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GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 13
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 501 (Colorado Convention Center)

T103. Emerging Contaminants in Water Supplies

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division
Madeline E. Schreiber, Advocates
13-1
8:00 AM
OCCURRENCE AND TRANSPORT OF POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) IN GROUNDWATER NEAR A FORMER FIRE-TRAINING AREA AND WASTEWATER DISPOSAL SITE ON CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS (Invited Presentation)
LEBLANC, Denis R.1, WEBER, Andrea K.2, VECITIS, Chad D.2 and BARBER, Larry B.3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 10 Bearfoot Rd., Northborough, MA 01532, (2)Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Pierce Hall 120, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, 3215 Marine St., Boulder, CO 80303, dleblanc@usgs.gov
13-2
8:20 AM
INTENSIVE SAMPLING FOR MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE MOHAWK RIVER, EASTERN NEW YORK STATE
SMITH, Jacqueline A.1, HODGE, James L.1, KURTZ, Bradley H.1 and GARVER, John I.2, (1)Physical & Biological Sciences, The College of Saint Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203, (2)Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union ST, Schenectady, NY 12308, smithj@strose.edu
13-3
8:35 AM
EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: FROM LEAKING SEWERS TO NANOPARTICLES IN CONCRETE
GELLASCH, Christopher A.1, CINTRON, Nicole M.1, HARRISON, Daniel J.1, HONEY, Jonathan1, FISHER, Andmorgan2 and PODA, Aimee R.3, (1)Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD 20814, (2)Geospatial Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315, (3)Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, christopher.gellasch@usuhs.edu
Handouts
  • Gellasch GSA 2016 FINAL.pdf (6.5 MB)
    • 13-4
    8:50 AM
    OCCURRENCE OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (PPCPS) IN AN URBAN-IMPACTED STREAM, BLACKSBURG, VA
    FITZGERALD, Kendall M.1, CHEN, Chaoqi2 and XIA, Kang2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, (2)Department of Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, kendallmfitz@gmail.com
    13-5
    9:05 AM
    ULTRA-TRACE LEVELS OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN A HEAVILY-USED, URBAN GROUNDWATER SYSTEM (Invited Presentation)
    GOTKOWITZ, Madeline B., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, HEDMAN, Curtis, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI 53718 and BRADBURY, Kenneth R., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, University of Wisconsin-Extension, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705, mbgotkow@wisc.edu
    13-6
    9:25 AM
    LONG-TERM ALTERATIONS IN GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY INDUCED BY MUNICIPAL WELL PUMPING
    OLSON, Joshua C., Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Weeks Hall, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, BAHR, Jean M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and GOTKOWITZ, Madeline B., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, olsojc@gmail.com
    13-7
    9:40 AM
    TUNGSTEN STABLE ISOTOPES AS A PROBE OF ADSORPTION REACTION MECHANISMS
    WASYLENKI, Laura E. and SCHAEFER, Augustus, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, lauraw@indiana.edu
     
    9:55 AM
    Break
    13-8
    10:10 AM
    SEASONAL VARIATION OF CHLORIDE INPUTS FROM ROAD SALT APPLICATION IN A MIXED URBAN/AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
    CHABELA, Lucas P., PETERSON, Eric W. and MILLER, Joseph, Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Department of Geography-Geology, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790, lpchabe@ilstu.edu
    13-9
    10:25 AM
    ARE CRUDE OIL METABOLITES EMERGING CONTAMINANTS? (Invited Presentation)
    BEKINS, Barbara A.1, COZZARELLI, Isabelle M.2, ERICKSON, Melinda L.3, STEENSON, Ross A.4 and THORN, Kevin A.1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Geological Survey MS 431, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota Water Science Center, 2280 Woodale Drive, Mounds View, MN 55112, (4)San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Oakland, CA 94612, babekins@usgs.gov
    13-10
    10:45 AM
    DEGRADATION OF 1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE BY NANOSCALE ZERO VALENT IRON (NZVI) SUPPORTED ON POWDERED ACTIVATED CARBON (PAC)
    CHOWDHURY, Md Abu Raihan, Earth and Environmental Science, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel glenn Hwy Dayton 45435, Dayton, OH 45435 and AGRAWAL, Abinash, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, ar.chowdhury28@gmail.com
    13-11
    11:00 AM
    AN APPROACH FOR PASSIVE REMOVAL OF LNAPL FROM GROUNDWATER
    SVITANA, Kevin, Leggette,Brashears and Graham, Inc., 104 Mill St., Suite I, Gahanna, OH 43230, ksvitana@lbgcmh.com
    13-12
    11:15 AM
    ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT ON TRACE METAL CONCENTRATION IN UTAH LAKE WATER AND SEDIMENTS
    ALHASSAN Sr., Ibrahim Essa, Geology, utah valley University, 800 W University Pkwy, orem, UT 84058 and CADET, Eddy, Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University, 800 West University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, ibrahim.usa.999@hotmail.com
    13-13
    11:45 AM
    Withdrawn
    13-14
    11:30 AM
    BACTERIAL CONTENT OF DRINKING WATER IN THE SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK, NEPAL
    NICHOLSON, Kirsten N.1, NEUMANN, Klaus1, DOWLING, Carolyn B.1 and SHARMA, Subodh2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, (2)Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal, knichols@bsu.edu
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