Summary of May 18, 2000 Groundwater Symposium

More than 150 people attended DEP’s first Groundwater Symposium on May 18, 2000 at the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg. The symposium brought together federal, state and local groundwater scientists and managers to exchange information and ideas about effective groundwater and watershed protection programs. The goal of the symposium was to promote the protection and prudent use of Pennsylvania’s groundwater resources.

Twenty-two different sessions were held covering a multitude of water issues such as state and community projects and programs to protect groundwater, quantity issues and various threats to clean groundwater.

Lawrence C. Tropea, DEP’s Deputy Secretary for the Office of Water Management, was the keynote speaker. Deputy Secretary Tropea spoke on the importance of groundwater, noting that over 50 percent of Pennsylvanians rely on groundwater. He also discussed Pennsylvania’s watershed approach to integrated water resources management.

Pam Bishop of DEP's Bureau of Regulatory Counsel was the lunchtime speaker. She spoke on the legal aspects of the water quantity – quality connection as brought forth by the Environmental Hearing Board case on Oley Township, et al vs. PA DEP and Wissahickon Spring Water, Inc.

The final agenda, speaker abstracts and speaker contact information for the symposium provide a summary of the day's events.

The next Ground Water Symposium is planned for May 2001.

For more information, contact Stuart Reese at 717-787-1421.

Abstracts and Speaker Contact Information
(In alphabetical order)

Liesel M. Adam, Lehigh County Authority and Lehigh Valley Water Suppliers		HydroMania in Pennsylvania
Jan Bowers, Chester County Water Authority		Ground Water Management -- Do the Counties Have A Role -- ??
Patrick Bowling, DEP Bureau of Water Supply Management		A Wellhead Protection Area Delineation Strategy for Pennsylvania
Keith B.C. Brady, DEP Bureau of Mining and Reclamation		Predicting Water Quality from Mining and Watershed Considerations
Gregory J. Cavallo, Delaware River Basin Commission		A Case Study: Effects of Ground Water Withdrawals on Stream Flow in Ironworks Creek, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Nicholas De Rose, P.G., Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.		Applying the Site Conceptual Model to Support Act 2 Groundwater Characterizations
Dale Kratzer, Spotts, Stevens and McCoy, Inc.		Enlisting Municipal Cooperation in Ground Water Protection
Bruce Lindsey, U.S. Geological Survey		National Water-Quality Assessment Program, Lower Susquehanna River Basin, Assessment Activities
Peter Lukens, North Wales Water Authority		Ground Water Contamination and Public Water Supply Wells
Joseph J. Lee, DEP Bureau of Water Supply Management		Source Water Assessment and Protection Program Developments
Michael Moore, DCNR Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey		The Demographics of Water Wells in Pennsylvania
John Pari, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture		Pesticides in Ground Water in Pennsylvania
Mark Ralston, Converse Consultants		Groundwater Management in Karst Terrain
Stuart Reese, DEP Bureau of Water Supply Management		Trend Analysis of Regional Ground Water Data, Southeastern Pennsylvania
Robert Bo Reiley, DEP Bureau of Regulatory Counsel		MTBE — The Multi-Media Dilemma Surrounding EPA’s Reformulated Gasoline Program
Dennis Risser, U.S. Geological Survey		Ground-Water and Surface Water – A Single Resource
Eric Roman, New Jersey Geological Survey and Laura Toran, Temple University		Hydrogeologic Characterization of a Karst Groundwater System in Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Ronald Sloto, U.S. Geological Survey		Radionuclides in Ground Water in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Edie Stevens, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania		Community Projects to Protect Groundwater
Lawrence C. Tropea, Jr., PE, DEE DEP Deputy Secretary for the Office of Water Management		Keynote Address: Integrated Water Resources Management in Pennsylvania
James Ulanoski, Consultant for EPA		Underground Injection Control Program in Pennsylvania
Burt Waite and Jeff Walentosky, Moody and Associates, Inc.		Impacts of Land Surface Discharges of Shallow Oil Field Production Water on Ground Water: Ten Pennsylvania Case Studies