PPT-Groundwater David S. Rhodes

Acquisition Integrated Project Team Chair Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office March 3 2015 Regulatory Framework for Water New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission NMWQCC establishes standards. Use of brackish groundwater could supplement or in some places replace the use of freshwater sources and enhance our Nations water security However a better understanding of the location and charac ter of brackish groundwater is needed to expand dev Makes up 23% of Earth’s freshwater.. 12% Shallow (we can reach). 11% Deep (out of our reach). Underground Layers. When precipitation occurs, water often seeps down into the soil and trickles down in between particles of soil and through cracks and spaces in layers of rock. . Chapter 9, Section 2. The Hydrologic Cycle (WATER CYCLE). . Evaporation. Condensation. Precipitation. Runoff. Soil is made up of many small rock and . mineral. fragments.. Holes, . cracks. ,. and crevices exist in the rock underlying the soil.. Alison Parker, . David Nussbaumer, Afua Owusu, Ian Sutton. Understanding . long-term changes in Lusaka’s groundwater levels. Method. Collect long-term data on:. Groundwater levels. Climate. Groundwater abstraction. Tom M. Marston, U. S. Geological Survey. In cooperation with the . Utah Division of Water Rights. Parowan Valley. Approx. 160 mi. 2. Structural depression between Hurricane fault and the Red Hills. Closed surface-water basin (aside from Winn Gap). William L. Cunningham. Acting Chief, USGS Office of Groundwater. Briefing to . ACWI Workgroup . How to Sustain and Enhance High Quality Water Monitoring under Constrained Budgets . January 28, 2013. Monitoring Networks Outline. The Unseen Part of the Water Cycle. Salt Groundwater. Ground Water. Reservoir. . The present-day surface hydrologic cycle. The numbers in parentheses refer to volumes of water in millions of cubic kilometres,. W. ater. Chapters 10, 11, & 12. Breaking down rocks by physical means, like . ice, wind, water, gravity, and plants/animals. Ice wedging. occurs when water squeezes into cracks in rocks, freezes, expands, and cracks the rock open. CSAC Legislative Conference. May 15, 2014 • Timothy Quinn, ACWA Executive Director. About ACWA. Who We Represent . . .. ACWA members responsible for 90% of the state’s distributed water. Water Sources & Services. sandstone and . Rogersville shale play area, eastern Kentucky. Kentucky . Geological Survey, University of . Kentucky. GSI . Environmental Inc., . Austin. , . TX. Possible Contamination Pathways of Hydraulic Fracturing to Groundwater Aquifers . “ … economics, … which justify a policy of colonial expansion, from the point of vies of that need, felt more and more strongly by the industrial populations of Europe and particularly those of our own rich and hard working country; the need for export markets.” . Bill Greer. IPECA. GROUNDWATER MONITORING. Groundwater must be within 20 feet of the surface. Monitoring wells are used to sense the presence of liquid product floating on the surface. Tank Leak Detection. saturates . pore spaces of . bedrock.. The rate of movement of groundwater is gravity driven, varying between 0.6 inches per day (in sandstones) to several inches per year (in . granites. ). The source of groundwater is rain and melt water infiltrating and percolating through fractures/pores in soil and . a percent. . of . the . total . sales will . be donated . to . Edwin Rhodes Elementar. y . . Offer good for dine-in, carry-out, and drive-thru. .. You MUST present this flyer for your order to count towards the spirit night totals! It can be printed or shown on your phone! .