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MGWA Fall 2012 Conference
and the 57th Midwest Ground Water Conference

Groundwater Opportunities and Conflicts in the 21st Century: Economy to Ecology

October 1-2, 2012, 8am - 4:30pm
October 3, 2012 Field Trip

Earle Brown Conference Center, Brooklyn Center, MN

Conference Program

Presentations

Groundwater/Surface Water Interface Session

Jim Almendinger - St. Croix Watershed Research Station
Ups and Downs at Valley Creek: The Influence of climate, urbanization, and ground-water withdrawals on baseflow of a trout stream in eastern Minnesota

Trisha Moore - University of Minnesota
Stormwater to Baseflow? Investigating surface-groundwater interactions in Minnehaha Creek for stormwater management and ecosystem enhancement

Philip J. Gerla - University of North Dakota and The Nature Conservancy
Challenges of Protecting and Restoring a Groundwater - Dependent Prairie Stream: Iron Springs Creek, Southeastern North Dakota

Henry Hunt - Layne Christensen
Unique Tunnel Riverbank Filtration System to Supply Louisville with Filtered Water

Tim Cowdery - U. S. Geological Survey
Water-budget changes from precipitation variability at the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, northwestern Minnesota

Bill Simpkins - Iowa State University
CSI Meets Groundwater: “Autopsying" the Effect of a “500-year” Flood on a Sand and Gravel Aquifer in Ames, Iowa

Royce Cline and Steve Pusc - North Dakota State Water Commission
Impact of the 2011 Missouri River Flooding on Groundwater Levels in Bismarck and Mandan, North Dakota

Perry M. Jones, Jared Trost, and Don Rosenberry - U. S. Geological Survey
Groundwater and Surface-Water Interactions in White Bear Lake
Information | Report

Andrew Streitz - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Changing Rainfall Intensity and its Possible Influence on Lake-Groundwater Interactions