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: ftsai@lsu.edu Groundwater is the most important water resource to the public supply and economic development in the Baton Rouge area. The Louisiana Legislature in…
Charles E. Heywood, Jason M. Griffith, and John K. Lovelace Groundwater withdrawals have caused saltwater to encroach into freshwater-bearing aquifers beneath Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Groundwater investigations in the 1960s identified a freshwater-saltwater interface located at the Baton Rouge Fault, across which abrupt changes in water levels occur. Aquifers south of…
Anthony J. Duplechin Due to heavy pumping of certain aquifers within the Capital area, saltwater from the south has moved across the Baton Rouge Fault into some of the fresh water aquifers in East Baton Rouge Parish. The Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District is empowered to take all necessary steps…
Colleen Wendeborn, 2478–91 Ave. S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2C 5H3, Canada: fcwendeb@yahoo.ca Jeffrey S. Hanor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803: hanor@lsu.edu The groundwater in the Baton Rouge area is dominated by sodium bicarbonate, making it very soft. It has a pH of 8 to 9…
Terry Emory, City of West Monroe, 303 West Pavilion Drive, West Monroe, Louisiana, 71292: emoryterry@yahoo.com In 1996, city officials in West Monroe noticed an alarming trend: water was being overdrawn from the Sparta Aquifer by eighteen million gallons per day (18MGD) beyond the recharge rate and if this trend…
Vic Kelson (presenter), Rhett Moore, and Bruce Duhe, Layne Christensen Company For about 50 years, brackish water has been identified in the “1500-foot sand” aquifer in Baton Rouge, LA, moving northward from the Baton Rouge Fault. The intrusion of the brackish water has occurred as a result of long-term pumping…
Yibo Chen and Sanjay Tewari Department: Civil Engineering of Louisiana Tech University, P.O. Box 10348, Ruston, LA 71272-0046 Ruston, Louisiana, 71270.Email Address: ych017@latech.edu; stewari@latech.edu. Utilizing waste products from one industry to treat industrial wastewater is environment friendly and economical. Fly ash is a carbon waste from coal-fired power plants. It…
R. “Randy” Hollis, P.E., Post Office Box 66396, Baton Rouge, LA 70896-6396: randy@owenandwhite.com; Roy A. Waggenspack, P.E., Post Office Box 66396, Baton Rouge, LA 70896-6396: roy@owenandwhite.com Saltwater intrusion into the Southern Hills Aquifer system in East Baton Rouge Parish is of great concern to both public and industrial…
Keith B. Hall Louisiana State University Law Center 1 East Campus Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70803 keith.hall@law.lsu.edu Historically, the companies that perform hydraulic fracturing kept the composition of their fracturing fluids confidential, treating the compositions as trade secrets. But in recent years, many people have become concerned that hydraulic…
Hai V. Pham, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, 3525 Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803: hpham28@lsu.edu; Frank T.-C. Tsai, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, 3418G Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803: ftsai@lsu.edu Groundwater systems are complex…