Industry News
NGWA Conference to Focus on Ground Water Issues
By Cliff Treyens
Mar 30, 2006 - 1:16:00 PM

WESTERVILLE, OH -- The National Ground Water Association will host its Western Focus Ground Water Conference May 16-17 in San Francisco to explore MTBE and perchlorate remediation, legal issues, and a broad range of ground water topics critical to the U.S. West.

The conference opens Tuesday, May 16, with a morning general session followed by an MTBE/TBA remediation seminar that runs concurrently with the presentation session, "Perchlorate: Assessment, Remediation and Public Policy."

On Wednesday, May 17, the presentation session, "MTBE: Assessment, Remediation, and Public Policy," will run all day while an afternoon MTBE workshop takes place concurrently.

Among those presenting are:

• Stan Alpert of The Alpert Firm on "Vapor Intrusions: Legal Impact of a Lingering Problem"

• John Gibbs, M.D., of Kerr-McGee Corp. on "Perchlorate Levels in Organically Grown Leafy Vegetables"

• Patrick Longmire of Los Alamos National Laboratory on "Aqueous Geochemistry and Environmental Fate of Perchlorate."

For more information on the Western Focus Ground Water Conference, go to www.ngwa.org.

NGWA, a nonprofit organization, is comprised of more than 14,000 U.S. and international ground water professionals—contractors, equipment manufacturers, suppliers, scientists, and engineers. NGWA provides its members, the government, and the general public with the scientific knowledge necessary to responsibly develop, use, and manage the world's ground water resources.

For more information on NGWA, visit www.ngwa.org or phone 800 551.7379.



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