Interprovincial "Below Your Watershed" Groundwater Conference to be held March 11 to 12, 2010 in Medicine Hat
Published on February 12, 2010
To register and learn more about this important groundwater conference go to http://www.belowyourwatershed.ca and take advantage of the early bird rate of $150 plus GST including all meals. Part of the conference is an interesting dinner and evening at Medalta with a tour of the National Historic Clay District
Conference Speakers and Topics include:
Honourable Rob Renner, Alberta Minister of Environment
Alberta Springs Project - Dr. Stewart Rood, Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research, U of Lethbridge
Groundwater Trends and Climate Change - Dr. Dave Sauchyn, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative, University of Regina
Domestic Well Monitoring - Dr. Masaki Hayashi, Canada Research Chair in Physical Hydrology, U of Calgary
Agriculture Impacts on Groundwater - Kristen Lorenz, Water Quality Specialist, Alberta Agriculture & Rural Development
Milk River Aquifer Well Plugging Project - Jeff Printz, Water Planning Engineer, Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada, and Len Mitzel, MLA
Cypress-Medicine Hat
Bacteriological Aspects of Groundwater - Dr. Cathy Ryan, Geoscience and Environmental Design, U of Calgary
Groundwater Protection Areas - Akin Owojori, Dillon Consulting Limited
Groundwater Mapping Initiatives - Dr. Laurence Andriashek, Alberta Geological Survey
Mapping the Milk River Aquifer -Sandi Riemersma, Palliser Environmental Service and Milk River Watershed Council; and Dr
Alfonso Rivera, Geological Survey of Canada
Water Well Drilling - Brad Meyer, Aaron Drilling and Alberta Water Well Drillers Association
GOWN Network / Provincial Groundwater Policy - Steve Wallace, Hydrogeologist Groundwater Policy Unit - Alberta Environment (tbc)
Energy Resources Conservation Board & Groundwater - Mike Bevan, ERBC
Base Flow Determination for the Jumpingpound Creek - David F Parsons, AMEC Earth and Environmental Engineering
Groundwater Under the Direct Influence (GUDI) of Surface Water - Dr. Peter Wallis, Medicine Hat College, Hyperion Research and SEAWA
The Groundwater Perspective - Brad Ashdown, Chief Executive Officer, South Sasktachewan River Watershed Stewards
In addition to the conference, a "Working Well
Workshop" will be held on March 10 (prior to the conference), and an overnight field trip to Historic Reesor Ranch in the Cypress Hills will follow the conference
from March 12 to 13.