aquifer recovery News

The short course, “Artificial Recharge of Ground Water,” is being offered September 22-23 in Baltimore, Maryland, by the National Ground Water Association (NGWA). The course will cover well recharge types, objectives, sources of water, and wellhead and wellfield designs. It also will examine aquifer storage recovery (ASR) systems in aquifers with either freshwater or impaired groundwater. ...

Aug. 11, 2009

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

The National Ground Water Association’s new 'enhanced ground water storage information exchange' is designed to facilitate improved ground water supply management, planning, and policy based on sound science. The exchange is located on NGWA's Web site under 'Public/Media.' Enhanced ground water storage is also known as 'artificial storage and recovery' or 'aquifer storage and recovery.' Such ...

Jun. 12, 2008

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

Henry “Hank” Baski, president of Baski Inc., Englewood, Colorado, has received a Life Member Award from the National Ground Water Association for his special service in the furtherance of the groundwater industry and NGWA. The award will be presented in December at the 2014 NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Baski holds seven patents and continues to develop new ...

Sep. 18, 2014

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

A new set of best suggested practices (BSPs) for groundwater professionals involved in aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) projects has been approved by the National Ground Water Association (NGWA). First conceptualized in 2010, NGWA’s Best Suggested Practices for Aquifer Storage and Recovery has been developed through consensus of industry professionals with day-to-day experience in ASR ...

Oct. 2, 2014

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

An agreement that could result in new rights to Columbia River water is now available for public review. Under the proposal, irrigators will help pay for water conservation projects that in turn will allow the Washington Department of Ecology to issue new water rights from the Columbia River. The Washington Department of Ecology and the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association are proposing ...

Jan. 21, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

The National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation has awarded grants totaling $15,895 for two research projects, one exploring emerging contaminants and the other groundwater/stream water interactions. “Aquifer Storage and Recovery of Recycled Water: Identifying Emerging Contaminants in Source Water and Examining Their Fate and Transport” addresses a key priority ...

May 30, 2013

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

The EGU General Assembly 2014 will bring together geoscientists from all over the world to discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geosciences. The event will take place between 27 April – 02 May, 2014. Silixa will present on “Monitoring borehole flow dynamics using heated fibre optic DTS in a fractured rock aquifer” on Tuesday, 29 April 2014, at 17:30, in board room ...

Apr. 3, 2014

By Silixa Ltd

The National Ground Water Association has opened a call for abstracts for the 2013 NGWA Summit — The National and International Conference on Groundwater, which will be featuring Charles Fishman, New York Times bestselling author of The Big Thirst, as the keynote speaker. To be held in San Antonio, Texas, April 28-May 2, the annual NGWA Summit, now in its ninth year, is a highly ...

Aug. 28, 2012

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

The City of Phoenix, Arizona, has received an Outstanding Groundwater Project Award from the National Ground Water Association for innovation and excellence in bolstering the city’s groundwater supply. This award will be presented during the 2013 NGWA Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting taking place in Nashville, Tennessee. Based on the City of Phoenix’s 2010 groundwater management ...

Oct. 24, 2013

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

October 2006, Fort Collins, Colorado: In-Situ Inc. announces the release of the Aqua TROLL® 200, a 0.72” (18.3 mm) diameter water quality instrument designed for monitoring and logging conductivity, level/pressure and temperature in the harshest environments. Building on the successful Level TROLL® platform, the Aqua TROLL® 200 features open communications that are SCADA and telemetry ready. ...

Oct. 1, 2006

By In-Situ, Inc.

With $3.8 million in matching funds from the state, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) approved more than $22 million in funding to help communities in South Florida build alternative water supply projects. When completed, these projects will collectively provide approximately 24 million gallons of additional water per day, protecting freshwater supplies by enhancing alternative ...

Sep. 11, 2008

By South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD)

Groundwater, one of the world’s most precious natural resources, is also one of the world’s best-hidden resources. And it seems the same can be said of some of the men and women working in the industry — those hidden gems whose work goes above and beyond to protect, manage, and remediate groundwater. Well, it’s time to move those hidden gems into the spotlight they ...

May 5, 2016

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

Environmental Management Planning Services, Inc. (EMPSi) has been awarded a $4.28 million contract by the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) for support services associated with the development of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed Pojoaque Basin Regional Water System in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. “We are honored to partner ...

Nov. 12, 2012

By EMPSi Environmental Management & Planning Solutions, Inc.

Aquionics' UV disinfection systems are the first closed vessel, medium pressure systems in the world to be validated for wastewater reuse applications in accordance with AwwaRF/NWRI* guidelines. Having undergone third party validation testing by Carollo Engineers, they have now been formally approved for post-filtration and reverse osmosis applications by the California Department of Public ...

Feb. 18, 2009

By Aquionics Inc

Berson's InLine+ medium pressure, closed vessel UV systems are the first in the world to gain formal approval for wastewater reuse applications. Having undergone extensive third party testing by Carollo Engineers in the USA, they have been formally approved for post-filtration and reverse osmosis applications by the California Department of Public Health (Title-22 validation) and are now ...

Mar. 25, 2009

By Berson Milieutechniek BV - a Halma Company

Berson's InLine+ medium pressure, closed vessel UV systems are the first in the world to gain formal approval for wastewater reuse applications. Having undergone extensive third party testing by Carollo Engineers in the USA, they have been formally approved for post-filtration and reverse osmosis applications by the California Department of Public Health (Title-22 validation) and are now ...

Aug. 13, 2009

By Aquionics Inc

California American Water has issued an addendum to the technical memorandum concerning water supply alternatives designed to meet the Monterey Peninsula’s water supply. The original memo, which was prepared by RBF Consulting, examined 11 water projects capable of meeting the area’s water deficit. The addendum, which was also prepared by RBF Consulting, ...

Oct. 26, 2011

By American Water

Held annually by the National Ground Water Association, this year’s Ground Water Summit, which takes place May 6-10 in Garden Grove, California, is focused on the theme, “Innovate and Integrate: Succeeding as a Groundwater Professional in a Water-Short World.” Groundwater professionals are facing formidable challenges presented by factors ranging from increasing global ...

Feb. 20, 2012

By National Ground Water Association (NGWA)

California American Water has issued a technical memorandum concerning water supply alternatives designed to meet the Monterey Peninsula’s water shortage. The memo, which was prepared by RBF Consulting, examines eleven water projects capable of meeting the area’s water supply deficit, including the Marina desalination plant, pipeline, and Aquifer, ...

Oct. 6, 2011

By American Water

CSIRO scientists have bottled ‘Recharge’ , pure drinking water that was once stormwater. “This is an exciting demonstration of the value of stormwater and the drinking water that can be produced from it by using a combination of natural treatment processes and engineered methods,” CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country Flagship Urban Water Stream Leader Dr Peter Dillon said. The water was captured ...

Sep. 17, 2009

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation