Minnesota Ground Water Association

MGWA 2022 Spring Conference

A Groundwater Tour of Minnesota

Spring Conference 2022 – April 28, 2022
Online via Zoom

Agenda
Presentation Abstracts and Speaker Biographies

Description

The MGWA Spring Conference, “A Groundwater Tour of Minnesota,” will feature presentations on groundwater projects and studies from across the state of Minnesota (and a bit beyond). The presentations will highlight the unique and diverse hydrogeologic settings across the state and will provide attendees with a broader understanding and perspective on a range of groundwater issues across the area.

Many of us have been forced to stay close to home the last couple of years, but hopefully the upcoming conference will help us all learn something new outside our immediate area of focus and might just help scratch that travel itch that some of us are feeling! The conference will be online, which once again allows us to host speakers from outside the area.

Morning Video

John Seaberg, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Hydrogeology of Minnesota:  A whirlwind tour from 30,000 feet

Josh Kirk, Barr Engineering Co.
Banking groundwater: saving for a not so rainy day

Mid-Morning Video

David Scheer, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Characterizing chlorinated ethene sources and transport in a complex fractured rock aquifer impacting Twin Cities area municipal supply

Stephanie Tassier-Surine, Iowa Geological Survey
Sinkhole mapping in a multi-county area of northeast Iowa

Afternoon Video

Aaron Meyer, Minnesota Rural Water Association
Drinking water protection – Connecting the dots for Rock County rural water

Jennifer Rose, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
It’s all connected: Pumping deep aquifers lowers water levels in shallower aquifers in northwest Minnesota

Ellen Considine, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
30 days without water: Climate change and well interference in northwest Minnesota

Barbara Bekins, US Geological Survey
An overview of ongoing research and recent results at the Bemidji crude oil spill study site

Late Afternoon

John Swenson, University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Elevated salinity in shallow groundwater of the western Lake Superior basin: Relict of glacial forcing?

Tim Cowdery and Megan Haserodt, US Geological Survey
What we learned from modeling groundwater in the St. Louis River basin and on the Iron Range

  • St. Louis River Basin GFLOW groundwater flow model – Meg
  • Iron Range MODFLOW groundwater-flow model – Tim

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