GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 179
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 2A/3A (Colorado Convention Center)

P5. The High Plains Aquifer: Can it be Managed for Today and the Future?

GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee; GSA Hydrogeology Division; National Ground Water Association; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); GSA Soils and Soil Processes Interdisciplinary Interest Group
Susan Stover and Rex C. Buchanan, Conveners
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
HYDROGEOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER, 2015
MCGUIRE, Virginia L., U.S. Geological Survey, 5231 South 19th Street, Lincoln, NE 68502, vlmcguir@usgs.gov
8:25 AM
THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER IN KANSAS: CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
BUTLER Jr., J.J., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, WHITTEMORE, D.O., Kansas Geological Survey, The Univ of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047 and WILSON, B.B., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, jbutler@kgs.ku.edu
8:45 AM
MANAGING GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN THE HIGH PLAINS OF TEXAS
FRENCH, Larry, Texas Water Development Board, 1700 North Congress, P.O. Box 13231, Austin, TX 78711-3231, larry.french@twdb.texas.gov
9:05 AM
BEYOND BOUNDARIES: WESTERN GROUNDWATER LAW IN THE AGE OF PERMANENT DEPLETION
GRIGGS, Burke W., School of Law, Washburn University, 1700 SW College Ave., Topeka, KS 66621, burke.griggs@gmail.com
9:25 AM
THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER—CHALLENGES IN COMMUNICATING GROUNDWATER SCIENCE
ALLEY, William, National Ground Water Association, 4731 Winona Avenue, San Diego, CA 92115, walley@ngwa.org
9:55 AM
SENIOR FELLOW, GETCHES-WILKINSON CENTER FOR ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ENVIRONMENT, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
CASTLE, Anne J., University of Colorado, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment, 1549 Genesee Vista Rd., Golden, CO 80401, annejcastle@gmail.com
 
10:15 AM
Panel Discussion
 
10:55 AM
Documentary
 
11:55 AM
Discussion