Subject: Edwards Aquifer Authority next Distinguished Lecturer is Steve Worthington on Friday, March 19
Folks, I'm pleased to announce that Dr. Steve Worthington will be the Edwards Aquifer Authority's 8th Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Worthington will make his presentation on Friday, March 19, 2010. His talks will focus on the exciting studies of the last ten years that have helped to integrate the largely independent fields of research using wells on the one hand and using tracer tests, springs and caves on the other hand. Discussions will focus on: * the differences between carbonate aquifers and simpler fractured-rock aquifers * the use of tracer test and spring studies to understand large channels and caves * well testing to understand matrix, fracture and channel flow * insights from recent numerical modeling of karst aquifer development * how environmental and injected tracers give complementary data on the age distribution of groundwater * environmental problems including contaminants in groundwater and quarry applications * illustrated overviews of some of the great karst areas from around the world Steve Worthington obtained a Dual Honours degree in Geology and Geography at the University of Sheffield, England in 1970. He then worked as a geologist in the oil industry in Scotland, Germany and Egypt. He moved to Hamilton, Ontario in 1982 to study carbonate aquifers at McMaster University, and researched karst geomorphology and hydrogeology in West Virginia (M.Sc., 1984) and karst hydrogeology in the Canadian Rocky Mountains (Ph.D., 1991). He has carried out research on carbonate aquifers in Canada, USA, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala,, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cayman Islands, Germany, Jamaica, UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, China, Morocco, Ethiopia, Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea. For the last 17 years he has specialized in characterizing carbonate aquifers by using both well methods as well as traditional karst techniques such as tracer tests and spring monitoring. His consulting work has included water supply, water rights, wellhead protection, groundwater contamination, bedrock stability, and feasibility projects on landfills, quarries, and residential developments. He is a fellow of the National Speleological Society and was awarded the Tratman Prize in 1981 by the British Cave Research Association BCRA for the best publication on karst research. He was an instructor for National Ground Water Association on course on "Hydrogeology of karst aquifers" in 2006 and 2008 and has published more than 70 papers on carbonate aquifers. I will be sending out information in the near future on registration details. Thank you, Geary M. Schindel, P.G. Chief Technical Officer Edwards Aquifer Authority 1615 N. St. Mary's Street San Antonio, Texas 78215 210.222.2204
