Minnesota Ground Water Association

MGWA 2015 Spring Conference

Pickles, Beer and Cloud Computing
The Case for Sustainability

April 22, 2015, 8am – 4:30pm

Agenda

Speaker Abstracts

Poster Abstracts

Presentations

Lanya Ross, MGWA President
Introduction

Introduction MP3 

Lanya Ross

Dr. Otto Strack, University of Minnesota
Can Groundwater be Used Sustainably?
Presentation MP3

Otto Strack

 

Joshua Stamper , University of Minnesota
Agricultural Uses and Impacts on Groundwater

Presentation PDF
Presentation MP3

Joshua Stamper

James Cook, Gedney Foods Company
Gedney Pickle’s Groundwater Management

Presentation PDF
Presentation MP3
James Cook

 

Richard Manser, Barr Engineering Co.
Omar Ansari, Surly Brewing
Surly Brewing Company’s Groundwater Management

Presentation MP3

Richard Manser

Omar Ansari

Kathryn Jones, HDR, Inc.
Envison™ and Indicators for Sustainable Infrastructure

Presentation PDF
Presentation MP3

Envison™

Kathryn Jones

Andrew Streitz, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Minnesota’s New SWB Recharge Model: Understanding an Important Limit on Groundwater Resources

Presentation PDF
Presentation MP3

USGS Report

Andrew Streitz

Cathy Villas-Horns, MGWA Foundation
MGWA Foundation Student Scholarship

Awarded to:
Sarah Knutson, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire and
Elizabeth Schauldt, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Awards MP3

MGWA Student Scholarship

Stephen Thompson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Measuring Sustainability

Presentation PDF
Presentation MP3

Stephen Thompson

Anneka Munsell, Metropolitan Council &
Evan Christianson, Barr Engineering Co.

Connecting Sustainability Metrics and Groundwater Pumping with Optimization Modeling
Presentation PDF
Presentation MP3

Anneka Munsell

Evan Christianson

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