7 Groundwater Resources of the Mississippi Embayment

Monday, 31 March 2008
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Presentations

• 1:20 PM
  DATA COMPILATION OF WATER CHEMISTRY AND GROUNDWATER LEVELS FOR THE MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT IN AR, TN, MS, AND LA
  Carolyn Dowling, Arkansas State University, State University, AR and Klaus Neumann, Ball State University, Muncie, IN and Constantin Moraru, Arkansas State University, State University, AR and Robyn Hannigan, Arkansas State University, State University, AR
  136582 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:40 PM
  LONG-TERM MONITORING OF WATER LEVELS AND CHEMISTRY IN GROUNDWATER OF THE ARKANSAS AREA, MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT, USA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
  Klaus Neumann, Ball State University, Muncie, IN and Carolyn Dowling, Arkansas State University, State University, AR and Constantin Moraru, Arkansas State University, State University, AR and Robyn Hannigan, Arkansas State Univ, State University, AR
  136358 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:00 PM
  OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION AND SOURCE OF ELEVATED CHLORIDES IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ALLUVIAL AQUIFER IN SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS
  Timothy M. Kresse, U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR and Brian R. Clark, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Fayetteville, AR
  135934 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:20 PM
  PETROLOGY OF THE MEMPHIS SAND (EOCENE) IN THE NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT
  David N. Lumsden, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Kasey R. Hundt, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Daniel Larsen, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN and Brian Waldron, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
  135774 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:40 PM
  USING A WEB-BASED GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM TO ACCESS GEOPHYSICAL LOGS AND THE TOP OF AQUIFERS AND CONFINING UNITS IN THE MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT
  Rheannon M. Scheiderer, U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR and Brian R. Clark, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Fayetteville, AR
  136647 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:20 PM
  LIMITATIONS ON GROUND WATER WITHDRAWAL REGULATION UNDER THE ARKANSAS GROUND WATER PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT
  Edward C. Swaim, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Little Rock, AR
  136005 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:40 PM
  WATER-LEVEL TRENDS, CRITICAL AREAS, AND SUSTAINABLE YIELD IN ARKANSAS
  David Todd Fugitt, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Little Rock, AR and James L. Battreal, Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, Little Rock, AR
  136377 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:00 PM
  CONJUNCTIVE-USE OPTIMIZATION MODELING OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ALLUVIAL AQUIFER: ASSESSING THE SUSTAINABLE YIELD OF A MAJOR WATER RESOURCE
  John B. Czarnecki, U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR
  136382 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:20 PM
  VALIDATION OF AN EXISTING GROUND-WATER FLOW MODEL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ALLUVIAL AQUIFER USING WATER-LEVEL AND WATER-USE DATA FOR 1998-2005
  Jonathan A. Gillip, U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR and John B. Czarnecki, U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR
  136638 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:40 PM
  THE FALL AND RISE OF AN AQUIFER-- STAKEHOLDERS UNITE TO CONSERVE AND MONITOR THE SPARTA AQUIFER IN SOUTH ARKANSAS
  David A. Freiwald, U.S. Geological Survey, Little Rock, AR
  136052 (THEME SESSIONS)