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The Year of Groundwater
23rd Annual Conference and Meeting
2014 – The Year of Groundwater
Photo Credit: Courtesy of the State of California
Hilton Sacramento Arden West, Sacramento, CA
October 15-16, 2014
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WELCOME TO GRA’S 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE!
WELCOME TO THE LAND SUBSIDENCE SYMPOSIUM
The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) welcomes you to our 23rd Annual Conference
and Meeting! The year 2014 is a landmark year in California’s water history, with groundwater as the focus. As
groundwater levels decline and the land surface subsides during one of the worst series of droughts the state has
experienced, Governor Brown initiated a process to improve groundwater management in the state, making it clear
that groundwater is not being adequately managed in many basins, and that the time has come to take action.
On August 29th, the Legislature passed landmark bills to require sustainable groundwater management in the state
to protect and preserve this vital water resource. Governor Brown signed these bills into law on September 16th. The
intent of these bills is to facilitate and protect local control over groundwater management, and also to allow for state
intervention where local efforts are unsuccessful or nonexistent.
During this conference, the focus will be on this critical topic of groundwater management, with targeted sessions on
the administration’s efforts, associated legislation, policy and legal issues, and perspectives of local entities.
Also, many dual-track technical sessions will cover a broad range of other groundwater issues facing the state
and innovative ways to address them. These issues include drought, wastewater, fracking, climate change, and
groundwater quality and remediation.
Don’t miss the Collegiate Colloquium, which showcases the often cutting-edge science being conducted by
California’s college students, and the poster session, which includes a wide variety of interesting and innovative work
by students and professionals alike.
Please also take the opportunity to visit the exhibitors who help make events like this possible, and who work with
groundwater practitioners to help advance the science.
We hope you enjoy the conference and the new, modern features offered this year, including the flash drive, the
ability to text questions for speakers, and the interactive program accessible on your smart phone or tablet!
Sincerely,
The Conference Chairs
Steven Phillips, Chair
Alyx Karpowicz, Co-chair
Emily Vavricka, Co-chair
Matt Zidar, Co-chair
Upcoming GRA Events:
GRACast Web Seminar
October 22, 2014
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Series on Vapor intrusion,
Part 4:Vapor Intrusion
Assessment Case Studies
and the Science Driving
Short-Term TCE Action
Levels
Introduction to Groundwater
and Watershed Hydrology
November 17-18, 2014
Beuhler Alumni Center
University of California, Davis
Oil, Gas & Groundwater
Symposium
February 18-19, 2015
Renaissance Long Beach Hotel
111 E Ocean Boulevard,
Long Beach
Legislative Symposium
April 29, 2015
Citizen Hotel
926 J Street, Sacramento
Agenda
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
7:00 am
Registration/Continental Breakfast
Welcome and Introduction
8:20 am
Ted Johnson, Water Replenishment District, GRA President
Conference Co-Chairs: Steven Phillips, Alyx Karpowicz, Emily Vavricka, and Matt Zidar
General Session: Administration’s Efforts to Improve Local Groundwater Management
Moderator: Tim Parker, Parker Groundwater
8:30 am
Plenary Presentations
Felicia Marcus, Chair, State Water Resources Control Board
Mark Cowin , Director, California Department of Water Resources
Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
9:30 am - 9:45 am Presentation of Kevin J. Neese Award
9:45 am - 10:00 am Co-Sponsor and Exhibitor Flash Introductions
10:00 am - 10:30 am BREAK - Exhibit Area
Concurrent Session 1A: Drought - Our Dependence on Groundwater
Moderator: Alyx Karpowicz, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
10:30 am - 10:50 am Implications of Extended Drought on Recharge across California
Lorraine Flint, US Geological Survey
10:50 am - 11:10 am Creating Drought Resilience: Conceptualizing a California Groundwater Bank and Infrastructure System
Abdul Khan, DWR
11:10 am - 11:30 am Emergency Ordinance E – The Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency’s
Response to Groundwater Conditions and the Drought
Gerhardt Hubner, Ventura County
11:30 am - 11:50 am Accounting for Climate Change and Drought in Defining Sustainable Yield for
Groundwater Systems
Ruth Langridge, UC Santa Cruz
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Discussion
Concurrent Session 1B: The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: How Did We Get
Here and Where Are We Going?
Moderator: Brad Herrema, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Panelists
Russell McGlothlin, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Bob Reeb, Reeb Government Relations, LLC
Kate Williams, Program Manager, California Water Foundation
Dan Dooley, Senior Vice President, University of California
Dennis O’Connor, Principal Consultant, Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water
Lunch Program
Moderator: Ted Johnson, GRA President, Water Replenishment District of Southern California
12:00 pm - 1:20 pm Drivers and Approaches for Groundwater Management Legislation:
Was it a Perfect Storm of Circumstances, or Tornado of Conflicts?
Tim Quinn, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies
Lester Snow, Executive Director, California Water Foundation
Concurrent Session 2A: Collegiate Groundwater Colloquium
Moderator: Professor Jean Moran, California State University, East Bay
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Sediment Transport and Accumulation During Stormwater Capture for Managed
Aquifer Recharge
Sarah Beganskas, UC Santa Cruz
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm Groundwater Decisionmaking: Case Study in the Pajaro Valley of California
Kirsten Rudestam & Abigail Brown, UC Santa Cruz
2:05 pm - 2:20 pm Groundwater and Unsaturated Zone Flow and Nitrate Transport Modeling for On-Farm Flood Flow Capture
Jiro Ariyama, UC Davis
2:20 pm - 2:35 pm Vulnerability of Groundwater to Perchloroethylene Contamination from Dry Cleaners in the Niles Cone Groundwater Basin, Southern Alameda County
Anne Jurek, San Jose State University
2:35 pm - 2:50 pm In Situ Pilot Test (ISPT) for Assessing Native Microbial Community Capacity for Aerobic MTBE Biodegradation
Peter Dennehy, UC Davis
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm Discussion
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm Flash Presentations of Student Poster Topics
Concurrent Session 2B: Modeling Advances & Applications
Moderator: Steven Phillips, US Geological Survey
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Groundwater Models: A Key Tool for Successful California Groundwater Management
Thomas Harter, UC Davis
1:50 pm - 2:10 pm The Central Valley Hydrologic Model - Updates & Applications
Claudia Faunt, US Geological Survey
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm Overcoming Modeling Barriers and Challenges in California using MODFLOW-USG
Sorab Panday, GSI Environmental
2:30 pm - 2:50 pm Estimating Groundwater Concentrations of Total Dissolved Solids from Apparent
Resistivity Profiles
Rob Gailey, Consulting Hydrogeologist
2:50 pm - 3:10 pm Applying the Multiphase Reservoir Simulator Petrel-Eclipse to Hydrogeological Modeling: The Mojave River Project
Kapo Coulibaly, Schlumberger Water Services
3:10 pm - 3:20 pm Discussion
3:20 pm - 3:40 pm BREAK - Exhibit Area
Concurrent Session 3A: Wastewater Reuse & Recycling
Moderator: Kevin Brown, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm State Water Resources Control Board: A Guide to Wastewater Reuse and Recycling Post-Merger
Fran Spivy-Weber, Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm California’s Drought and the Fourth Generation of Urban Water
David Sedlak, UC Berkeley
4:20 pm - 4:40 pm Water Reuse Without Membranes?
Val S. Frenkel, Erler & Kalinowski, Inc.
Agenda (continued)
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm You Won’t Find What You Don’t Look For - Emerging Contaminants and Recycled
Water Testing
Dr. Andrew Eaton, Eurofins Eaton Analytical Inc.
5:00 pm - 5:20 pm Fortifying a Diverse Water Supply Portfolio with Advanced Treated Water in Santa Clara County, California
Pam John, Santa Clara Valley Water District
5:20 pm - 5:30 pm Discussion
Concurrent Session 3B: Groundwater Quality Monitoring Plans for Well Stimulation
Treatment Pursuant to Senate Bill 4
Moderator: Rob Gailey, R.M. Gailey Consulting Hydrogeologist
3:40 pm - 5:30 pm Panelists
Regulatory Perspective
Marilu Habel, California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources
Regulatory Perspective
John Borkovich, State Water Resources Control Board
Petroleum Operator Perspective
Mike Glavin, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Water Supplier Perspective
Eric Averett, Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District
Environmental Advocacy Perspective
Kyle Ferrar, FracTracker Alliance
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
GRA PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION, EXHIBITS AND POSTER SESSION – Exhibit Area
Thursday, October 16, 2014
7:00 am
Registration/Continental Breakfast
Concurrent Session 4A: Climate Variability and Change – Simulation of Effects & Adaptation
Strategies
Moderator: Scott Warner, Environ
8:00 am - 8:20 am
Water Resource Adaption Strategies Considering Long-Term Climate Change:
An Agency Perspective John A. Coleman, President, Association of California Water Agencies
8:20 am - 8:40 am
From Measurements to Models to Monetization: Climate Change, Reduced Infiltration,
and Strategies for Recharging More Groundwater Andrew Fisher, UC Santa Cruz
8:40 am - 9:00 am Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Regional Water Resources
Singh Abhishek, INTERA
9:00 am - 9:20 am Preparing Local Groundwater Systems for Climate Variability and Change Kwabena Asante, GEI Consultants
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
Concurrent Session 4B: Regional Management of Groundwater Quality
Moderator: Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, Luhdorff & Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers
8:00 am - 8:20 am GAMA Priority Basin Project Phase 2: Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Miranda Fram, USGS Lead, GAMA Priority Basins Program
8:20 am - 8:40 am Groundwater Vulnerability Versus Public-Supply-Well Vulnerability: The Difference and
Why it Matters
Sandra Eberts, US Geological Survey
8:40 am - 9:00 am Progress Being Made on Cleaning Up the San Gabriel Valley – The Nation’s Largest Superfund Site
Ken Manning, San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority
9:00 am - 9:20 am The Nitrate Problem – Limitations of Hydrogeologic Assessment Inform a New Path to Groundwater Quality Improvement
Till Angermann, Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
BREAK - Exhibit Area
Concurrent Session 5A: Site Assessment & Remediation
Moderator: Emily Vavricka, EEC Environmental
9:45 am - 10:05 am A Regional Approach to Prioritizing Cleanup Sites – An Improved Methodology for
Evaluating Groundwater Contamination in California John Karachewski, Department of Toxic Substances Control
10:05 am - 10:25 am Understanding and Evaluating Matrix Diffusion
Shahla Farhat, GSI Environmental, Inc.
10:25 am - 10:45 am TCE Vapor Intrusion and Short-Term Toxicity
Uta Hellmann-Blumberg, SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
10:45 am - 11:00 am Discussion
Concurrent Session 5B: Challenges in Local Groundwater Management
Moderator: Jim Strandberg, West Yost Associates
9:45 am - 11:00 am Panelists
County Planning Perspective
Walter Ward, Stanislaus County Dept. of Environmental Resources
Water Supply Agency Perspective
Scott Matyac, Yuba County Water Agency
Agricultural Irrigation Perspective
J. Paul Hendrix, General Manager, Tulare Irrigation District
Adjudicated Basin Perspective
Peter Kavounas, General Manager, Chino Basin Watermaster
11:00 am - 11:15 am BREAK - Exhibit Area
Agenda (continued)
General Session
Moderator: Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, Luhdorff & Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers
11:15 am - 12:05 pm How the West Was Lost
Jay Famiglietti, 2014 GRA Southern California David Keith Todd Lecturer, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lunch Program
Moderator: Ted Johnson, GRA President, Water Replenishment District of Southern California
12:15 pm - 1:35 pm Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award
GRA Annual Meeting:
Ted Johnson, GRA President, Water Replenishment District of Southern California
Legislative Update:
Tim Parker, Parker Groundwater, and Chris Frahm & Rosanna Carvacho,
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
General Session
Moderator: Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, Luhdorff & Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers
1:45 pm - 2:35 pm Managing a Commons - Groundwater and Surface Water at Risk
Carl Hauge, 2014 GRA Southern California David Keith Todd Lecturer, former Chief Hydrogeologist for the Department of Water Resources (retired)
2:35 pm - 2:45 pm Announcement of GRA’s 2015 David Keith Todd Distinguished Lecturers by
Vicki Kretsinger Grabert
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm BREAK - Exhibit Area
General Session: Developing and Implementing Groundwater Management Plans to Preserve
Local Control
Moderator: Matt Zidar, GEI Consultants
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Panelists
David Guy, President, Northern California Water Association
Paula Landis, California Department of Water Resources
Eric Oppenheimer, State Water Resources Control Board
Mark Larsen, General Manager, Kaweah Delta WCD
4:15 pm
Closing Remarks
Ted Johnson, GRA President
POSTER PRESENTATIONS will be available for viewing throughout the duration of the conference
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Planning Committee & Moderators
Steve Phillips - Chair
Matt Zidar - Co-Chair
Steve Phillips has been a Hydrologist with
the U.S. Geological Survey for 29 years. His
primary experience and interests involve using
simulation models to better understand hydrologic
systems and developing tools to help manage
these systems. Most of his career has been
spent addressing issues related to irrigated
agriculture, artificial recharge, land subsidence, and associated water
supply issues in the San Joaquin and Antelope Valleys, California.
Recently, he has worked with the Stanislaus and Tuolumne Rivers
Groundwater Basin Association and other local entities to develop a
hydrologic model of the Modesto region, and with the San Joaquin
River Restoration Program on assessing the potential effects of
restoration efforts on the existing drainage issues in the region.
Steve currently hold the position of Secretary of GRA, and is the
editor of HydroVisions, GRA’s newsletter.
Matt Zidar has 30 years of water management and
planning experience in both the public and private
sector. He has a Bachelor of Science in Watershed
Management/Hydrology from Colorado State
University. He currently works for GEI, Inc. out of
Sacramento. His work has included developing
integrated water resources management plans,
groundwater management plans and coordination of related
project evaluations, feasibility studies, modeling and policy
evaluations. He has expertise in groundwater and surface water
hydrology, conjunctive use, flood control, water quality, salt/nutrient
management, seawater intrusion, water conservation, water rights,
project formulation and feasibility studies, environmental compliance,
and facilitation of stakeholder process.
Alyx Karpowicz, PG - Co-Chair
Alyx Karpowicz has been an engineering geologist
at the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality
Control Board for nearly six years. In that time, she
has managed everything from large and complex
site cleanup facilities to active landfills. Prior
to her time at the Water Board, Alyx worked in
environmental consulting for five years.
Emily Vavricka - Co-Chair
Emily Vavricka is a Project Scientist with EEC
Environmental in Orange, California. She has
over 12 years of experience in environmental
consulting and litigation support. The majority
of her career has focused on litigation cases
involving environmental liability, cost recovery
and contribution actions, and environmental
forensic investigations involving soil and
groundwater contamination issues of various contaminants, such
as chlorinated solvents and perchlorate. She specializes in the use
of environmental forensic techniques in order to identify potentially
responsible parties and determine the source, age, fate and transport
of contaminants in soil and groundwater. She is co-author in one
book chapter and several peer reviewed scientific publications on
the topics of environmental forensics and perchlorate. She holds
a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of California,
Riverside and an M.S. in Environmental Science from California State
University, Fullerton. Ms. Vavricka currently serves as a Director on
GRA’s Board of Directors and is the current GRA Southern California
Branch Secretary and past President.
Kevin D. Brown, PG, CEG
Kevin D. Brown, PG, CEG, is an engineering
geologist in the San Francisco Bay Regional Water
Quality Control Board’s Toxics Cleanup Division,
where he regulates the assessment and cleanup of
numerous petroleum and chlorinated hydrocarbon
contamination sites. Mr. Brown has over 28 years
of experience in Northern California working on a
wide variety of environmental, geotechnical and engineering geology
projects. He is a co-author of the July 31, 2009, Assessment Tool
for Closure of Low-Threat Chlorinated Solvent Sites, a document
prepared by the Groundwater Committee of the Regional Board.
Rob Gailey, PG, CHG
Rob Gailey has been a practicing hydrogeologist
since 1985. His work, involving both water supply
and contaminant hydrogeology, ranges from
performing field investigations and quantitative
analysis to regulatory negotiation and expert
witness engagements. Rob earned a B.S. in
Geology/Biology from Brown University, an M.S. in
Applied Hydrogeology from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. from
University of California Berkeley.
Tim Ginn, Professor
Professor Tim Ginn received his undergraduate
degrees in Classics and Hydrology from UVa and
his masters (1985) in water resource systems and
doctorate (1988) in hydrogeology from Purdue
Civil Engineering. Before joining the UCD faculty
in 1996, Dr. Ginn was employed as a senior
research scientist at Battelle’s Pacific NW National
Lab in Richland, WA. He studies reactive transport of multiphase,
multicomponent mixtures in natural and engineered environments,
include contaminant hydrogeology, groundwater age, microbialinduced calcite precipitation, in situ bioremediation and bacterial/
colloid transport, inverse problems, and multimedia risk assessment
for new/ alternative fuels.
Planning Committee & Moderators (continued)
Brad Herrema
Brad Herrema is a Shareholder in Brownstein
Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Santa Barbara office and
a member of the firm’s Water & Public Lands and
Public Agency Groups. His practice includes a
broad range of water issues in the Southwest,
including strategic water supply planning, water
rights permitting and regulatory compliance,
adjudications of groundwater rights, water utility concerns, Indian
water rights and environmental matters affecting water use, including
CEQA compliance and water quality issues, including those arising
under the federal Clean Water Act and California Porter-Cologne
Water Quality Control Act. Brad works closely with numerous public
water agencies, special districts, private landowners and water
utilities, assisting them with transactional negotiations, litigation
and administrative agency proceedings. He serves as counsel
to the Chino Basin Watermaster and the South Tahoe Public
Utility District, and represents private landowners in the Antelope
Valley Groundwater Adjudication and golf courses throughout the
Southwest. Brad is a Groundwater Resources Association Director
and the former Secretary of the Board of Directors.
Vicki Kretsinger Grabert
Vicki is the President and a Principal Hydrologist
with Luhdorff & Scalmanini, Consulting Engineers
(LSCE) with more than 30 years of experience in
groundwater quality assessment and groundwater
management. She has an M.S. in water science
(with an emphasis on groundwater hydrology and
water quality) from the University of California,
Davis. She specializes in the understanding
of contaminant transport and fate in hydrologic systems and the
potential implication of the presence of natural or man-made
contaminants. She has managed county and basin-wide groundwater
monitoring programs, groundwater management plans, water supply
assessments, analysis of groundwater conditions, and accompanying
data management systems. Vicki is the Founding President of
GRA and a GRA Director. On behalf of GRA, she is a co-leader of
the California Water Plan Update 2013 Groundwater Caucus. She
planned and organized GRA’s Contemporary Groundwater Issues
Council, now in its fourth year.
Brian Lewis, PG, CEG, CHG
Brian Lewis is Chief of the Geological Services
Unit, Northern California, Department of Toxic
Substances Control. His unit is responsible for
providing geological support primarily on Resource
Conservation and Recovery (RCRA) land disposal
facilities, both operating and closing. Mr. Lewis
has thirty-four years of experience, working on all
aspects of water resources. He obtained his B.A. degree in geology
with an emphasis in water resources from Occidental College, Los
Angeles, CA. He has worked for the Department of Water Resources,
State Water Resources Control Board, US Environmental Protection
Agency (US EPA), Washington D.C., and the Department of Toxic
Substances Control. He has been a Board member of GRA since
its inception. Mr. Lewis has severed in all board elected positions,
including President (1998-1999). He is a State Representative on US
EPA’s Groundwater Forum. He is a Registered Geologist, Certified
Engineering Geologist, and Certified Hydrogeologist.
Abigail McNally
Abigail McNally is the Director of Sales and
Marketing at Confluence Environmental, an
environmental field services company committed
to providing the highest level of sampling
and technical field support services. Abigail’s
professional experience includes client service,
sales and marketing management at Kiff
Analytical. Ms. McNally was responsible for improving laboratory
efficiency, consistency and the quality of project management. Abigail
received a Bachelor of Science degree in Managerial Economics
with an emphasis in Agricultural and Resource Economics from
the University of California, Davis (2001). Ms. McNally is also the
immediate past president of the Northern California Professional
Environmental Marketing Association (PEMA), and has served as the
workshop coordinator, vice president and president of PEMA. Abigail
is currently the vice president of the GRA San Francisco Bay Branch,
participates on various committees, and has served as the GRA San
Francisco Bay Branch secretary and is a contributing author to GRA’s
quarterly publication, HydroVisions.
Professor Jean Moran
Professor Jean Moran is an associate professor
in the Department of Earth and Environmental
Science at California State University, East Bay.
Her research focuses on using naturally-occurring
and introduced isotopes to examine geochemical
and transport processes in the vadose zone and in
groundwater. Over the last 15 years, she has led
numerous projects on groundwater vulnerability, fate and transport
of nitrate, and groundwater transport near artificial recharge areas
under the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment project
sponsored by the California State Water Resources Control Board.
Professor Moran has a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the University
of Rochester, Bachelor’s degrees in physics and geology from the
University of Rochester and a Master’s degree in geophysics from
the University of Washington. She has been an author on more than
40 peer-reviewed publications and was a Groundwater Resources
Association of California Board Member from 2006-2011.
Timothy Parker, PG, CEG, CHG
Tim Parker is Principal Hydrogeologist, Parker
Groundwater Management, California, specializing
in groundwater resources assessment,
development and management. His experience
includes water policy analysis, strategic water
resources planning, groundwater management
plan development and program implementation,
regional and project scale groundwater monitoring for quantity and
quality, and groundwater recharge & storage projects. He formerly
worked for Schlumberger Water Services bringing oil and gas
industry geophysical tools and technologies to water industry clients,
and prior to that he was with the California Department of Water
Services Conjunctive Water Management Program. Tim serves
Groundwater Resources Association of California as Director and
Legislative Chairman, California Groundwater Coalition as Director,
and National Ground Water Association as Scientist’s and Engineers
Division Director. Tim is also actively involved with the Association of
California Water Agencies Groundwater Committee activities. He is
principal writer on Sustainability from the Ground Up, Groundwater
Management in California, a Framework (ACWA 2011), and coauthored the books Potential Groundwater Quality Impacts Resulting
from Geologic Carbon Sequestration (WRF 2009), and California
Groundwater Management (GRA 2005).
Jim Strandberg, PG, CHG
Jim Strandberg has 30 years of consulting
experience providing a broad range of water
resources and environmental services to publicand private-sector clients. His water resources
experience focuses primarily on groundwater and
includes water quality investigations at local to
regional scales; design, construction, performance
assessment, and rehabilitation of water supply wells; aquifer testing;
groundwater flow and solute transport modeling; groundwater
source and supply assessment; stakeholder and news media
engagement; and state regulatory compliance. His environmental
experience includes providing strategic, regulatory, and technical
direction; developing and managing multi-disciplinary groundwater,
soil, sediment, surface water, and stormwater studies and field
investigations; evaluation and implementation of remedial activities;
and litigation support.
Jim is a long-standing Director and Past-President of the
Groundwater Resources Association of California. He has held
numerous leadership roles including Founding President of the
San Francisco Bay Branch. He has testified before the California
Legislature on pending groundwater legislation.
Stephanie Uriostegui
Stephanie is a PhD candidate in the Department
of Earth Science at the University of California,
Santa Barbara and a Livermore Graduate Scholar
at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
She received a BS in Biology from California State
University, Fullerton.
Scott D. Warner, PG, CEG, CHG
Scott D. Warner, a Principal with ENVIRON
International Corporation in Emeryville, California,
has worked as a consulting hydrogeologist since
1987. His work has focused on development
and implementation of innovative groundwater
resource remediation and protection methods
for projects in California and throughout North
America with additional experience in South America, Europe,
Australia and Hong Kong. Scott also has developed experience
in hydrologic basin analysis, fracture flow, and water resource
development and has published substantially on related topics. He
is a registered Professional Geologist, Certified Hydrogeologist, and
Certified Engineering Geologist in California and received his MS in
Geology from Indiana University and BS in Engineering Geology from
UCLA. Scott also is President of the Bay Planning Coalition in the
San Francisco Bay Area which is a non-profit, membership-based
organization representing public and private entities in maritime and
related shoreline businesses.
Jessica Watkins
Jessica Watkins recently joined the San Francisco
Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board as a
Water Resource Control Engineer in the NPDES
Wastewater Division. Jessica previously worked
in environmental consulting at ENVIRON, where
she primarily worked on site assessment and
remediation projects, litigation cases, and due
diligence. She has engineering degrees from both UC Berkeley
and Stanford, and also has degrees in international relations and
Spanish.
Brett Wyckoff, PG, CEG, CHG
Brett Wyckoff is a Senior Engineering Geologist
with the California Department of Water Resources
(DWR), and is a Certified Hydrogeologist and
Certified Engineering Geologist. He has worked
24 years with various groundwater-related
programs in state and county agencies. He started
out his career overseeing investigations and
cleanups at groundwater contamination sites. He later participated
in the development of the State Waterboard’s Statewide Ambient
Groundwater Monitoring Assessment (GAMA) Program. With DWR,
he has focused on groundwater management and worked with the
Integrated Regional Water Management Program and Regional
Partnership Program. Currently, Brett is involved with implementing
the California Statewide Groundwater Elevation Monitoring
(CASGEM) Program.
The conference co-chairs thank the
following for their helpful contributions:
David Abbott, Consulting Geologist
Sarah Kline, Administrative Director, GRA
Mark Lubell, Professor & Director, Center for
Environmental Policy and Behavior, UC Davis
Dan Wendell, Associate Director, Groundwater, The
Nature Conservancy
Sponsors & Exhibitors
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408-573-0555 (p) / 408-573-7771 (f)
[email protected]
“Blaine Tech specializes in high-quality groundwater monitoring,
sampling and field data collection services. In addition to
surface water sampling, private well sampling and production
well sampling, Blaine Tech has 25+ years of experience sampling
groundwater wells including extensive low-flow and deep well
(1,000’ bgs) sampling experience. With offices located throughout
the state, Blaine Tech can provide consistent, high-quality,
cost-effective field sampling and documentation services on the
largest projects in California.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Reception Sponsor
Brad Herrema, Shareholder
1020 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
805-963-7000 (p) / 805-965-4333 (f)
[email protected]
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck is a unique law firm. Walk in any
of our offices and you’ll immediately recognize a different type of
energy. Complacency doesn’t have a place here. Flexibility and
inspiration do. Our culture and enthusiasm allow our attorneys,
legislative consultants and legal staff to stay ahead of our clients’
needs and provide them with the resources they require to meet
their business objectives.
California Laboratory Services
Exhibitor
Scott Furnas, President
3249 Fitzgerald Rd.
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
800-638-7301 (p)
[email protected]
California Laboratory Services are a State certifed small
business performing analytical chemistry on a full service basis.
Celebrating our 20th year in business, our laboratory is located in
Rancho Cordova, CA with a service center located in Bakersfield
CA. CLS performs a full range of analytical services including
bacteria,metals,herbicdes & pesticdes, VOC’s and SVOC’s and
much more. Our free courier service is available upon request;
let us help you take away the stress of having to ship or transport
the samples. We look forward to serving you.
Cascade Drilling
Exhibitor and Reception Bar Sponsor
Eric Sandberg, Vice President
120 South 23rd
Richmond, CA 94804
415-786-7244 (p)
[email protected]
Cascade Drilling, L.P. is a recognized leader in providing
extensive safety training for our employees. We believe that all
accidents and injuries are preventable and have a goal of zero
accidents. Our safety program is directed by our Vice President
of Safety and DOT compliance, Gary Crueger and his staff.
Confluence Environmental Field Services
Exhibitor
Abigail McNally, Director of Sales and Marketing
3308 El Camino Avenue, Suite 300, #148
Sacramento, CA 95821
510-837-8740 (p)
[email protected]
Confluence Environmental Field Services is committed to
providing the highest level of sampling and technical field
services at competitive rates. Our field experience, superior
equipment and expertise ensure that jobs run safely,
smoothly, and efficiently. We offer support in all aspects of
project management from performing general maintenance
on monitoring wells. Based on your project demands we can
compliment your company’s existing field staff, or operate
independently. Confluence Environmental is a California State
Certified Small Business, maintains C-8, C-12 and C-57 Licenses
with HAZ -Hazardous Substance Removal Certification and is
ISNetworld® and PICS certified. We provide services throughout
California and the greater Western States.
DHI, North America
Exhibitor
Robert Prucha, Manager Water Resources
141 Union Blvd. Ste 425
Lakewood, CO 80228
303-885-3277 (p)
[email protected]
DHI is the first expert you should call with tough challenges to
solve in water environments – be it a river, reservoir, ocean,
coastline, or within a city or factory. We have 50 years of
dedicated research and real-life experience acquired from more
than 140 countries. We strive to make this knowledge globally
accessible to clients and partners through our local teams in
more than 30 countries, and our unique software tools. Our world
is water. So whether you need to save it, share it fairly, improve
its quality, quantify its impact, or manage its flow, we can help.
EnviroTech Services Company
McCampbell Analytical, Inc.
Exhibitor
Fred Ousey, Owner
4851 Sunrise Drive, Ste. 101
Martinez, CA 94553
925-370-1541 (p)
[email protected]
Exhibitor
Rosa Venegas, Sales Manager
1534 Willow Pass Road
Fort Collins, CA 94553
925-252-9262 (p) / 925-252-9269 (f)
[email protected]
EnviroTech Services provides quality environmental products
for purchase and rent. Since 1988, we offer a full range of
goetechnical and geological equipment for field projects of all
types.
McCampbell Analytical, Inc. is a full service, small business
laboratory with over 20 years of experience in testing for drinking
water, effluent, sediment, hazardous waste, air & soil vapor in a
wide variety of chemical compounds including organic, inorganic
& metallic contaminants. McCampbell Analytical is located in the
San Francisco Bay Area & is situated in a 32,000 sq. ft. facility
that can accommodate over 500 analysis for virtually all matrices
on a standard 5 day TAT. McCampbell is best known for customer
service, excellent sensitivity, analytical diversity & extended
business hours (M-F, 8AM-9PM).
GEI Consultants, Bookman-Edmonston
Division
Co-Sponsor & Lunch Sponsor
Matt Zidar, Principal Hydrologist
2868 Prospect Park, Suite 400
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
916-631-4500 (p) / 916.631.4501 (f)
[email protected]
Established in 1970, GEI Consultants, Inc. focuses primarily on
groundwater and water resources, geotechnical engineering,
environmental engineering, ecological sciences, and civil design.
In 2003, GEI acquired Bookman-Edmonston, a water resources
engineering firm renowned for helping solve California’s water
needs since 1959. Today, GEI employs about 650 people in 34
offices nationwide, with five offices located in California. GEI has
a vibrant water resources practice, which provides municipal,
state, and federal agencies with a full array of services, including
supporting local groundwater planning, management and
engineering.
In-Situ
Exhibitor
Bill Mann, Regional Sales Manager
221 E. Lincoln Ave.
Fort Collins, CA 94553
925-370-1541 (p)
[email protected]
EnviroTech Services provides quality environmental products
for purchase and rent. Since 1988, we offer a full range of
goetechnical and geological equipment for field projects of all
types.
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Refreshment Sponsor
Sevim Onsoy, Hydrologist/Water Resources Specialist
303 Second Street Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-243-2150 (p) / 415-896-0999 (f)
[email protected]
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants is proud of its 95-year history of
being an employee-owned firm headquartered in San Francisco
since 1919. They are an award-winning engineering sciences
consulting firm consistently ranked in the Top 150 on the
Engineering News-Record’s list of top engineering firms.
Kennedy/Jenks currently has over 430 staff located in 25 offices
throughout the United States.
National Exploration, Wells & Pumps
Exhibitor
Jacob Gallagher, Sales Manager
1961 Meeker Ave
Richmond, CA 94804
510-236-6282 (p)
[email protected]
Born of this industry and built on a foundation of integrity, our
strength lies in our MSHA/OSHA trained, experienced personnel.
Our dedicated drill crews are supported by a management
team, composed of industry veterans, and strategically placed
field support teams that are able to respond 24/7. Dedicated
to our clients and our employees, National strives to restore
fundamental industry principles that align safety, experience,
industry-best equipment and 24/7 support to provide dependable,
professional drilling services. We welcome the opportunity to
demonstrate our capabilities and earn your trust.
Regenesis
Exhibitor
Steve Nigro, Pacific District Manager
1011 Calle Sombra
San Clemente, CA 92673
949-366-8000 (p) / 949-366-8090 (f)
[email protected]
Our mission is to develop, manufacture and market advanced,
innovative technologies for the restoration or remediation of
natural resources such as groundwater and soil. Regenesis’
efforts are driven by and focused on technology performance,
customer needs and cost-effectiveness. Our technologies will
be supported by the highest level of scientific research and
technical support within the industry. Looking forward, we will
seek out and explore new technologies for the prevention and/or
remediation of a broad range of environmental concerns.
ROTAPUMP
Exhibitor
Donald McEdwards, Dr.
1025 Hearst Willits Road
Willits, CA 95490
707-354-4618 (p) / 707-459-1084 (f)
[email protected]
ROTAPUMP manufactures and sells a portable, AC or DC,
surface- mounted inertial lift groundwater purging and sampling
pump. Use one pump for all your monitoring wells. No decon.
Sample for VOCs at specific depths without sample agitation.
Ideal for low flow sampling and constant rate well tests.
Sponsors & Exhibitors (continued)
SiLi Sigmund Lindner GmbH
West Yost Associates
Exhibitor
Don Langlois, Sales Manager
Oberwarmensteinacher Str. 38
Warmensteinach, Bavaria 95485 Germany
+49-9277-9940 (p) / +49-9277-99499 (f)
[email protected]
Co-Sponsor
Jim Strandberg, Sr. Hydrogeologist
1777 Botelho Drive, Suite 240
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
925-949-5800 (p) / 925 949-5845 (f)
[email protected]
Sigmund Lindner, a fifth generation family enterprise,
manufactures and distributes different types of glass and
ceramic beads. Since 2007 SiLi glass beads are a revolution in
water well construction and functionality, reducing operation
and maintenance costs and enhancing a longer lifetime cycle at
increased well capacity and performance. Pure and clean. Easy
handling. No bridging or jamming in the filling process. Best
rehabilitation capability due to high pore volume and regular
pore channels. For the first time all physical and hydrological
properties of a filter pack medium stay consistent over the entire
well lifetime-cycle. For more information contact us: www.sili.eu.
West Yost Associates is a consulting engineering firm
headquartered in Davis, California with seven offices in California
and Oregon, including Walnut Creek, Santa Rosa, Irvine, and
Eugene locations. West Yost provides a higher level of client
service around a focused area of technical expertise on water
projects, including groundwater, stormwater, surface water and
wastewater projects. We provide a broad depth of experience
in planning, design, construction management, and program
management services. Our staff includes certified or registered
professionals in civil and environmental engineering, geology,
and hydrogeology; land surveying; water and wastewater
treatment; GIS; and construction inspection and construction
management.
Solinst Canada Ltd.
Exhibitor
Claire Rethoret, Sales and Technical Representative
35 Todd Rd.
Georgetown, ON L7G 4R8
905-873-2255 (p) / 905-873-1992 (f)
[email protected]
In business for over 35 years, Solinst is dedicated to providing
clients with high quality groundwater and surface water
monitoring instrumentation. They offer a broad range of practical
equipment used by hydrogeologists and hydrologists around
the world. Their product line features Leveloggers, Telemetry
Systems, Water Level Meters, Interface Meters, Peristaltic Pumps,
Drive-Points, Groundwater Samplers, Multilevel Systems and the
Waterloo Emitter. They provide exceptional customer service,
and leading-edge instruments designed for repeatable accuracy,
ease-of-use, and durability.
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Woodward Drilling Company, Inc.
Exhibitor
Judie Snyder-Poblano, Director of Business Development
550 River Road
Rio Vista, CA 94571
707-374-4300 (p) / 707-374-5677 (f)
[email protected]
“Woodward Drilling Company is a WMBE/DBE/SBE company
established in 1990. We service all of California and Nevada. We
specialize in Environmental and Geotechnical Drilling. Woodward
Drilling is always adding new services to their portfolio in
efforts to help their clients complete their jobs at cost or under.
Woodward Drilling is proud to now have expanded to add a
Waste Water Treatment and Discharge facility to their site that
can treat and discharge up to 50,000 gallons a day. Woodward
also handles soil and water transportation and disposal for Non
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General
Poster Presentations
Comparison of Groundwater and Surface-Water Use in California, 1985-2010
Justin Brandt, U.S. Geological Survey - Loren Metzger, Diane Rewis, and Charles Berenbrock
Summary of Land Subsidence Monitoring at Three Stations in the Southern Sacramento Valley
Tad Bedegrew, California Department of Water Resources - Chris Bonds and Mark Souverville
Development and Implementation of a Basin-Wide Groundwater Model of the Rialto-Colton Basin for the Source Area
Operable Unit Remedy for the Rockets, Fireworks, and Flares Superfund Site
Steve Luis, ENVIRON International Corporation - Alka Singhal, Catherine Talbot, Truong Mai, George Linkletter
Mobile Solutions Tool for Environmental Data Collection and Online Publishing
Mark Raybuck, Parsons
Summary of Recent, Historical, and Estimated Potential for Future Land Subsidence in California
Steven Springhorn, California Department of Water Resources - Chris Bonds, Trevor Joseph, Mary Scruggs, Dan McManus
Paper, Digital, Online – The Transition to Online Well Completion Report Submissions to the California Department of
Water Resources
Christina Boggs, California Department of Water Resources - Eric Senter
Hydraulic Fracturing for OIl and Gas Production in California - Water Use and Water Quality
Thomas Johnson, Thomas Johnson Associates - Eric M. Nichols
The Development of Guidelines and Procedures for Land Subsidence Investigations: An Arizona Perpective
Kenneth C. Fergason, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc.
Local Groundwater Management Planning in the San Francisquito Cone, San Mateo County California
Tess Byler, Sustainable Watershed Management - Peter Drekmeier
Sustainable Capture: Concepts for Managing Stream-Aquifer Systems
Jeffrey C. Davids, Davids Engineering - Steffen Mehl
Groundwater Discharge along the Southern California Coast; Geophysical Images of Three States of Salt Water Intrusion
John Jansen, Leggette, Brashears and Graham
Accelerated Biodegradation of Petroleum and Chlorinated Contaminants Facilitated by an In Situ Colloidal Biomatrix
Ben Mork, Ph.D., Vice President of R&D, Regenesis - Stephanie Rittenhouse, Kristen Thoreson, and Craig Sandefur
Best Practices for Obtaining Site Closure for Enhanced Aerobic Bioremediation Applications at MTBE/TBA Sites
Dan Nunez, Regenesis - Jack Sheldon, Craig Sandefur
Student Poster Presentations
Statistical and Spatial Analysis of Inorganic Anions, Cations and Radionuclides in California’s Groundwater:
Establishing a Background and Analyzing Spatial Variability
Andrew Renshaw, California State University East Bay and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Andrew M. Renshaw,
Bradley K. Esser and Richard K. Bibby
Quantifying Seasonal Groundwater Recharge in Snow-Dominated Basins in the Sierra Nevada using Cosmogenic S-35
S.H. Urióstegui, University of California, Santa Barbara - R.K. Bibby, B.K. Esser and J.F. Clark
Estimation of Oxygen Demand and Aerobic Tert-Butyl Alcohol Biodegradation Kinetics Utilizing Batch Microcosms
Peter Dennehy, University of California, Davis - Juan Peng, Nicholas De Sieyes, Radomir Schmidt, and Douglas Mackay
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Association of California Water Agencies
California Department of Toxic Substances Control
California Department of Water Resources
International Association of Hydrogeologists
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
United States Geological Survey
Water Education Foundation