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  • Poster Session
    Poster
    Removal of PFAS from soil with nanobubbles of air and ozone
    Room: Grand Foyer
    Author: Andy Hong – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah
    Co-Author: Jennifer Weidhaas – University of Utah
    Poster Presenter - Student Poster: Tina Kalhorizadeh
    Poster Presenter: Nikita Singhi – University of Utah
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:00 PM – 1:18 PM PDT
    Town of Nags Head, North Carolina Decentralized Wastewater Management Plan and Todd D. Krafft Septic Health Initiative Update
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Holly Miller, PE, CFM, CPESC – Tetra Tech, Inc.
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:18 PM – 1:36 PM PDT
    Identifying Hydrological Inputs to New Wetlands on the Shores of the Retreating Salton Sea, Imperial County, California
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Lillian E. Alwood – Cerritos College
    Co-Author: Camila Bautista – Cal State LA
    Co-Author: Barry J. Hibbs, Ph.D. – Department Geosciences, California State University, Los Angeles
    Co-Author (not attending): Margaret G. Drummond – Colorado College
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:36 PM – 1:54 PM PDT
    Groundwater Restoration through Recharge Dams in Arid Regions
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Mohsen Sherif – UAE University
    Co-Author: AbdelAzim Ebraheem – National Water and Energy Center, UAE University
    Co-Author: Ahmed Sefelnasr – National Water and Energy Center, UAE University
    Co-Author: Dalal Alshamsi – UAE University
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    1:54 PM – 2:12 PM PDT
    Lowering of Groundwater Levels and their Effect on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in the Savelugu District, Northern Region of Ghana
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Albert Acheampong, Ing. – KNUST (WORLD VISION GHANA)
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:00 PM – 3:18 PM PDT
    Methods and results in mapping of chloride and specific conductance and analysis of changes in chlorides in the Chicot aquifer system in southwest Louisiana
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Vince White – United States Geological Survey
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:18 PM – 3:36 PM PDT
    Borehole yield estimation from electrical resistivity measurements - A case study of Agru Tempane and Bawku Waet Districts, Upper East Region, Ghana
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Albert Acheampong, Ing. – KNUST (WORLD VISION GHANA)
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:36 PM – 3:54 PM PDT
    A Survey of Groundwater Wells in the United States
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Alexandra L. Miller – Virginia Tech
    Co-Author (not attending): Landon T. Marston – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    3:54 PM – 4:12 PM PDT
    Minimizing Errors in the Prediction of Water Levels Using Kriging Technique in Residuals of the Groundwater Model
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Kushal Adhikari – Juniata College
    Co-Author (not attending): Alireza Asadi – Texas Tech University
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
    Prevention of Thermal Pollution of Groundwater near Open Loop Geothermal Energy Systems
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Roseanna M. Neupauer, Ph.D., P.E. – University of Colorado
    Co-Author (not attending): Jarkko Okkonen – Geological Survey of Finland
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Tyson – University of Colorado Boulder
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM PDT
    Deep Aquifer Modeling within an Operations and Planning Decision Support Tool on the Rio Grande River, New Mexico
    Room: Del Fuego
    Co-Author: David Neumann – Univ of Colorado Boulder - CADSWES
    Co-Author: Edith Zagona – University of Colorado Boulder
    Co-Author: Roseanna M. Neupauer, Ph.D., P.E. – University of Colorado
    Co-Author: Nick Mander – Hydros Consulting Inc.
    Co-Author: John Craven – Hydros Consulting, Inc.
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
    Reducing forecast uncertainty in groundwater levels by integrating non-stationary pumping behavior into groundwater modeling
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Yao Hu, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Delaware
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:30 PM – 5:45 PM PDT
    Forced Gradient Tracer Test in a Multiscreen, Multi-Aquifer Recharge Well
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Meredith Martinez – Jacobs
    Co-Author (not attending): Mark Widdowson – Virginia Tech
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Monday, May 22nd
    5:45 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
    A Cell-Averaged Numerical Model for One-Dimensional Subsurface Flow in a Sloping Wetland Bed
    Room: Del Fuego
    Author: Ana Flavia B. Brancalion Costa – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Mohamed M. Hantush, Ph.D. – U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development
    Co-Author: Latif Kalin – Auburn University
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    10:00 AM – 10:18 AM PDT
    Land Subsidence Analysis of the Houston Area Using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) and GNSS
    Room: La Sirena III
    Author: Dongfeng Li, Ph.D., P.E. – University of Texas at Arlington
    Author: Wenzhao Li, Ph.D. – UT Arlington
    Co-Author: Zheng Nick Fang, Ph.D., P.E. (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Arlington
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    10:18 AM – 10:36 AM PDT
    Investigation of the Impacts from Land Subsidence and Land Use on Urban Flooding in the Houston - Galveston Region
    Room: La Sirena III
    Author: Pouria HassaniFakhrabadi (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Arlington
    Co-Author: Kelli M. Greenwood, E.I.T. – University of Texas at Arlington
    Co-Author: Dongfeng Li, Ph.D., P.E. – University of Texas at Arlington
    Co-Author: Yi Liu – Morgan State University
    Co-Author: Zheng Nick Fang, Ph.D., P.E. (he/him/his) – The University of Texas at Arlington
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    10:36 AM – 10:54 AM PDT
    Compressibility of aquifer materials and its variations over depth in the Gulf Coast Aquifer System
    Room: La Sirena III
    Author: Zhuping Sheng, P.E., PH, FASCE (he/him/his) – Morgan State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Van Kelley – INTERA Inc.
    Co-Author (not attending): Michael Turco – Harris-Galveston Subsidence District
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    4:45 PM – 5:03 PM PDT
    Fate and transport of nitrate in karst groundwater using high resolution sensors and stable isotope measurements
    Room: Del Mar I
    Author: Brenden Riddle – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: James Forrest Fox – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Admin Husic, PHD, AMASCE – University of Kansas
    Co-Author: Yi-Tin Wang – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Leonie Bettel, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Jason Backus – Kentucky Geological Survey
    Co-Author: Erik Pollock – University of Arkansas
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:03 PM – 5:21 PM PDT
    Hydrochemical and Isotopic Studies of Los Angeles River Flows Between River Headwaters and Sepulveda Dam
    Room: Del Mar I
    Author: Barry J. Hibbs, Ph.D. – Department Geosciences, California State University, Los Angeles
    Co-Author (not attending): Margaret G. Drummond – Colorado College
    Co-Author (not attending): Lillian E. Alwood – Cerritos College
    Co-Author: Arianna Camerena, Graduate Student – California State University, Los Angeles
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:21 PM – 5:39 PM PDT
    Removal of PFAS from groundwater by ozone nanobubbles
    Room: Del Mar I
    Author: Andy Hong – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Utah
    Co-Author: Nikita Singhi – University of Utah
    Co-Author: Hsiao Chen – University of Utah
    Co-Author: Rochelle Plaizier – Bowen Collins & Associates
    Groundwater Symposium
  • Tuesday, May 23rd
    5:39 PM – 5:57 PM PDT
    Bioremediation of groundwater impacted by selenium and chromium
    Room: Del Mar I
    Co-Author (not attending): Dulith Rajapakshe – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Ishani Kulasekara – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Yanyan Zhang – New Mexico State University
    Author: Charalambos Papelis – New Mexico State University
    Groundwater Symposium