MGWA 2018 Fall Conference

Successes, Near-misses, and Failures –
Regional Groundwater Planning

November 15, 2018, 8am – 5pm

Ellen Considine – President MGWA
Opening Remarks

Lanya Ross – Metropolitan Council
Planning for Current and Future Generations: Water Supply in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area

Sharon Day – Indigenous People’s Task Force
Morning Reflections: What Will You Do for the Water?

Kenny Blumenfeld – Minnesota DNR, State Climatology Office
Understanding Minnesota’s Changing Climatology

Carmelita Nelson – Minnesota DNR
Results of the 1st Statewide Water Conservation Report

Jennifer Rose – Minnesota DNR
Gil Zemanksy
An American Perspective on Groundwater Management in New Zealand

MGWA Outstanding Service Award 2018
Presentation MP3

MGWA White Papers Update
Presentation MP3
Presentation PDF

BJ Bonin – Minnesota DNR
Drilling deeper through a vertical feature won’t work

Blythe Reiha – The Regional Municipality of York
Beyond the Model: Communicating Results to the Decision Maker

Michael Ahern – Ever-Green Energy
Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage at the Ford Site in St Paul

Jeremy Greenhouse – The Environmental Law Group, Ltd
Applying Past Lessons Learned to Future Groundwater Problems

Steve Robertson – Minnesota Department of Health
MDH Wellhead Protection Program

Mónica Ximena – Catholic University of Bolivia “San Pablo”, Santa Cruz
MDH Wellhead Protection Program

Ali Elhassan – Metropolitan Council
Regional Groundwater Management: Different Drivers Different Solutions

Tim Gieseke – Minnesota DNR
Shared Aquifers and CAMP Collaborations