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Haiti Relief Aided by Two NGWREF
Awards
Record Amount Made Available to
Scholars
NGWREF Awards Four Students with
Scholarships at 2010 Ground Water
Summit
S.S. Papadopulos to Sponsor 2011
Farvolden Awards
Silliman Named 2011 Darcy Lecturer
Darcy Lecturer Has Busy Schedule
Lead Gifts Launch Darcy Endowment
Campaign
Summit Auction Assists Two Funds
Well Development Focus of 2010
McEllhiney Water Well Technology
Lecture
Planned Gifts an Option to Support the
Aims of NGWREF
2010 NGWREF Board of Directors
Freshwater needy citizens of Haiti will benefit from two NGWREF grants totalling
$8350. The grants were made by the Foundation board for relief projects in Haiti following its devastating earthquake this winter.
A $6000 provisional contribution was made to the
ClearBlue Project for the construction of potable water well systems in Haiti. The second grant, $2,350, was provisionally made to Hands on the World Global Inc. for the construction of potable water well systems in
Jeremie, Haiti.
ClearBlue is a project that evolved from the works of the First Methodist Church of North America.
"It is with great gratitude and appreciation that I accept the grant your organization has elected to present to
ClearBlue Water Project ," says Melanie Brooks of
ClearBlue. "This will certainly go a long way in our mission to suppy the displaced people of Haiti with clean safe water."
Hands on the World Global was formed to provide the basic needs of water and food for the security of people in developing countries and those who sufffer from the aftermath of conflict or disaster. The organization believes in developing leadership and showing people how they can make a difference in their own lives and in the lives of others. It says it believes in teaching self sufficiency.
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The source of funds for these awards comes from a number of sources, including an annual auction held in conjunction with the NGWA Annual Meeting and Ground Water
Expo. More than $34,800 was raised for the NGWREF Len Assante Scholarship Fund at the December 2009 auction in New Orleans. The eight auctions have raised a combined $298,800.
Among those donating items to the 2010 auction were the following:
Platinum Level
Baroid Industrial Drilling Products
George E. Failing Co. (GEFCO)
SGS Environmental Inc.
Drilling Division
Solar Power & Pump Co.
Gold Level
DrillingWorld
Gregg Drilling and Testing Inc.
Korea Ground Water Association
Palmer Bit Co.
Pentair Water-Myers and STA-RITE
Silver Level
Amtrol Inc.
Len and Joanne Assante
Bergerson Caswell
Blake Equipment Co.
Boshart Industries
Campbell Mfg.
Conley Printing
Dahlman Pump & Well Drilling Inc.
Dutko Group
Franklin Electric
Steve Garry
Beverly L. Herzog, CGWP
Higgins Rig Co.
Integrated Leadership Systems
ITT kwik-ZIP
Las Vegas Hilton
Mantyla Well Drilling Inc.
Markey's Rental and Staging
Kevin McCray, CAE
Morgan Stanely Smith Barney
Rea and Associates
Roscoe Moss Co.
Schneider Equipment Co.
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Sheehan, Hutchison, Keenan
Smeal Derricks
Washington State Ground Water Association
Willis HRC
Wyo-Ben Inc.
NGWREF extends a special thank you to our generous donors and to our winning bidders for their support of NGWREF. The NGWREF Board of Directors desires to establish a permanent fund to endow academic college scholarships for young people of the industry. The auctions help grow and sustain the Scholarship Fund.
More information on the Len Assante Scholarship Fund can be obtained at http://www.ngwa.org/ngwref/assante/index.aspx
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Four students presenting papers and posters at the 2010 NGWA Ground Water
Summit in Denver, Colorado, were awarded scholarships from the Foundation.
The awards are given in honor of Dr. Robert Farvolden, a noted international groundwater scientist, professor, and mentor to young people. The awards were based on three criteria: the quality of the presentation, content (including contribution to groundwater science, engineering, management, or policy), and demonstrated insight on the topic.
The 2010 winners were:
Rory Cowie, University of Colorado at Boulder, "Use of Isotopic and
Geochemical Tracers to Identify Source Waters and Subsurface Residence
Times Within Headwater Catchments in Boulder Creek Watershed,
Colorado" (paper)
Michelle E. Miro, University of Texas at Austin, "Rural Water Supply in Tamil,
India: A Provider-Based Approach" (poster)
Kristin M. Mikkelson, Colorado School of Mines, "Preliminary Investigations Into the Impact on Metal and Cationic Surface and Groundwater Fluxes Due to the
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Stephanie S. Wong, Baylor University, "Quantifying Groundwater Resources in
Alluvial Aquifers Using GIS" (poster)
Judges at this year's conference included: Allen Shapiro, Ph.D., USGS; James Butler
Jr., Ph.D., University of Kansas; K. Scott King, AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc.;
Robert Alexander, PG, CHMM, CDM Inc.; Cynthia Ardito, INTERA; Sandra Eberts,
PHG, USGS; Mike Schnieders, Water Systems Engineering Inc.; Daniel Stephens,
Ph.D., Daniel B. Stephens and Associates Inc.; Robert Schreiber, PE, CDM Inc.; David
Kreamer, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; and W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG, CPG,
California State University–Fullerton.
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S.S. Papadopulos & Associates Inc. has agreed to provide a grant in support of the 2011 Robert Farvolden
Awards for the student papers or posters judged "best" at the Ground Water Summit. The NGWREF will award four
$750 scholarships to students for their poster and paper presentations made at the annual Ground Water Summit.
Twenty-five awards have been made since 2004. The 2011 Summit will be held in
Baltimore, Maryland.
S.S. Papadopulos and Associates was established in 1979 to provide professional consulting services for groundwater issues. While groundwater hydrology and hydrogeology are the cornerstone of the firm's expertise, the firm has expanded to develop a recognized practice in contaminant studies, remediation, geochemistry, and surface-water hydrology.
The scholarships are made in honor of the late Robert N. Farvolden, a pioneer in the development of modern hydrogeology. During a 20-year period, Farvolden taught literally hundreds of young earth scientists at all academic levels, while maintaining an active international research effort on regional hydrogeology in more than a dozen countries with much of the emphasis on the development and management of safe water supplies for populations in underdeveloped areas. After his academic retirement in 1992, Farvolden accepted the position of senior scientist for the National Ground
Water Association.
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Dr. Stephen E. Silliman of the University of Notre Dame's
Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences has been named the 2011 Darcy Lecturer in Groundwater Science by the NGWREF Board of Directors.
"I look forward in 2011," Silliman says, "to discussing with a wide international audience the challenges and opportunities that NGWA might encounter as a partner in the global effort at improving our knowledge and practices related to groundwater development, protection and management with particular interest in opportunities on the African continent. I am particularly excited about the opportunity to share the wisdom and insights of a number of friends and colleagues from multiple continents and multiple disciplines (including the social sciences) about the opportunities and challenges to be faced by NGWA in working with our colleagues outside the United States, particularly in Africa, in advancing both groundwater science and groundwater development strategies." http://www.magnetmail.net/design/preview.cfm?message_id=1000182 5/12/2010

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"As importantly," he adds, "I look forward to exploring with a number of audiences the potential role of students, ranging from grade school students to post-graduate students, in understanding and advancing our ability to consider the implications of sustainable development and use of groundwater in an era of population growth and climate change."
Silliman anticipates offering two lecture topics, both centered on his research experiences in Benin, a nation of west Africa.
His first, titled, Development of Reliable Hydrologic Data Sets in Difficult Environments:
Case Studies from Benin, West Africa, explores how reliable hydrologic data are critical for sound hydrogeologic analyses and for the subsequent policy decisions based on those analyses. However, obtaining such data sets in the face of limited budgets and limited access to field sites can be a daunting challenge, particularly in rural regions in developing countries. Experience in Benin demonstrates that such challenges are best met through close collaboration with a number of in-country entities (universities, local populations, government agencies, and NGOs) and integration of hydrologic expertise with political, social, and cultural considerations.
The second lecture, Characterization of a Complex, Sole-Source Aquifer System in
Benin, West Africa, focuses on the Godomey well field as the sole source of freshwater for Cotonou, Benin. The Cotonou/Calavi area is the largest population center in Benin, with an estimated population of between 1.5 and 2.0 million people. Located directly on the Atlantic coast, this population center is also bordered by the southern and western shores of a large, shallow lake. Groundwater wells serving this population are located approximately 6 Km north of the Atlantic coast and as close as approximately 1 Km to the western shore of the lake. With most production wells located within partially confined portions of this complex aquifer system, this water resource is threatened by contamination from salt-water intrusion (both from the lake and the ocean) and anthropogenic activities.
Silliman, the chair of the Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences Department at
Notre Dame, served as an associate editor of NGWA's journal, Ground Water, from
1996 to 2002, and has served as an associate editor of other leading journals serving the groundwater community. Among his wide and varied experience was a stint between 2002 to 2005 as the director of the Water Resources in Developing Countries program for Notre Dame undergraduates.
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The NGWREF's 2010 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer in
Groundwater Science, Timothy "Tim" D. Scheibe, Ph.D., has had an exceptionally busy year.
He has already given 30 talks in the first four months of the year and has 31 more scheduled.
Scheibe, Ph.D., who is currently a staff scientist in the
Hydrology Technical Group for Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, is giving groups a choice of two lecturers.
His first lecture is titled Beyond the Black Box: Integrating
Advanced Characterization of Microbial Processes with Subsurface Reactive Transport
Models. In it, Scheibe discusses how he has been amazed not only by the microscopic world of subsurface microbes, but also by how technically advanced the science of microbiology has become.
"A key question," Scheibe says, "is how can we use this information to make quantitative predictions in support of environmental management decisions? Microbial processes are typically represented in subsurface reactive transport models based on relatively simple reaction rate models that do not account for known and important http://www.magnetmail.net/design/preview.cfm?message_id=1000182 5/12/2010

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In an alternative lecture, Quantifying Flow and Reactive Transport in the
Heterogeneous Subsurface Environment: From Pores to Porous Media and Facies to
Aquifers, he explores how hydrogeologists working on problems related to groundwater contamination, remediation, or water quality protection face an extraordinary challenge. The fundamental transport and reaction processes that control contaminant fate occur at length scales that are many orders of magnitude smaller than the scales at which predictions of observable phenomena are needed.
Spatial variability (heterogeneity) of physical and biogeochemical properties exists across the entire range of relevant scales.
In this presentation, Scheibe takes his audience on a numerical journey through this range of length scales, examining along the way a number of case studies that illustrate both the challenges posed and some exciting ways that advanced computational methods are being brought to bear on these problems.
Scheibe has served on the editorial board of the NGWA journal Ground Water® since
2001 and is active in the American Geophysical Union, in which he currently represents the group's Hydrology Section on the Joint Assembly Program Committee.
For a list of future lecture sites, contact Barbette Howell at bhowell@ngwa.org. More information on the Darcy Lecture Series can be found at http://www.ngwa.org/ngwref/darcy/index.aspx
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Past Darcy Lecturers in Groundwater Science Jim Butler, Ph.D., University of Kansas
(2007), David Hyndman, Ph.D., Michigan State University (2002), and Richelle Allen-
King, University of Buffalo (2003), have each made $1000 gifts to the lecture series' endowment fund.
Butler, Allen-King, and Hyndman are spearheading the endowment campaign.
Matching their gifts are Warren Wood, Ph.D., Art Becker, MGWC, of SGS
Environmental, the NGWA president-elect, and National Ground Water Association and Foundation Executive Director Kevin McCray, CAE. Wood was an early advocate for the creation of the Darcy Lecture Series and was a member of the Darcy selection committee for several years.
“The Darcy lecture series is the scientific essence of the NGWA and NGWREF missions,” said Becker, NGWA president-elect. “Science is critical to educating the world about groundwater issues and resources.
“Everyone in our profession benefits from the Darcy and should support its funding.”
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The first-ever fundraising auction held in conjunction with the Ground Water
Summit produced new support for the Foundation's Developing Nations Fund, as well as for the Farvolden Scholarship Awards given each year for the best student paper or poster presentation at the Summit.
The auction at the Ground Water Summit, which was April 11-15 in Denver,
Colorado, raised $4375. By design, 80% of proceeds were assigned to the Developing
Nations Fund ($3500) and the balance of $875 was assigned to the Farvolden Awards within the Len Assante Scholarship Fund.
Companies and individuals donating auction items were recognized at two levels.
Gold level donors were: McEdwards Manufacturing & Distribution Inc. and Golden
Software. Recognized at the Silver level for their item donations were: Schneider
Equipment; Art Becker, MGWC; Snap Sampler; Dr. Richard Laton; Wildermuth
Environmental; Brent Murray, PG; GeoProbe Systems; Daniel B. Stephens and
Associates; Jack Henrich, MGWC; Gregg Drilling; Kevin McCray, CAE; and SGS
Drilling.
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The 2010 McEllhiney Distinguished Lecturer Mike H. Mehmert is presenting "You Drill a Hole - You Develop a Well."
According to Mehmert, holes are drilled every day for any number of construction or exploration applications that are not required to produce fluids.
Examples include boreholes for foundation or structural footings, the installation of instrumentation or explosives, or the recovery of geologic core data. In these instances or even for observation wells — designed only to monitor groundwater levels — the intended purpose is not fluid production.
When a hole is drilled for a producing water well, though, further steps are involved.
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Well efficiency directly impacts operational cost. Mehmert's lecture discusses well efficiency and the vital role that well development plays in achieving maximum efficiency. The lecture is intended to emphasize the importance of well development and to challenge industry professionals to examine current practices and always seek improvement.
An NGWA member and an active Well Standards Committee member, Mehmert is the director of Sales and Marketing-Well Products at Johnson Screens, a Weatherford company.
His career, spanning more than 38 years, has encompassed consulting, contracting, and manufacturing — almost entirely in the groundwater industry.
His work has been published in the Water Well Journal®, numerous technical bulletins, manuals, technical sales support documents, instructional public and private technical training, and education programs for Johnson Screens around the country. Mehmert was the project director and contributing author for the third edition of Groundwater &
Wells.
The McEllhiney Lecture Series in Water Well Technology is supported by a grant by
Franklin Electric Co.
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The National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation (NGWREF) is recognized by the IRS as a 501 (c) (3) public educational foundation. Contributions are deductible a charitable gifts.
There are various methods of planned giving, in which the use of tax, financial, and estate planning techniques enables a donor to make a substantial gift commitment to benefit The National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation and at the same time receive meaningful tax and financial benefits for himself or herself.
By using planned giving techniques, the gift is often greater than the donor may have previously considered, because the charitable deduction and possible returns may dramatically reduce the net cost of the gift. This increases the donor's personal satisfaction while providing the Foundation added benefit.
Outright Gifts
1. Cash: The most frequently used asset for all forms of charitable gifts.
2. Marketable Securities: Gifts appreciated securities may be given with substantially reduced after tax cost to the donor.
3. Real Estate: Due to historically rapid escalation in values and the capital gain exposure of the owner, real property is quite frequently used to make a planned (or charitable) gift.
4. Tangible Personal Property: Special rules apply about the appraisal of such property, but with the rapid appreciation in collectibles, such property is increasingly used for charitable gifts.
5. Life Insurance: Life insurance policies that are no longer needed for family security or for their original purpose, form an excellent basis for establishing a planned gift, and when transferred irrevocably, result in tax deductions approximating replacement value. A new life insurance policy based on the more recent interest sensitive insurance will create a much larger gift than imagined, and payment of premiums through a charitable organization are tax deductible also.
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1. Charitable Gift Annuity: The donor receives a fixed amount for life based on age, with a charitable deduction.
2. Pooled Income Fund: The donor receives a life income from an investment fund composed of the donor's gift pooled with other gifts. Income is variable amount based on pooled funds that may fluctuate and it is taxable.
3. Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust: The donor receives a fixed amount of income based on the asset's initial fair market value and beneficiary's needs, with a a percentage minimum. The allowable charitable deduction is generally for a percentage of the initial gift amount, and there is not capital gains tax if appreciated securities are used. The National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation receives the remainder (whatever is left when the trust ends).
4. Charitable Remainder Unitrust: The donor receives a variable amount of annual income based on a fixed percentage of changing market value of assets. While there is a percentage minimum, the actual percentage is based on the needs of beneficiary.
The charitable deduction is generally for percentage of the gift amount.
5. Revocable Charitable Trust Agreement: As yearly income, the donor receives the total net earnings during the life of the trust. No income tax savings or deductions since the gift is not "completed" during the donor's lifetime.
6. Charitable Lead Trust: Established to pay income to a charitable institution for a number of years, after which the principal reverts to the donor or heirs when the trust ends.
Gifts by Will
1. Outright Bequests: Donors of modest means, as well as the wealthy, can make gifts from their estates by Will. This can be done when the will is written or revised, or by the addition of a codicil to an existing Will. An outright bequest is one that passes at the time of estate settlement directly to the Foundation for its immediate use. It could be a definite amount of money; a fraction or percentage of the total estate; a fraction or all the residuary estate, or specific property.
2. Bequests through Testamentary Trusts: Many estate planning objectives can be accomplished through the testamentary gift of a charitable remainder. This is especially useful when the testator wishes to benefit our Foundation by legacy, but is first obligated to provide for members of his family or other individuals during their lifetimes. A testamentary trust accomplishes both of these objectives.
3. Contingent Bequests: In drafting a will, it is usually desirable, after naming the primary beneficiaries, to specify The National Ground Water Research and
Educational Foundation as the final contingent beneficiary.
If you would like to explore a planned giving option with the National Ground Water
Research and Educational Foundation, please have your legal or tax advisor contact
Executive Director Kevin McCray at kmccray@ngwa.org
, or by telephone to (614)
898-7791, or by writing to the Foundation at 601 Dempsey Road, Westerville, Ohio
43081.
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The 2010 National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation Board of
Directors is:
Jack Henrich, MGWC - President
Art Becker, MGWC
Len Assante, CWD/PI
Alan Eades, CWD/PI
W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG
Daniel Meyer, MGWC
G.C. "Chip" Nelson
James Paulhus, WQA/CSR
John Pitz, CPI
Robert Reichard, CWD/PI
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