T43 Hydrogeology and Water Resources of the High Plains Aquifer: Issues for Public Policy Over the Next 50 Years

Sunday, 27 October 2002
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  EVALUATION OF RECHARGE FLUXES TO THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER, COLORADO, KANSAS, TEXAS, AND NEBRASKA
  Bret W. Bruce, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Kevin F. Dennehy, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Kevin M. Ellett, Sacramento, CA and Jason J. Gurdak, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Peter B. McMahon, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Robert C. Reedy, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Bridget R. Scanlon, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Marios A. Sophocleous, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS
  45707 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:15 PM
  GROUNDWATER RECHARGE IN THE TEXAS HIGH PLAINS
  Bridget R. Scanlon, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Robert C. Reedy, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Alan R. Dutton, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  40284 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  GROUND-WATER QUALITY AND AGE IN PUMPKIN CREEK VALLEY, WESTERN NEBRASKA
  Gregory V. Steele, U.S. Geological Survey, Lincoln, NE and James C. Cannia, North Platte Nat Rscs District, Gering, NE and Steven S. Sibray, Univ of Nebraska, Scottsbluff, NE
  41367 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF PAST LAND USE AND RECHARGE RATES ON THE OGALLALA AQUIFER: WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN KANSAS
  M.A. Townsend, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS and D.P. Young, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS and G. Hecox, Kansas Geol Survey, Lawrence, KS
  42983 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  RECHARGE CHANGES ALONG RIVERS CROSSING THE HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER
  Donald O. Whittemore, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  45594 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  STUDY OF STREAM-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS IN THE PLATTE RIVER WATERSHED USING METHODS OF AQUIFER HYDRAULICS, SEDIMENTOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, AND GEOSTATISTICS
  Vitaly A. Zlotnik, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE and Stefan J. Kollet, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE and Bayani R. Cardenas, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE and Duane Woodward, Central Platte Nat Rscs District, Nebraska, Grand Island, NE
  39373 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  HISTORICAL CHANGE IN RIPARIAN WOODLAND AND GROUND-WATER EVAPOTRANSPIRATION IN THE REPUBLICAN RIVER BASIN OF COLORADO, KANSAS, AND NEBRASKA
  Michaela R. Johnson, U.S. Geol Survey, Lincoln, NE and Matthew K. Landon, U.S. Geol Survey, Lincoln, NE
  43353 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  MANAGING OGALLALA AQUIFER DEPLETION IN THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE
  Ray Brady, Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District, White Deer, TX and Amy Crowell, Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District, White Deer, TX
  45382 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELING OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER - CONCEPTUAL MODELS APPLIED AND INSIGHTS GAINED
  T. Neil Blandford, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc, Albuquerque, NM and Derek J. Blazer, Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, Inc, Albuquerque, NM and Alan R. Dutton, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Robert C. Reedy, Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
  45909 (Technical Sessions)