Pre-Conference Workshops (June 14)

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Workshop 1: Compliance Groundwater Monitoring in Agriculture: Monitoring Well Construction, Network Design, and Regulations for California Dairies [8:30 am - 12pm]

8:30 - 9:15 Regulatory Framework for California Dairies and Current Monitoring Requirements, Clay Rodgers, Cental Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board 
9:15 - 10:00 Monitoring Well Drilling and Construction, Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis 
10:00 – 10:20 BREAK
10:20 – 11:00 Groundwater Monitoring Well Network Design on Dairies, Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis
11:00 – 11:45 Representative Groundwater Monitoring Program for Dairies, Till Angermann, Luhdorff & Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers 
11:45 – 12:00 Questions and Answers, Discussion

Workshop 2: Age-Dating, Geochemical Fingerprinting, and Emerging Contaminants in Animal Agriculture's Groundwater: California Dairy Case Studies [1:30 pm - 5pm]

1:30 – 1:50 Salinity and Nutrients in Dairy Groundwater, Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis
1:50 – 2:15 General Groundwater Quality in Dairy Groundwater, Megan Young, USGS Menlo Park
2:15 – 2:45 Groundwater Isotopes as a Fingerprinting Tool, Carol Kendall, USGS Menlo Park 
2:45 – 3:00 BREAK
3:00 – 3:45 Age Dating and Denitrification Measurements in Dairy Groundwater, Brad Esser and Mike Singleton, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 
3:45 – 4:10 Isotopic and Geochemical Signatures in Dairy Groundwater, Megan Young, USGS Menlo Park 
4:10 – 4:35 Pathogens in Dairies and Dairy Groundwater, Xunde Li, University of California, Davis
4:35 – 5:00 Pharmaceuticals in Dairies and Dairy Groundwater, Naoko Watanabe, University of California, Davis

Workshop 3: Learning how to Acquire Groundwater and Water Quality Data in California: GAMA, Geotracker, and IWRIS [1:30 pm - 5pm]

1:30 – 2:15 Using Geotracker to Find Groundwater Quality Data, John Borkovich, State Water Resources Control Board
2:15 – 3:00 How to access and use USGS GAMA publications, Part I, Kenneth Belitz, USGS San Diego 
3:00 – 3:15 BREAK
3:15 – 4:00 How to access and use USGS GAMA publications, Part II, Matthew Landon, USGS San Diego 
4:00 – 4:45 Finding Groundwater Level Information and Other Water Data Using DWR’s IWRIS, Mary Scruggs, California Department of Water Resources