Established in 1994, the National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation, also known as NGWREF, is operated by NGWA as a 501(c)(3) public foundation, which is focused on conducting educational, research, and other charitable activities related to a broader public understanding of ground water. As part of its mission, NGWREF conducts two lecture series—The Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture Series in Ground Water Science and the William A. McEllhiney Distinguished Lecture Series in Water Well Technology.
Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option
Wednesday, December 3, 12:30-2 p.m.
Listen to Michael Celia, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, deliver his farewell presentation of the 2008 Darcy Lecture, “Geological Storage at a Carbon Mitigation Option” that details one approach under consideration as a potential solution to the growing concerns regarding greenhouse gases.
Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide have increased atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide by about 35 percent during the past 200 years. The current concentration, at about 385 ppm, represents the highest carbon dioxide concentration in the last 500,000 years. Projected future emissions will lead to doubling of preindustrial carbon dioxide concentration within the next 50 years. Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is one option that could reduce or reverse this trend. The “geological storage” version of CCS involves capture of carbon dioxide before emission into the atmosphere and subsequent injection of the carbon dioxide into deep geological formations. Injection of carbon dioxide into deep formations leads to a multiphase flow problem that may involve important mass exchange between phases, nonisothermal effects, and complex geochemical reactions.
Attending this lecture is worth 1.5 CEPs.
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Boring Logs—What’s Important and What’s Not: A Scientific Viewpoint
Tuesday, December 2, 2:30-4 p.m.
Attend the premiere presentation of the 2009 McEllhiney Lecture given by W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG, CPG, and associate professor of hydrogeology in the Department of Geological Sciences at California State University, Fullerton. Laton’s leture, “Boring Logs—What’s Important and What’s Not: A Scientific Viewpoint” explains how careful logging/data collection benefits contractors and scientists alike.
Fundamental to any drilling contractor’s business, there are many uses for boring/well logs including specifying location, ground water levels, chemistry, and production capabilities—information used routinely by government and regulatory agencies, consultants, and academics. Beyond these usual uses, however, boring/well log information may be used for hydrostratigraphic interpretation, ground water modeling, subsurface investigations, and general background information. In fact, through careful logging and data collection, both contractors and scientists can work together to develop better subsurface models that will help everyone in the industry.
Attending this lecture is worth 1.5 CEPs.
The McEllhiney Lecture Series is underwritten by Franklin Electric Co.
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Learn more about NGWREF. Attend the NGWREF Len Assante Scholarship Fundraising Auction taking place at Expo.