Program with Links to PDF Files of Presentations

Aquifer Storage and Recovery and Artificial Recharge in Oregon:
Overcoming Technical, Regulatory, and Social Challenges

Co-Convened by OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds
and Oregon Water Resources Department

February 28, 2008
Oregon State University, C&E Hall, LaSells Stewart Center

Click on links for streaming video of the presentations and PDF files of presentation slides. Please note, a working installation of RealPlayer is required to view the streaming video links and Adobe Reader is required to view the PDF files. Streaming video links provided by OSU Media Services.

Download program and abstracts (ASR_Symposium2-28-08.pdf; 480 KB).

7:15-8:00 – Registration  

8:00-8:15 – Opening Remarks (video)
Michael E. Campana, Director, OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds
and Phil Ward, Director, Oregon Water Resources Department

8:15-9:00 – Overview of ASR in the US and the World (video; slides - Pyne.pdf (5.0 MB))
David Pyne, ASR Systems and author of Aquifer Storage Recovery (2nd Edition) - Invited Speaker

9:00-9:30 – Regulatory Framework of ASR and AR in Oregon (video; slides - Woodcock.pdf (3.2 MB))
Doug Woodcock and Donn Miller, Oregon Water Resources Department

9:30-10:00 – A Preliminary Assessment of Hydrogeologic Suitability for ASR in Oregon (video; slides - Woody.pdf; 2.0 MB)
Jen Woody, Oregon Water Resources Department and Roy Haggerty, Oregon State University

10:00-10:30 – Break – Vendors and Poster Session (video; slides - see poster titles below)

10:30-11:00 – The City of Beaverton’s ASR Program: A Successful Case Study (video; slides - Winship.pdf; 17 MB)
David A. Winship, City of Beaverton

11:00-11:30 – Planning and Conflict Management (video; slides - Ozawa.pdf; 140 KB)
Connie P. Ozawa, Portland State University Urban Studies and Planning 

11:30-12 noon – Legal Issues (video; slides - Pagel.pdf; 90 KB)
Martha Pagel, Schwabe, Williamson and Wyatt

12:00-1:00 – Lunch (Buffet - onsite)

1:00-1:30 – Reclaiming High Volume Low Quality Winter Flood Flows for Peak Season Demand
Using AR and ASR Systems (video; slides - Madison.pdf; 5.4 MB)
Kent R. Madison, Madison Farms, Echo, Oregon

1:30-2:00 – A Decision Tool to Select the Pesticides for Artificial Recharge Source Water Testing (video; slides - Richerson.pdf; 2.9 MB)
Phil Richerson, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

2:00-2:30 – Fate of Bacterial, Viral, and Protozoan Pathogens During ASR Operations – Needs and Considerations (video; slides - Metge.pdf; 5.2 MB)
David W. Metge, U.S. Geological Survey-Boulder

2:30-3:00 – Break – Vendors and Poster Session (see poster titles below)

3:00-3:30 – ASR and Water Compatibility: Geochemistry of Aqueous Solutions (video; slides - Nelson.pdf; 400 KB)
Dennis Nelson, Oregon Department of Human Services, Public Health Division

3:30-4:00 – Assessment of ASR and Surface Recharge Strategies in the Yakima River Basin (video; slides - Anderson.pdf; 5.8 MB)
Bob Anderson and Alyssa M. Neir, Golder Associates, Inc.

4:00-4:30 – ASR in Salem: A Case Study (video; slides - Pulley.pdf; 4.8 MB)
Jason Pulley, City of Salem

4:30–5:00 National Research Council Report on Prospects for Managed Underground Storage (MUS) of Recoverable Water (video; slides - Shrier.pdf; 800 KB)
Cat Shrier, Watercat Consulting LLC

 5:00– 5:10 Concluding Remarks – Where Do We Go From Here? (video)
Michael E. Campana, Director, OSU Institute for Water and Watersheds
and Phil Ward, Director, Oregon Water Resources Department

 5:10-6:00 – Reception – David Pyne Book Signing, Refreshments, Vendors and Poster Session (see poster titles below)

Poster Presentations

Modeling Natural and Artificial Water Recharge in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, Walla Walla Basin
Arístides Petrides, Robert Bower, Richard Cuenca, and John Selker -- Oregon State University

Reduction of TTHM and Endocrine Disrupting Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Discharge from Municipal Wastewater Plants and Storm Water Run-off Utilizing an Open-Flow Electrolytic Oxidation (EOH2O™) Process
David Orlebeke, Aquatic Technologies, LLC

Integrated Use of Vadose Zone Characterization Methods to Evaluate
Artificial Groundwater Recharge Sites
Jason M. Keller, Michael A. Milczarek, Robert C. Rice, Dale P. Hammermeister, Geosystems Analysis, Inc.

Engineering Considerations for Aquifer Storage Recovery Projects: Key Aspects that can
Make or Break Your Project
David T. Mustonen, CH2M HILL