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The conference will consist of panel discussions from representatives of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Geological Survey, the water management districts, and the United States Geological Survey. These panel discussions are designed to provide a broad overview of the activities of these agencies with respect to water and water resource issues in Florida and the surrounding region. Panel discussions will be followed on the second day by technical sessions. The technical sessions will expand upon the subjects covered in the panel discussions and will include papers which address fresh and brackish groundwater supply, deep injection wells, aquifer storage and recovery, contamination assessment and remediation, and state regulations. We welcome abstracts of up to 250 words for papers and all presentations will be oral with approximately 20 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of questions. To be held concurrently with the technical sessions will be a short course providing detailed instruction on aquifer storage and recovery, deep well design and construction, geochemistry, geophysical logging tool selection and interpretation, and regulations. The short course will be taught from a practical perspective; the instructors will guide the attendees through a hypothetical aquifer storage and recovery testing program. Each of the subject areas needed for determination of the feasibility of ASR will be discussed, with significant time devoted to each area. A field trip will also be held on Saturday, May 2nd. Early Registration (on or before April 17, 2009)
Registration (after April 17, 2009)
A field trip will be held on Saturday, May 2nd, entitled “The Stratigraphy and Mineral Resource Significance of the North Florida Plio-Pleistocene” which will focus on the geology and industrial mineral resource potential of the Cypresshead Formation and the younger Trail Ridge system in northern peninsular Florida. Highlights of the field trip will include stops at active mining and processing facilities engaged in the production of fine aggregate sands, kaolin clays and heavy minerals, as well as a field-based evaluation of depositional models used to explain the origin of both units and their context within the broader scope of siliciclastic deposition on the Florida Platform. Attendees to wear boots (required), and to bring hard hats and safety glasses if they have them.
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