Please join us for our monthly meeting on June 20, 2017, at Aviator’s Restaurant. This month’s speaker is Joe Zilles, P.G., from Kleinfelder. Mr. Zilles will present on a topic titled “Managed Aquifer Recharge – Concepts and Implementation.” This month’s meeting will be sponsored by ASC Tech Services (ASC Website).
2017-06-02 June 2017 AEG Meeting Announcement
Topic: “Managed Aquifer Recharge – Concepts and Implementation”
Speaker: Joseph Zilles, P.G., Kleinfelder
Location: Aviator’s Restaurant, 6151 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95822
Meeting Sponsor: ASC Tech Services
Agenda:
5:30–6:30pm – Social hour
6:30-7:30pm – Dinner
7:30-8:30pm – Speaker
8:30-8:45pm – Questions
Meeting Cost:
$30 members (with RSVP) and $35 non-members
There will be a $3 surcharge for walk-ins
$10 students (no surcharge for student walk-ins)
The FIRST 5 students to RSVP are free
RSVP HERE or email Chase White at chase.white@conservation.ca.gov
Abstract:
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), also known as water banking, consists of water management techniques, methods and policy – using treated or non-treated water to recharge an aquifer, and/or surface or subsurface (i.e., via wells) recharge methods. Surface water recharge methods include spreading basins, stormwater harvesting, and diversions to river channels during low flow seasons. Well recharge methods or aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) use either single purpose (injection) wells and separate extraction wells, or dual purpose wells that can both inject and extract stored or banked groundwater as needed.
Recent legislative actions in California have moved the State towards a comprehensive policy regarding groundwater management. These new regulations and laws will have particular impact on groundwater basins that have been defined by the California Department of Water Resources as medium or high priority basins. The legislation, signed into law in 2014, creates a framework for sustainable, local groundwater management and allows local agencies to modify sustainable groundwater plans to their regional needs.
This presentation will discuss MAR site development, various recharge strategies that can be used in a MAR system, operational and maintenance considerations of a system, engineering and geologic considerations, site conceptual modeling, asset management, public outreach, and regulatory requirements.
Speaker Bio:
Mr. Zilles has over 20 years of experience as a geologist and manages/conducts hydrogeologic assessments throughout many parts of the United States with direct experience in water supply well siting, design and development, asset management, and groundwater recharge and extraction. He manages pre-construction permitting (local and State), aquifer analysis, water supply assessments, conducts dewatering analyses for geotechnical applications, well pumping tests, and water quality investigations. Mr. Zilles is a California State licensed Professional Geologist, holds a California Well Driller License (RME), and is a member of the California Groundwater Resource Association, National Ground Water Association, American Water Works Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, and Engineers without Borders organization. Mr. Zilles has been with Kleinfelder for 18 years.
