In This Issue:Baltimore Meeting .................................. 1Chair’s Corner ........................................ 2National Academy of Engineering .......... 2Technical Sessions.................................. 3Division Ballots ....................................... 4Obituaries .............................................. 5Where in the World? ........................... 8

Rocky Mountain National Park ........... 8Division Award Announcements ......... 9CD Release ........................................ 10Publishing Opportunity ....................... 102015 Dooge Medal Awardee .............. 11Bulletin Board ..................................... 11From the Editor ................................... 12Division Contacts ................................. 12

The

HydrogeologistNewsletter of theGSA Hydrogeology Division

Summer 2015Issue No. 85

This year’s GSA Annual Meeting will be held inBaltimore, Maryland. Be sure to make your plansnow to attend! There are 29 proposed topicalsessions and one field trip sponsored or co-sponsored by the Hydrogeology Division

. See the listing of sponsoredsessions and a listing of the hydro-related fieldtrips on Page 3.

As usual, the Hydrogeology Division will hostseveral other events throughout the conferenceproviding attendees with ample opportunity tomeet new, and reconnect with old, colleagues and

for the2015 meeting

Please keep the following dates and times open forthese Hydrogeology Division special events:

- - Darcy lecture by Dr. RainerHelmig- : Hydrogeology Division Luncheonand Awards Reception followed by Divisionbusiness meeting- : Birdsall- Dreiss lecture by Dr.Clifford Voss- : Hydrogeology Division studentreception

Monday afternoon

Tuesday lunch

Tuesday afternoon

Tuesday evening

GSA Annual Meeting 2015Baltimore, MarylandNovember 1-4, 2015

Congratulations to Dr. Leonard (Lenny) F. Konikow, a Division member, onbeing elected to the National Academy of Engineering “for modeling of coupledground-and surface water flow and of solute transport in groundwater.”

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Maddy Schreiber, ChairGSA Hydrogeology

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I hope that you are enjoying your summers andhopefully taking a bit of a break! We are lookingforward to seeing all (or many) of you at thisyear's GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore MDfrom Nov 1-4. There are great field trips andshort courses, in addition to the excellenttechnical program. Thanks very much to ourJoint Technical Program co-chairs ChrisGe l l asch and Mark Eng le fo r th i saccomplishment. The abstract deadline isAugust 11. Please encourage your colleaguesand students to contribute!

Note to students: There are many professionaldevelopment opportunities at the Annual andRegional GSA meetings, including mentorprograms, career discussions, the women ingeology reception, student networking programs,and the GSA Geocareers program. Please takethese opportunities, as they are designedespecially for you!

Thanks to those of you who put togethernominations for Hydrogeology Division awards,and to those of you on the awards committee whoevaluated the nomination packages. The result isthat we have a tremendous group of HydrogeologyDivision awardees, listed in this edition of theHydrogeologist (full citations will be included in theFall edition).

In addition to regular business, theManagement Board has been working over thepast six months on several things: 1) fundraisingfor the Birdsall-Dreiss lectureship; 2) otherfundraising activities; and 3) evaluating the use ofGSA's Connected Community for connecting withour student members. If you have ideas for waysto improve the Hydrogeology Division, please letus know! (see contact info at the end of thenewsletter).Best,

Maddy Schreiber

The Hydrogeologist

The Hydrogeologist is a publication of the Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society of America. It is issued twice a year, to communicatenews of interest to members of the Hydrogeology Division. During 1998, the publication moved from paper-based to electronic media. Theelectronic version may be accessed at: < >. Members of the Hydrogeology Division who have electronic mail will receivenotification of all new issues. Other members will continue to receive paper copies.

Contributions and material are most welcome, and should be directed to the Editor. Submission as a Word or WordPerfect document is mostexpedient.

Andrea E. Brookfield, EditorThe HydrogeologistKansas Geological Survey1930 Constant Avenue, Moore 414 Voice: (785) 864-2199Lawrence, KS Fax: (785) 864-531766047-3726 Email: andrea@kgs.ku.edu

http://gsahydrogeology.org

The deadline for the Fall issue is September 15, 2015.

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Lenny Konikow - NationalAcademy of Engineering

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Technical Sessions sponsored or co-sponsored by the HydrogeologyDivision and those listing Hydrogeology as a discipline

Topical Sessions: ( )

Please see on Page 7

http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2015/sessions/topical.asp

T20. Embedded Research Projects in Upper Level Undergraduate Courses: A Plausible Panaceafor the Dwindling Science and Engineering (S&E) Researchers Community (Posters)

T29. Restoring the Nation's Largest Estuary: Lessons Learned from Efforts to Address Changesin Water Quality and Ecosystem Structure and Function within the Context of Landscape Changeand Climate Variability in the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed

T33. Using Long-Term Research in the Baltimore Urban Environment in Scientific DecisionMaking and Education

T35. Honoring the Diverse Career of Dr. W. Berry Lyons: Geochemistry from Polar Deserts toTropical Watersheds

T40. Tracing Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes in Urban Landscapes

T47. Geology and Health: A Decade of Progress

T50. Microbial Hydrocarbon Formation and Biodegradation: Organisms, Pathways, EnvironmentalLimitations, and Isotope Signatures

T70. Digital Technology in Real and Virtual Geoscience Experiences (Posters)

T77. Geology and Hydrology in the National Parks: Research, Mapping, and ResourceManagement

T79. Geoscience Career Planning in the Classroom and Beyond

T94. Entering Our Third Century in the Footsteps of William Smith: Status and Future ofGeological Mapping

T96. Geologic Maps and Their Derivatives (Posters)

T99. A Showcase of Undergraduate Research in Hydrogeology

T100. Advances in Groundwater Modeling

T101. Arsenic: Source to Sustainability

T102. Characterization and Remediation of Fractured Rock

T103. Contaminant Transport, Fate, and Remediation in Fractured Rocks

T104. Delivery of Nutrients and Contaminants by Groundwater to Estuaries and Their Watersheds

T105. Fate and Remediation of Organic and Metal Contaminants in Wetlands and Sediments

T106. From Green Roofs and Gutters to Urban Streams: Advancing Urban Watershed Hydrologythrough Innovative Field and Modeling Approaches

T107. In Situ Technologies for Energy Resource Extraction: The Role of Water

T108. Nanomaterials in Hydrogeology

T109. Reservoir Connectivity and Fluid Migration during Unconventional Oil and GasDevelopment: Implications for Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Storage, Enhanced Oil Recovery, andWaste Water Injection

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Chair:

Alicia Wilson, Ph.D. 1999, Johns Hopkins University, is anAssociate Professor in the Departmentof Earth and Ocean Sciences in the School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment at the University ofSouth Carolina, where she has been since 2001. She teaches courses in environmental science,hydrology, hydrogeology, and numerical modeling. She has graduated one Ph.D. and five M.S.advisees, and she currently advises three Ph.D. students. Her research has focused on transientgroundwater flow and transport in large sedimentary basins and coastal systems, with a particularfocus on submarine groundwater discharge. She has served as an associate editor for HydrogeologyJournal (2005-2009) and Water Resources Research (2014-present); she has also served on theIntegrated Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Steering and Evaluation Panel (2005-2008). She is amember of AGU and AWG; she served on the GSA Joint Technical Program Committee as aHydrogeology Division representative from 2010-2012 (lead organizer for the Hydrogeology Divisiontechnical program, 2012 meeting).

: The GSA Hydrogeology Division supports the hydrogeology community in away that no other organization does. It would be an honor to contribute to the traditions and growth ofthe division.

Statement of Interest

Abe Springer, Ph.D. 1994, The Ohio State University, is Professor of Hydrogeology and was theInaugural Director of the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability at NorthernArizona in Flagstaff, AZ. At NAU, he has taught courses in hydrogeology, applied geology,groundwater modeling, contaminant transport modeling, and springs ecohydrology, advised 35graduate students, and published 23 peer-reviewed publications. He is a fellow of GSAand memberof Sigma Xi, NGWA, AGU, AHS, and IAH. He has served as the GSA representative to the editorialboard of Environmental and Engineering Geoscience (2007-2011), Meinzer Award Committee(2001-2003), the NAU campus rep for GSA (2001-present), and has organized six division themesessions and taught one short course at GSAannual meetings.

In my 20 year career as a professor, my students and I have significantlybenefited from engaging in the professional networking opportunities of the division throughnational and regional meetings, field trips, and workshops. My experiences supporting thedivision's journals, Environmental and Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, throughpublishing, reviewing, and advising will be leveraged on the management board to enhance theirmissions. I will work to enhance the outreach of the division through the Birdsall-Dreiss lectureseries and other mentoring activities.

Please see on Page 9

Statement of Interest:

1st Vice Chair:

Elections

2016 Hydrogeology Division Officer Candidates

The 2016 officer elections are just around the corner. These elections willdetermine the upcoming Hydrogeology Division Officers. Online voting willbegin shortly, and paper ballots will be mailed to those who have requestedthem. The GSAwill send an e-mail announcing the beginning of the elections, inaddition to a link to the voting website. Here is a preview of the candidates forthe 2016 Hydrogeology Division officers:

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ObituariesThe Division is saddened to pass along the following obituaries for members who have recentlypassed.

Ralph entered UNC Chapel Hill on July 1, 1943, asa member of the first U.S. Navy V-12 program andwas commissioned as an Ensign at the New YorkMidshipman School at Columbia University onApril 23, 1945. His naval career included servingas navigator, gunnery, and supply officer on YardMinesweeper 218 during minesweepingoperations at Pusan, Korea, and at Bikini Atoll inthe Marshall Islands in preparation for theOperation Crossroads atomic-bomb tests.

After discharge from the Navy he returned to UNCChapel Hill, receiving a BS degree in geology in1948. During a career as a hydrogeologist with theU.S. Geological Survey from 1948 to 1982, heworked in Florida, New York, Connecticut, RhodeIsland, and North Carolina. His positions in theGeological Survey included that of Acting DistrictEngineer in Tallahassee, District Geologist inAlbany for New York and southern New England,District Chief of New York, and District Chief inRaleigh for North Carolina. While serving asDistrict Chief in Albany he taught courses ingroundwater hydrology at Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute at Troy, NY.

Following retirement from the Geological Survey,Mr. Heath began a second career as a consultinghydrogeologist. He also became an AdjunctProfessor of Civil Engineering at NC StateUniversity, Lecturer in the Department of Forestryand Environmental Studies at Duke University,and Adjunct Professor of Geology at East CarolinaUniversity. He taught courses in groundwaterhydrology at NC State and Carolina in the 1980's

Please see on Page 6Heath

In 2009 Mike Edmunds received the O.E. MeinzerAward from the GSA Hydrogeology Division. Thefollowing words about Mike are from IanCartwright, President of IAGC.

Mike was one of the most influential figures inhydrogeochemistry, especially in the application ofmajor ions, stable, and radioactive isotope tracersto understand groundwater processes and flow inaquifers. Mike had a long and distinguished careerat the British Geological Survey (1961 to 2001)and was a leader in their water group for manyyears. Following retirement from the BGS, Mikeheld visiting professor and researcher positions atOxford University.

A strong supporter of IAGC via the Water-Rockinteraction group, Mike was ever-present at WRImeetings. He was enthusiastic and ever-willing todiscuss ideas and to provide advice andencouragement to up-and-coming researchers.Mike also was involved in Applied Geochemistryas a reviewer, associate editor, and author. Mikeworked across the world, lending his talents ingeochemistry to solve pressing issues ingroundwater.

Mike Edmunds passedaway on the morning of28th April in Oxford UK.M i k e u n f o r t u n a t e l ysuccumbed to cancer ofthe upper stomach thathad spread to otherorgans.

Ralph Carr Heath, 89, ofRaleigh, North Carolina,died January 12, 2015. Hewas born on July 10,1925, in Lenoir County,North Carolina, the son ofWilliam Curt and LucyDaugherty Heath.

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Mercer, an NGWA member, co-founded GeoTrans(now part of Tetra Tech) in 1979, and in 1980 beganworking on hazardous waste issues at Love Canal.

In 1985, he received the Wesley W. Horner Award ofthe American Society of Civil Engineers for the workperformed at Love Canal.

Prior to that, Mercer spent eight years with the U.S.Geological Survey in the Northeastern ResearchGroup working on contaminant and heat transportissues, including multiphase flow.

He received a B.S. from Florida State University andan M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois; allof his degrees are in geology.

His research appeared in many publications,including NGWA’s Groundwater®. He also authoredthe book, DNAPLSite Evaluation, in 1993.

Mercer, who presented papers at NGWAconferences and taught courses for the Association,served on the National Research Council’s WaterScience and Technology Board and was a memberof the U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyScience Advisory Board. He also was on theScientificAdvisory Board of SERDP.

In 1994, he received the American Institutes ofHydrology’s Theis Award for contributions togroundwater hydrology.

In recent years, he added fiction to his writing as heauthored three thrillers that combine geology andbiblical history: The Scrolls: The Missing EighteenYears, published in 2010, The Volcano ThatChanged the World (2013), and The Tsunami ThatAlteredAmerica (2014).

Mercer was the subject of a feature article in WaterWell Journal in 2014 where he said of his novels,“I’ve received great feedback on my work. In theend, I’m trying to teach through an interesting story.Hopefully I’m able to do it in a way that grabs thereader’s attention.”

From: http://waterwelljournal.org/?p=6522

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and at Duke into the 1990's. Later, he taught shortcourses in the Duke Senior Executive Program, forthe National Research Council in Denver, for theNC State University Soil Science Department, andfor Olson Enterprises of Tabor City, NC.

Mr. Heath was the author or co-author of more than70 scientific publications, including an introductorygroundwater textbook and hydrogeologic maps ofthe United States and of North America. HisGeological Survey publication entitled BasicGround-water Hydrology has been printed 10times, and translated versions have been printedin both Germany and Brazil.

H is profess ional honors inc lude bothDistinguished Lecturer and the Henry DarcyDistinguished Lecturer of the National GroundWater Association, the first Founders Award of theAmerican Institute of Hydrology, Award forDistinguished Service in Hydrogeology of theGeological Society ofAmerica, and the MeritoriousService Award of the U.S. Department of theInterior.

He was preceded in death by his beautiful andever-loving wife of 65 years, Martha, whom he metin Miami, Florida in 1945 while attending theNavy's Advanced Line Officers School and whomhe married in 1947. Survivors include his son,William Curt Heath of Raleigh; daughter, SusanAnn Heath Johnson of Chapel Hill; and fourgrandchildren, Sarah of Raleigh, Matthew ofChapel Hill, David of Manassas, Virginia, andSamuel of Purcellville, Virginia.

James Mercer passedaway on March 11,2015 after battl ingcancer for severalmonths. He was thetop ic o f a recen tHydrogeologist article( )highlighting his mostr e c e n t n o v e l . T h ef o l l o w i n g i s f r o mNGWA’s Water WellJournal:

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James W. Mercer, Ph.D., executive vice presidentand principal hydrogeologist with Tetra Tech inSterling, Virginia, died on March 11 after battlingcancer for several months.

Do you have an interesting idea for a short scientific article?Perhaps an opinion on a new policy or technique? Anyexciting news in your professional life? Upcoming conference?An announcement of interest to the hydrological community?If so, why not publish it in The Hydrogeologist? Send yoursubmission ideas to andrea@kgs.ku.edu

STUDENTS, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU TOO!

Sessions from page 3Sessions

GSA Hydrogeology Related Field Trips

from page 3

418. Hydrology and Geomorphology of Urban Streams and Riparian Zones in the BaltimoreMetropolitan Area. Sat., 31 Oct. US$95.

419. The Lost Springs of Washington, D.C., Late Tertiary and Quaternary Sediments of D.C., andThe Baltimore LTER: The Hydrogeology of Urbanization. Sat., 31 Oct. US$90.

423. The Delmarva Peninsula: A Field Laboratory for Studies of Shallow Groundwater Flow andQuality. Sat., 31 Oct. US$90.

426. The Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Thurs., 5 Nov. US$95.

430. Stream Restoration in Geologic Regions of Maryland. Thurs., 5 Nov. US$105.

437. Karst of the Mid-Atlantic Region in Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia*. Thurs.–Sat., 5–7Nov. US$380; *Ltd. Student Price: US$200.

T110. Satellite Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology and Geology

T111. Sustainability and Resilience in Major Urban Areas: The Need for Earth and EnvironmentalScience Information in Formulating Plans, Policies, and Programs

T112. Understanding Saline Fluid Flow Systems: From Saltwater Intrusion to Geologic-ScaleBrine Migration

T113. Urban Groundwater Effects beyond Impervious Surface Cover

T115. Cave Exploration, Survey, and Science: Historical to Modern Perspectives, Methods, andTechniques

T116. Contamination in Karst: Beyond the Case Study

T117. Enhancing the Toolkit for Karst Investigations

T118. Extreme Karst: Exploring the Limits of Karstification on Earth and throughout the SolarSystem

T119. Geological Interactions within the Global Carbon Cycle

T120. Karst Processes and Speleogenesis: Advances in Monitoring, Modeling, andMeasurements

T122. Remote Sensing and Geophysical Imaging in Karst

T200. Hillslope Dynamics: Integrating Soils, Hydrology, and Climatic Processes to UnderstandWeathering and Sediment Transport on Drainage Basin Slopes

T203. Soil Water in the Hydrosphere and Biosphere

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Rocky Mountain National ParkColorado

This is the view from the end of theAlpine Ridge Trailin Rocky Mountain National Park, near the RockyMountain National Park Alpine Visitor’s Center.Photo by Ed Harvey.

Congratulations to Guy Swenson of O’Brien &Gere on being the first to identify the locationof this photo. Joe Donovan also correctlyidentified the photo as being from RockyMountain National Park (RMNP).

This year marks the 100th anniversaryof the RMNP located in Colorado andincludes some of the highest mountains in thecontinental US. From September 2014through September 2015 the park will host aseries of events celebrating its first 100years.

The RMNP has a continental dividerunning the length of the park (north to south).The waters on the west are the headwaters ofthe Colorado River, and the waters to the eastare part of the Mississippi drainage. The parkcontains over 450 miles of rivers ands t r e a m s , a n d a l m o s t 1 5 0 l a k e s .Groundwater-fed wetlands are also presentin some areas of the lower altitude regions.

Information from www.nps.gov/romo/

Where in the World?This edi t ion’s photocomes from the site thatinsp i red one of EdHarvey’s songs on hisrecently released CD(details on page 10).

Hint: If you happen totravel by here, be sure tocheck out Carhenge aswell (see small insetphoto).

Submit your guesses to

I also welcome any and allphotos for upcomingnewsletters. Show off yourfield site or your mostrecent hydro-re latedvacation pictures to all ourmembers!

andrea@kgs.ku.edu

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2015 Hydrogoelogy Division AwardAnnouncements

Congratulations to the following 2015Hydrogeology Division Awardees. Moreinformation will follow in the Fall Edition of theNewsletter.

Shemin Ge, University of Colorado at Boulder

Brian Berkowitz, Weizmann Institute of Science,Israel

Bill Simpkins, Iowa State University

Michael Cardiff, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2016 Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer:

2015 MeinzerAward:

2015 George Burke Maxey DistinguishedServiceAward:

2015 Kohout Early CareerAward:

2015 Graduate Research Grants inHydrogeology Division:

George Allen Marisa EarllRebecca Frus Alec Gierzynski*Tiffany Jebson Joseph KennedyZacharay Kisfalusi Deon KnightsTravis Nielson Michael O'Connor*Madeyn Percy* Jonathan Reeves*Sydney Ruhala Frances SaylerPin Shuai Tamru TayeTaylor Upole Sarah VitaleOliver Wigmore Alyssa WittHector Zamora Brady Ziegler*

* special recognition awards; students alsoreceived travel grants to attend GSA

Elections from Page 4

Steve Van der Hoven,

Statement of Interest:

Ph.D. 2000, University of Utah, is a Senior Hydrogeologist at GenesisEngineering & Redevelopment, Inc. in Lodi, California, where he is the principal scientist on a varietyof projects, with an emphasis on sites contaminated by chlorinated solvents. As an AssociateProfessor at Illinois State University from 2000-2010, his research interests included using dissolvednoble gases to quantify hydrogeologic processes and nutrient cycling between surface water andgroundwater, and he taught courses in aqueous geochemistry, contaminant transport, hydrogeologicand geochemical field methods. He is a member of NGWA, served as an Associate Editor forHydrogeology Journal, was the Kohout Early Career Award Committee Chair (2012-2015),organized the Hydrogeology Division Student Reception at annual meetings (2009-2013), and hasorganized theme sessions at annual meetings.

I have attended GSAmeetings since I was an undergraduate, and have beena GSA and Hydrogeology Division member since 1995. One of my main goals as a professor was toprepare the next generation of hydrogeologists, and the Hydrogeology Division supported both mypersonal goals and those of my students. As an environmental consultant, the Division provides mewith access to new ideas and techniques that I can apply to the remediation of contaminatedgroundwater. As a member of the Management Board, my main objective would be to foster greaterinteraction between the research and applied hydrogeologist to improve practice of hydrogeologyand provide opportunities for students to interaction with non-academic professionals.

2nd Chair:

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Many of our members have talents outside ofthe scientific realm. This includes past-chairEd Harvey who is also a songwriter andperformer. Ed’s first album of originalbluegrass music, Stories Seldom Told, wasrecently released. This album includesseveral songs with hydrogeologic inspiration.The CD will be available at the HydrogeologyDivision booth at the upcoming GSA Annualmeeting, in addition to several opportunitiesto meet with the artist and get an autograph.With any luck, a live performance will alsooccur.If you can’t wait until November to get yourhands on this CD you have several otheroptions:1) For an autographed physical copy, emailEd at2) For an un-autographed physical copy go to

3) Digital copies (MP3) are available fromCDbaby, iTunes orAmazon.

edharveymusic@gmail.com

www.cdbaby.com

Stories Seldom Told - CD Release

Cover of Ed Harvey’s recently released BluegrassCD of original music.

New Opportunities for PublishingYour Research in Environmentaland Engineering Geosciences

The journal(E&EG) is published quarterly by the

Geological Society of America (GSA) and theAssociation of Environmental and EngineeringGeologists (AEG). Both GSA and AEG are lookingto increase the visibility and impact factor of E&EG.One of the ways that we can accomplish this goal isto publish special issues on timely and relevanttopics in the environmental and engineeringgeosciences (including hydrogeology, low-temperature geochemistry, water-energy nexus,geomorphology, and other Earth surfaceprocesses). We would like to encourageorganizers and conveners of topical sessions atGSA and other scientific meetings to serve as

Environmental and EngineeringGeoscience

guest editors of special thematic issues thatwould include high-quality papers presented intheir respective topical sessions. The sessionorganizer/convener may want to consider writinga review paper on the special topic and inviteother authors to contribute manuscripts basedon their presentations. Please contact the co-editors for more information and to discusspossible special issue topics: Brian G. Katz( ) and AbdulShakoor ( ). Thanks for yoursupport of E&EG!

eegeditorbkatz@gmail.comashakoor@kent.edu

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BULLETIN BOARD

2015 Annual GSAMeeting

Approaching Fast

Don’t forget to submityour abstracts for theupcoming Annua lMeeting of GSA inBaltimore, Maryland.The online abstractdeadline is Tuesday,August 11, 2015.Please visit the GSAW e b p a g e :

to reviewthe list of this year’ssessions, submit anabstract, and register!

community.geosociety.org/gsa2015

NGWA GroundwaterExpo and Annual

Meeting

The NGWA Annualm e e t i n g , ” T h eIntersection of Todaya n d To m o r r o w ” i splanned for December15-17 in Las Vegas, NV.See the website fordetails:groundwaterexpo.com

AGU Fall MeetingAbstract

Submissions Open

Abstracts for the AGU2015 Fall Meeting(December 14-18) inSan Francisco cannow be submitted;deadline is August 5,2015. See the websitefor details:http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2015/

PLACE YOURANNOUNCEMENT

HERE

Karst, GroundwaterContamination & PublicHealth: Moving Beyond

Case Studies

January 27-30, 2016

karstwaters.org/conferences/kgcph/

Earlier this summer Dr. Mary Hill received the 2015 DoogeMedal from IAHS. In the words of her citationist, IAHS PresidentHubert Savenije, Dr. Hill was awarded this medal for her“significant and long lasting contributions to groundwatermodeling, particularly in inverse modeling, sensitivity analysis,uncertainty analysis and investigating the importance of existingand new data.”

We are proud to have Mary as a Division member, and wish toextend her a warm congratulations from the Division.Congratulations Mary!

IAHS Dooge Medal 2015 Awardee:Dr. Mary Hill

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Hydrogeology Division Contacts2014 Management Board

Standing Committees

Chair:First Vice-Chair:

Second Vice Chair:

Secretary-Treasurer:

Past Chair:

Technical Program Committee:

Nominating Committee:

Meinzer Award Committee:

Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer Commitee:

Maxey Distinguished Service AwardCommitee:

Kohout Early Career Award:

Maddy Schreiber:Alicia Wilson:

Abe Springer:

Eric Peterson:

Alan Fryar:

Chris Gellasch(2015 - Baltimore)

Steve Ingebritsen(Chair), Todd Halihan, Alan Fryar

David Parkhurst(Chair), Chunmiao Zheng, KarenJohannesson, Charles Harvey, Mike Cardiff

Dani Or (Chair), Larry Band, Cliff Voss, LennyKonikow, Kip Solomon

Brian Katz (Chair), Scott Bair,Robert Ritzi

Steve Van derHoven (Chair), Kent Keller, Laurel Larson, PeterKnappett, Ward Sanford

mschreib@vt.edu

awilson@geol.sc.edu

Abe.Springer@nau.edu

ewpeter@ilstu.edualan.fryar@uky.edu

Ad Hoc Committees

Section Representatives:

Representatives to other Societies:

Newsletter Editor:

Web Administrator:

GSA Hydro. Division Liaison:

Cordilleran - Beth WeinmanNortheastern - Todd RayneNorth Central - Sue SwansonSouth Central - Marcia SchulmeisterRocky Mountain - Andrew ManningSoutheastern - Jeff WilcoxInternational: Prosun Bhattacharya

American Geophysical Union - Barbara BekinsAmerican Geological Institute - David Wunsch

National Ground Water Association - Bill AlleyInternational Assoc. of Hydrogeologists - JackSharpSociety for Sedimentary Geology - GaryWeissmanSoil Science Society of America - Michael Young

Andrea Brookfield:

Mike Sukop

Janet Herman

Consortium of Universities for the Advancementof Hydrologic Science - Holly Michael

andrea@kgs.ku.edu

Hydrogeology Division Website: < >http://gsahydrogeology.org

From the Editor....

Welcome to the Summer 2015 edition of the Hydrogeologist. Thisedition focuses on many of the things to come this year within theDivision, including the upcoming Division elections. Please watchyour inbox for the digital ballots.This edition also includes information about the upcoming Annualmeeting in Baltimore, including a list of technical sessions andDivision awardees.As usual, if you have any comments or article ideas please pass themon to me at andrea@kgs.ku.edu.