
Hydrofracturing and Its Impact on Groundwater

Laura Wilson, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Riding the Social Media Waves - Adventures with Wellwater Wednesdays

Sharee Rusnak, Epidemiologist, CT Dept of Public Health

A Continuing Legacy of Chlordane and Dieldrin?-A Case Example of Pesticides in Well Water in North Stamford, Connecticut

Jesse Richardson, Associate Professor, Water Systems Council

Hydraulic Fracturing and Domestic Water Wells

Erin Ling, Sr. Extension Associate, Virginia Tech

What’s in Your Water? The Virginia Master Well Owner Network and Household Water Quality Program

Robert Marvinney , State Geologist and Director, Maine Geological Survey

Assessment of Fluoride, Manganese, Nitrate, Nitrite, and Uranium in Domestic Well Water by Town in Maine, 2005 - 2009

Brian Oram, Professional Geologist, Wilkes University

Getting the Waters Tested – The Marcellus Shale Factor

Diane Boellstroff, Asst Professor & Extension Specialist, Texas AgriLife Extension Service

A Texas Well Owner Network to Safeguard Private Well and Aquifer Integrity

Clayton Commons, Environmental Scientist, RI Department Of Health

Rhode Island Private Well Viewer - Providing Recommendations Without Divulging Data

Andrew Stone, Executive Director, American Ground Water Trust

Water Well Hydrofracture and Gas Well Hydraulic Fracture: NOT THE SAME THING!

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Reception and Dinner (Cash Bar Available)

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Concurrent Sessions (listed below)

Concurrent Session 4
Education and Risk Communication Techniques: Effective Strategies for Private Well Water Protection

Concurrent Session 5
Ground Water Quality Issues in the Region

Concurrent Session 6
Manganese in Groundwater

Teresa Thorton, Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches

Evaluating a Community Based Environmental Monitoring Research Project (CBEMR) for Successful Private Well Education, Monitoring, and Research

Thomas Atherholt, Research Scientist, NJ Department of Environmental Protection

Coliform Bacteria Detections in Private Wells in New Jersey: Influence of Sample Number, Hydrogeology, Season, Laboratory and Method

Lisandro Suarez, Environmental Analyst, CT Dept of Energy & Environmental Protection

Evaluation of Turbidity Acidification During Sampling and Analytical Preparation as the Cause of Observed Manganese Anomalies in Drinking Water Wells

John Peckenham, Director, Maine Water Resources Research Institute

Fluoride, Arsenic, and Chloride in Private Wells in Eastern Maine

Sarah Flanagan, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Groundwater Quality of New England Crystalline Bedrock Aquifers

Michael Hutcheson, Head, Air and Water Toxics Section, MA Dept. of Environmental Protection

Guidance for Manganese for Public Water Supplies in Massachusetts - Evolving Perspectives

Jacqueline Daoust, Policy Analyst
American Groundwater Trust

An Independent Voice Helps Solve Well Owner Issues

Zoltan Szabo, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey

Radionuclides in Rock Aquifers of the Highlands and Piedmont Provinces, New Jersey: Geological Sources and Distribution in Groundwater

Richard Behr, C.G., Hydrogeology Specialist, Maine Department of Environmental Protection

How Organic Carbon Leached to Groundwater Significantly Increases Manganese Concentrations

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Break in the Exhibition and Poster Area

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Concurrent Sessions (listed below)

Concurrent Session 7
Trends in Well Construction,
Testing and Treatment

Concurrent Session 8
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment & Impact on Drinking Water

Concurrent Session 9
Impact of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells

Steve Spayd, Research Scientist, NJDEP-NJGS

Multiple-Contaminant Private Well Water Treatment – Arsenic, Radionuclides, and More

Patrick Phillips, Hydrologist, USGS

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Groundwater in the United States

Joe Ayotte, Hydrologist, USGS

Temporal Variability of Arsenic in Private Drinking-Water Supply Wells

Brandon Kernen, NH Department of Environmental Services

Assessment of Water Levels in Bedrock Wells in New Hampshire

Andrews Tolman, Assistant Director, Maine CDC Drinking Water Program

Understanding Septic Systems in light of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products. What do we know now?

Judith Louis, Bureau Chief, NJ DEP

Geospatial and Geologic Analysis of Private Well Testing Data for Arsenic as a Method for Informing the General Public about Risk of Arsenic Contamination

Cliff Treyens, Public Awareness Director, National Ground Water Association

Private Household Water Wells: Protections to Reduce Risks to Water Supplies

Laurel Schaider, Research Scientist, Silent Spring Institute

Organic Wastewater Compounds in Public and Private Drinking Water Wells Impacted by Septic Systems on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Gail Wasserman, Professor of Clinical Psychology in Child Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University

A Study of Well Water Arsenic and Child Intelligence in Elementary School Children in Maine and New Hampshire

12:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunchtime Address : Climate Change and Its Impact on Water Quality

Curt Spalding, Regional Administrator
EPA Region 1

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Concurrent Sessions (listed below)

Concurrent Session 10
Public Health Issues and
Private Well Water Protection

Concurrent Session 11
Issues Communicating Water Test
Results to the Well Owner

Concurrent Session 12
Impact of Arsenic in Drinking Water Wells

Clayton Commons, Environmental Scientist, RI Department of Health

Lead in Drinking Water

Joe Ayotte, Hydrologist, U.S. Gelogical Survey

Censored Data: How Non-detects Can Ruin Your Analysis

Qiang Yang, Postdoctoral Research Scientist , LDEO, Columbia University

Arsenic Contamination in Bedrock Aquifers in Central Maine

Stewart Chute, Toxicologist, CT Dept of Public Health (CT DPH)

The Number of Connecticut Private Wells On Or Near Contaminated Properties

Dermot Jones, Environmental Laboratory Consultant/Certification Officer, CT DPH

Discrepancies Between Analytical Reporting Criteria and Recent Analytical Results Reported for Pesticides Contamination of Well Water in North Stamford Neighborhoods

Peter Ryan, Professor, Middlebury College

Ultramafic Rock as Source of Elevated Arsenic in a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer System, Northern Vermont

Bruce Douglas, VP, Stone Environmental, Inc.

Vermont’s Experience with Private Water Supply Well Isolation Areas – Going beyond the Minimum Radius Approach

Darlene Capuano, Director, BAL Laboratory, Microbiological Division, Thielsch Engineering

Communicating Water Test Results to the Well Owner - A Laboratory's Point of View

Jonathan Kim, Geologist, VT Geological Survey

Deciphering Elevated Arsenic Levels in Groundwater Wells from Southwestern Vermont: A Review

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Concluding Remarks and Conference Wrap Up

Posters
Richard Behr	Construction and Anatomy of a Residential Bedrock Water Supply (Abstract)	Maine Department of Environmental Protection (ME DEP)
Jessica Donohue	Groundwater Study in the Salt Pond Region of Southern Rhode Island, With a Focus on Nitrate Pollution (Abstract)	University of Rhode Island (URI) Department of Geosciences
Amy Galford	Role of Water Testing Laboratories in New York State (Abstract)	Extension Association, Cornell University
Judith Louis	Communicating Risks to Private Well Owners Using Maps (Abstract)	New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJ DEP)
Alyson McCann	Designing a Direct Mail Campaign to Prompt Private Well Owners to Test Their Water (Abstract)	University of Rhode Island (URI) Cooperative Extension
Laura Schifman	Fate and Remediation of PAHs in Receiving Soils and Stormwater Throughout the State of Rhode Island (Abstract)	University of Rhode Island (URI) Department of Geosciences
Judith Singer	Water Quality Protection Program (Abstract)	Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP)