ISMAR Speaker Presentations
DAY 3 – Wednesday, April 13
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS, POSTER SESSION, AND SPEAKEASY
8:00 am – 9:55 am
Topic: Multi-Benefits of Integrated Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge in California
Moderator: Jim Wieking, CA Dept of Water Resources
- The Merced Flood-MAR Reconnaissance Study - Integrated Modeling
David Arrate, P.E., California Department of Water Resources
- The Merced Flood-MAR Reconnaissance Study - Climate Change Vulnerability
Karandev Singh, P.E., California Department of Water Resources
- The Flood Risk Sector of the Merced Flood-MAR Reconnaissance Study
Aleksander Vdovichenko, P.E., California Department of Water Resources
- The Water Supply Sector of the Merced Flood-MAR Reconnaissance Study
Lisbeth (Liz) DaBramo, E.I.T., Woodard & Curran
- Evaluation of Ecosystem Enhancements of the Merced Flood-MAR Reconnaissance Study
Taylor Spaulding, Fisheries Biologist Scientist, ESA Environmental
8:00 am – 9:55 am
Topic: Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) I
Moderator: David Pyne, ASR Resources
- Aquifer Storage and Recovery Development in Northern California – Considerations and Lessons Learned
Chris Petersen, Principal Hydrogeologist, GEI Consultants, Inc.
- ASR in suboptimal conditions: freshwater self-sufficiency of the Dutch island Texel
Beatriz de La Loma Gonzalez and Tine te Winkel, Acacia Water
- 2D and 3D Seismic Reflection Surveys to Improve the Efficiency of ASR Systems
John Jansen, Senior Geophysicist, Collier Geophysics
- Part 1: City of Phoenix, Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Well #302: Recharge, Well Rehabilitation, and Lessons Learned
Gary M. Gin, R.G., Vice President of AZ Operations, LRE Water
- Well Efficiency and Performance: Influencing Factors
Corné Engelbrecht, Institute for Groundwater Studies (IGS), Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of the Free State, South Africa & GEOSS South Africa, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
8:00 am – 9:55 am
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge and Integrated Water Management I
Moderator: Mary-Belle Cruz Ayala, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
- Co-Managed Aquifer Recharge (Co-MAR). A bottom-up approach for Integrated Water Resources Management enhancement. Novel method employed at Los Arenales aquifer (Spain) and first results
Enrique Fernández-Escalante, Tragsa Group (Spain) & IAH MAR Commission
- Evaluation of Managed Aquifer Recharge Using Municipal Residential Stormwater in the Pacific Northwest US
Jason Melady, Principal Hydrogeologist, Summit Water Resources
- Groundwater recharge in India: the transition from water conservation to MAR
Himanshu Kulkarni, Executive Director, ACWADAM
- Aquifer recharge and green stormwater infrastructure applied in urban regions
Hugo A. Loaiciga, Professor and Director, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Los Angles Coastal Plain
Nathan Hatch, Hydrologist, Intera Incorporated, California
10:15 am – 12:10 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Engineering and Design I
Moderator: Gary Burchard, LRE Water
- A proposed methodology for identifying the feasibility of Managed Aquifer Recharge
Anne Imig, Technical University of Munich
- The effect of air injection on the biogeochemical efficiency of a soil aquifer treatment (SAT) system
Ido Arad, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- Cooperative project on feasibility of MAR in the MENA region
Thomas Grischek, Professor, Dresden University of Applied Sciences, Division of Water Sciences
- Extraction of Brackish Water and Optimization of Injection at Seawater Intrusion Barriers and Inland Wells
Raghu Suribhatla, Senior Engineer, INTERA Incorporated
- Injection and Extraction at Elandsfontein Mine to Protect Langebann Lagoon
Kes Murray, Senior Scientist/Hydrogeologist, GEOSS South Africa (Pty) Ltd – Groundwater and Earth Sciences
10:15 am – 12:10 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Geophysics I
Moderator: Tim Parker, Ramboll USA
- A new high-resolution geophysical imaging method for advanced assessment of MAR sites
Ahmad-Ali Behroozmand, Senior Geophysicist, Ramboll
- Efficient Hydrogeologic Characterization Using a Newly Developed Direct Push Magnetic Resonance System and Applications to Managed Aquifer Recharge
David Walsh, President, Vista Clara
- Sediment texture and seepage mapping beneath earth irrigation infrastructure using electrical conductivity imaging.
David Allen, Principal, Groundwater Imaging Pty. Ltd.
- Identification of potential recharge pathways at the field scale using geophysical and CPT data: tools for recharge site assessment
Meredith Goebel, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University
- Integrated Geophysics for Managed Aquifer Recharge Infiltration, Injection and Conjunctive Surface/Groundwater Scheme Investigation
Geoff Pettifer, Technical Director, GHD, Australia
10:15 am – 12:10 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge and the Environment I
Moderator: Russell Martin, Senior Principal Hydrogeologist, Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec, Australia
- Impact of managed aquifer recharge on critical zone processes in agricultural landscapes
Helen Dahlke, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
- Multi-Benefit Groundwater Recharge: Saving Birds and Recharging Groundwater in California’s Central Valley (V)
Julia Barfield, Project Manager, The Nature Conservancy
- Recharge Quantification for Floodplain Restoration Opportunities on Central Valley Rivers
Michael Founds, Ecohydrologist, cbec eco engineering
- Environmentally sound managed aquifer recharge for drinking water production
Petri Jokela, Managing Director, Tavase Ltd.
- Catchment-scale hydrologic analysis of streambed recharge structures in Rajasthan, India (V)
Yogita Dashora, Senior Research Fellow and Vidya Bhawan Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Badgaon, Udaipur, India
10:15 am – 12:10 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Operations and Maintenance
Moderator: Nathan Nutter, Murraysmith
- Biochemical process optimization for enhanced SAT operation
Alex Furman, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- Measuring and Monitoring Incentivized MAR in a Channel in Idaho, USA
Ernest M. Carlsen, Secretary, Recharge Development Corporation
- Part 2: Bench Scale Testing: Reducing Impacts to Stainless Steel Casing While Targeting Legacy Drilling Fluids
Gary M. Gin, R.G., Vice President of AZ Operations, LRE Water
- Ten years of ASR by deep well injection in a carbonate aquifer
Jordi Guimera, Hydrological Services Project Director, AMPHOS21
- Shallow Aquifer Recharge Expansion Planning at the City of Yelm’s Cochrane Memorial Park Reclaimed Water Facility, Thurston County, Washington
Nathan Nutter, Principal Engineer and Technical Services Lead, Murraysmith
2:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Engineering and Design II
Moderator: Mike Milczarek, Geosystems Analysis
- Preliminary assessment of a managed aquifer recharge pilot facility utilizing riverbank filtration and aquifer storage for sustainable groundwater-irrigated agroecosystems (V)
Andy O'Reilly, Research Hydrologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
- The Freeman Expansion project: increasing diversions and aquifer recharge during peak flows to reduce impacts of droughts and increased environmental flow requirements
Bram Sercu, Senior Hydrologist, United Water Conservation District
- Use of Enhanced Recharge Methods to Increase Managed Aquifer Recharge Rates
Jason Keller, Senior Hydrogeologist, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc.
- Infiltration capacity of infiltration trenches and basins in Dresden, Germany
Thomas Grischek, Professor, Dresden University of Applied Sciences, Division of Water Sciences
- Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting by Shallow Well Infiltration – Challenges and Opportunities
Zsóka Szabó, PhD student, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
2:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Managed Aquifer Recharge and Emerging Contaminants I
Moderator: Bas van der Grift, KWR Water Research Institute
- Reclaimed Water Infiltration Study: Determining Attenuation Factors and Exposure Point Concentrations for Contaminants of Emerging Concern
Brittany Duarte, Hydrogeologist, HDR
- Field comparison of nitrogen cycling between three agricultural managed groundwater recharge sites
Elad Levintal, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
- Treatment to Remove PFAS from Groundwater Impacted by MAR to Restore Drinking Water in Orange County, California
Manmeet (Meeta) Pannu, Senior Scientist, Orange County Water District
- Combining Constructed wetlands and Soil Aquifer Treatment to enhance infiltration flux and water quality
Ido Negev, Chief Hydrologist, Mekorot National Water Company
2:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge and the Environment II
Moderator: Christy Kennedy, Woodard & Curran
- Modeling the impact of levee setback on groundwater recharge and stream flow and temperature for ecosystem and anthropogenic needs
Andrew Calderwood, UC Davis, Foglia & Dahlke Labs
- Managed Aquifer Recharge: A No-Regret Climate Change Adaptive Measure
Jose David Henao Casas, Tragsa-Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Water Security and Integrated Water Resources Management improvements due to Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR). Selection of case studies, characterization, benchmarking and practical recommendations.
Enrique Fernández-Escalante, Tragsa Group (Spain). Innovation SD
- MAR for Environmental Benefit - Katarapko Freshwater Injection Trial Case Study
Russell Martin, Senior Principal Hydrogeologist, Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec, Australia
- Agricultural Soil-Aquifer Treatment: A New Concept in the MAR Arsenal
Noam Weisbrod, Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge and Water Markets
Moderator: Paul Weghorst, Irvine Ranch Water District
- Five years of Recharge Net Metering (ReNeM) to improve water supplies and water quality
Andrew T. Fisher, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Creation of a Local Non-Profit Corporation to Manage and Distribute Incentivized MAR
Keith Esplin, Executive Director, Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer Recharge (ESPAR)
- Groundwater-energy-food nexus for sustainable management of the aquifers
Makoto Taniguchi, Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
- Creation of Local Non-Profit Corporations for the Implementation of Incentivized Managed Aquifer Recharge
David R. Tuthill, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., Vice President, Recharge Development Corporation
- The Costs and Benefits of Managed Aquifer Recharge
Andrew Ross, Visiting Research Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Topic: International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Commission on MAR Plenary Session
IAH MAR Commission Co-chair: Enrique F. Escalante, and IAH President: David Kreamer
Day 4 – Thursday, April 14
TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS
8:00 am – 9:55 am
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge and Emerging Contaminants II
Moderator: Jeffrey Davis, Integral Consulting
- Behavior of ammonium in the hyporheic zone during riverbank filtration
Gustavo Covatti, PhD Student, M.Eng., University of Applied Sciences Dresden
- Reclaimed Water Infiltration Study: Effectiveness of Residual Chemical Removal Through Soil Aquifer Treatment in a Glacial Aquifer System
Shane McDonald, PG, CPG, Senior Technical Leader, Hydrogeology and Modeling, HDR
- The Effect of Dry Wells on Groundwater Quality
Thomas Harter, Professor, University of California Davis
- Using molecular properties to predict the removal efficiency of (new) organic micro-pollutants during soil passage
Bas van der Grift, KWR Water Research Institute
- Large-scale tank experiments simulating soil aquifer treatment – Assessing attenuation of emerging organic compounds and water quality changes
Marcel Horovitz, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Portugal), Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany)
8:00 am – 9:55 am
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge and Sustainable Groundwater Management
Moderator: Trey Driscoll, Dudek
- Managed Aquifer Recharge and Climate Change in Florida-Strategies for Coping with an Uncertain Future
Robert G. Maliva, Principal Hydrogeologist, WSP USA
- Sustainable Groundwater Management using Managed Aquifer Recharge (Dry wells)
Salini Sasidharan, Assistant Professor, Sustainable Groundwater Management Engineer, University of California, Riverside, CA; Oregon State University, OR
- California’s 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) - Progress Update, Lessons Learned and MAR Proposed
Timothy K. Parker, PG, CEG, CHG, Senior Hydrogeologist/Sustainability Expert, Ramboll USA
- Eastern Snake Plain MAR Program - Collaborative, Long-term Sustainable Management of an Aquifer
Wesley Hipke, Recharge Program Manager, Idaho Department of Water Resources
Slides Video
- Preliminary assessment of managed aquifer recharge opportunities for irrigated agricultural areas in Australia (V)
Dennis Gonzalez, Spatial Data Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
8:00 am – 9:55 am
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Engineering and Design III
Moderator: Doug Bartlett, Geo-Logic Associates
- Effect of small changes in clay content in sandy soil on recharge rates: new conclusions on planning criteria of new recharge ponds, and on the ability to rehabilitate existing ponds
Ido Negev, Chief Hydrologist, Mekorot National Water Company
Slides Video
- ASR Well Hydraulics: The ‘Balloon Effect’ Revisited
David Pyne, President, ASR Systems
- Soil and infrastructure suitability for managed aquifer recharge with recycled water
Sarah Paschal Gerenday, PhD candidate, University of California Santa Barbara
- Optimizing MAR in coastal dunes by abstracting brackish groundwater: preliminary results of a field pilot in the Netherlands
Teun van Dooren, Scientific Researcher Hydrogeology, KWR Water Research Institute
Slides Video
- Depth-Specific Testing Methods for Water Bank Recovery Wellfield Design
Timothy Leo, Principal Hydrogeologist & Vice President, Montgomery & Associates
8:00 am – 9:55 am
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Modeling I
Moderator: Ali Tagavi, Woodard & Curran
- Strategizing Recharge in Complex Settings by Optimization of Recycled Water Injection
Chin Man W. Mok, Principal and Vice President, GSI Environmental Inc.
- Assessing predictions’ uncertainty at a multi-source Managed Aquifer Recharge site using stochastic modelling: the Menashe System, Israel
Daniel Kurtzman, Sub-surface Hydrology Researcher, Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Agriculture Research Organization – Volcani Institute, Israel
- A novel analytical approach to calculating groundwater recharge through the vadose zone
Morteza Sadeghi, Water Resources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources
- Using Groundwater models to support Sustainable Groundwater Basin Management in California’s Monterey Bay Region
Pascual Benito, Senior Hydrogeologist, Montgomery & Associates
- Water Availability Analysis for California Water Rights Permitting
Shelby Witherby, Water Resources Control Engineer, CA State Water Resources Control Board
10:15 am – 12:10 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge and Emerging Contaminants III
Moderator: Roohi Toosi, A-Tech Consulting
- Implications of Groundwater Contamination on Managed Aquifer Recharge Development: An Unforeseen Loss
Maria Gibson-Daugherty; Geologist IV, EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC
- Managed Aquifer Recharge at West Richland, Washington, USA: Displacing Poor Quality Groundwater with High Quality Potable Water
Kevin A. Lindsey, Principal Hydrogeologist, GeoEngineers, Incorporated
- The fate of trace organic contaminants in managed aquifer recharge combined with pre-oxidation and nanofiltration
Sung Kyu Maeng, Professor, Sejong University
- Chronic Toxicity Mystery at an Advanced Water Treatment Facility
Phuong Watson, Senior Engineer, Water Replenishment District of Southern California and Eric Gonzales, Director of Operations, PERC Water Corporation
- Identifying SAT efficiency by modelling its specific aquifer environment influenced by natural and anthropogenic activities - Example of the Costal SAT of Agon-Coutainville (France)
Picot-Colbeaux Géraldine, Hydrogeologist,BRGM
10:15 am – 12:10 pm
Topic: International Recharge Opportunities and Innovation
Moderator: Erik Cadaret, West Yost
- MAR for the Developing World - Guidelines for developing Community-based MAR Projects for Climate Change Resiliency and Water Security
Bob Bower, Principal Hydrologist, Mercy Corps
- Education and outreach on riverbank filtration in India – examples from the CCRBF project
Cornelius Sandhu, Senior Researcher, Dresden University of Applied Sciences
- Evaluating Managed Aquifer Recharge options to improve the status of an over-exploited aquifer in South Portugal
Katleen Standen, Universidade do Algarve
- Identification and characterization of cross-sector collaborative relationships enabling Managed Aquifer Recharge projects in Mexico
Mary-Belle Cruz Ayala, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
- Addressing a Severe Water Scarcity Problem by Implementing a Fast and Durable Managed Aquifer Recharge Program in Northern Algeria (North Africa)
Farid Achour, Principal Hydrogeologist, GSI Environmental Inc.
10:15 am – 12:10 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Engineering and Design IV
Moderator: Kevin O’Toole, Orange County Water District
- The use of regional groundwater flow characteristics for optimized screening of MAR potential and application conditions
Ádám Tóth, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
- Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Site Recharge Basins and Improve Groundwater Models in Southern California
Kristen Marberry, Senior Geophysicist, Collier Geophysics, LLC
- Site suitability analysis for managed aquifer recharge in karst aquifers (V)
Nourelhoda Itani, American University of Beirut
- Methodology for evaluation of potential sites for large scale river bank filtration
Thi Ngoc Anh Hoang, M.Eng, Dresden University of Applied Sciences
- What Drives Cities to Adopt Groundwater Banking? A Cross-Case Analysis of U.S. Cities
Lauren Bartels, University of Nevada, Reno
10:15 am – 12:10 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge of Stormwater: Rural and Agricultural Applications
Moderator: Bob Bower, Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec, New Zealand
- Increased Recharge to the Orange County Groundwater Basin from Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) at Prado Dam, Riverside County, California
Adam Hutchinson, Recharge Planning Manager, Orange County Water District
- Tools to Assess Groundwater Quality Effects when Flooding Agriculture Fields to Recharge Aquifers
Michael Milczarek, Program Director, GeoSystems Analysis, Inc.
- On-Farm Recharge at the McMullin Projects: Local expectations, and considerations
Philip Bachand, President, Principal Investigator, Bachand & Associates
- Basalt Aquifer Recharge in the Columbia Basin: Agribusiness Working to Reverse Aquifer Water Level Decline, Southern Columbia Basin, Oregon, USA
Kevin Lindsey, Principal Hydrogeologist, GeoEngineers, Inc.
- Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) for Agriculture: A Pilot Test Case Study of Direct Injection in the San Joaquin Valley, California
Robert Anderson, Principal Scientist, Geosyntec Consultants.
2:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Geophysics II
Moderator: John Jansen, Collier Consulting
- Rapid Mapping of Aquifers and Water Quality Using a Towed Cart Time-Domain Electromagnetic Induction System
Doug Laymon, Geophysicist, Collier Geophysics, LLC
- Connected Waters - Saline Discharge Into, and Aquifer Recharge Out of Australian Waterways – an Investigation Using Electrical Conductivity Imaging
David Allen, Principal, Groundwater Imaging Pty. Ltd.
- Airborne Electromagnetic Mapping for Managed Aquifer Recharge
Jared D. Abraham, Geophysicist/Geologist, Aqua Geo Frameworks LLC
- A geostatistical workflow for evaluating flood-MAR sites using geophysical data
Zach Perzan, Stanford University
- Improving hydrogeological characterization for managed aquifer recharge with borehole magnetic resonance
Ned Clayton, Principal Hydrogeologist, NMR Services
2:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Topic:Managed Aquifer Recharge and Integrated Water Management II
Moderator: Lyndsey Bloxom, Water Research Foundation
- Challenges and Experiences on Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Adriana Palma Nava, Master Engineering, UNAMF Institute of Engineering
- Leveraging Existing Information to Assess the Potential Impacts of Managed Aquifer Recharge Projects
Carolina Sanchez, Senior Engineer, West Yost
- Managing Aquifer Recharge: An Integrated Assessment of Global Best Practice (V)
Karen Grothe Villholth, Principal Researcher, IWMI - International Water Management Institute
- Potable Reuse of Municipal Wastewater in the United States
William M. Alley, Director, Science & Technology, National Ground Water Association
- MAR's Role in One Water – Building Resilience
Don Corbett, Senior Hydrogeologist, Hydrogeology and Water Programs, Region of Waterloo, ON, Canada
2:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Topic:Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) II
Moderator: Chris Petersen, GEI Consultants
- Aquifer Storage and Recovery using Desalinated Water in United Arab Emirates
Mohsen Sherif, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- ASR Implementation Challenges in Texas, USA
David K. Smith, Environmental Scientist, CDM Smith
- Power Regeneration During ASR Injection
Kent Madison, Owner of 3RValve LLC
- Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Brackish Edwards Aquifer, Central Texas
Neil Deeds, Senior Water Resources Engineer, INTERA Incorporated
- Advanced monitoring of storage and recovery of unmixed drinking water in a brackish groundwater aquifer
Caspar van Genuchten, PWN Water Supply Company
2:00 pm – 3:55 pm
Topic: Managed Aquifer Recharge Modeling II
Moderator: Stephanie Moore, INTERA Incorporated
- Groundwater Modeling to Support Permitting of Recycled Water Recharge Projects in California
Abhishek Singh, Principal Engineer; Vice President - Western Region, INTERA Incorporated
- Flood Water Allocation and Agricultural Site Suitability for Potential Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge
Francisco Flores-López, Ph.D., California Department of Water Resources
- Fluid Dynamics Assessment using Numerical Modeling of Water Flow through Different Screen Types for ASR Well Design
Salvador Jordana, Project Director, AMPHOS21
- Mapping the potential for water quality improvements during infiltration for MAR with machine learning informed by field and laboratory experiments
Galen Gorski, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley
- The impact of storage conditions on the recovery efficiency during ASR: an analytical and numerical evaluation to optimize system design
Niels Hartog, Principal Scientist — Geohydrology, KWR Water Research Institute