SLUG TESTING FOR SITE CHARACTERIZATION:
The Six Key Steps

Despite the popularity and frequency of slug testing, difficulties exist with design and analysis. Questions about field screening, data collection, and analysis strategies continue to challenge professionals.

Sometimes these challenges emerge because of the conceptually simple nature of slug testing, poor habits or lack of meaningful training. Many challenges can be easily overcome by simply learning the six key steps that make slug testing more reliable - and easier to do with confidence.

This 90 minute webinar is designed to give consulting scientists and engineers and regulators the information they need to get reliable information from slug tests. The slug test is currently the most common technique used at sites of groundwater contamination for acquiring information about the transmissive properties of subsurface units. Unfortunately, much information currently obtained from slug tests is of questionable quality as a result of inappropriate field and analysis procedures. Webinar attendees will learn the six key steps as practical guidelines that they can apply immediately to their work to significantly improve the quality of parameter estimates obtained from slug tests.

Much of the field and theoretical research on slug tests over the last decade has been done by Jim Butler and colleagues. Jim's work is widely recognized by the academic, consulting, and regulatory communities as having led to significant advances in the state of the practice for slug testing.

Whether you want to learn more about slug tests in material of very high hydraulic conductivity, in standard monitoring wells, direct-push installations, etc., this webinar will provide attendees with information that is not available elsewhere on the web.

Here's what people are saying about Jim's past webinar:
"By using real-world slug test data during the webinar, I was able to see right away how Jim Butler's guidelines improve the efficiency and confidence in hydraulic conductivity test results. The presentation's clear graphics and on-site examples made this a practical learning experience, and I will certainly be able to implement these ideas both in the field and in analysis."
-Rachel McLean, AMEC Earth & Environmental

Register before December 31, 2014 and receive a free FIELD GUIDE FOR SLUG TESTING AND DATA ANALYSIS for each site.

And, you may purchase additional field guides for a special discounted price of $19.95 plus shipping.

Fee:	299.00 USD Per Computer Site (unlimited participants per site), or 99.00 USD Per Computer Site (unlimited participants per site), when Members also register for the Entire 6-Part Webinar Series: (discount will be applied during checkout when both are in your cart) Pay one site registration fee and an unlimited number of participants from your organization can attend at that site.
Instructor:	Jim Butler, Ph.D. Author of "The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests", which is widely recognized as the key reference for slug testing.
Handouts:	Copy of Webinar Slides (pdf) Record of Attendance Form (pdf)
Duration:	1.5 hours 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

Jim Butler was the 2007 National Ground Water Association Distinguished Darcy Lecturer and the recipient of the 2009 Pioneers in Groundwater Award from the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Jim is author of many scientific papers and the popular book "The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug Tests," which examines a method commonly used during the investigation of ground-water-contamination sites.

Jim's research includes aquifer testing, direct push hydraulic profiling, groundwater use by phreatophytes, and interactions between surface water and groundwater. Jim holds a B.S. in geology from the College of William and Mary, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in applied hydrogeology from Stanford University.