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NOVEMBER 12 |
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12:00-12:50 pm
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Registration |
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12:50-1:00 pm
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Welcome
and Opening Remarks
Jim Carter, GRA President |
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1:00-2:00 pm
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Overview
of Legal/Regulatory Framework
Moderator: Tim Parker, CA Department
of Water Resources |
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"The Use of Federal Authorities"
Speaker TBA
"Porter Cologne, Basin Planning, and Beneficial Uses"
Jo Anne Kipps, Central Valley Regional
Water Quality Control Board, Fresno Office
"Evaluation and Mitigation of Nitrate Impacts under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)"
Kevin O'Dea, C.E.G., Baseline Environmental
Consulting |
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2:00-3:00 pm
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Impacts
on Beneficial Use and Public Health
Moderators:
Tracy Hemmeter, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Cindy Forbes, CA Department Of Health Services |
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"A Comparison of Nitrates
With Other Constituents of Concern"
James Giannopoulos, P.E., State
Water Resources Control Board
"Nitrate Issues in Rural Water Systems"
Roger Bennett, California Rural
Water Association
"Nitrates: Health Effects and U.S. EPA's Review of the
Nitrate Standard"
Bruce Macler, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency |
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3:00-3:20 pm
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Break in
Exhibit Hall |
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3:20-4:45 pm
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Nitrogen
Cycling and Chemistry
Moderator: Thomas Harter, University
of California, Davis |
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"Nitrogen Sources, Cycling
and Vadose Zone Monitoring"
Jeff Bold, Ph.D., Montgomery Watson
Harza
"Use of Isotope Analysis in Nitrate Source Characterization"
John Suen, Sc.D., California State University
Fresno
"Denitrification in Aquifers"
Roy Spaulding, Ph.D., University
of Nebraska |
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5:00-6:30 pm
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Reception
in Exhibit Hall |
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| WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 13 |
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7:30-8:30 am
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Registration/Continental
Breakfast |
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8:30-9:00 am
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Keynote
Presentations: |
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C.
Brian Haddix
Undersecretary, California Environmental Protection
Agency
Ann M. Veneman (invited)
Secretary of the US Department of Agriculture |
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9:00-10:20 am
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Occurrence,
Transport and Monitoring
Moderators:
William Pipes, Geomatrix Consultants, Inc.
Sarah Raker, San Francisco Bay RWQCB |
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"Nitrate Trends in Shallow
Groundwater of the San Joaquin Valley"
Karen Burow, USGS
"Nitrate in Domestic Wells in Santa Clara"
Tracy Hemmeter, Santa Clara Valley
Water District
"Dairy Monitoring and Monitoring Options"
Thomas Harter, Ph.D., UC Cooperative
Extension
"Sources of Nitrate to Groundwater and Supply Well Construction"
Kenneth D. Schmidt, Ph.D., Kenneth
D. Schmidt & Associates |
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10:20-10:40 am
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Break
in Exhibit Hall |
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10:40 am - 12 pm
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Source
Controls and Treatment Strategies
Moderators:
Jeffrey Bold, Montgomery Watson Harza
Denise Mullinax, Hilmar Cheese |
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"Tales From the
Shallow Zone: Case Studies and Experience with Nitrate
in Shallow Groundwater"
Carolyn Kneiblher, C.HG., GeoSyntec
Consultants
"Remediation of a Nitrate Impacted Shallow Low Permeability
Aquifer Using Phreatophyatic Tree Species"
Paul Deutsch, CPSS, Geomatrix Consultants,
Inc.
"Managing Dairy Manure Applications to Minimize Groundwater
Contamination" Marsha Campbell Matthews,
Ph.D., UC Cooperative Extension
"Groundwater Nitrate Impacts from
Land Application of Food Processing Wastewater"
Robert Beggs, Brown and Caldwell
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12:00-1:30 pm
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Lunch
Keynote Presentation: Senator
Jim Costa, California Legislature |
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1:30-3:00 pm
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Collaborative
Approaches to Achieve Source Management
Moderators:
Paul Martin, Western United Dairymen
Renee Pinel, California Plant Health Association |
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"Collaborative Approach
in Monterey County"
Matt Zidar, Environmental Science
Associates
Katherine Thomasberg, Monterey County Water Resources
"Chico Urban Area Nitrate Compliance
Program"
Ron Dykstra, P.E., Central Valley
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Redding Office
Eric Miller, Chico Urban Area Nitrate Compliance Program
"CA Dairy Quality Assurance Partnership"
Michael Payne, DVM, Ph.D., CA Dairy Quality
Assurance Partnership
"Chino Basin Public/Private Nitrate
Management"
Martha Davis, Inland Empire Utilities
Agency
"Fertilizer Research and Education
Program"
Stephen Beam, Ph.D., CA Department
of Food and Agriculture |
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3:00-3:20 pm
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Break
in Exhibit Hall |
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3:20-4:45 pm
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Panel: A Manageable Threat
or a Looming Disaster
Where Do We Go From Here?
Moderator: Robert Feenstra, Milk
Producers Council |
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Panelists:
Jeff Palsgaard, Director, Merced
County Div. of Environmental Health
Martin McIntyre, Director, City of Fresno Public Utilities
Diane Holcomb, Natural Resources Conservation Service
Brent Newell, Staff Attorney, Center on Race, Poverty,
& the Environment
Tom Barcellos, T-Bar Dairy |
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4:30 pm
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Closing Remarks
Bill Pipes, Symposium Co-Chair |
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Poster Presentations
"Assessing Impacts of Agricultural Management Practices on Groundwater
Quality"
Yuksel Onsoy, Dept. of Land, Air, Water
and Resources, UC Davis
"The Use of Fluidized Bed Bioreactor for the Treatment of Groundwater
Contaminated with Nitrate"
Todd S. Webster, Envirogen, Inc.
"Groundwater Contamination Susceptibility
Assessment in Alluvial Aquifer Systems Southeast of Fresno,
California"
Yong Zhang, Hydrologic Sciences, University
of California, Davis |
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