Minnesota Ground Water Association

MGWA 2017 Fall Conference

The Effect of Agriculture on Groundwater Resources

November 15, 2017, 8am – 4:30pm

Agenda
Speaker Abstracts
Poster Abstracts

Presentations

Evan Christianson – MGWA President
Opening Remarks

Evan Christianson

Kevin Kuehner –Minnesota Department of Agriculture
From Field to Stream: Measuring Nitrate-Nitrogen Loss in Southeast Minnesota

Presentation Audio
Presentation PDF

Kevin Kuehner

Kimberly Kaiser and Jeff Paddock – Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Nitrate and Pesticides in Private Wells at the Township Scale

Presentation Audio
Kimberly Kaiser – Presentation PDF
Jeff Paddock – Presentation PDF

Kimberly Kaiser

Jeff Paddock

David Rindal – Minnesota Department of Health
MDA-MDH Community Public Water System Well Pesticide
Reconnaissance Study

Presentation Audio
Presentation PDF

David Rindal

William W. Simpkins – Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
The “Bootprint” of Intensive Agriculture in Iowa: Groundwater, Drainage, and Litigation

Presentation Audio
Presentation PDF

William W. Simpkins

Lightning Talks (round 1)

Presentation Audio (all lightning talks for this segment)

Anthony Runkel – Minnesota Geological Survey
Which Decade Are We Monitoring? The effect of groundwater lag time on tracking agricultural impacts
Presentation PDF

James Vanderwaal – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Groundwater Level Trends in Minnesota
Presentation PDF

Jeff Stoner – MGWA White Paper Committee
Following up on MGWA’s White Paper—Minnesota’s Groundwater Education Gap
Presentation PDF

Lightning Talks - Round 1

Yusong Li – Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Impacts of Climate Change on Nitrate Transport Beneath a Center-Pivot Irrigated Corn Field

Presentation Audio
Presentation PDF

Yusong Li

David A. Legvold and Claire Hinthe – Legvold Farms and St. Olaf College
Functionality of Saturated Buffers in Nitrogen Abatement in Agricultural Tile Water

Presentation Audio
Presentation PDF

Jeffrey M. Peterson – Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota
Economics of Irrigation and Groundwater Depletion

Presentation Audio
Presentation PDF

Jeffrey M. Peterson

Tim Cowdery – U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Water-Science Center
The Hydrologic Benefits of Wetland and Prairie Restoration in Western Minnesota: Lessons Learned at the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, 2002–2015

Presentation Audio
bonus video
Presentation PDF

Tim Cowdery

Lightning Talks (round 2)

Presentation Audio (all lightning talks for this segment)

Carmelita Nelson – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
New Water Conservation Reporting System

Presentation PDF

Carmelita Nelson

MGWA Fall Conference 2017

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