Emerging Issues in Water Resources in Florida and the Southeast Region Conference

St. Augustine, Florida - April 30-May 2, 2009
Casa Monica Hotel
Presented by FAPG/AIPG

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 Cathy Duran, AIPG
 Professional Services Manager
 cld@aipg.org

 
 
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All photos courtesy of St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra &
The Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau.


PROGRAM

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - Panel Session

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Exhibitor Set Up
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Registration & Check-in (Lunch on your own)
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Chuck Drake, FAPG-AIPG Section President
1:20 PM - 1:40 PM William Siok, AIPG Executive Director
1:40 PM - 3:00 PM Panel: Water Management District Updates
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Break and Visit Exhibitors
3:20 PM - 4:40 PM Panel: Water Management District Updates
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Remarks
5:15 PM - 5:45 PM Business Meeting: FAPG/AIPG (open to all FAPG/AIPG members)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Reception/Icebreaker

Friday, May 1, 2009 - Short Course/
Technical Sessions

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Short Course: Aquifer Storage and Recovery: Principals of Exploration and Testing
Instructor: Marc McNeal

Technical Sessions

Session 1: Aquifer Remediation

8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Immobilization of Arsenic and Other Heavy Metals in Groundwater Using EHC-M®
Kerry Bolanos-Shaw, M.Sc. - Adventus Americas, Inc.
8:20 AM - 8:40 AM Plunging Plume Assessment at Mapp Road Cluster Sites in Palm City, Martin County
John Vargo, CPG, PG - WRSCompass
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM EHC-O®: Oxygen Releasing Compounds for In-Situ Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
Ravikumar Srirangam, Ph.D. - Adventus Americas, Inc.
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

Myths and Facts About Water Quality Near a Coastal Quarry
Cathleen Beaudoin Jonas, PG – SDI Environmental Services, Inc.

9:20 AM - 9:40 AM

Assessing Vertical Petroleum Migration at BER Spill Sites in Florida
John Vargo, CPG, PG – WRSCompass

9:40 AM - 10:00 AM

Bioremediation of Organochlorinated Pesticides in Soil to Protect Groundwater
Kerry Bolanos-Shaw, M.Sc. – Adventus Americas, Inc.

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM Break and visit Exhibitors

Session 2: Water Resources

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

Satellite Monitoring of Cyanobacteria to Help Sustain the Use of Florida’s Surface Reservoirs for Drinking Water and Recreation
Robert Vincent, Ph.D. – Blue Water Satellite, Inc.

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

Alternative Water Supply Meeting Today’s and Tomorrow’s Water Supply Needs
Douglas Dufresne, PG – Tetra Tech

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Restoring and Maintaining a Lakes Oxygen Supply Using the Unique H2O Oxygenator
Rey Rodriguez – H2O●R2 Consulting Engineers, Inc.

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Minimum Flows and Levels in the Suwannee River Basin of Florida
Sam Upchurch, Ph.D, CPG

11:40 AM - 12:00 noon

Tri-State Water Wars: Evolving State Water Management Laws and Regulations in Georgia and Alabama and Florida’s Contributions
Caryl Alfaro, CPG, PG – Earth Resource Systems, LLC

12:00 Noon - 1:30 PM Luncheon Keynote Speaker:
Tom Scott, Senior Principal Geologist, SDII-Global Corporation
A Thirty-five Year Retrospective: The Florida Geological Survey and The Geologic Community - Research, Changes, Challenges and FUN!!

Session 3: Aquifer Characterization and Recharge Projects

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Miami-Dade County’s Sustainable Alternative Water Supply - The South District Water Reclamation Plant Project
Jason Mills, PG – CDM

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

Successful Delineation of Stored Water Through Electrical Resistivity Surface Geophysical Method for a Shallow Aquifer Storage and Recovery System
Douglas Dufresne, PG – Tetra Tech

2:10 PM - 2:30 PM

ASR Well Site Characterization; State-of-the-Art Multichannel Marine Seismic Methods & Profiles from South Florida
Cameron Walker, PG – Walker Marine Geophysical Company, LLC

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM

Aquifer Storage Recovery Systems for Multi-Year, Subsurface Storage: Opportunities and Challenges
June Mirecki, Ph.D., PG – US Army Corps of Engineers

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Feasibility of Using Mined Phosphate Lands to Naturally Treat Storm-Water Prior to Recharge: A Concept That Can Expand Regional Ground Water Resources Availability
Dana Gaydos – Schreuder, Inc.
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Break and visit Exhibitors

Session 4: Geologic Facets

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Hydrogeologic Signifi cance of Jointing and Faulting in Polk County, Florida
Marc Hurst, PG – Independent Geological Services, Inc.

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

High Resolution Multi-Channel Marine Seismic: A Potentially Valuable Tool for Injection Well Placement and the Identification of Sub-Surface Geologic Hazards Related to Vertical Migration of Injection Fluids
Shane Dunn – Walker Marine Geophysical Company, LLC

Saturday, May 2, 2009 - Field Trip

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Field Trip: The Stratigraphy and Mineral Resource Significance of the North Florida Plio-Pleistocene (separate registration required).