Time and Location:

This seminar will be held on November 20, 2013 and runs from 8 AM - 5 PM (please arrive by 7:30 AM for registration) at the following locations in Storrs, CT:

- Classroom Location - Morning session: Student Union Building, University of Connecticut, Storrs (Room 304B, Parking at North Parking Garage)
- Onsite Location - Afternoon session: USGS Branch of Geophysics, 11 Sherman Place, Unit 5015, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT 06269 (Parking near USGS)

For google map to parking and classroom location, see http://goo.gl/maps/aUHpu. Bring parking ticket to course for validation. Directions to USGS facility (for afternoon field demonstrations) will be provided at seminar.

A continental breakfast and lunch passes will be provided for meal at UConn Student Union. Please dress appropriately for afternoon outdoor field demonstrations.

Fee:

EPOC Members: $300, Non-members: $350, Gov't Employee/Student Members: $150

Course Summary:

Contamination in fractured rock presents unique challenges for remediation and clean-up efforts. For example, DNAPL contamination remains a long-term, persistent problem at many fractured rock sites in the U.S. At such sites, contaminant mass often resides in the much lower permeability matrix blocks between fractures (immobile porosity). Fluid samples taken from wells primarily represent the mobile porosity produced by the fracture networks and therefore often fail to accurately quantify contaminant mass. For similar reasons, remedial technologies involving injections of fluids and amendments can be ineffective as they may only reach the mobile pore network. This one-day course will provide environmental professionals, consulting hydrogeologists, and engineers with a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in hydrogeological, borehole geophysical and cross-borehole geophysical techniques for the characterization of contaminated fractured rock aquifers. The course will be taught by a team of experts in fractured rock investigations from the USGS, Rutgers University, and U. of Connecticut with examples taken from their work at contaminated federal and industrial facilities across the U.S. The short course will include field demonstrations of a small bedrock well field for USGS research on the U. of Connecticut campus. Emerging technologies will be showcased for the characterization of contaminated fractured rock aquifers.

Organizers:
- Dr. Fred Day Lewis (USGS)
- Dr. Lee Slater (Rutgers University)
Instructors:
- Carole Johnson (USGS)
- Dr. Gary Robbins (University of Connecticut)
- John W. Lane, Jr. (USGS)