The objectives for GRA’s Fifth Annual Meeting are to bring together a variety of professionals working on groundwater problems and solutions to present new ideas, exchange information, and develop new directions for groundwater development, management, and protection. To this end, special concurrent symposia, including both groundwater resource and environmental contamination sessions, will address topics relevant to the meeting theme. Presentations will provide forums on the Safe Drinking Water Act, Superfund, Reclaimed Water, Seawater Intrusion, Groundwater Cleanup and Performance Goals, Insitu Remediation Techniques, Groundwater Protection and Cleanup Policy, Groundwater Management Programs, a short course in Risk-Based Corrective Action, and more. This year's meeting reflects the increasing need for collaboration of professionals with expertise in a variety of disciplines to:

• better understand complex whole-earth system processes and identify research needs
• enhance data management, analysis and modeling techniques
• develop innovative solutions to existing water quality problems
• address institutional and policy issues constraining comprehensive management of the state's water resources; and
• pursue science-based approaches to sustaining water resources.

The 1996 program will highlight the necessity to integrate research across traditional disciplines to effectively incorporate groundwater science into policy and legal decisions that accomplish a whole-ecosystem approach to management of California's water resources. Each day at noon, we have scheduled keynote speakers to stimulate your lunch time discussions. On Thursday, Dr. Joseph Birman, President of GSI and former Geology Chair of Occidental College, will be discussing groundwater data and multi-disciplinary approaches to develop solutions to groundwater issues. Our Friday keynote speaker will be a representative from NASA that will provide a more futuristic approach to evaluating water issues on other planets.

DAY 1: Thursday, October 10, 1996
7:00 - 8:00 am Registration
8:00 - 8:30 am Welcome to GRA's Fifth Annual Meeting: Multi-Disciplinary Solutions to California Groundwater Issues, Introduction of Officers and Conference Concurrent Sessions, Schedule and Layout of Conference

Groundwater Resources Sessions
SESSION 1: IMPLICATIONS OF THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT ON THE GROUNDWATER INDUSTRY
8:30 - 9:00 am Invited Speaker Overview of the Safe Drinking Water Act
9:00 - 9:30 am Bruce A. Macler, United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Status of the Groundwater Disinfection Rule - the Crystal Ball is Beginning to Clear....
9:30 - 10:00 am Dr. Lee Shull, Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, Arsenic, Threshold Carcinogen, Implications to Drinking Water Standard
10:00 - 10:30 am BREAK

SESSION 2: SUPERFUND ISSUES FACED BY THE GROUNDWATER INDUSTRY
10:30 - 11:00 am John Allen, Esq., Graham & James, Superfund: An Overview from the Private Sector and Prospects for Reform
11:00 - 11:30 am Jim Goodrich, San Gabriel Valley Water District, Finding Consensus in the Largest Superfund Site (San Gabriel Valley)
11:30 - 12:00 pm Jon Bishop, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region, San Gabriel Superfund - A Regulator's Perspective
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH GRA ANNUAL MEETING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Joseph Birman, President, GSI/w (Geothermal Surveys Inc.), Avoid Developing Multi-disciplinary Solutions to California Groundwater Issues and Quit Re-evaluating the Existing Date... or... Don't Keep Looking, You May Not Like What You Find.

SESSION 3: RECLAIMED WATER ISSUES
1:30 - 2:00 pm Steve Kasower, California Department of Water Resources, Economic Issues Associated with Reclaimed Water
2:00 - 2:30 pm Earle Hartling, Los Angeles County Sanitation District, Answers to Real and Perceived Concerns Regarding Groundwater Replenishment with Reclaimed Water
2:30 - 3:00 pm Steve Bachman, Integrated Water Technologies, Constructed Wetlands - Using Reclaimed Water
3:00 - 3:30 pm BREAK
3:30 - 4:00 pm Ken Thompson, Irvine Ranch Water District, Overcoming Environmental and Political Challenges in a New Reclamation Project (Newport Bay)
4:00 - 4:30 pm David Ebersold, Montgomery-Watson, Evaluation of Direct Injection of Reclaimed Water in a Potable Water Aquifer in the Alamitos Gap Seawater Intrusion Barrier
4:30 - 5:00 pm Tim Silvich, Orange County Water District,Use of Tracer Isotopes as a Method to Age Date Groundwater and Determine Flow Paths at the Talbert Seawater Intrusion Barrier
5:30 - 7:30 pm EXHIBITOR SPONSORED SOCIAL

DAY 2: Friday, October 11, 1996
7:30 - 8:30 am Registration
Groundwater Resources Sessions
SESSION 1: KEY ISSUES FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
8:30 - 9:00 am Carl J. Hauge, California Department of Water Resources, Groundwater Management in California
9:00 - 9:30 am Judy Bloom, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Well Head Protection Programs -- the Federal Perspective
9:30 - 10:00 am Lisa Anderson, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Containment Zones (SWRCB Policy #92-49) -- How Do You Manage a Groundwater Basin?
10:00 - 10:30 am BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 am Steve Yaeger, Cal Fed Bay-Delta Program, Groundwater Management Strategies in the Cal Fed Bay-Delta Alternatives
11:00 - 11:30 am Linda Spencer, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region, A New Framework for Designating Groundwater Beneficial Use in the San Francisco Bay Area
11:30 - 12:00 pm William Mills, Orange County Water District, Groundwater Management with Native Water, Imported Water, Recycled Water and Seawater Intrusion
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Representative from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Europa! Water Discovered! Interplanetary Water Resources Evaluations for the Next Millennium...Are You Ready?

SESSION 2: SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER INTERFACE ISSUES...THE FINE LINE
1:30 - 2:00 pm Mark Williamson, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Technical Issues Associated with the Interface of Surface Water and Groundwater
2:00 - 2:30 pm Anne Thomas, Esq., Best, Best & Krieger, Surface Water and Groundwater Interface Issues - Legal Implications
2:30 - 3:00 pm David Abbott, Todd Engineers, Case Study Accentuating the Issues Associated with the Surface Water and Groundwater Interface
3:00 - 3:15 pm BREAK
3:15 - 5:00 pm PANEL DISCUSSION -- GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT: WHAT IS THE BEST WAY? MODERATOR: Carl Hauge, California Department of Water Resources PANELISTS: Jan Goldsmith, Esq., Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, City/County Ordinances....Are They Self Defeating? Dan Keppen, Tehama County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, An Ordinance Example and AB 3030 Application John Peterson, San Diego County, Grappling with Groundwater Availability and Land Use Fred Gientke, General Manager, United Water Conservation District, Management by Adjudication, AB 3030, Groundwater Management Agency and Conservation District
5:00 pm ANNUAL MEETING ADJOURNED

DAY 1: Thursday, October 10, 1996
Environmental Sessions
SESSION 1: RE-EXAMINING GROUNDWATER CLEANUP AND PERFORMANCE GOALS
8:30 - 9:00 am Tim Parker, Law Companies, Industry Trends for Groundwater Cleanup: Where Have We Come From and Where are We Going?
9:00 - 9:30 am Roy Herndon, Orange County Water District, An Update of Groundwater Contamination in Orange County - Chlorinated Compounds, Including MTBE
9:30 - 10:00 am Eliana M. Makhlouf, Montgomery Watson, Fuel Product Action Level Development Report (FPALDA): An Innovative Approach to Cost-Effective, Risk-Based Cleanup at Fuel Sites, Presidio of San Francisco
10:00 - 10:30 am BREAK

SESSION 2: IN-SITU REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES
10:30 - 11:15 am Dong Li, Unocal ERS, Intrinsic Bioremediation: Case Study
11:15 - 12:00 am Don Marcus, Emcon Insitu Remediation Using Reactive Permeable Barriers
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH
ANNUAL MEETING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Joseph Birman, President, GSI/w (Geothermal Surveys Inc.), Avoid Developing Multi-disciplinary Solutions to California Groundwater Issues and Quit Re-evaluating the Existing Date... or... Don't Keep Looking, You May Not Like What You Find.
1:30 - 2:00 pm Parviz Montazer, Multimedia Environmental Technology, Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparging Modeling Results
2:00 - 2:30 pm Dr. Paul D. Lundegard, Unocal ERS, Air Sparging - A New Perspective on Performance and Design
2:30 - 3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 - 5:00 pm PANEL DISCUSSION - THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF GROUNDWATER PROTECTION AND CLEANUP POLICY (RISK-BASED APPROACHES, SB 1764 ADVISORY COMMITTEE FINDINGS, LLNL STUDY FINDINGS, AND CONTAINMENT ZONE POLICY EXAMINED) MODERATOR: Steven H. Goldberg, Esq., Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer Legal Implications of Risk-Based Approaches PANELISTS: Ijaz Jamall, President, Risk-Based Decisions, Inc. and former Toxicologist with DTSC Matt Small, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Dr. Lorne G. Everett, Geraghty & Miller, Research Laboratory at the University of Santa Barbara
5:30 - 7:30 pm EXHIBITOR SPONSORED SOCIAL

DAY 2: Friday, October 11, 1996
8:00 - 8:30 am Registration
ALL DAY SHORT COURSE: ASTM RISK-BASED CORRECTIVE ACTION (RBCA) FRAMEWORK TRAINING SESSION

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. E. Essi Esmaili, Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation, ASTM Certified Instructor

All Day Course. Class participants will be provided with a formal copy of ASTM-Training Manual and Standard Guide (E 1739-95). Course fee is to compensate ASTM for Copyright. This course is ordinarily a two-day course that is being condensed to a one-day course.

Participants will leave with a familiarity of RBCA, an understanding of how Risk-Based Screening Levels are developed, a foundation to the equations used in RBCA, the knowledge of how to apply RBCA, and much more. Dr. Esmaili is a dynamic instructor who has the ability to convert the most complex equation to its simple components so that the equation is understandable to his audience.

8:00 - 8:15 am Introduction to RBCA
8:15 - 8:45 am Case Studies
8:45 - 9:45 am Toxicity Assessment
9:45 - 10:00 am BREAK
10:00 - 11:30 pm Exposure Assessment/Risk Characterization/Estimation of Cleanup Goals
11:30 - 12:00 pm Fate and Transport
12:00 - 1:30 pm LUNCH KEYNOTE SPEAKER (NASA)
1:30 - 3:15 pm Fate and Transport
3:15 - 3:30 pm BREAK
3:30 - 5:30 pm RBCA Framework END OF RBCA TRAINING COURSE

GRA would like to thank all our speakers who have made time in their busy schedules to make their presentations. In particular, we would like to thank Carl Hauge of the California Department of Water Resources for his invaluable assistance in locating and confirming speakers for the various sessions and Dr. E. Essi Esmaili of Foster Wheeler Environmental Services for donating his services in providing the RBCA training. Lastly, we would like to thank you for taking the time to attend this annual meeting.

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REGISTRATION FEES
October 10 and 11, 1996 (Meeting Sessions, Luncheons, and Social)
GRA Member:
___Early Registration: (per person $165 (postmarked by Oct. 3, 1996)
___Registration at Door: (per person) $200
___RBCA Short Course: Additional* $50
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___Early Registration: (per person) $200 (postmarked by Oct. 3, 1996)
___Registration at Door: (per person) $250
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___GRA Member Daily Rate (Meeting Sessions and Luncheon): $125
___GRA Member RBCA Short Course (Manual and Luncheon): $175*
___Non Member Daily Rate (Meeting Sessions and Luncheon): $150
___Non Member RBCA Short Course (Manual and Luncheon): $200*
___Luncheon Only: (per person) $25
___Social Only: (per person) $30
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HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Directly contact the Wyndham Garden Hotel on 3350 Avenue of the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 at 714/751-0129. Special Room Rates for GRA Annual Meeting Attendees (need to specify) are as follows:
Single: $71.00 per night
Double: $81.00 per night.

Additional Questions on Annual Meeting: Contact either Susan Garcia or Mark Cutler at Foster Wheeler Environmental at 714/444-5500 or via fax at 714/444-5560. Exhibitors please contact Jim Carter at SPL Labs 714/447-6868