Session: Private Wells I: Current Challenges and Opportunities (Northeastern Section - 53rd Annual Meeting

Session No. 25

Monday, 19 March 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

University Amphitheater (DoubleTree by Hilton)

T8. Private Wells I: Current Challenges and Opportunities

Sille Larsen, Liz Royer, Paul Susca, Patti Casey and Joseph D. Ayotte, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

25-1

8:05 AM

LOCAL GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO PROTECT PRIVATE WELL USERS IN WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

KANE, Evan O., Wake County Department of Environmental Services, 336 Fayetteville St, Raleigh, NC 27602

25-2

8:25 AM

“IS MY WATER SAFE TO DRINK?” REGULATING PRIVATE WELLS IN RHODE ISLAND

DIPIPPO, Peter T., Rhode Island Department of Health, Center for Drinking Water Quality, 3 Capitol Hl, Rm 209, Providence, RI 02908-5097

25-3

8:45 AM

VERMONT’S PRIVATE WELL PROGRAM- UPDATES FROM SAFEWATCH

VOSE, Sarah, Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, Burlington, VT 05401

25-4

9:05 AM

ARSENIC IN PRIVATE WELLS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE – AN OVERVIEW OF PAST, CURRENT AND FUTURE PRIVATE WELL OWNER ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS

LAWLOR, Kathrin and RARDIN, Laurie, Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755

25-5

9:25 AM

RCAP SOLUTIONS, INC.'S ROLE IMPROVING WATER QUALITY THROUGH TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PRIVATE WELL OWNERS IN THE NORTHEAST

JOHNSON, Mark and RODGERS, Kathy, RCAP Solutions, Inc., 205 School St., Gardner, MA 01440

25-6

9:45 AM

ARSENIC MITIGATION AMONG PRIVATE WELL HOUSEHOLDS IN MAINE AND NEW JERSEY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

ZHENG, Yan¹, FLANAGAN, Sara V.² and YANG, Qiang², (1)School of Env Sci & Engr, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 5180555, China; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, (2)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964

10:15 AM

Break

25-7

10:30 AM

PROTECTING PRIVATE WELL USERS’ HEALTH: RESULTS FROM TWO STATEWIDE STUDIES

BERQUIST, Emily¹, ERICKSON, Melinda L.², MALENDA, H.F.³, SCHER, Deanna⁴ and VON QUALEN, Frieda M.¹, (1)Minnesota Department of Health, Well Management, 625 Robert Street North, St. Paul, MN 55164, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota Water Science Center, 2280 Woodale Drive, Mounds View, MN 55112, (3)Department of Geology, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (4)Minnesota Department of Health, Environmental Surveillance & Assessment, 625 North Robert Street, St. Paul, MN 55164

Handouts

20180319_NEGSA_PrivateWellHouseholdSurvey_vonQualen.pdf (1.7 MB)

hhsurveyreport.pdf (616.2 kB)

householdsurvey.pdf (181.1 kB)

25-8

10:50 AM

RADIONUCLIDES IN A FRACTURED GRANITE AQUIFER: REVIEW OF SEVEN YEARS OF TESTING OF PRIVATE WELLS

KANE, Evan O. and POTTER, Andrew, Wake County Department of Environmental Services, 336 Fayetteville St, Raleigh, NC 27602

25-9

11:10 AM

GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS INVESTIGATING SPRINGS, SHALLOW WELLS AND DRILLED WELLS AS SOURCE OF BACTERIA IN PRIVATE DRINKING WATER

LARSEN, Sille, Department of Health, Environmental Health, 108 Cherry St, Suite 201, Burlington, VT 05401