DESIGNING AND OPTIMIZING GROUND WATER MONITORING SYSTEMS IN SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES: PART 2: Well Placement, Hydraulic Properties and Hydrogeologic Factors for Monitoring

Join us for this new three-part webinar series dedicated to designing and optimizing ground water monitoring systems in sedimentary sequences. Each part is 90-minutes and allows for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDH). You receive a copy of the webinar slides and a free Record of Attendance Form to distribute to participants at your computer site location.

Discover the key applications for effective well placement and ground water monitoring system design in sedimenary stratigraphic sequences. Application of design efficiencies will apply to glacial, alluvial, and fluvial sedimentary environments.

Learn ways to optimize your ground water monitoring system by:

• Eliminating redundant monitoring wells
• Targeting laterally-continuous monitoring units and avoiding isolated sand lenses
• Avoiding invalid potentiometric surface maps
• Identifying meaningful monitoring units and placing effective wells
• Recognizing the water table in low permeable formations
• Making the right field observations and communicating them effectively
• Applying conditions from the case studies to your own scenarios and sites

The three-part series is presented in a step-wise process beginning with basic field testing and concluding with case studies of different sedimentary sequences to illustrate successes and failures of system design and optimization.

Part Two builds from Part One. In Part Two, we are going to begin by examining and comparing different geologic frameworks published by professionals and then assess the certainty and uncertainty of each framework. We trust you will find simple elements that will help you document and communicate the critical information that supports an effective ground water monitoring system.

We will examine diffusion and dispersion while considering some important attributes for lateral well spacing. We will use a well-known case study to illustrate the nature of plume spreading that you can consider for your own projects.

Learn important aspects of monitoring the water table while demystifying conventional wisdoms about ground water monitoring in fine-grained, low-permeable formations. We will examine different sedimentary sequences ranging from glacial to fluvial to gulf coast sediments for taking the mystery out of the subsurface and building a ground water monitoring system.

Webinar Highlights:

• Identifying the Water Table in Low-Permeable Units
• Comparison of Published work to assess subsurface "Certainty" and "Uncertainty"
• Considering the role of Diffusion and Dispersion for well placement
• Making the most of rotasonic sampling, continuing sampling and high-resolution sampling
• Well construction and hydrogeologic factors that simplify system design

Register Now and receive a free
FIELD GUIDE FOR SOIL AND STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
for each site.

And, you may purchase additional field guides for a special discounted price of $10.00 plus shipping.

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Fee:	299.00 USD Per Computer Site (unlimited participants per site) Save $300.00 USD when Members also register for BOTH of the following Webinars: or Save $100.00 USD when Members also register for EITHER of the above Webinars (discounts will be applied during checkout based on your cart contents) Pay one site registration fee and an unlimited number of participants from your organization can attend at that site.
Instructor:	David J. Hart, PhD and Daniel Kelleher, PG, CIPM
Handouts:	Copy of Webinar Slides (pdf) Record of Attendance Form (pdf)
Duration:	1.5 hour plus Q&A (no restrictions on time limit for extra Q&A!)
Professional Development:	Earn 1.5 Professional Development Hours (1.5 PDH)

A Record of Attendance Form is included free with each webinar for your record keeping and individual PDH verification. We ask your on-site coordinator to return the completed and signed copy of the Form to us following the webinar for (1) maintaining a separate copy as a service to attendees and (2) forwarding to NIU confirming attendance for those who order certificates.

Attendees may also order an official a Course Completion Certificate from Northern Illinois University for a small administrative fee. The Certificate is optional and may be ordered separately following the webinar to confirm your attendance and showcase the certificate on your office wall. Instructions for ordering certificates are given during the webinar.


* This webinar is eligible for the 'BUY THREE, GET THREE' discount; however ANY webinar series discount shown above cannot be combined with it.

Attendees will be invited to actively participate during this live and interactive on-line web seminar. Discussion is planned following the webinar for those who want to continue the session. Bring your questions to the webinar and present them to the instructor and other participants for exploring the best solution.

Instructors Bio

Dave Hart, PhD, PG

Dave Hart is a hydrogeologist/geophysicist with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey and an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Extension.

Dave's applied research includes regional groundwater flow and recharge in southeastern Wisconsin, near-surface geophysics, and measurement of porosities and permeabilities in aquifers and aquitards. Prior to joining the university, he served as a hydrogeologist with Eder Associates. He is an associate editor for Ground Water and past president of the AWRA - Wisconsin Section.



Dan Kelleher, PG, CIPM

Dan Kelleher is a hydrogeologist who strives for excellence in subsurface characterization. Dan earned his bachelor's degree from Monmouth College and master's degree at Northern Illinois University. His technical expertise is quantitative hydrogeology (in porous and fractured media), geotechnical analysis of sedimentary sequences, aquifer testing and predictive ground water modeling. He promotes field analysis during stratigraphic characterization from boring to boring in order to utilize QA/QC processes fully throughout a project and help identify unexpected conditions as soon as they arise.