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GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 4
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 618/619/620 (Washington State Convention Center)

T5. Arsenic and Other Geogenic Contaminants in Groundwater Resources: Linking Water Quality, Food Security, and Treatment I

GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA International/International Interdisciplinary Interest Group; International Society of Groundwater for Sustainable Development (ISGSD); International Medical Geology Association; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division
Prosun Bhattacharya, Abhijit Mukherjee, Saugata Datta, Mohammad Alauddin, Karen Johannesson, Jochen Bundschuh and Arslan Ahmad, Advocates
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
4-1
8:05 AM
NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES OF ARSENIC AND NITRATE IN A SEMI-ARID ALLUVIAL BASIN; GOSHEN VALLEY, UTAH, USA
CARLING, Gregory T.1, SELCK, Brian J.1, KIRBY, Stefan2, HANSEN, Neil C.3, BICKMORE, Barry R.1, REY, Kevin A.1, TINGEY, David G.1, WALLACE, Janae2 and JORDAN, J. Lucy2, (1)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT 84114, (3)Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84604, greg.carling@byu.edu
Handouts
  • Carling-GSA-2017.pptx (10.9 MB)
    • 4-2
    8:20 AM
    ARSENIC CONCENTRATION VARIABILITY IN NEWLY CONSTRUCTED DRINKING WATER WELLS IN MINNESOTA, USA
    ERICKSON, Melinda L., U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota Water Science Center, 2280 Woodale Drive, Mounds View, MN 55112, BERQUIST, Emily, Minnesota Department of Health, Well Management, 625 Robert Street North, St. Paul, MN 55164 and MALENDA, Helen F., Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, emily.berquist@state.mn.us
    4-3
    8:40 AM
    LONG-TERM ALTERATIONS IN GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY INDUCED BY MUNICIPAL WELL PUMPING
    OLSON, Joshua C., WSP, 123 North Third Street, Suite 507, Minneapolis, MN 55401, BAHR, Jean M., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, GOTKOWITZ, Madeline B., Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705 and RODEN, Eric E., Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, olsojc@gmail.com
    4-4
    8:55 AM
    A NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDY OF SUBSURFACE ARSENOPYRITE DISSOLUTION AND ARSENIC MIGRATION UNDER GEOLOGIC CARBON STORAGE CONDITIONS
    ZHANG, Liwei1, PARTHASARATHY, Hariprasad2, WANG, Yan1, LI, Xiaochun1 and KARAMALIDIS, Athanasios K.3, (1)State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 Xiaohongshan Street, Wuchang District, Wuhan, 430071, China, (2)Geosyntec Consultants, Greenville, SC 29601, (3)Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, zlw_85@foxmail.com
    4-5
    9:10 AM
    ASSESSMENT OF ARSENIC AND TRACE METAL CONTAMINATIONS IN RIVERINE WATER AND SEDIMENTS RESULTED FROM THE COAL ASH SPILL IN KINGSTON, TENNESSEE
    RAMSEY, Ashley and SZYNKIEWICZ, Anna, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996, aramse17@vols.utk.edu
    Handouts
  • Ramsey-GSA Assessment of Arsenic and Trace Metal Contaminations.pdf (2.7 MB)
    • 4-6
    9:25 AM
    GEOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS EXPLAINING TOXIC CONCENTRATIONS OF DISSOLVED ARSENIC AND FLUORIDE IN THE INDEPENDENCE AQUIFER
    SHEPHERD, Forest1, KNAPPETT, Peter2, HETTIARACHCHI, Ganga3, LI, Yanmei4, RODRIGUEZ, Rodrigo4, GONZALEZ, Viridiana4, TORRES, Dulce4, JASSO, Manuel4, THURSTON, William5 and DATTA, Saugata6, (1)Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, (3)Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, (4)Department of Mines, Metallurgy and Geology engineering, University of Guanajuato, Ex Hda. de San Matías s/n. Fracc. San Javier, Guanajuato, 36025, Mexico, (5)Caminos de Agua, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, (6)Department of Geology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506; Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, Shepherdft@ksu.edu
     
    9:40 AM
    Break
    4-7
    9:55 AM
    THE ORIGIN OF ELEVATED MOLYBDENUM IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN GROUNDWATER
    HARKNESS, Jennifer S.1, MATHEWSON, Paul2, COOK, Tyson2, DARRAH, Thomas H.3, MOORE, Myles T.4, WHYTE, Colin5 and VENGOSH, Avner6, (1)Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, (2)Clean Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53703, (3)The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, (4)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (5)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (6)Duke University, Nicholas School of the Enviornment, 207A Old Chemistry Bldg, Durham, NC 27708, jsh45@duke.edu
    4-8
    10:15 AM
    GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON RADIUM AND URANIUM ISOTOPES IN GROUNDWATER OF THE EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT
    SHERIF, M.I. and STURCHIO, N.C., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, sherif@udel.edu
    4-9
    10:30 AM
    Withdrawn
    4-10
    10:45 AM
    HEAVY METAL POLLUTION IN KOYCEGIZ-DALYAN COASTAL LAGOON WATERSHED (MUGLA) SW TURKEY: AN INDEXING APPROACH
    AVSAR, Ozgur, Geological Engineering, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Kotekli, Mugla, 48000 and ARSLAN, Sebnem, Geological Engineering, Ankara University, Bahcelievler Mah. 50. Yil Kampusu Golbasi, Ankara, 06830, sarslan@eng.ankara.edu.tr
    4-11
    11:00 AM
    SPATIAL STATISTICS: A TOOL FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF GEOCONTAMINANTS IN GROUNDWATER
    IJUMULANA, Julian, 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, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden and MTALO, Felix, Department of Water Resources Engineering, University of Dar es Salam (UDSM), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, prosun@kth.se
    4-12
    11:15 AM
    MINERAL SOLUBILITY CONTROLS ON DRINKING WATER QUALITY IN THE AREAS OF GOLD MINING IN GEITA AND MARA REGIONS OF NORTHERN TANZANIA
    IJUMULANA, Julian, 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, LUCCA, Enrico, 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, Dept of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 10B, Stockholm, SE-10044, Sweden and MTALO, Felix, Department of Water Resources Engineering, University of Dar es Salam (UDSM), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, prosun@kth.se
     
    11:30 AM
    Discussion
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