2023 AQUIFER TESTING ONLINE TRAINING COURSE, MODULE 1:
Designing Aquifer Pumping Tests: The Importance of Geologic Controls
Designed and priced for the Individual (at home or in the office)
Pre-Course Tutorial and Study Materials:
Registrants dive into the course experience with study materials and a self-assessment. The personalized experience allows each registrant to learn (1) at their own experience level, (2) at their own pace, and (3) and in a private setting except when they have questions or request extra tutorials.
Course Module 1:
Sometimes we inherit project sites where little is actually known about the subsurface. If we move forward with designing an aquifer pumping test using existing site wells, it's likely there's going to be some uncertainty related to drawdown in observation wells.
Sometimes have the opportunity to drill and install our own wells. Knowing where to place well screens and having certainty about lateral hydraulic connectivity is dependent on our understanding of geologic controls.
The geologic controls between sedimentary sequences and bedrock generally behave in completely different ways. For sedimentary sequences, well screen placement is a function of geologic relationships from depositional processes. For bedrock, well screen placement, and measured hydraulic heads, are often dependent on the presence of fractures and the characteristics of fracture flow systems.
The presence of aquitards, high vertical or horizontal hydraulic gradients, and spatial variability in hydraulic conductivity and porosity often confounds the interpretation of pumping tests in these materials. Likewise, practitioners sometimes fail to recognize the effects of nearby boundary conditions and transient changes on pumping test results.
It's a misconception if we are hoping the pumping test will define the geology.
Instead, a pumping test should be considered to be a hypothesis test of the geologic model and hydraulic properties believed to exist in the subsurface.
Aquifer heterogeneity can wreak havoc too and especially during analysis when it's discovered that wells are screened in different units or mis-identified isolated lenses.
This course module teaches the basic steps to apply geologic controls to aquifer testing design. It includes an optional quiz following the course module.
Whether you want to apply aquifer pumping tests to hydrogeologic characterization, water supply development or remediation design, this module will provide attendees with information that is not available elsewhere on the web.
Register now for this unique online-offline course that presents key insights about aquifer pumping tests that are found no where else online.
Fee:
199.00 USDPer Person for our Members
299.00 USD Per Person for Non-Members
$594.00 USD per Person when Members register for the Entire Course
Instructor:
Ken Bradbury, PhD, PG and Dan Kelleher, PG, CIPM
Handouts:
Webinar Slides (pdf)
Additional Materials • Study Notes (pdf) • Professional Papers (pdf)
Record of Attendance Form (pdf)
Participants:
This webinar is designed for individual participants. Terms and Conditions Apply.
Continuing Education Certificates:
$14.95 each. Official CEU certificates are available as an option. After successful completion of this webinar, a link will be provided to order a certificate.
State of New York State Education Department (NY SED) approved CE certificate is included with this course module for 1.5 PDHs. Professional Geologists and Professional Engineers licensed in New York have special CE requirements. Midwest GeoSciences Group is NY SED approved vendor #213.
Included:
FIELD GUIDE FOR SOIL AND STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS By Midwest GeoSciences Group
Included:
FIELD GUIDE FOR ROCK CORING AND FRACTURE ANALYSIS By Midwest GeoSciences Group
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)
Notes:
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.
See what others are saying...
"I can't say enough good things about this training session. This module was extremely beneficial (with) practical, real-world instruction to help critically think about subsurface systems, but also emphasize that fundamental geologic principles are at the heart of understanding all subsurface relationships.
(I appreciate how both) instructors come from their own extraordinary background and really work together as a team to present detailed information in a high-quality format.
I look forward to completing the rest of the modules and implementing the learned practices into future work!"
- Casey Kleppel, Project Geologist, CTI and Associates, Inc.
Instructors Bio
Kenneth Bradbury, PhD
Dr. Kenneth Bradbury is Wisconsin's State Geologist and Director of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, UW-Madison Division of Extension. Ken is a hydrogeologist who has worked and published on groundwater issues in Wisconsin since 1982, with a focus on applied problems. His research has included investigations of virus transport in groundwater, groundwater flow in fractured rocks, aquitard hydrogeology, groundwater recharge processes, wellhead protection, regional groundwater simulation, and the hydrogeology of glacial deposits.
He received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University, where he majored in geology, then earned a Master's degree from Indiana University. He received his PhD from the UW-Madison
Dan Kelleher, PG, CIPM
Dan Kelleher is a hydrogeologist and co-founder of Midwest GeoSciences Group which was formed to simply help consultants do a better job preparing accurate and complete soil boring logs.
Dan is recognized for his technical expertise in quantitative hydrogeology (in porous and fractured media), geotechnical analysis of sedimentary sequences, aquifer testing, fractured rock hydrogeology, and predictive ground water modeling. Course participants will benefit from Dan's experience with field analysis from boring to boring in order to utilize QA/QC and help identify unexpected conditions as soon as they arise. Dan received his bachelor's degree in Geology from Monmouth College and his master's degree in Hydrogeology from Northern Illinois University.
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Dr. Kenneth Bradbury is Wisconsin's State Geologist and Director of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, UW-Madison Division of Extension. Ken is a hydrogeologist who has worked and published on groundwater issues in Wisconsin since 1982, with a focus on applied problems. His research has included investigations of virus transport in groundwater, groundwater flow in fractured rocks, aquitard hydrogeology, groundwater recharge processes, wellhead protection, regional groundwater simulation, and the hydrogeology of glacial deposits.
Dan Kelleher is a hydrogeologist and co-founder of Midwest GeoSciences Group which was formed to simply help consultants do a better job preparing accurate and complete soil boring logs.