• Tom Sale, PhD, Professor, Director for the Center of Contaminant Hydrology at Colorado State University
• Dan Kelleher, PG, CIPM, Hydrogeologist with Midwest GeoSciences Group
Continuing Education Information:
1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) (16.0 Professional Development Hours) with optional 1.5 hour post-course online module for additional CEUs)
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and a Course Completion Certificate will be administered by Midwest GeoSciences Group.
CEU certificates for this course are administered by Northern Illinois University. Most state professional licensure programs accept CEUs for this course. Professional Geologists and Professional Engineers licensed in New York will receive a NY SED approved CE certificate in addition to the NIU certificate.
Qualifies for most professional licensures and certifications. Northern Illinois University is a ABET accredited university.
Who should attend:
Professional ground-water scientists, engineers, project managers, compliance-program managers and remedial-design managers. Anyone who is vested in LNAPL SITES will benefit from this course.
How to Prepare:
Be prepared to immediately dive into a series of lectures, workshops and self-tests that are designed to help empower you demystify LNAPL complexities and then identify and manage risks at LNAPL sites.
Bring a pen and a calculator and we will provide the rest to facilitate your participation during hands-on exercises and workshops.
Course Details
Dr. Tom Sale and Dan Kelleher will debut the new 2-day course Modern Contaminant Hydrology.
This course is designed around the new textbook, Modern Contaminant Hydrology written by Tom Sale and Joseph Scalia (2024). The goal is to advance modern conceptual foundations for contaminant transport in natural subsurface settings in support of better use of finite cleanup resources.
The new textbook moves away from the conceptualization of a homogenous "aquifer", recognizes the capacities of aquifers to passively assimilate contaminants, and stylistically embraces inherent uncertainties. Central themes include:
The paradigm of modern contaminant hydrology has dramatically evolved in the past few years, partly due to how we approach understanding sedimentary sequences in combination with relating secondary alterations from weathering to contaminant occurrence and migration.
Subsurface complexities from heterogeneous strata include variability at different scales of transmissive and low permeability zones.
Diffusion is a critical process governing storage and release of contaminants in low permeability zones.
Transverse mixing of contaminants in plumes is typically a weak process.
Blended water quality data from monitoring wells are generally rejected as a basis for studying transport processes.
All plausible contaminant phases including gas, nonaqueous, aqueous, and sorbed are interdependent and must be recognized.
Reactions including phase changes, sorption, and biogeochemical transformations need to be resolved to understand the behavior of source zones and plumes.
Reactions can be distinctly different in transmissive and low k zones.
The conventional wisdom of absolute characterization of heterogeneous subsurface settings is often functionally impossible and therefore conceptual models with measurable degrees of uncertainty must be embraced.
Reference: Doner, Lee Ann (2008), MS Thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
The course also includes a free electronic version of the new textbook, Modern Contaminant Hydrology soon-to-be-announced through Dr. John Cherry's "Groundwater Project".
This 2-day course preludes with pre-session online assessment for each participant in order to address your questions and topics during the course.
In more detail...
The need to move beyond idealized classroom aquifers for contaminant transport is not a new concept. C.V. Theis stated in 1967 that "The type of aquifer in which our homogeneous model of groundwater flow is most grossly inadequate is that of dealing with transport phenomena...the simple and useful model for problems of wellfield development will mislead us if we apply it to problems of transport."
The primary audiences for the book are professionals needing a modern reference and the generalized framework to achieve realistic remediation goals.
The course sets a rigorous foundation of first principles for modern contaminant transport wherein the term "modern" is based on embracing the 9 main points in the preceding text above. References are advanced for those who want to know more. Sources for additional information include a remarkable set of electronic books (e-books) developed through The Groundwater Project that have been written by leading scientist and engineers whose experience spans the last half century under the leadership of Dr. John Cherry.
This course walks professionals through the modern paradigm of contaminant hydrology and provides one of the most comprehensive resources for anyone working in characterization and remediation of contaminated sites.
Registration
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Limited seating.
Advanced registration is necessary for participation in this limited-enrollment short course. Pre-registration is required to reserve space and receive course materials. If you require special arrangements for diet, equipment, or handicap facilities, please indicate when registering for the course.
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE:
Participants receive 16.0 contact hours of instruction, light breakfast, lunch, printed course notebook, course completion certificate from Midwest GeoSciences Group for qualifying participants. This event also includes an optional 90-minute post-course technical online training module.
Before the course, each registrant receives a Pre-Course Questionnaire that allows registrants to share specific topic requests along with an option to share your professoinal interests, experience, and background.
This course is uniquely designed with lectures and field exercises that create a meaningful learning experience.
OPTIONAL ITEMS:
The online registration allows registrants to add items to their course registration.
Item No 1: Full-Color Printed Notebook for $89.00.
EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT:
Early registration discounts may be applied when payment is received by March 30, 2024. Terms and Conditions apply.
CANCELLATIONS:
Cancellations may be made up March 15, 2024, however, 50 percent of the course fee will be charged or a credit will be issued. No refunds after March 30, 2024.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
One substitute is allowed for each registrant who is unable to attend. However substitutions are not allowed between days.
QUESTIONS:
Contact Dan Kelleher at either 763.607.0092 or dan@midwestgeo.com
Instructors
Tom Sale, PhD
Tom Sale was just awarded the 2024 INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD at Colorado State University for his innovations on environmental remediation.
Dr. Tom Sale is internationally-recognized among the most expert authorities on LNAPL science. His research at the Center of Contaminant Hydrology at Colorado State University has created many technology breakthroughs creating a paradigm shift for LNAPL site management strategies.
Dr. Sale is an Associate Professor and Director of Center for Contaminant Hydrology, Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has authored numerous landmark papers and is the driving force behind patented technologies that have changed the direction of the LNAPL industry. He also contributes to LNAPL projects as a consultant and a regulation policy reviewer.
His research and consulting activities are dedicated to finding solutions for anthropogenic releases of contaminants to subsurface environments and their subsequent transport, fate, and management. Specific areas of interest are pragmatic expectations for Nonaqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL) remedies and passive strategies for management of NAPL releases. His collaborations have changed the LNAPL industry along with developments for remediation for both LNAPL and DNAPL.
His inventive mind and collaborative ability has enabled the Center for Contaminant Hydrology to conduct approximately $1.5 million /year in research and support 11 students. Current and recent research sponsors include ExxonMobil, Chevron, Suncor Energy, BP, Shell, CH2M, ARCADIS and the USDoD. He is dedicated to innovative solutions for groundwater contamination and development of groundwater resources.
Dr. Sale has bachelor degrees in Chemistry and Geology from Miami of Ohio (1980), a M.S. degree in Watershed Hydrology from the University of Arizona (1984), and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from Colorado State University (1998).
Dan Kelleher, PG, CIPM
Dan Kelleher, PG, CIPM is a hydrogeologist dedicated to hydrogeological and geotechnical analysis of sedimentary sequences, aquifer testing, fractured rock hydrogeology, and predictive ground water modeling. Dan's business acumen promotes personal trust, integrity, and relentless QA/QC.
Dan leads specialized technical teams for challenging projects and facilitates educational courses and webinars for geologists, engineers and environmental scientists.
He and Tim Kemmis co-founded of Midwest GeoSciences Group to simply professionals to do better job of TAKING THE MYSTERY OUT OF THE SUBSURFACE (R), this course is part of the journey.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
(Demand for hotel rooms will be great the closer we get to the course dates because of the eclipse, the NCAA Basketball Championship Game, and the Carmel Marathon, so don't wait to secure your accommodations.)
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Pre-registration is required to reserve space and receive course materials.
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A waiting list of potential registrants is initiated when registration exceeds the allowable classroom maximum.
One substitute may be allowed for one registration in case the original registrant cannot attend.
No refunds for No-Shows.
Cancellations may be made up March 15, 2024, however, 50 percent of the course fee will be charged or a credit will be issued. No refunds after March 30, 2024. Refunds are issued after the course is conducted, that includes any postponements or rescheduling.
COVID: All affiliates for this event follow the COVID protocols set forth by the Venue.
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