Session No. 22 Wednesday, May 2, 2001

1:00 PM-5:00 PM, Sheraton Old Town Hotel: Alvarado C
S1. Validating Models of Subsurface Flow and Transport
Daniel B. Stephens, Presiding
Start Time
1:00 PM Introductory Remarks
1:15 PM VALID NOW. VALID LATER? HOW FUTURE STRESSES CAN INVALIDATE VALIDATED GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELS: MACE, Robert E., Texas Water Development Board, 1700 N Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78771-3231, rmace@twdb.state.tx.us.
1:30 PM VERIFICATION, UNCERTAINTY, AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSES FOR AN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES EVALUATION MODEL: ALY, Alaa H. and RUSKAUFF, Greg J., Boulder, CO 80301, aly@waterstoneinc.com
1:45 PM PROJECTING LOCAL RESPONSES TO PUMPING STRESSES IN THE DENVER BASIN AQUIFERS USING A REGIONAL FLOW MODEL COUPLED WITH LOCAL WELL-FIELD APPROXIMATIONS: MCCORD, James T.1, PALUMBO, Mark2, CLARK, Jodi A.1, and BRANNON, James H.3, (1) Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, PO Box 445, 115 Abeyta Street, Socorro, NM 87801, jtm@hydrosphere.com, (2) HRS Water Consultants, Inc, 8885 W. 14 th Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80215, (3) Hydrosphere Resource Consultants, 1002 Walnut Street, Suite 200, Boulder, CO 80302
2:00 PM FRACTURE MODELING OF THE SAN ANTONIO SEGMENT OF THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, CENTRAL TEXAS: SIMMS, Alexander R.1, HALIHAN, Todd1, and MACE, Robert E.2, (1) School of Geology, Oklahoma State Univ, 105 NRC, Stillwater, OK 74078, arsimms@hotmail.com, (2) Texas Water Development Board, 1700 N Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78771-3231
2:15 PM ESTIMATING UNSATURATED SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES IN WASTEWATER SOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEMS: HUNTZINGER, D. N.1, MCCRAY, J.1, LOWE, K.2, and SIEGRIST, R.2, (1) Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, dhuntzin@mines.edu, (2) Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401
2:30 PM COLUMN AND BATCH TRACER TESTING TO SUPPORT RADIONUCLIDE TRANSPORT MODELING IN SATURATED ALLUVIUM NEAR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA: SULLIVAN, E. J., REIMUS, P. W., and GONZALEZ, D., E-ET Division, Los Alamos National Lab, MS J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545, ejs@lanl.gov
2:45 PM VADOSE-ZONE INFILTRATION VELOCITIES: EVIDENCE FROM LECHUGUILLA CAVE POOL RADIOISOTOPES: TURIN, H. J.1, PLUMMER, M. A.2, PHILLIPS, F. M.2, and THOMPSON, M. L.2, (1) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, turin@lanl.gov, (2) Earth and Environmental Science Department, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801

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