The Midwest GeoSciences Group course, Contaminant Fate and Transport in Bedrock, introduces a unique mindset to think about how contaminants move in fractured settings. The principles of solute transport are very complex, but add dependent variables like rock type (lithology, mineralogy, geochemistry, and landscape position) and contaminant speciation and variation, calculations can seem daunting.
To the credit of the participants, this year's course was a fascinating journey of scientific thinking. It's rewarding to witness the pride that people have in their work....and this course exemplified that care and pride. The instructors and I tip our hat to the participants.
This course is a series of classroom lectures and exercises intended to improve hydrogeologic analysis of contaminant fate and transport calculations in fractured rock. We added a new workshop dedicated to PFAs to this 2-day CE event because both instructors are considered to be on the forefront of research and remediation on these unique contaminants. The course is designed for the consulting scientists and engineers who work on environmental projects of various geologic conditions. We offer these courses for the sole purpose of helping colleagues unravel confusing hydrogeologic and contamination complexities.
Matt Reeves and Martin Helmke have thoughtfully designed this important course. They are uniquely qualified to teach the principles of contaminant fate and transport because of their success in addressing various hydrogeologic scale issues that are pose an appreciable challenge to our industry; but also they both appreciate connecting with and helping people.
MidwestGeo would like to especially thank our friends at Matrix Solutions, Inc. for sharing their training room and for being the title sponsor for this course. You Rock!
Here's a collection of photos from the course experience.
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