Northeastern Section - 53rd Annual Meeting - 2018

Session No. 24
Monday, 19 March 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Emerald Ballroom I (DoubleTree by Hilton)

T6. Emerging Contaminants in Fractured Bedrock Aquifers in the Northeast I

 

Jonathan J. Kim, Peter Ryan, Ed Romanowicz and Timothy Schroeder, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:20 AM
TAP WATER INTAKE OF POLY- AND PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFASS) IN RELATION TO SERUM CONCENTRATIONS IN A NATIONWIDE PROSPECTIVE COHORT OF U.S. WOMEN
HU, Xindi C., Environmental Health, Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215; Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 29 Oxford Street, Rm 128, Cambridge, MA 02138, GRANDJEAN, Philippe, Environmental Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, J. B. Winsløws Vej 17, 2. sal., 5000 Odense C, Odense, 5000, Denmark; Environmental Health, Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, LADEN, Francine, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215; Environmental Health, Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, HART, Jaime E., Environmental Health, Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215; Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215, YEUNG, Leo W.Y., School of Science and Technology, Orebro University, Långhuset, Fakultetsgatan 1, 702 81 Örebro, Sweden, Örebro, 702 81, Sweden and SUNDERLAND, Elsie M., Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115
8:40 AM
Handouts
  • GSA 2018 Benn PPT.pptx (18.3 MB)
  • 9:00 AM
    4D CHARACTERIZATION OF A FRACTURED BEDROCK AQUIFER CONTAMINATED WITH PFOA: BENNINGTON, VERMONT
    KIM, Jonathan J., Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Vermont Geological Survey, 1 National Life Dr, Main 2, Montpelier, VT 05620-3902, RYAN, Peter, Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, ROMANOWICZ, Edwin, Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, SCHROEDER, Timothy, Natural Sciences, Bennington College, 1 College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201, BELAVAL, Marcel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post Office Square, OEP06-2, Boston, MA 02109 and BOUTT, David F., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003
    9:20 AM
    WIDESPREAD PFC CONTAMINATION BY AEROSOL DEPOSITION IN BENNINGTON, VERMONT: A LONG-TERM PROBLEM DUE TO RETENTION IN VADOSE ZONE SOILS
    SCHROEDER, Timothy, Natural Sciences, Bennington College, 1 College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201, KIM, Jonathan J., Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Vermont Geological Survey, 1 National Life Dr, Main 2, Montpelier, VT 05620-3902 and RYAN, Peter, Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
    9:40 AM
    TRACING GROUNDWATER FLOW BY INORGANIC HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY: A TOOL TO UNDERSTANDING PFOA MIGRATION IN A FRACTURED ROCK AQUIFER
    RYAN, Peter C.1, KIM, Jonathan J.2, NORRIS, Emmet1 and ALLEN, David3, (1)Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753, (2)Vermont Geological Survey, Department of Environmental Conservation, 1 National Life Drive, Main 2, Montpelier, VT 05620-3902, (3)Biology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753
     
    10:00 AM
    Break
    10:15 AM
    CHARACTERIZING THE GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER SYSTEM IN A PFOA-CONTAMINATED FRACTURED ROCK AQUIFER USING RADON AND STABLE ISOTOPES
    BELAVAL, Marcel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post Office Square, OEP06-2, Boston, MA 02109, BOUTT, David F., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Morrill Science Center, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, SCHROEDER, Timothy, Natural Sciences, Bennington College, 1 College Drive, Bennington, VT 05201, RYAN, Peter, Geology Department, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753 and KIM, Jonathan J., Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Vermont Geological Survey, 1 National Life Dr, Main 2, Montpelier, VT 05620-3902
    10:35 AM
    RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FRACTURES, VERTICAL WATER FLOW AND GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PFOA IN DOMESTIC WELLS, BENNINGTON, VT
    ROMANOWICZ, Edwin, Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, 101 Broad Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 and KIM, Jonathan J., Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Vermont Geological Survey, 1 National Life Dr, Main 2, Montpelier, VT 05620-3902
    10:55 AM
    CHARACTERIZATION OF VERTICAL FLOW WITHIN BEDROCK AQUIFERS (STORRS, CONNECTICUT) USING DIFFERENT FLOW LOGGING METHODS
    PHILLIPS, Stephanie N.1, JOHNSON, Carole D.2, ROBBINS, Gary A.3 and LANE, John W.2, (1)Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269; Hydrogeophysics Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, Storrs, CT 06269, (2)Hydrogeophysics Branch, U.S. Geological Survey, Storrs, CT 06269, (3)Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
    11:15 AM
    GROUNDWATER AGE-TRACERS SHED LIGHT ON THE NATURE OF PFOA TRANSPORT IN THE N. BENNINGTON, VERMONT BEDROCK AQUIFER
    SHANLEY, James B., U.S. Geological Survey, Montpelier, VT 05602, MACK, Thomas J., U.S. Geological Survey, 331 Commerce Way, Pembroke, NH 03275 and LEVITT, Joseph P., U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 331 Commerce Way, Suite #2, Pembroke, NH 03275
     
    11:35 AM
    Discussion
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