Presentation related to private wells and baseline groundwater quality in NEPA. Also an introduction into the citizen groundwawter and surfacewater database.
Waterworks Best Practices: Containment Backflow Preventer Design & PlacementSafe-T-Cover
Where is the safest, smartest, and most cost effective location to install a containment backflow preventer? If you think it's in a vault or inside a building you may need to think again. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages to each option in this guide on backflow installation.
Established in 1972 to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters by preventing point and non-point pollution sources, providing assistance to publicly owned treatment works for the improvement of waste water treatment, and maintaining the integrity of wetlands.
Waterworks Best Practices: Containment Backflow Preventer Design & PlacementSafe-T-Cover
Where is the safest, smartest, and most cost effective location to install a containment backflow preventer? If you think it's in a vault or inside a building you may need to think again. Learn about the advantages and disadvantages to each option in this guide on backflow installation.
Established in 1972 to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters by preventing point and non-point pollution sources, providing assistance to publicly owned treatment works for the improvement of waste water treatment, and maintaining the integrity of wetlands.
This slideshow was presented on August 22 at the Shilough Baptist Church at a community meeting hosted by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson. Community members were encouraged to come and ask questions, voice concerns and learn more about the massive main break that has caused significant damage and disruption. Representatives from PWD, PECO, Streets Department, PGW, Verizon, and other City agencies were in attendance.
Rainwater Harvesting in Urban Settings: Water Conservation for Responsible D...Brian Gregson
Rainwater Harvesting as a viable option for builders and remodelers interested in alternative water conservation options. With increased population growth, groundwater and surface water sources are depleted, leading to increased reliance on expensive water sources such as desalination. Offsetting non-potable activities with captured rainwater minimizes reliance on desalination and other expensive resources.
Presented to the Remodelers Council of the Tampa Bay Builders Association, 6/24/10.
EPA Region 7, EPA, Region 7, Waters of the United States, Water Security, Nonpoint Source, NPS, Nutrients, Ammonia, Kansas, KS, NHD, National Hydrography Dataset, Drury Creek, Cheyene County, dam permit, finding leaks, fixing leaks, drought, dry summer, Chesapeake Bay, Mississippi River Basin, municipal lagoons
Groundwater Quality Private Wells Wayne County Pennsylvania Baseline Water Te...Brian Oram
Educational outreach to 2 lake communities in Wayne County Pennsylvania. The results of private well water testing and using these findings to develop a customized baseline water testing program for the Poconos Community, private well owners in the region, community water sources, public water supplies, and watershed monitoring organizations.
Hydrofracturing and Its Impact on GroundwaterBrian Oram
2011 Private Well Symposium - The importance for Fixing Private Wells in Pennsylvania - The Marcellus Shale Factor-Concurrent Session 3: Hydrofracturing and Its Impact on Groundwater
This slideshow was presented on August 22 at the Shilough Baptist Church at a community meeting hosted by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson. Community members were encouraged to come and ask questions, voice concerns and learn more about the massive main break that has caused significant damage and disruption. Representatives from PWD, PECO, Streets Department, PGW, Verizon, and other City agencies were in attendance.
Rainwater Harvesting in Urban Settings: Water Conservation for Responsible D...Brian Gregson
Rainwater Harvesting as a viable option for builders and remodelers interested in alternative water conservation options. With increased population growth, groundwater and surface water sources are depleted, leading to increased reliance on expensive water sources such as desalination. Offsetting non-potable activities with captured rainwater minimizes reliance on desalination and other expensive resources.
Presented to the Remodelers Council of the Tampa Bay Builders Association, 6/24/10.
EPA Region 7, EPA, Region 7, Waters of the United States, Water Security, Nonpoint Source, NPS, Nutrients, Ammonia, Kansas, KS, NHD, National Hydrography Dataset, Drury Creek, Cheyene County, dam permit, finding leaks, fixing leaks, drought, dry summer, Chesapeake Bay, Mississippi River Basin, municipal lagoons
Groundwater Quality Private Wells Wayne County Pennsylvania Baseline Water Te...Brian Oram
Educational outreach to 2 lake communities in Wayne County Pennsylvania. The results of private well water testing and using these findings to develop a customized baseline water testing program for the Poconos Community, private well owners in the region, community water sources, public water supplies, and watershed monitoring organizations.
Hydrofracturing and Its Impact on GroundwaterBrian Oram
2011 Private Well Symposium - The importance for Fixing Private Wells in Pennsylvania - The Marcellus Shale Factor-Concurrent Session 3: Hydrofracturing and Its Impact on Groundwater
Water wells may seem like something people used to have in the way back when, but the truth is 15% of Americans do not use the public drinking water system. If you’re thinking about getting a private water well drilled on your land, the infographic provides the necessary procedure for doing so. If you already have a private water well on your land, be sure to review the infographic for the precautions to take to maintain the cleanliness of the water inside. For places in the United States where summers can often dry out the surface water, the upkeep of these wells is essential to have a source of water for the rest of the season. The facts on our infographic were gathered from sources like the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Environmental Services Center, and Well owner.
For the original post, please refer to: http://www.wlwsi.com/infographic-crash-course-water-well-guidelines-safety/
Well Water Groundwater Pennsylvania- Private Well Owners Manual- Our New Educ...Brian Oram
Pennsylvania Groundwater Quality: Your Private Well - A Guide to Drinking Water and Well Water Quality in Pennsylvania. The goal of this booklet is to help educate and inform citizens on issues related to water conservation, ensuring that private water supply systems produce safe drinking water for your family, protecting the long-term quality of our streams and drinking water sources, and helping you to understand the potential sources of pollution to our water resources. The booklet provides general information explaining certified water testing, chain-of-custody, and drinking water regulations and standards. It provides information related to the health (primary standards) or aesthetic (secondary standards) concerns for each parameter and provides information on water quality parameters that do not specifically have a drinking water limit. This reference is intended as a guide to understand water quality by providing guidance on selecting water quality testing parameters for baseline testing from a citizen's perspective and by serving as a tool to help interpret water quality data. In some cases, this document provides guidance on what actions you may want to consider.
Comments about the New Booklet (unsolicited)
Source: PA State Representative - " Your Guide very helpfully for me and my constituents who own private wells... and is an instructive guide to me as a policy maker as I strive to protect our water supply" (October 31, 2012).
For Slatington, PA - Yes- We received , thank you very much. The information is great! (December 2012).
WOW ! that was fast !! our son has moved in to his house at Harvey's Lake, read the book, and we both learned a lot (December 2012).
Happy new year! I received your package in the mail today. You have really developed a wonderful educational guide. I read the consent form as well and your idea is something I would really like to get behind. (January 2013)
Palm bay Utilities Annual Drinking Water Report - 2011Jason Yarborough
An innovative publication initiated by Jason Yarborough, Palm Bay Utilities Director, to present the annual drinking water quality report highlighting the utilities department’s annual achievements and providing an economic development tool.
Well Water Marcellus Shale Unconventional Gas Development - Baseline Water Te...Brian Oram
A presentation on baseline testing and chain of custody related topics prepared for private well owners, citizens, and others in Pennsylvania. The presentation provides a frame work to discuss the role of baseline water testing and the potential role of long-term monitoring and screening tests. This is part of a presentation we use to help educate and inform citizens and provide some basic insight for the professional in Pennsylvania.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Getting the Waters Tested - The Marcellus Shale Factor (Private Wells)
1. Getting The Waters Tested The Marcellus Shale Factor Old Issues New Issues Environment Water Resources Private Wells In PA
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13. Drinking Water Regulations The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), passed in 1974 and amended in 1986 and 1996, gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to set drinking water standards. These standards are divided into two broad categories: Primary Standards (NPDWR) and Secondary Standards (NSDWR). 11/09/11
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17. 57 43 +562 242,020 180,209 118,398 Region 73 27 +142 10,078 8,657 7,236 Wyoming 67 33 +918 28,281 19,097 9,913 Wayne 65 35 +276 14,650 11,888 9,126 Tioga 75 25 +579 21,001 15,212 9,423 Susquehanna 87 13 +258 7,307 4,727 2,147 Sullivan 55 45 +743 24,309 16,875 9,441 Pike 68 32 +1612 53,363 37,246 21,129 Monroe 18 82 +467 29,330 24,662 19,994 Luzerne 14 86 +279 15,538 12,745 9,952 Lackawanna 45 55 +564 17,876 12,235 6,594 Carbon 63 37 +342 20,287 16,865 13,443 Bradford 2000 1990 1980 County % of all homes served by private water system % of all homes served by public water Avg. Change in homes served by private water systems per year # of homes served by private water systems
18. Water Budget for PA In Precipitation – 42 inches Out Evapotranspiration – 22” Total Streamflow – 20” Baseflow – 13” Surface Runoff – 7” Other Storage in Groundwater Aquifers over 100 inches* * This is our “Water” Cushion. Since 65% of Streamflow is actually Groundwater, we all rely on Groundwater as our Potable Water Supply and We All Live Downstream. Problems with Private Wells is OUR Problem and Concern.
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21. Properly Constructed Wells and Poorly Constructed Wells Confining Bed Sea Level Stagnant Water – no to little flow Saline Water Proper Construction Brine Water 600 to 1200 ft Fresh Water Poorly Constructed
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25. How Contaminants Can Get In to the Aquifer (Surface) Ungrouted Well Pit Sanitary Well
27. How Contaminants Can Get In to the Aquifer (Subsurface) Ungrouted Well Pit Sanitary Well
28. Things I have found within 100 feet of a private well – Just a Few Free Artesian Well Water By the way – these two photos are only 200 feet apart Groundwater is Safe and Pure – Really ?
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32. Factor - Private Wells / Landowners 1. Concerns about groundwater quality 2. Concerns related to surfacewater quality. 3. They have never tested the water. 4. They know very little about their own well. 5. There water is great – Never a Problem. 6. They had testing done, but no-one explained the results. 7. There is no program to help fix existing problems. Citizens Believe Their Water is PURE H2O
33. Our Groundwater is Pure? Information We Know Without Compiling the Baseline Water Quality Data
37. This is Drinking Water in PA? Iron / Manganese Bacteria Sediment / Gases Corrosion 50% Other 50%
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40. Citizen Database at Wilkes University- Guidelines for Submission II. Guidelines for Data Submission 1. Third Party Samplers following chain-of-custody to certified laboratory. 2. Submit detailed reports from certified laboratory with a GPS position for the well. 3. The water sample must be collected ahead of any water treatment system. 4. other conditions – Learn More by Visiting the Portal Below. Learn More – http://www.bfenvironmental.com/pawaters.php
41. Image Source: Luzernecounty.org Recent Baseline Testing in Luzerne County, PA 320 Private Wells Tested Conducted by Certified Laboratories Third Party Samplers Not Wilkes University Study Area
43. Up to 3% influenced by Saline or Brine Water. Source – Wilkes University Database
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55. Methane Gas Migration- Not Related to Marcellus Shale Private Well Landfill Wetland 600 to 1200 ft 1200 to 3000+ ft Gas from Non-Marcellus Shale Groundwater Flow Lake
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58. Methane Variability- Actual Examples- Well Depths House Septic system Wells (2) 500 ft 300 ft 7 mg/L < 1 mg/L
59. Well A Well B Well A- 300 feet Methane – 10 to 15 mg/L – the real problem, Barium 4 mg/L, Radon 577 pCi/L, Chloride 250 + mg/L, Bromide 1.5 mg/L, Strontium 5.57 mg/L, Iron – 3.2 mg/L Well B – 200 feet Methane – 6 mg/L, Chloride 30 mg/L, Barium 1.13 mg/L, Strontium 2.15 mg/L, Radon < 60 pCi/L, Iron – 1.39 mg/L Direction of Groundwater Flow - UP Impact Where There is NO Drilling – Baseline Testing Groundwater Flow Towards The Lake Well A may be Impacting Well B Lake
60. Problem is Some Private Wells are Too DEEP ! How Contaminants Can Up into a Shallow Aquifer
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68. Migration and Disturbance During Drilling- losing circulation Proper Construction Poor Construction Key Points 1. Proper Casing and Cement of Marcellus Shale Wells 2. Knowing How Private Wells Are Constructed 3. Isolation Distances will not Solve This Problem. 4. Fixing Private Wells has to be part of the Solution. 5. This may account for the data on bromide from PSU. 6. The issue may not be well radial distance, but construction and drilling issue. 7. Recommend closed loop drilling with water within freshwater aquifer (no muds) or water-based muds. up to 2000 ft Lined Pit Could this explain the Bromide Issue??
69. Migration Concepts- Multiple Casements and Recreate Confining Layers- Need Good Cement Bonds- Cement up to Deepest Casement or Surface Older Younger Water Table Private Well Confining Layer More Conventional Reservoir Target
70. Migration Concepts- Multiple Casements and Recreate Confining Layers – No Uncemented Zones. Older Younger Water Table Most Private Wells Shallow Gas Very Deep Private Wells The other Problem – Private Wells that are Too Deep – I aware of some private wells that are over 900 feet deep.
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Editor's Notes
The Marcellus Shale Factor is the reality that private wells in PA provide 1.5 Million citizens with water that does not meet a drinking water standard and as a state we have no real licensing program for well drillers, private well constructions standards, or the ability to fix wells that have been poortly cited and constructed – Part One – The Private Well Factor
These two diagrams show how not to and how to construct a residential water well. A laser pointer may be used to draw attention to each design element as it is described.