2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 297
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T149. Groundwater Arsenic: A Global Environmental Health Problem and Sustainable Mitigation I

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA International Division; Geochemical Society; International Association of Hydrogeologists; International Society of Groundwater Sustainable Development

 

Prosun Bhattacharya, Abhijit Mukherjee, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Jochen Bundschuh and Mohammad Alauddin, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
Arsenic Cycling in Union Lake, NJ
KEIMOWITZ, Alison R.1, CHILLRUD, Steven N.2, ROSS, James N.3, MAILLOUX, Brian J.4, STUTE, Martin5 and WALDHOLZ, Rachel3, (1)Chemistry, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, P. O. Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Geochemistry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)Environmental Science, Barnard College, 76 Claremont Ave, 404 Altschul Hall, New York, NY 10027, (5)Geochemistry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Rte. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, alkeimowitz@vassar.edu, alkeimowitz@vassar.edu
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8:20 AM
Arsenic in Shallow Groundwater Adsorbed by Deeper Aquifer Sediments of Araihazar, Bangladesh
MIHAJLOV, Ivan1, RADLOFF, Kathleen A.2, STUTE, Martin3, ZHENG, Yan4, MAILLOUX, Brian3, BOUNDS, Margaret3, HUQ, M. Rezaul5, AHMED, Kazi Matin5 and VAN GEEN, Alexander6, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Rte. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Environmental Science, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, (4)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, (5)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (6)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964, mihajlov@ldeo.columbia.edu, mihajlov@ldeo.columbia.edu
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8:35 AM
A Conceptual Model for Arsenic Enrichment In Stream Sediments and Ground Waters of the Humboldt River Basin and Adjacent Areas of Northern Nevada
MOHAMMAD, Shahnewaz, Gradutae Program of Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, MS-175, LMR-263, Reno, NV 89557, TEMPEL, Regina, Dept. of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557 and WALLACE, Alan, University of Nevada, U.S. Geological Survey, Reno, NV 89557-0047, mshahnewaz@gmail.com, mshahnewaz@gmail.com
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8:50 AM
The Hydrology of Shallow Aquifers in Araihazar, Bangladesh: A Potential Link to Temporal Variability in Dissolved Arsenic Concentrations
AZIZ, Zahid1, VAN GEEN, Alexander2, STUTE, Martin3, RAHMAN, Mohammad Wahidur4, RAHMAN, Mohammad Moshiur4, HUQ, Mohammad Rezaul4 and AHMED, Kazi Matin5, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Geochemistry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Rte. 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (4)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (5)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, aziz@ldeo.columbia.edu, aziz@ldeo.columbia.edu
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9:05 AM
Processes Controlling the Mobility of Naturally Occurring Arsenic In a Hydrogeologically and Biogeochemically Well-Characterized Aquifer
KENT, Douglas B., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and SMITH, Richard L., US Geological Survey, Water Resources Discipline, Denver, CO 80303, dbkent@usgs.gov, dbkent@usgs.gov
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9:25 AM
A Green Fieldable Analyzer for Measuring Arsenic In Environmental Samples
SENGUPTA, Mrinal K.1, SAWALHA, Maather F.1, OHIRA, Shin-Ichi1, IDOWUA, Ademola D.2 and DASGUPTA, Purnendu K.1, (1)Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, 130 Chemistry and Physics Buliding, Arlington, TX 76019-0065, (2)Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1061, sengupta@uta.edu, sengupta@uta.edu
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9:40 AM
Field Deployable Method for Arsenic Speciation in Water
VOICE, Thomas C., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, DEL PINO, Lisveth Flores, La Molina National Agrarian University and Scientific University of the South, Lima, 3747, Peru, HAVEZOV, Ivan, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Bontchev Street, Building 11, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria and LONG, David, Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, voice@msu.edu, voice@msu.edu
 
9:55 AM
Break
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10:10 AM
Simultaneous Oxidation Rates of Iron and Arsenic in Acid Mine Drainage (Rio Tinto, Spain) and of Arsenic and Antimony in Neutral Mine Drainage (Giant Mine, Canada)
ASTA, Maria P., Environmental Geology, Institute of Earth Science "Jaume Almera", Lluis Sole i Sabaris s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain, NORDSTROM, D. Kirk, U.S. Geol Survey, 3215 Marine Street, Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303 and MCCLESKEY, R.B., U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St, Boulder, CO 80303, dkn@usgs.gov, dkn@usgs.gov
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10:30 AM
Arsenic Speciation and Iron Mineralogy in Sediment from Meghna and Brahmaputra River Banks of Bangladesh
ZHENG, Yan, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, JUNG, Hun Bok, Geoscience, Universityof Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and BOSTICK, Benjamin, Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 6105, Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, hunbok@geology.wisc.edu, hunbok@geology.wisc.edu
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10:45 AM
Geochemical Modeling of Arsenic Speciation, Sorption, and Precipitation Under Changing Redox Conditions
LEE, Ming-Kuo1, SAUNDERS, James1, DHAKAL, Prakash2, UDDIN, Ashraf1, SHAMSUDDUHA, Mohammad1 and JEAN, Jiin-Shuh3, (1)Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Plant and Soil Science, University of Kentucky, N-122 Ag Science Center-N, Lexington, KY 40546, (3)Earth Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan-70101, Tainan-70101, Taiwan, Leeming@auburn.edu, Leeming@auburn.edu
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11:00 AM
A Field, Laboratory and Modeling Study on Reactive Transport of Arsenic in a Coastal Aquifer
JUNG, Hun Bok, Geoscience, Universityof Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, CHARETTE, Matthew, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Mail Stop 25, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and ZHENG, Yan, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, hunbok@geology.wisc.edu, hunbok@geology.wisc.edu
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11:15 AM
Hydrogeochemical Evaluation of Groundwater along An E-W Transect of the Middle Meghna Basin, Bangladesh
HASAN, M. Aziz1, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun2, AHMED, Kazi Matin3, SRACEK, Ondra4, BRÖMSSEN, Mattias von2 and JACKS, Gunnar5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, (2)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (3)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, (4)Institute of Geological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotláøská 2, Brno, 611 37, Czech Republic, (5)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 76, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, aziz.hasan@yahoo.com, aziz.hasan@yahoo.com
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11:30 AM
Local Parameters Influencing Groundwater Arsenic Concentration in Shallow Aquifers in Bangladesh
RADLOFF, Kathleen A.1, ZHENG, Yan2, STUTE, Martin3, MATTER, Juerg4, AZIZ, Zahid5, RAHMAN, M. Moshiur6, HUQ, M. Rezaul6, CHOWDURY, Tareq6, AHMED, Kazi Matin6 and VAN GEEN, Alexander7, (1)Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, (2)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY 11367, and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (3)Environmental Science, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, (4)Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, 61 rte 9W, New York, NY 10964, (5)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, (6)Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, (7)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964, kar2108@columbia.edu, kar2108@columbia.edu
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11:45 AM
Preliminary Hydrological and Hydrochemical Assessment of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater of Nawalparashi District of Nepal
NEKU, Amar, Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N Floyd Road, Richardson, TX 75083 and BRIKOWSKI, Tom H., Geosciences, FO-21, University of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, Richardson, TX 75083, amar.neku@utdallas.edu, amar.neku@utdallas.edu
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