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President’s Letter

President’s Letter

Hello everyone! I am honored, excited, and a bit nervous about stepping into the role of MGWA president. Excited and honored because it is such a great organization. Nervous because the previous presidents have done such a great job, and I don’t want to mess that up! Our immediate past president, Julia Steenberg, pulled off an excellent fall conference under trying circumstances, and as one MGWA member commented afterward, “Tony has some big shoes to fill” for the Spring 2021 conference. I’ll get to the Spring conference a bit later in this message.

MGWA Spring Conference 2021

March 30, 2021

Registration is open for MGWA's Spring Conference 2021, April 27th 2021, 8am-5pm via Zoom Groundwater Research: What's New and Useful? The MGWA Spring Conference focuses on what is new in a wide variety of fields falling under the broad umbrella of groundwater research.  Emerging methods, new ideas about old problems, improved ways to monitor, manage, and remediate.  A unifying theme is that the research has clear applied value. We are…

Expanding Private Well Testing in Minnesota

Expanding Private Well Testing in Minnesota

March 30, 2021
New Publication on Microbial Pathogens in Urban Stormwater

New Publication on Microbial Pathogens in Urban Stormwater

March 23, 2021
New Publications from the USGS

New Publications from the USGS

March 23, 2021
New Report on the Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education

New Report on the Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education

March 23, 2021
New MGWA Social Coordinator

New MGWA Social Coordinator

March 23, 2021

New MGWA Officers

March 23, 2021

by MGWA Newsletter Team Tony Runkel is the new President of the MGWA for 2021. Tony is the Lead Geologist of the Minnesota Geological Survey. Jeré More has become the President-Elect, and is a senior hydrogeologist with the Barr Engineering Company. Vanessa Baratta, a mapping hydrologist at the DNR, remains the MGWA Treasurer. The Association would like to recognize and thank outgoing President Julia Steenberg. As Past President, Julia will…

MPCA, State Agencies Reveal a Statewide Blueprint to Address PFAS

MPCA, State Agencies Reveal a Statewide Blueprint to Address PFAS

March 18, 2021
Routine Well Disinfection Triggered a Spike of Very High Arsenic

Routine Well Disinfection Triggered a Spike of Very High Arsenic

March 17, 2021
Justin Blum Retires from the Health Department

Justin Blum Retires from the Health Department

March 12, 2021
Banking Groundwater

Banking Groundwater

March 3, 2021
Robert E. “Butch” Pendergast

Robert E. “Butch” Pendergast

March 3, 2021
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