Ground Water Symposium, Thursday, May 18, 2000

8:45 - 8:55

Auditorium:  Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:55 - 9:15

Keynote speaker:  Larry Tropea, Water Management Deputy Secretary

9:15 - 9:45

Dennis Risser, U.S. Geological Survey, Ground-water and surface water – a single resource

9:45 -10:15

30 minute break - refreshments in room 105

10:15 –10:45

1A - auditorium

Ronald Sloto, U.S. Geological Survey, Radionuclides in ground water in southeastern Pennsylvania

1B - room 105

Edie Stevens, League of Women Voters of PA, Community projects to protect groundwater

1C - 2nd floor training rm

Keith Brady, DEP Bureau of Mining and Reclamation, Predicting water quality from mining and watershed considerations

10:50 –11:20

2A

Mark Ralston, Converse Consultants, Groundwater management issues in karst terrain

2B

Dale Kratzer, Spotts, Stevens and McCoy, Inc., Enlisting municipal cooperation in ground water protection

 

2C

Burt Waite, Moody and Associates, Inc., Impacts of land surface discharges of shallow oil field production water on ground water: ten Pennsylvania case studies

11:25 –11:55

3A

Greg Cavallo, Delaware River Basin Commission, Impacts of ground water withdrawal on streamflow in the Ironworks Creek watershed.

3B

Liesel Adam, Lehigh County Authority, Hydromania in Pennsylvania

3C

James Ulanoski, EPA consultant, Underground injection control program in Pennsylvania

11:55 – 1:10

75 minute lunch - pickup box lunch - room 105

Lunchtime Speaker:  12:40 - 1:00  Pam Bishop, DEP Bureau of Regulatory Counsel, Facts of the Oley Township case

1:10 – 1:40

Plenary Session Auditorium

Jan Bowers, Chester County Water Resources Authority
Ground water management – do the counties have a role -- ??

1:40 – 2:10

Plenary Session Auditorium

Bruce Lindsey, U.S. Geological Survey
National Water-Quality Assessment program results in PA

2:10 – 2:35

25 minute break - refreshments in room 105

2:35 – 3:05

4A

Peter Lukens, North Wales Water Authority, Ground water contamination and public water supply wells

4B

Robert Bo Reiley, DEP Bureau of Regulatory Counsel, MTBE - the multi-media dilemma surrounding EPA's reformulated gasoline program

4C

John Pari, PA Department of Agriculture, Pesticides in ground water in PA

3:10 – 3:40

5A

Patrick Bowling, DEP Bureau of Water Supply Management, Wellhead protection area delineation

5B

Nick DeRose, Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc., Presenting and understanding conceptual models to support Act 2 groundwater investigations

5C

Eric Roman, NJ Geological Survey, Hydrogeologic characterization of a karst groundwater system in Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

3:45 – 4:15

6A

Joseph Lee, DEP Bureau of Water Supply Management, Source water assessment and protection program developments

6B

Mike Moore, DCNR Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Private wells in Pennsylvania

6C

Stuart Reese, DEP Bureau of Water Supply Management, Trend analysis of regional groundwater data, southeastern Pennsylvania