Ground Water Division

Division Mission Statement:
To fill a need for groundwater information specifically addressing Ohio issues and subjects.

Division Vice President:

Tom Allen
OEPA
Division of Drinking and Ground Waters
Lazarus Government Center
PO Box 1049
Columbus, OH 43215-2412
Phone: (614) 644-2145
Fax: (614) 644-2909
tom.allen@epa.state.oh.us

Division Members:

Secretary: Paul Plummer
Representative Team...
Legislation/Regulation:
Vacant

Education:
Tom Allen, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
tom.allen@epa.state.oh.us

Technical:
Kristy Hunt, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
kristy.hunt@epa.state.oh.us

Water Quality:
Michael Slattery, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
michael.slattery@epa.state.oh.us

Water Information:
Frank Fugitt, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water
frank.fugitt@dnr.state.oh.us

Notes

-- Two Year Terms (minimum)
-- Voluntary -- no elections. Incumbent nominates new representative to the Team.
-- 4 meetings per year
-- Representatives need to be WMAO Members


Duties

Secretary
• maintains list of ground-water oriented WMAO members
• maintains and distributes meeting minutes
• compiles newsletter

Representative -- Legislation/Regulation
• Keeps track of current legislation affecting ground water (quality, quantity, use, cleanup)
• Keeps track of current issues and points of discussion
• Informs VP if issue is of sufficient importance for WMAO Board to take a position
• Prepares two articles per year for newsletter on Impending legislation
• Focus is on legislation at local, state, and federal levels that affects how we do our jobs

Representative -- Education
• Encourage communication between academia and Ground-water industry
• Prepares two articles per year for newsletter on Groundwater activities of Ohio colleges
• Provide opportunity for students
• Experience
• Employment
• Forum for presentation of work
• Discussion of curriculums -- are students learning the proper skills?

Representative – Technical
• Keeps track of advances in groundwater technology
• modeling
• drilling
• analytical methods
• Prepares two articles per year for newsletter on advances in groundwater technology
• maintains knowledge of Ohio’s ground-water professionals and specific areas of interest
• assists in matching technology requests with appropriate WMAO professional

Representative -- Water Quality
• Keeps track of new advances in water quality sampling and analysis techniques
• Prepares two articles per year for newsletter on advances in groundwater water quality advances

Representative -- Water Information
• Keeps track of new information generated by Ohio’s ground-water professionals
• Prepares two articles per year for newsletter on new Ohio data and publications
• Maintains a list of local, federal, and state contacts for ground-water data, reports and information

1) HYDROGEOLOGY

Studies in basic aquifer science
Fracture-flow issues
Characterizations of major aquifer systems in Ohio
New technologies
Modeling
Contamination transport
Updates of tools (expanded section)
Hydrogeologic heterogeneity
Groundwater data statistics

2) REGULATORY

Regulatory issues that affect groundwater - industry/supplies/regulations/tech. group
Comparison of federal and state groundwater regulations
Regulation changes in progress
ASTM risk assessment
Well head protection programs
BUSTR - corrective actions

3) GROUND-WATER QUALITY/GEOCHEMISTRY

Microbiology issues in groundwater and surface water
Impact of landfills (old and new technology) on groundwater and surface water
Isotope dating of groundwater
Levels of metals in Ohio groundwater
Groundwater geochemistry of chlorinated solvents
Effects of open wells on local water quality

4) REMEDIATION

Natural attenuation
In-situ treatment - site study
Statistics for solid or hazardous waste sites
Case studies - remediation technology
Bioremediation
Expansion of the VAP and phytoremediation
DNAPL remediation options
Alternative technologies (waste water treatment, etc.)
Landfill gas carried VOC’s and groundwater carried VOC’s
Mine reclamation projects with coal combustion byproducts
Co metabolic processes

5) PROGRAMS/CURRENT EVENTS

ODNR groundwater conflict investigation
Marion School - contamination site (perspective from local/state health officials
Coordination of federal and state programs involved with groundwater