3rd Annual Española Basin Workshop
Geology and Hydrology of the Española Basin
March 2-3, 2004 Santa
Fe, NM
PROGRAM
| Tuesday, March 2, 2004 | |
| Registration | |
| 7:30-8:10 a.m. | Pick up badges, programs, and sign in at the ballroom complex |
| Introductory remarks | |
| 8:10-8:15 a.m. | Workshop logistics, introduction to EBTAG - Tien Grauch, USGS |
| 8:15-8:30 a.m. | EBTAG report on discussion items from previous workshops and theme of the present workshop - Gary Smith, UNM |
| Keynote Speaker | |
| 8:30-9:00 a.m. | Estevan Lopez, Director, New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission |
| Summaries of ongoing and planned studies | |
| 9:00-9:25 a.m. | U.S. Geological Survey Rio Grande basins project - Mark Hudson and Tien Grauch District Office studies - Doug McAda |
| 9:25-9:45 a.m. | New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources STATEMAP geologic mapping program - Paul Bauer Hydrogeologic studies - Peggy Johnson |
| 9:45-10:05 a.m. | Los Alamos National Laboratory Geologic and hydrologic studies on the Pajarito Plateau and Española Basin - Elizabeth Keating and Scott Baldridge |
| 10:05-10:20 a.m. | Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE) - John Ferguson |
| Coffee Break | |
| 10:20-10:30 a.m. | |
| Summaries of ongoing and planned studies - Continued | |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | University of New Mexico and other academic studies - Gary Smith |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | Office of State Engineer - Jack Frost |
| 11:00-11:15 a.m. | Santa Fe County - Stephen Wust |
| 11:15-11:30 a.m. | City of Santa Fe - Claudia Borchert |
| 11:30-11:45 a.m. | Jemez Y Sangre Regional Water Planning Group - Bob Vocke |
| Lunch (on your own) | |
| noon-1:30 p.m. | |
| Poster Session - Link to poster abstracts | |
| 1:30-6:00 p.m. | Includes refreshments |
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| Wednesday, March 3, 2004 | |
| Registration | |
| 8:00-8:30 a.m. | Pick up badges, confirm lunch, and sign in at the ballroom complex |
| Oral Theme Sessions - Link to abstracts of talks | |
| 8:30-8:50 a.m. | Introduction to the themes |
| Theme 1: Basic Water Data | |
| 8:50 a.m. | Basic Data Needs for Hydrogeologic Studies in the Española Basin -- What We Need, What We Have, and Coping with Data Gaps: Johnson, Peggy S. and Frost, Jack |
| Theme 2: Water Quality | |
| 9:15 a.m. | Geochemical characterization of ground-water flow in the Santa Fe Group aquifer system, Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico: L. Niel Plummer, Laura M. Bexfield (speaker), Scott K. Anderholm, Ward E. Sanford, and Eurybiades Busenberg |
| 9:40-10:10 a.m. | Discussion on Themes 1 and 2 |
| Coffee Break | |
| 10:10-10:25 a.m. | |
| Theme 3: 3D Hydrogeological Architecture | |
| 10:25-10:35 a.m. | overview of Theme 3 |
| 10:35 a.m. | Preliminary Interpretations Of Structural And Stratigraphic Controls On Ground Water Quality In Chimayo, Española Basin, New Mexico: Koning, Daniel J., and Finch, Steve |
| 11:00 a.m. | Geophysical Tools For Understanding The 3D Hydrogeological Architecture Of The Española and Santo Domingo Basins, New Mexico: Grauch, V.J.S, Baldridge, W. Scott, Rodriguez, Brian D., Deszcz-Pan, Maria, Ferguson, John F, Phillips, Jeffrey D., and Bankey, Viki |
| 11:25 a.m. | Potential Impacts of Fault Zones and Other Geological Heterogeneities on Ground Water in Interbasinal Aquifer Systems: Caine, Jonathan S., Minor, Scott A., Hudson, M.R., Grauch, V.J.S., McAda, D. P. |
| 11:50-12:20 p.m. | Discussion on Theme 3 |
| Buffet Luncheon | |
| 12:30-1:45 p.m. | |
| Theme 4: Water Balance and Stream/Aquifer Interaction | |
| 1:45-1:55 p.m. | overview of Themes 4 and 5 |
| 1:55 p.m. | The Role Of Science In Assessing Sustainability Of Ground-Water Resources: Leake, Stanley, A. |
| 2:20 p.m. | Potential Applications Of Noble Gas, Groundwater Age, And Temperature Data In The Española Basin, New Mexico: Manning, Andrew, H., and Caine, Jonathan Saul |
| Theme 5: Data integration and model hypothesis testing | |
| 2:45 p.m. | Basin-Scale Groundwater Flow - Incorporating Uncertainty In Models: Keating, Elizabeth H. and Velimir Vesselinov |
| 3:10-3:40 p.m. | Discussion on Themes 4 and 5 (with refreshments) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Adjourn |