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AGENDA
DAY 1
8:30 Registration
Chair - Wendy Timms
9.00 Welcome to Country - ALAN MADDEN
9:03 Opening - DON WOOLLEY
9:30 PROFESSOR COLIN BOOTH - Illinois University, USA Hydrogeological Mechanisms and Impacts of Longwall Mining
10:20 Coffee Break
MINE WATER & DEWATERING
10:50 DUNDON, P. - An integrated hydro-geotechnical modelling approach to predicting the impacts of subsidence above longwall coal mines on groundwater and surface water flows in the Hunter Valley.
11:10 MERRICK, N. - Comparative modelling of longwall mining effects using Standard-MODFLOW and MODFLOW-Surfact.
11:30 DAVID, K. + BRYANT, N. + JOHNSON, A.A - Need for groundwater assessment for coal seam methane exploration testing.
11:50 MADDEN, A. + MERRICK, N. - Extent of longwall mining influence on deep groundwater, Southern Coalfield, NSW, Australia.
12:10 KWANTES, E. + ROSS, J. + MCLEAN, W. - Groundwater and water balance estimates for the Sydney LPG cavern.
12:30 Lunch
Chair - Graham Hawkes
1:30 JOHN ROSS - Sydney Catchment Authority, NSW - Developing sandstone groundwater resources for urban water supply across the Sydney Basin.
STREAM ONE Chair - Katarina David
GROUND RESOURCE CHARACTERISATION
2:30 WEBB, E. + ROSS, J. + MCLEAN, W. + SAFLIAN, K. - The Lapstone Structural Comples and hydrogeological implications - Leonay and Wallacia drilling programs.
2:50 MCLEAN, W. - Hydrochemistry of the Hawkesbury Sandstone aquifers.
3:10 Coffee Break
Chair - Lange Jorstad
3:40 WILLIAMS RM. + BAILEY A. + GILL J. - Assessment of sustainable limits for the Greater Metropolitan Region Groundwater Sources.
4:00 GREEN, R. + RUSSELL, G. + WILLIAMS, R. + GATES, G. - A revised appraisal of groundwater in the lower Blue Mountains.
4:20 RUSSELL, G. + GATES, G. - A groundwater resource assessment of the Triassic rocks of the Sydney basin.
4:40 Close of Day. Poster Display, Drinks & Networking
STREAM TWO Chair - Graham Hawkes
ECOHYDROLOGY & GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS
2:30 HOSE, G. + LATEGAN, M. - Stygofauna of fractured rock aquifers in the Sydney regions.
2:50 PARRA, G. - Modelling Dewatering Effects on Groundwater dependent Ecosystems at Raymond Terrace, Newcastle
3:10 Coffee Break
Chair - Ian Acworth
3:40 EAMUS, D. + YUNUSA, I. + ZEPPEL, M. + MACINNIS-NG, C. + WHITLEY, R. + TAYLOR, D. - The role of vegetation in minimizing deep drainage: applications to mining and waste management industries.
4:00 HANCOCK, P. - The dynamics of groundwater invertebrate communities in alluvial aquifers during and following drought.
SALINITY
4:20 MACDONALD, B. + YATES, G. + WHITE, I. + SOMERVILLE, P. + JASONSMITH, J + BISWAS, F. - Surface and groundwater interaction and salinity dynamics in Wollombi Brook, Hunter River Catchment.
4:40 Close of Day. Poster Display, Drinks & Networking
DAY 2
Chair - Lange Jorstad
9.00 Presentation of Award for Best Paper - IAN ACWORTH - Introduction to National Centre for Groundwater Research & Training
9:10 PROFESSOR LARRY MCKAY - Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer 2008, University of Tennessee, USACracks in the Clay: The Role of Fractures and Macropores in Critical Zone Hydrology
10:00 Coffee Break
Stream 1 Chair - Wendy Timm
GROUND RESOURCE CHARACTERISATION
10:30 ROSS, J. + CAROSONE, F. - Water level trends in fractured Hawesbury Sandstone aquifers in the Kangaloon area, Southern Highlands, NSW.
10:50 DE CASTRO, C. + ROTTER, B + TAMMETTA, P. - Fracture properties of the Hawkesbury Sandstone in Sydney region.
11:10 COOK, L. - Groundwater investigations - emergency town water supply Gosford-Wyong Councils Water Authority Joint Water Supply Scheme.
11:30 PETERSON, M. + WARING, C. + MITRY, W.Discrete interval sampling and pressure measurements within uncased boreholes using a zone-of-interest groundwater sampler (ZOIGS).
11:50 TAMMETTA, P. + HAWKES, G.Analysis of aquifer tests in Mesozoic sandstones in western Sydney, Australia.
12.10 - lunch
Stream 2 Chair - Noel Merrick
SALINITY
10:30 MCNALLY, G. - Soil and groundwater salinity in the shales of western Sydney.
10:50 JASONSMITH, J. + MACDONALD, B. + MCPHAIL, B. + BISWAS, F. + BEAVIS, S. + WHITE, I. + SOMERVILLE, P. - Why is Wybong Creek salty?
SURFACE-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION
11:10 SHORT, S. + WARING, C. + PETERSON, M. + HAMMOND, M. + WOOD, J. - Studies of near-surface hydrology and hydrogeology of the Woronora Plateau.
11:30 MCLEAN, W. + REECE, E. - Investigating groundwater-surface water linkages using environmental and applied tracers.
11:50 SCARFF, S. + HUGHES, C. + MORRISON, T.N. - Use of isotopic and chemical tracers
12:10 Lunch
1:10 Chair - Lange Jorstad
JERZY JANKOWSKI - Sydney Catchment Authority - Hydrological responses and monitoring program design in longwall mining catchment, Southern Coalfield, NSW Australia.
STREAM 1 Chair - William Milne Home
GROUND RESOURCE CHARACTERISATION
2:10 BARDEN, COLIN - Air core drilling techniques.
2:30 LEE, J. - Regional hydrostratigraphic analysis of the Hawkesbury Sandstone.
2:50 HAWKES, G. + ROSS, J. + GLEESON, L. - Hydrogeological resource investigations to supplement Sydney's water supply at Leonay, western Sydney, NSW.
3:10 Coffee Break
3:40 WARING, C. + STEPANYANTS, Y. + HANKIN, S. + AIREY, P. + PETERSON, M.Measurement of hydraulic conductivity, porosity and lithology by neutron activation borehole logging at high spatial resolution increments.
4:00 COOK, L. + ROSS, J. - Resistivity imaging and sounding survey for Kangaloon borefield investigations, Southern Highlands, NSW.
4:20 Close of Day.
STREAM 2 Chair - Ian Grey
SURFACE-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION
2:10 MACDONALD, B. + WHITE, I. + SOMERVILLE, P. + JASONSMITH, J. + BISWAS, F. + BUSH, R. - Surface and ground water connectivity and quality in the Goulburn River, NSW.
2:30 ROSS, J. Hydrogeology of upland swamps in the Nepean River catchment, Southern Highlands, NSW.
2:50 MCFARLANE, A. + PEARSE-HAWKINS, N. + CALLIPARI, C. - Tools and logistics of implementing applied tracer tests.
3:10 Coffee Break
3:40 BADENHOP, A. + TIMMS, W. - Managed aquifer recharge in Sydney coastal sand aquifers.
4:00 BISWAS, F. + WHITE, I. + MACDONALD, B. + BEAVIS, S. - Groundwater levels and streamflow prediction in the Hunter River catchment.
4:20 SOMERVILLE, P. + MACDONALD, B. + WHITE, I. + BUSH, R. + JASONSMITH, J. - Surface and ground water connectivity in the Upper Hunter Valley, NSW.
4:40 Close of Day.