2023 Monitoring the Aquifers – The Hydrogeological Group

Past Events

24th and 25th May 2023, The Geological Society, Burlington House, London

UPDATE! The presentation abstracts are now available here: Day 1 Abstracts, Day 2 Abstracts,

The conference programme can be downloaded here: Programme and found below.

We are pleased to announce the latest in the well attended aquifer conferences series held by the Hydrogeology Group. This year’s event is supported by the Contaminated Land Group and the UK Surface and Groundwater Archives (SAGA).

This two day conference will address current practice and future opportunities covering all aspects of aquifers monitoring. Keynote speakers will be attending from the UK and overseas. There will also be a drinks reception and networking session on both days.

Thank you all for the quality submissions for both presentations and posters.

Registration is now Closed. Please pay close attention if booking a single day ticket; options are available to specify specific days to assist with catering

We are opening Virtual Attendance for those from the Global South at a discounted rate to promote engagement and inclusion of those less able to travel. As a general rule, the Global South Countries can be considered those highlighted as such at this link.

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PROGRAMME
24^th May 2023
08:30	09:30	Registration
09:30	09:40	Introduction
Day 1 – Session 1
09:40 – 10:10		Keynote Ty Ferre University Distinguished Professor and Interim Associate Department Head, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, and Joint Professor, Environmental Science-Ext, University of Arizona	ChatGPT did not write this talk
10:10 – 10:30		Hannah Fraser H Fraser Consulting Ltd	The power of groundwater monitoring to overturn a planning refusal on the Chalk aquifer, and how R helped.
10:30 – 10:50		Carl Gilbert Severn Trent	The importance of flow monitoring data to assess performance of Severn Trent Water spring assets, using examples from the 2022 drought
10:50 – 11:00		Poster introduction
11:00 – 11:30		Poster session (with coffee)
11:30 – 11:50		Dr Jonathan Paul Royal Holloway, University of London	Measurement of springlines, spring water, and the water table using diverse methods
11:50 – 12:10		Jenny Harrison Envireau Water	Monitoring Surface Expressions of Groundwater in Karst Aquifer Systems
12:10 – 12:30		Giacomo Medici Sapienza University of Rome	Structural classification, discharge statistics, and recession analysis from the karst springs of the Gran Sasso Range (Central Italy); comparison with selected analogues worldwide
12:30 – 12:50		James Agg HS2	Over, Under and Through – HS2 in the Colne Valley and Chilterns
12:50 – 13:40		Lunch
Day 1 – Session 2
13:40 – 14:10		Keynote John Chilton Retired Executive Manager, IAH	Long datasets for improved understanding, management and protection of groundwater
14:10 – 14:30		Rolf Farrell Environment Agency	The Environment Agency groundwater level monitoring network from then until now
14:30 – 14:50		Tom Parker Argentum Fox	California Groundwater Resource Management Lessons could help the UK?
14:50 – 15:10		Dr Elena Armenise Environment Agency	How the Environment Agency (EA) is expanding groundwater monitoring through the Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) programme.
15:10 – 15:40		Poster session (with coffee)
15:40 – 16:00		Dr Uwe Schneidewind University of Birmingham	Active and passive fibre-optic distributed temperature sensing and their applications in hydrology
16:00 – 16:20		Heather Streetly Stantec	Monitoring groundwater–surface water interaction to support water resources investigations and associated groundwater modelling
16:20 – 16:40		Alessandro Marsili/Daniel Palmer Affinity Water	Upper Cam catchment, from field data to the model
16:40 – 17:00		Wrap up
17:00 – 18:30		Drinks reception and announcement of poster competition winner

25^th May 2023
08:30 – 09:30	Registration
09:30 – 09:40	Introduction
Day 2 – Session 1
09:40 – 10:10	Keynote Beth Parker Professor & NSERC Industrial Research Chair, Morwick G360 Groundwater Research Institute, University of Guelph	Characterization-Informed Monitoring Provides Clarity Needed for Managing Legacy Contaminated Sites
10:10 – 10:30	Helen McMillan RSK	Complex conceptualisation of creosote: the curious case of DNAPL migration into an artesian aquifer
10:30 – 10:50	Gareth Leonard Regenesis	Choices, choices – picking the right option for effective in situ treatment of chlorinated solvents
10:50 – 11:00	Poster introduction
11:00 – 11:30	Poster session (with coffee)
11:30 – 11:50	Tim Besien Environment Agency	A brief history of…the Environment Agency’s Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network
11:50 – 12:10	Andy McKenzie BGS	Surface and groundwater archives; a national context
12:10 – 12:30	Ellen McDonald Arup and Yorkshire Water	Nitrate source-pathway-receptor monitoring and local characterisation – Power to influence catchment land management change (a case study from the Yorkshire Chalk YW WINEP investigations)
12:30 – 12:50	Tim Johns Environment Agency	Groundwater ecology – the development of a new monitoring network for England.
12:50 – 13:40	Lunch
Day 2 – Session 2
13:40 – 14:10	Keynote Haruko Wainwright Assistant Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT	Advanced Long-term Environmental Monitoring Systems Project: New Paradigm of Soil and Groundwater Monitoring
14:10 – 14:30	Sam Smith Sellafield Ltd	Towards a framework for interpretation of data from dataloggers across a nuclear licensed site.
14:30 – 14:50	Krystina Roope Jacobs	Monitoring at a UK nuclear new build site
14:50 – 15:10	Victoria Price Mott Macdonald	Investigating changes in water quality following borehole maintenance works
15:10 – 15:40	Poster session (with coffee)
15:40 – 16:00	Lucy Bethell Mott Macdonald	Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment: The role of aquifers
16:00 – 16:20	Dr Michael Rivett GroundH20 plus	Groundwater dissolved methane sampling: an eye-opening field-scale research evaluation of collection methods
16:20 – 16:40	Mario Manganaro Environment Agency	Develop and improve groundwater sampling and analysis techniques. Micro-plastics in Groundwater
16:40 – 17:00	Wrap up
17:00 – 18:30	Drinks reception and announcement of poster competition winner

Posters Day 1
Matthew Cook – Affinity Water	All-inclusive catchment monitoring: a case study from the River Misbourne
Dr. Roger Cranswick – Stantec	Using multiple lines of evidence to characterise the sahllow aquifers in contact with the Tickenham Road Well (South West England)
Penny Jenkinson – Envireau Water	Condover Quarry – Conceptualisation of a Mineral Deposit
Fabiola Folong	Water resources of the city of Mbouda in the west of Cameroon (abstract submitted in French)
Jonathon Rowe – Royal Holloway, University of London	Characterisation and monitoring of the UK Chalk Aquifer, London, for potential open-loop ground-source heating and cooling scheme operation
Jaskirit Kaur Bhamra – Mott MacDonald	Hertfordshire Chalk Groundwater Model Update (Phase 1)
Posters Day 2
Dr Mark Whiteman – Environment Agency	Suitability of existing groundwater monitoring in England for long-term climate and land use change impact assessment
Mario Manganaro – Environment Agency	Groundwater ecology: eDNA method development and baseline survey
Felipe Gallardo Ceron – PGR Student, University of Leeds	Groundwater monitoring in environmental sensitive salt flat areas: a review of Li brine mine monitoring network in the Atacama Salt Flat
Andrew Stemp – Arup	Monitoring of pesticides in the Yorkshire Sherwood Sandstone to protect long-term public water supply
Prof. Elizabeth Okoyeh – Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria	Assessment of the aquifer hydrochemical potentials of parts of Mamu Drainage Basin Southeast, Nigeria
Chris Millward – Sweco	Monitoring Saline Intrusion – Take it with a pinch of salt!

For further information or queries, please contact a member of the convening committee: Mark Lee (mark.lee1@jacobs.com), Rolf Farrell; (rolf.farrell@environment-agency.gov.uk), John Heneghan (john.p.heneghan@sellafieldsites.com), Dan Welch (dan.welch@atkinsglboal.com), Jared West (L.J.West@leeds.ac.uk), and Andy McKenzie (aam@bgs.ac.uk)