MGWA 2020 Fall Conference

Keeping it Clean: Protecting and Managing Groundwater Quality in Urban Environments

November 12^th, 2020 8am-4:30pm
Virtual Conference using Zoom

Agenda
Presentation Abstracts and Speaker Biographies

Description
The MGWA Fall Conference will examine issues related to urban groundwater protection and management. Nearly three-fourths of Minnesota residents live in urban areas and continued growth is expected over the next decade. As we continue to grow our demands and impacts on our geologic environment continue to increase.

Presentations

Morning Video

Sharon Kroening, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Contamination in the Groundwater Underlying Minnesota’s Urban Areas

David Fairbairn, Metropolitan Council
Stormwater Transport and Infiltration – Are There Concerns for Groundwater Quality?

Mike Trojan, MGWA White PaperImpacts of Stormwater Infiltration on Chloride in Minnesota Groundwater

Mid Morning Video

Sophie Kasahara, St. Paul Public Schools and E. Calvin Alexander, University of Minnesota, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Water Quality Trends in Coldwater Spring, MNRRA, Minneapolis

Steve Scott and Vanessa Demuth, Dakota County Environmental Management Department
Groundwater Quality of the Principal Drinking Water Aquifers in Dakota County

Jill Trescott, Dakota County Environmental Resources Department
Updating the Dakota County Groundwater Plan: Communications and Money

Early Afternoon Video

Kelton Barr, Kelton Barr Consulting
Potential Hydraulic Connections Between Bedrock Aquifers and Surface Water in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region

Ken Bradbury, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Detection of Human Viruses in Deep Groundwater in South-central Wisconsin: Implications for Sources, Pathways, and Travel Times

Liz Kaufenberg and Andri Dahlmeier,
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Management Approach to Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water; Addressing PFAS Contamination across Fourteen Communities

Later Afternoon Video

Rebecca Higgins, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Al Gorski, AECOM
Project 1007: PFAS Investigation East Metro

Paul Jackson, Pace Analytical
PFAS Project Set-up With a Lab