Nebraska DNR Sponsors Modeling Group Meetings

By Steve Ress

The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sponsors monthly groundwater modeling seminars through the coming year that are open to students and the general public.

The seminars are used to promote technical discussion to improve the collective understanding of Nebraska’s hydrology and hydrogeology and to discuss ongoing state investigations by the DNR.

If you are conducting research you would like to share with this group, contact Doug Hallm at DNR to get on the schedule.

Several of the seminars will be presented at Hardin Hall, on UNL’s East Campus, providing opportunities for UNL students, faculty and staff to learn groundwater modeling techniques and get up-to-date on state modeling projects.

The schedule is subject to change and a current schedule is always available online at http://www.dnr.ne.gov/docs/currentmeetingschedule.html
Scheduled seminars, times and locations include the following:

Feb. 28: DNR Baseflow Separation Study, Jesse Bradley and Jim Schneider, DNR, 3 to 4 p.m., 901 Hardin Hall, UNL East Campus.

Mar. 27: Developing the Eastern Nebraska Water Resources Assessment, Dana Divine, ENWRA project coordinator, 3 to 4 p.m., Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (NRD), 3125 Portia St., Lincoln.

Apr. 24: Optimization Modeling, Steve Peterson, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), time and location TBA.

May 29: Geophysical Investigations: Magnetic Resonance Sounding, Jim Cannia, USGS, time and location TBA

June 26: A Risk Management Approach to Numerical Modeling, Jim Schneider, DNR, 3 to 4 p.m., 901 Hardin Hall, UNL East Campus.

July 31: Platte River Conjunctive Management Study, Duane Woodward, Central Platte NRD, time and location TBA.

Aug. 28: Streambed Conductance – Implications for Calculating Baseflow Depletions, Xun-Hong Chen, UNL School of Natural Resources, 3 to 4 p.m., 901 Hardin Hall, UNL East Campus.

Sept. 25: TBA

Oct. 30: TBA

Nov. 27 and Dec. 25, no group meetings due to holidays.

The Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects now requires all engineers licensed in Nebraska to obtain 30 hours of engineering related learning for each biennial renewal period. These presentations will provide ONE hour each toward this requirement.