Baton Rouge Geological Society, Louisiana Geological Survey, & Louisiana Water Resources Research Institute
Dalton Woods Auditorium, Energy, Coast & Environmental Building
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
April 16, 2015
Schedule
Dalton Hall Auditorium
8:35 am Opening Remarks
Session: Subsurface Techniques Session
Moderator: Douglas Carlson
8:45 am Jie Shen, Juan M. Lorenzo, and Frank Tsai “Constitutive elastic models to predict shallow (<30m) seismic velocities: Natural soils beneath an earthen levee: Marrero, Louisiana, U.S.A.”
9:10 am George Losonsky and Scott M. Bergeron “Vertical, Angled and Horizontal Wells in Shallow Aquifers—Drawing Lemonade from Lemons”
Session: Professional Geoscientist Continuing Education Session
Moderator: Douglas Carlson
9:35 am John E. Johnston III “The Licensing of Geoscientists in Louisiana”
10:00 am William H. Schramm “Ethics for Geoscientists and Engineers”
(This lecture meets PG requirement for continuing education of one hour of ethics class yearly)
Session: Sparta Aquifer Supply & Management
Moderator: Douglas Carlson
11:00 am Amir Mani*, and Frank T.-C. Tsai “Conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater for northern Louisiana”
11:25 am Terry Emory “The City of West Monroe Sparta Reuse Facility Efforts to Save the Sparta Aquifer”
11:50 am to 12:45 pm lunch break
(box lunches provided on site for $10)
Session: Poster (conference room)
11:50 am to 12:45 pm
Yibo Chen, and Sanjay Tewari “Comparative performance evaluation of coal combustion products in industrial wastewater treatment”
Session: Groundwater Quality
Moderator: John Lovelace
12:45 pm Keith B. Hall “Mandatory Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Water Composition”
1:10 pm Kate Magee “Science and Regulation of Arsenic in Groundwater”
1:35 pm Jeff Lane “Evaluating the Practicality of LNAPL Recovery”
2:00 pm Krishna P. Paudel “Managing an Aquifer Under The Risk of Costly Event: When Strategic Interaction Promotes Prudent Behaviors”
2:25 pm K. Telfeyan, A. Breaux, J. Kim, K.H. Johannesson, A.S. Kolker, and J.E. Cable “Biogeochemistry of surface waters and groundwaters at Myrtle Grove, LA”
2:50 pm to 3:00 pm break
Session: Capital Area Groundwater and Saltwater Intrusion
Moderator: Frank Tsai
3:00 pm Frank T.-C. Tsai “Geological architecture construction for Baton Rouge saltwater intrusion study”
3:25 pm Charles E. Heywood, Jason M. Griffith, and John K. Lovelace* “Simulation of Groundwater Flow in the “1,500-Foot” Sand and “2,000-Foot” Sand, with Scenarios to Mitigate Saltwater Migration in the “2,000-Foot” Sand of the Baton Rouge Area, Louisiana”
3:50 pm Anthony J. Duplechin “Update on Efforts to Address Saltwater Intrusion in the Capital Area”
4:15 pm F. Colleen Wendeborn and Jeffrey S. Hanor* “Origin of Sodium-Bicarbonate Groundwaters in the Southern Hills Aquifer System: Why is Baton Rouge Drinking Water So Good?”
4:40 pm to 4:50 pm break
Session: Capital Area Groundwater and Saltwater Intrusion
Moderator: Richard McCulloh
4:50 pm Vic Kelson*, Rhett Moore, and Bruce Duhe “Analysis and Design of a Scavenger Well in the 1500-foot Sand Aquifer, Baton Rouge, LA”
5:15 pm P. R. “Randy” Hollis and Roy A. Waggenspack “Design and construction of a salt and fresh water well couple to intercept saltwater migrating into the Southern Hills Aquifer system“
5:40 pm Hai V. Pham* and Frank T.-C. Tsai “Optimal Groundwater Observation Network Design for Model Discrimination under Conceptual Model Uncertainty: Case Study for Baton Rouge Aquifer System, Louisiana”
Conference Room
Session: South Louisiana Surface Water
Moderator: Marty Horn
8:45 am Ehsan Beigi and Frank T.-C. Tsai “Climate change impacts on surface water and groundwater recharge of southwestern Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana”
9:10 am Y. Jun Xu “Sediment sluicing at LSU University Lake – A proposal for combating urban lake siltation and nutrient enrichment”
9:35 am Whitney P. Broussard III, Jian Chen, Fabiane B. Santos, Emad Habib, and David M. Borrok, “Integrating Social and Environmental Data in a Georeferenced Surface Water Use-Availability Model”
10:00 am Pawan Kumar Yadav, Sandesh Thapa, Xiao Han, Cecilia Richmond, and Ning Zhang “Effects of a Vegetation Model in Hydrodynamic Simulations of Calcasieu Lake and Surrounding”
10:25 am Bijay Kumar Pokhrel* and Krishua P. Paudel “Assessing The Efficiency Of Alternative Best Management Practices To Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution In The Saline Bayou Watershed, Louisiana”
10:50 am Adebayo Segun and Reda Amer “GIS Analysis of Lake Pontchartrain Water Quality before and After the Bonnet Carré Spillway Opening in 2011“
11:15 am David M. Borrok, Emad Habib, Whitney P. Broussard, III, JoAnne DeRouen, Durga Poudel, and Ning Zhang, “Surface water use to counterbalance groundwater withdrawals in Southwest Louisiana”
11:40 am to 12:45 pm lunch break
(box lunches provided on site for $10)
Session: Water Supply and Interaction of Groundwater with Surface Water
Moderator: Anthony J. Duplechin
12:45 pm Dale J. Nyman “Regional water-level changes in the Baton Rouge “2,800-foot” sand”
1:10 pm B. Pierre Sargent, Robert B. Fendick, and Angela L. Collier “A Comparison of Groundwater Watch Water-Level Data with Water-Use Data in Louisiana”
1:35 pm Joseph E. Berlin “Water Demand Forecasting for Toledo Bend Reservoir Reallocation”
2:00 pm Sanjeev Joshi, and Y. Jun Xu “Riverine sediment fractions as a function of discharge at Tarbert Landing and Simmesport – Indication of the need for flow control to maximize sediment sources”
2:25 pm Alexander Breaux , Alexander S. Kolker, Katherine Telfeyan, Jihyuk Kim, Karen Johannesson, and Jaye E. Cable “Semi-Permeable Paleochannels as Conduits for Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Mississippi River Delta Stratigraphy, Barataria Bay, Louisiana”
2:50 pm Alexander S. Kolker, Alex Breaux, Jaye E. Cable, Dan Coleman, Jihyuk Kim, Karen Johannesson, Katheryn Telfeyan, and Mead A. Allison “Submarine Groundwater Discharge In the Mississippi River Delta A Missing Hydrological Flux”
3:15 pm to 3:25 pm break
Session: Surface Water quality, Treatment, and Management
Moderator: John Johnston III
3:25 pm D. C. Lofton, M. Barbato, K.A. Rusch, K.A., and M.T. Gutierrez-Wing “Determination of a Suitable Formulation of Fluorogypsum, Class C Fly Ash, and Portland Type II Cement as an Oyster Cultch Material Based on Leaching Characteristics”
3:50 pm Jacob Foy, and M. Teresa Gutierrez-Wing “Impact of Microalgae/Cyanobacteria Co-culture on Sugar Mill Effluents”
4:15 pm Changyoon Jeong, Ernest Girouard, and Patrick Colyer “Tailwater recovery system as a best management practice to improve irrigation water quantity and quality in Louisiana”
4:40 pm Md Ashique Ahmed and Sanjay Tewari “Adsorption-desorption enhancement in Capacitive Deionization using membranes, resins, polymers and electrode modification”
5:05 pm to 5:15 pm break
5:15 pm Wade L. Bryant “Relative Importance of Physicochemical Factors to Stream Biological Condition”
5:40 pm Douglas Carlson “Impact of land use on concentrations of ions, Total Dissolved Solids, and Total Suspended Solids in East Baton Rouge Parish”
Class Room 1070 in Energy, Coast & Environment Building
Session: Water Demand and Supply
Moderator: Douglas Carlson
12:10 pm Michael Tritico, and Paul Ringo “Water Usage Issues in Southwest Louisiana”
Session: Land Subsidence in South Louisiana
Moderator: Douglas Carlson
12:35 pm Paul V. Heinrich “Causes and Effects of Late Holocene Subsidence on the Pierre Part distributary complex Ascension and Assumption parishes, Louisiana”
12:50 pm Douglas Carlson “Changes in 21 st century of global sea-level rise and relative sea-level rise in coastal Louisiana”
A* after an author’s name indicate that person is presenting the paper