GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
o f C a l i f o r n i a
Central Coast Branch Dinner Meeting
Wednesday, March 14, 2011
Location: United Water Conservation District, 106 N. 8th St.,
Santa Paula, CA 93060
Board of Director Meeting Room
Meeting Sponsored by: WellJet
Evolution of the hydrogeologic understanding and groundwater management of the Ojai Basin, Ventura County, California
Jordan Kear, PG, CHG, CEG
Kear Groundwater
Please submit your RSVP online at http://grac.org/event/er_regform.asp?eid=216
The speaker for this meeting will be Jordan Kear of Kear Groundwater. Jordan will speak on hydrogeology, as well as groundwater management of the Ojai Basin. The GRA Central Coast Branch is pleased to have Jordan as our speaker for this meeting.
The Central Coast Branch will be holding officer elections at this meeting, also. Please send your nominations for the officer positions to: Tony Morgan, Central Coast Branch President (tonym@unitedwater.org) by 3:00pm on March 13th and they will be added to the ballot. We are seeking nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Our Speaker:
Jordan Kear has practiced groundwater resource and environmental geology professionally since 1994, a background that gives him a distinct blend of experience in both groundwater resource studies and environmental investigations. Hydrogeologic applications of Mr. Kear's projects typically address water supply needs of clients ranging in size from individual residential property owners to municipalities and regional water districts. Water well projects, basin-wide hydrogeologic evaluations, and recharge projects which involve water from both native and recycled sources comprise the majority of Mr. Kear's workload. Surface and groundwater interaction studies have proven to be a significant portion of recent projects, both in "basin and river" scale to "spring and well" scale applications. Among other appointments, Mr. Kear serves as the Agency Hydrogeologist of the Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency.
Mr. Kear is a Certified Hydrogeologist and a Professional Geologist in California, where he is a fifth-generation native. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Sciences from UC Santa Barbara and a Master of Science degree in Geology from CSU Northridge.
Topic:
Groundwater in the Ojai Valley has been a key sustaining resource for centuries. Like much of California, Ojai has seen periods of abundance and periods of drought. Sustainable use by the native peoples gave way to hand-dug and artesian wells, which gave way to pumps in increasingly deeper wells, which brought about the need for imported water and a "conjunctive use by necessity" in the 1940s before the term conjunctive use was even coined. Continued development was balanced with Matilija Water, Casitas Water, and local groundwater while the basin, with a Tributary Area to Alluvial Area Ratio (TA3R) of about 4 to 1, responded rapidly to periods of drought and periods of excess rainfall. Several studies on the Ojai Basin and the Ventura River Watershed gradually showed an increased understanding of the groundwater systems, but it was the formation of the Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency in the early 1990s that proved to be a springboard to the advances of the ensuing decades. Although budgets were limited, the "paper power" of the OBGMA and the dedication of its Board afforded the preparation of a groundwater management plan, funding of graduate-level studies, and later, successful pursuit of State-funded grants that allow for significant contributions to the understanding of the basin. What was first illustrated as a simple sandbox basin has been demonstrated to be a complex, stratified groundwater basin with distinct aquifers of varying degrees of confinement, water quality and hydrogeologic characterisitics. The modern understanding of the Ojai Basin has been modeled with a detailed MODFLOW groundwater model, and a highly-ranked groundwater recharge project is in its final stages of design. The San Antonio Creek Spreading Grounds Rehabilitation Project is part of the County of Ventura's high priority set of projects in the Integrated Regional Water Management Program, having received a portion of the County's $25 million Proposition 50 Implementation Grant Award from the State of California. Construction on the SACSGRP is slated for summer 2012. Several other projects are in the works for the basin, and the contribution of the basin understanding both internally and in a regional frame of reference will continue to evolve.
The March 14, 2012 meeting agenda:6:15-6:30 PM -- Registration
6:30 to 7:30 PM -- Dinner, Announcements, Business Meeting
7:30 to 8:30 PM -- Keynote Speaker
Cost: $25 members, $30 non-members, $10 for students. The scholarship fund receives $5 of the proceeds for each member and non-member RSVP.
Location:
We are meeting in Board of Directors Room at United Water Conservation District in Santa Paula, CA.
From the 101 in Ventura take the 126 to the 10th Street Exit (exit 12 / Hwy 150), turn left at Hwy150/S 10th Street, go north on 10th Street to 3rd left (Main Street), turn left onto Main St, go to 8th Street. UWCD is on the northwest corner of 8th Street and Main Street.
Reservations:
The Central Coast Branch is using GRA's online registration system for this meeting. The online reservation process is quick and easy. You may pay by credit card or check/cash at the door.
Please use the online RSVP system (http://grac.org/event/er_regform.asp?eid=216), or alternatively contact Ryan Drake (805-882-1446 or email: rdrake@bhfs.com) to make your reservation Tuesday, March 13 at noon so we can arrange for the food and drinks.
This Month's Sponsor:
Our sponsor for this meeting is WellJet. WellJet restores well capacity by utilizing an array of custom-built, high-pressure self-rotating nozzles that deliver laminar streams of water downhole at up to 20,000 psi -- breaking even the toughest bonds between obstructions, the well screen and the filter zone.
IMPORTANT BRANCH NEWS
The Branch is dedicated to increasing awareness of issues related to groundwater in the Central Coast Region, as well as to providing a forum for groundwater and hydrogeology professionals to gather and discuss developments in their field. We are actively seeking suggestions for future meeting locations or other ways to improve access to our meetings across the varied landscape of the Central Coast.
Meetings of the Central Coast GRA:
Meetings of the Central Coast Branch of the GRA will be held approximately every second month, except in August.
Speakers and Presenters:
If you would like to make a presentation at an up-coming meeting of the GRA, Central Coast Branch, please contact Tony Morgan (tonym@unitedwater.org or 805-525-4431) or Ryan Drake (rdrake@bhfs.com or 805-882-1493). The tentative future presentation topics and speakers is listed below:
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 -- Jordan Kear, Kear Groundwater
Topic: Ojai Basin Hydrogeology and Management
Monday, May 21, 2012 -- Dr. John Cherry, GRA David Keith Todd Lecture Series
Topic: Aquitards... Why They Matter
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 -- William Alley, GRA David Keith Todd Lecture Series
Topic: TBD
Wednesday, September 05, 2012 -- Stephanie Diaz, UCSB
Topic: S-35 Isotope as an Intrinsic Tracer of Groundwater Recharge Near Managed Aquifer Recharge Operations
The Central Coast Branch has compiled a list of our members who are interested in speaking in their communities about issues that relate to groundwater. We call it the "Professionals in Groundwater Roster." We make this roster available to local business and civic organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and Service Clubs. If you would like to be on our "Professionals in Groundwater Roster," please e-mail Sam Schaefer at sschaefer@geiconsultants.com with: your name, address, and telephone number, as well as a short description of the topics you would be interested in speaking about. Local organizations that receive our roster may contact you directly.
Students:
Do you have interesting project data from your research on the geology and hydrogeology of the Central Coast area? The GRA would love to hear about the results of your research projects. If you would like to present your research at a future meeting, please contact Tony Morgan (tonym@unitedwater.org or 805-525-4431) and we will get you the appropriate details.
Meet Your Future Employer:
There is no better way for students and recent graduates to learn about the organizations active in the groundwater resources business than to attend the Branch meetings. Representatives of the region's environmental and engineering consulting companies, drilling organizations, legal firms, and various agencies (e.g., regulatory, county, public, water conservation) attend the meetings. Who knows, you may sit next to your future employer at a meeting.
Sponsors and Donations:
If you would like to sponsor a GRA Meeting or other event, or volunteer your time or services to any one of the many GRA-sponsored activities, please contact Sam Schaefer at sschaefer@geiconsultants.com or (805) 882-1483. Presently, we are in need of sponsorship or donations for our upcoming monthly meetings. Our sponsorship program has two levels:
• A cash donation of $100 will earn your company a mention in our meeting announcement as well as an opportunity to distribute information regarding services or products at our meeting; or
• For a donation of $300 or more your organization will be allotted 10 minutes to speak to the group and acquaint them with your services or products and the opportunity to distribute information.
The GRA branch welcomes any ideas for sponsorship that you may have.
Scholastic Sponsorship Program:
At the last Central Coast Branch meeting it was decided to initiate a scholastic sponsorship program, with local sponsors supporting our annual scholarship fund for students who are engaged in groundwater studies. If your organization is interested in participating as a Scholastic Sponsor for a future event, please contact a Branch Officer. Sponsors will be recognized at our meetings and on the GRA website.
Contacting the Central Coast Branch Officers:
If you have questions, comments, or would just like to contact one of the Central Coast Branch officers, you will find them at the following addresses:
President -- Tony Morgan
United Water Conservation District
805-525-4431
tonym@unitedwater.org
Vice President -- Louie Hengehold
Hopkins Groundwater Consultants, Inc.
(805) 653-5306
lhengehold.hgc@sbcglobal.net
Secretary -- Ryan Drake
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
(805) 882-1493
rdrake@bhfs.com
Treasurer -- Sam Schaefer
GEI Consultants, Bookman-Edmonston Division
(805) 882-1483
sschaefer@geiconsultants.com
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