LD 1643/ Public Law chapter 452
Work Group - Review of Ground Water Regulations 2005-2006
December 13, 2005
10:00 AM - 3 PM
Pine Tree State Arboretum
153 Hospital Street
Augusta, Maine

Groundwater Education

Agenda

  9:45 Arrival, coffee and refreshments
10:00 - 10:45 Introduction - hydrologic cycle, Maine's two aquifer types, general water stats (Marvinney)
10:45 - 11:45 Long-term records - Maine's groundwater monitoring network (Martha Nielsen, USGS)
  1. Watershed scale - recharge areas
  2. Time scale - recharge cycle
  3. Comparison with other regions
11:45 - 12:30 Lunch (provided)
12:30 - 1:15 Groundwater - surface water interactions (Keith Taylor)
  1:15 - 2:00 Sustainability - Methods for assessing safe yield using models (Peter Garrett)
  2:00 - 2:45 Resource characterization/evaluation - methods (Brad Caswell)
Defining the water budget

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