2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 337
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
110 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T154. Groundwater and Surface-Water Arsenic: From Source to Sink II

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and Health Division; Geochemical Society; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development

 

Prosun Bhattacharya, Abhijit Mukherjee, Karen Johannesson and Saugata Datta, Advocates
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Start Time
1:00 PM
EFFECT OF AQUIFER HETEROGENEITY ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF DEEP GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN THE BENGAL DELTA NEAR A MEGA-CITY PUMPING CENTER
KHAN, Mahfuzur R.1, KONESHLOO, Mohammad2, KNAPPETT, Peter S.K.3, MOZUMDER, M. Rajib Hassan4, MAILLOUX, Brian5, AHMED, Kazi Matin6, BOSTICK, Benjamin C.7, HARVEY, Charles F.8, VAN GEEN, Alexander4 and MICHAEL, Holly A.9, (1)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, DE, Bangladesh, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (3)Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (4)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9w, Palisades, NY 10964, (5)Environmental Sciences, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, (6)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, (7)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 19064, (8)Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, (9)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716
1:15 PM
INFLUENCE OF GEOMORPHIC TERRAINS AND WATER-SEDIMENT INTERACTIONS ON FATE OF GROUNDWATER ARSENIC IN SHALLOW AQUIFERS OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER BASIN ADJOINING EASTERN HIMALAYAS
VERMA, Swati, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India, MUKHERJEE, Abhijit, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India, CHAOUDHURY, Runti, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India, MAHANTA, Chandan, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 781039, India and BHATTACHARYA, Prosun, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden
1:30 PM
DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IMPACT MICROBIAL ARSENIC CYCLING IN AQUIFERS OF WEST BENGAL (INDIA)
GHOSH, Devanita1, ROUTH, Joyanto2 and BHADURY, Punyasloke1, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur Campus, Nadia, Mohanpur, 741246, India, (2)Department of Water and Environmental Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, 581 83, Sweden
1:45 PM
CHARACTERIZING SEDIMENT GEOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS IN ASSESSING THE PROCESSES OF RELEASE OF ARSENIC IN THE SEDIMENTARY AQUIFERS OF MATLAB REGION, SOUTH EASTERN BANGLADESH
KIBRIA, Md Golam, Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502, KIRK, M.F., Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 204 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66502, CALDANA, Pedro, Department of Earth Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, 78060, Brazil, HOSSAIN, Mohammed, 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, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, RANSOM, Michel, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, AHMED, Kazi Matin, Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh and DATTA, Saugata, Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 104 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506
2:00 PM
INTERMEDIATE DEEP AQUIFER (IDA): A POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR ARSENIC-SAFE AND LOW-MANGANESE DRINKING WATER
HOSSAIN, Mohammed1, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun2, AHMED, Kazi Matin3, HASAN, M. Aziz4, JACKS, Gunnar1, BRÖMSSEN, Mattias von5, RAHMAN, Marina6, HAQUE, M. Aminul6 and RASHID, Nazhat Shirin4, (1)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, (2)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (3)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, (4)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, (5)Soil and Water Environment, Ramböll Sweden AB, Stockholm, SE-104 62, Sweden, (6)Sasmit, NGO Forum for Public Health, 4/6, Block-E, Lalmatia, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
2:15 PM
BASELINE WATER QUALITY OF 243 DRINKING WATER TUBEWELLS INSTALLED AT INTERMEDIATE DEEP AQUIFER (IDA) IN MATLAB, SOUTHEASTERN BANGLADESH
BHATTACHARYA, Prosun1, HOSSAIN, Mohammed2, AHMED, Kazi Matin3, HASAN, M. Aziz4, VON BRÖMSSEN, Mattias5, JACKS, Gunnar2, RAHMAN, Marina6, HAQUE, M. Aminul6 and RASHID, Nazhat Shirin4, (1)KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, (2)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, (3)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, (4)Department of Geology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh, (5)Soil and Water Environment, Ramböll Sweden AB, Stockholm, SE-104 62, Sweden, (6)Sasmit, NGO Forum for Public Health, 4/6, Block-E, Lalmatia, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
2:30 PM
SEARCH FOR SAFE UNDERGROUND WATER THROUGH OBSERVATION OF TUBEWELL CONCRETE PLATFORM COLOR IN SOUTHERN BANGLADESH
MINCHALA, Sandra1, DHAM, Sanjita2, SHAHA, Sanjit3, BEHRI, Ervila1, HUSSAM, Abul4, ALAUDDIN, Sarah1 and ALAUDDIN, Mohammad5, (1)Department of Chemistry, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY 10301, (2)Department of Biology and Life Sciences, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY 10301, (3)Exonics Technology Center, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh, (4)Chemistry, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, (5)Department of Chemistry, Wagner College, Staten Island, VA 10301
 
2:45 PM
Break
3:00 PM
IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF ARSENIC AND SALINITY IN GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATER IN THE SNAKE CREEK WATERSHED, UTAH
CHAPMAN, Tucker, Provo, UT 84604, CARLING, Gregory T., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, TINGEY, David G., Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602 and GOODSELL, Timothy H., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602
3:15 PM
GEOGENIC ARSENIC DISTRIBUTION IN METAMORPHIC BEDROCK AND IMPACTS FROM HISTORIC GOLD MINING OPERATIONS NEAR JULIAN, CA
O'SHEA, Bethany, ROBINSON, Tom, JOHNSTON, Elizabeth and CATHCART, Eric, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110
3:30 PM
REMOVAL OF ARSENIC  FROM CONTAMINATED WATER USING CHITOSAN BIOPOLYMER AS AN ADSORBENT DERIVED FROM SHRIMP OR CRAB SHELLS
ANNADUZZAMAN, M., 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, BHATTACHARYA, Prosun, KTH-International Groundwater Arsenic Research Group, Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden, ERSOZ, Mustafa, Advanced Technology Research and Application Center, Selcuk University, Konya, 42151, Turkey and LAZAROVA, Zdravka, Department of Health and Environment, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, Tulln, 3430, Austria
3:45 PM
ISOLATION OF ARSENIC RESISTANCE BACTERIA AND THEIR ABILITY IN ARSENIC REMOVAL FROM SOIL IN ASSOCIATION WITH PTERIS VITTATA
SINGH, Surjit and BOSE, Sutapa, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, Mohanpur, 741246, India
4:00 PM
SORPTION OF ARSENIC WITHIN AQUIFER SEDIMENTS AND PROCESSES OF BIOACCUMULATION AND LOCALIZATION OF ARSENIC WITHIN RICE GROWN IN THESE SEDIMENTS FROM BANGLADESH AND INDIA
KREHEL, Austin W., Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, BEDNAR, Anthony, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS 39180, VEGA, Michael, Kansas State Geology Department, Manhattan, KS 66502, PANDYA, Kumi, Department of Energy, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, NRL-SRC Building 535A, Upton, NY 11973, RAHMAN, Mohammad Mahmudur, Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), Faculty of Science and Information Technology, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia, HETTIARACHCHI, Ganga, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, 2107 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Manhattan, KS 66506, TAPPERO, Ryan, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratories, Upton, NY 11973, JOHANNESSON, Karen, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 101 Blessey Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698 and DATTA, Saugata, Department of Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506
4:15 PM
SEQUESTRATION OF ARSENIC AND OTHER TOXIC METALS BY NATURAL BACTERIAL SULFATE REDUCTION UNDER VARIOUS GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS
STARNES, Peter H.1, MARLOW, Christopher Scott2, LEE, Ming-Kuo3, SAUNDERS, James A.3 and UDDIN, Ashraf4, (1)Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Geology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36830, (3)Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (4)Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
 
4:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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