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Content
NGWA Board Makes Major Gifts to
Three NGWREF Funds
Foundation Welcomes Unsolicited
Research Proposals
Scholarship Awards Tradition
Continues, Grows
Students Win NGWREF Honors at
Ground Water Summit
Geological Storage as a Carbon
Mitigation Option Subject of 2008
Darcy Lecture Series
Well Design Questions Resolved by
McEllhiney Series
Students Awarded NGWA
Memberships by Foundation Gifts
Auctions Effective Scholarship
Fundraising Tool
Your Support Is Invited
July 2007
NGWA Board Makes Major Gifts to Three NGWREF Funds
The National Ground Water Association Board of Directors voted to make charitable
contributions from the NGWA financial reserve accounts to the National Ground Water
Research and Educational Foundation. These contributions and their amounts are to
be restricted for use limited only to the following funds of the Foundation:
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Len Assante Scholarship Fund: $339,034
Research Fund: $235,768
Developing Nations Fund: $98,865.
"These contributions are indicative of the Association's financial success and its
commitment to serve the ground water professions and the general public through
support of the various funds of the Foundation," explains NGWA President Loyd
Watson, MGWC. "The Association, and its affiliated Foundation, have provided more
philanthropic support for the understanding of ground water in the last several years
than in the entire previous history of the two organizations. This year is our biggest
commitment yet."
The Foundation board in December 2006 had established several fundraising targets:
The first priority was the Len Assante Scholarship Fund with a $500,000 endowment
target. The second priority was the two lecture programs -- the Darcy Lecture Series in
Ground Water Science Fund and the McEllhiney Lecture Series in Water Well
Technology Fund. Each are targeted to operate at $25,000 annually. The Foundation's
Research Fund was targeted to be at $250,000, and the Developing World Fund at
$100,000.
"While the NGWA gifts, matched with previous gifts made to the various funds, have
enabled these fundraising targets to be met," explains Watson, "we're not done.
There's just too much to be done to stop here. We continue to seek and value any and
all support from any individual or organization."
The 21st Century (general/miscellaneous) Fund remains in place, but no endowment
target was established.
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Foundation Welcomes Unsolicited Research Proposals
The NGWREF board may issue calls for proposals for specific research areas. As of
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June 2007, no call is in force.
However, unsolicited proposals limited to ground water research topics are welcomed
at any time. These proposals should be submitted in writing and should not exceed two
pages in length. The proposal should spell out the knowledge value of the anticipated
research, and other pertinent matters, such as the amount of funds requested, the
researcher(s), primary point of contact, timelines, and so forth.
Unsolicited research proposals should be submitted to:
NGWREF - Research Proposals
c/o Kevin McCray, Executive Director
601 Dempsey Rd.
Westerville, OH 43081
Or, proposal outlines may be submitted in a PDF to: kmccray@ngwa.org with the
words "Unsolicited NGWREF Research Proposal" in the subject line.
Private consulting firms are not eligible for NGWREF research grants.
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Scholarship Awards Tradition Continues, Grows
NGWREF awarded a total of $7,000 to five students from its Len Assante Scholarship
Fund, Foundation President Loyd Watson, MGWC has announced.
Katherine Anarde of Fowler, Colorado, won the Past President's Award -- the top
scholarship presented to the most qualified of the applicants. Anarde, who is attending
the University of Colorado at Boulder to study environmental science, received $2,000
toward her education.
The other recipients are:
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Laura Valdmanis of Prior Lake, Minnesota: $2,000 for the Ora Lyons
Scholarship named in honor of a former distinguished NGWA member.
Valdmanis is attending the Hobart and William Smith College at Geneva, New
York, to study environmental science and math.
Kaylee Kooiman of Eugene, Oregon: $1,000. Kooiman expects to attend Calvin
College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to study computer science, engineering, or
mathematics.
Dustin Hicks of Centralia, Washington: $1,000. Hicks attends Montana Tech to
study geological engineering.
Jean Luc Hebert of Abbeville, Louisiana: $1,000. Hebert attends the University
of Louisiana at Lafayette to study petroleum geology.
"There is no issue more important today than the availability and protection of water
resources in America and throughout the world," Watson said. "With these
scholarships, we want to encourage today's best and brightest students to pursue
careers in the ground water professions. They can be part of the solution to the world's
need for fresh water."
Previous scholarship recipients are ineligible. Scholarships are granted to full-time
undergraduate students only.
The applicant must be entering a field of study that serves, supports, or promotes the
ground water industry. The scholarship is available to high school graduates and
students in college (four-year programs and well drilling two-year associate degree
programs). A 2.5 GPA is mandatory for high school or college students.
Established in 1994, NGWREF is a 501(c)(3) public foundation and is focused on
conducting educational, research, and other charitable activities related to a broader
public understanding of ground water.
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Students Win NGWREF Honors at Ground Water Summit
Four university students have won 2007 Farvolden Awards from the NGWREF Len
Assante Scholarship Fund for ground water-related paper or poster presentations.
The winners are:
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Linzy Brakefield, Auburn University, for her poster, "New Approaches to Solve
the Henry Problem"
Kouping Chen, University of Hong Kong, for his poster, "Hydrochemical
Evolution of Ground Water in Shenzhen After Land Reclamation: Major Ion
Chemistry of Coastal Ground Water"
Sean Connell, University of New Mexico, for his poster, "Hydrological
Framework of the Albuquerque-Rio Rancho Metropolitan Area, Bernalillo, and
Sandoval County, New Mexico"
Maren Somers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for her paper,
"Practical Water Supply Challenges: The Enugu State, Nigeria Water
Development Project."
Each student received a $500 scholarship in honor of the late Dr. Robert
Farvolden, a hydrogeologist who was instrumental in launching the modern era
of hydrogeology in Canada. The entries were judged by members of the
Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, a membership division of the
NGWA, during NGWA's Ground Water Summit held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in
April.
Judges of the student works at this year's conference included: Beverly Herzog, Illinois
State Geological Survey; William Alley, USGS; Brent Murray, Environmental Quality
Inc.; Donald Jones, Quality Environmental Solutions; Vicki Kretsinger, Luhdorff &
Scalmanini; Kurt Thomsen, KOT Environmental Consulting Inc.; and Richard Laton,
California State University - Fullerton.
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Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option Subject of 2008 Darcy
Lecture Series
Michael Celia, Ph.D., of Princeton University has been chosen as the Foundation's
2008 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer in Ground Water Science.
As the Darcy Lecturer, Celia, chair of the Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, will spend the year lecturing
at colleges and universities throughout the world to educate and generate
interest in ground water science.
In his lecture titled, "Geological Storage as a Carbon Mitigation Option," Celia explores
carbon capture and storage (CCS) -- a technique where carbon dioxide is captured
and injected into deep geological formations.
Anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide have increased atmospheric
concentrations of carbon dioxide by about 35 percent during the past 200 years. The
current concentration, at about 385 parts per million, represents the highest carbon
dioxide concentration in the last 500,000 years. Projected future emissions will lead to
doubling of preindustrial carbon dioxide concentration within the next 50 years.
Injection of carbon dioxide into deep formations leads to a multiphase flow problem
that may involve important mass exchange between phases, nonisothermal effects,
and complex geochemical reactions. In addition, because enormous quantities of
carbon dioxide must be injected to have any significant impact on the atmospheric
carbon problem, the spatial scale of the problem becomes very large.
Further, broad questions involving the fate of the injected carbon dioxide including
possible leakage of carbon dioxide out of the formation, as well as the fate of displaced
fluids like resident brines, lead to very challenging modeling and analysis problems. A
series of simplifying assumptions may be proposed to provide more efficient numerical
calculations, even to the point of allowing for analytical or semianalytical solutions.
Requests for the Darcy Lecturer for the 2008 calendar year will be accepted only by
completing the online request form found at www.ngwa.org. The deadline for
submissions is October 15, 2007. The Darcy Lecture is named in honor of French
hydraulic engineer Henry Darcy, whose work in 1855 and 1856 described the flow of
ground water through sand known today as Darcy's law.
NGWREF reserves the right to be the sole entity able to confirm any request made for
this lecture series. Direct any questions to Barbette Howell at bhowell@ngwa.org.
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Well Design Questions Resolved by McEllhiney Series
Hydrogeologist F. Michael Krautkramer, LHG, RG, will examine methods for answering
critical well design questions as the Foundation's 2008 William A. McEllhiney
Distinguished Lecturer in Water Well Technology.
Krautkramer is a vice president and principal hydrogeologist at Robinson, Noble
& Saltbush Inc. in Federal Way, Washington. Krautkramer's 90-minute
presentation, "How Much is Enough? Making Decisions in the Water Well
Industry," will explore processes for making decisions including:
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How deep to target a well
How large a borehole diameter should be
How to test the well
What the production rate and pump setting should be
Other decisions that determine project success and customer satisfaction.
The 2008 series is supported by a grant from the Franklin Electric Co., the world's
largest manufacturer of submersible electric motors.
This lecture will further examine rational methods by which to address questions such
as: How deep is deep enough for a given customer? How sophisticated should the
completion of a given well be? How much development is warranted? What testing
method should be used, at what rate, and for how long? How much water should you
tell the customer he/she can reliably expect from a well?
There also will be discussion of how to make these decisions in a way that can be
explained to the well owner and defended should anyone try to second guess the
decisions at a later date.
Requests for the McEllhiney Distinguished Lecture Series for the 2008 calendar year
will be accepted only by completing the online request form accessible at
www.ngwa.org. The deadline for requests is October 1, 2007. NGWREF reserves the
right to be the sole entity able to confirm any request made for this lecture series.
Direct any questions to Barbette Howell at bhowell@ngwa.org.
This lecture series honors William A. McEllhiney-founding president of NGWA in 1948
and a ground water contractor and civil engineer.
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Students Awarded NGWA Memberships by Foundation Gifts
Gifts to the Foundation restricted for the purchase of foreign student memberships in
NGWA were recently awarded to 10 hydrogeology students enrolled at the University
of Costa Rica.
The gifts were made following the participation by donors Ralph Cadwallader, CWD/PI
and Kevin McCray, CAE, in a 2005 regional ground water meeting held in Managua,
Nicaragua.
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Auctions Effective Scholarship Fundraising Tool
The 2006 NGWREF Scholarship Fund fundraising auction raised $41,280. Since the
inception of the auction in 2002, The Foundation has raised $194,873.
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2002: $48,248
2003: $38,518
2004: $33,945
2005: $32,882
2006: $41,280.
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Planning is underway for the 2007 Len Assante Scholarship fundraising auction to be
held in conjunction with the Ground Water Expo at Orlando, Florida. To donate auction
items, cash, or to otherwise particpate in the auction, contact Jason Bainum at 800
551.7379, or by e-mail to jbainum@ngwa.org.
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Your Support Is Invited
Your corporate or personal gift contribution helps the ground water professions in
many ways, such as providing necessary support to accomplish the programs
described in this newsletter.
We invite your tax-deductible contribution. You may be able to increase the impact of
your gift by stipulating a "matching fund contribution" offered by many employers.
For your convenience, you may make your contribution through our Web site. Simply
go to https://info.ngwa.org/servicecenter/Contributor/Index.cfm select the "Contribution
Form" button, and complete the secure credit card transaction form.
Please contact Executive Director Kevin McCray if you have any questions, want to
discuss opportunities for supporting a specific program, or wish to make a planned gift.
He can be reached at 800.551.7379, or by e-mail to kmccray@ngwa.org.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation
601 Dempsey Road
Westerville, OH 43081
Phone: 800 551.7379
Fax: 614 898.7786
Email: NGWREF@ngwa.org
URL: http://www.ngwa.org
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