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Category: 9th LA Water Conf
11th Annual Louisiana Groundwater, Surface Water, and Water Resources Symposium
Constitutive elastic models to predict shallow (<30m) seismic velocities: Natural soils beneath an earthen levee: Marrero, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Jie Shen, Department of. Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803: jshen6@lsu.edu, Juan M. Lorenzo, Department of. Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803: gllore@lsu.edu, Frank Tsai, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803: ftsai@lsu.edu. Current constitutive elastic…
Adsorption-desorption enhancement in Capacitive Deionization using membranes, resins, polymers and electrode modification
Md Ashique Ahmed, College of Engineering & Science, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71270. maa039@latech.edu; Sanjay Tewari, Assistant Professor at College of Engineering & Science, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71270. stewari@latech.edu Capacitive deionization (CDI or CapDI) is a relatively novel technology which has shown increased energy and cost…
Ethics for Geoscientists and Engineers
William H. Schramm, PO Box 4312, Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312 Ethics has many definitions; it is a study of the rules of human behavior, the standards of right and wrong, that part of science and philosophy dealing with moral conduct, duty, and judgment, the voluntary actions specifically taken by an…
Conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater for northern Louisiana
Amir Mani and Frank T.-C. Tsai Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, 3418G Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803, USA, Phone: 1-225-5784246, Email: amani1@lsu.edu; ftsai@lsu.edu A conjunctive management model is developed for management of groundwater and surface water resources. The conjunctive management model considers…
Science and Regulation of Arsenic in Groundwater
Kate Magee, 616 FM 1960 Road West #575, Houston, TX 77090: kate.magee@c-ka.com Arsenic is commonly associated with oil and gas, mining, manufacturing, and agricultural sites. It may be either naturally-occurring or an introduced contaminant. In cases where arsenic has been released into the environment, site-specific geochemical conditions dictate its…
Climate change impacts on surface water and groundwater recharge of southwestern Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana
Ehsan Beigi and Frank T.-C. Tsai Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 3418G Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Louisiana State University E-mail: ebeigi3@lsu.edu; ftsai@lsu.edu; This study conducts uncertainty analysis on future region-scale hydrologic projections under the uncertain climate change projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment…
Evaluating the Practicality of LNAPL Recovery
Jeff Lane, CK Associates – 616 FM 1960 West, Suite 575, Houston, Texas 77090, jeff.lane@c-ka.com In some cases, recovery of LNAPL is critical to prevent plume spreading and protect receptors (i.e. discharges to surface water, persons or animals contacting impacted soil or vapors, and users of water wells) and…
Managing an Aquifer Under The Risk of Costly Event: When Strategic Interaction Promotes Prudent Behaviors
Krishna P.Paudel Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA kpaudel@agcenter.lsu.edu Biswo Poudel, Kathmandu University, Nepal Fabien Prieur, INRA, France Natural gas production through hydraulic fracturing (specifically horizontal slickwater fracking) since 1998 has brought or is likely to bring economic development in many parts of the U.S. Hydraulic fracturing has been…