Forum on Policy, Regulatory and Economic Issues Identified in the 2008 NRC Report:
Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water
Forum Speakers
EDWARD J. BOUWER is a professor of environmental engineering at Johns Hopkins University. His research interests include biodegradation of hazardous organic chemicals in the subsurface, biofilm kinetics, water and waste treatment processes, and transport and fate of bacteria in porous media. He has (co)authored over 150 refereed journal articles, conference proceedings, book chapters, and technical reports and serves on the managing editorial board for Biodegradation, and on the editorial boards for Journal of Contaminant Hydrology and Environmental Engineering Science. Dr. Bouwer has served on several NRC committees, including the U.S. National Committee for COPE, the committee on Environmental Remediation at Naval Facilities, and the Committee on Groundwater Cleanup Alternatives. He received a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Stanford University. Dr. Bouwer is currently director of an EPA Hazardous Substance Research Center at Johns Hopkins University.
JONATHAN D. ARTHUR is professional geologist administrator and assistant state geologist for hydrogeology at the Florida Geological Survey - Florida Department of Environmental Protection in Tallahassee. His research interests include hydrogeochemistry, GIS modeling of aquifer vulnerability, and regional hydrogeologic framework development. Dr. Arthur has focused his work in hydrogeochemistry on water-rock interaction during aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) at the bench and field scale. He is also project lead on the “Geochemical analysis of potential ASR storage zones in the Floridian Aquifer System, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).” He served as a member of four Project Delivery Teams associated with pilot and regional ASR projects within CERP, and was a member of the ASR Issue Team of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. Dr. Arthur has also served on various technical advisory committees pertaining to ASR and aquifer protection within the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. He has (co)authored numerous technical reports, conference proceedings, maps, abstracts and journal articles, and recently co-organized “ASR IV: Science, Technology, Management and Policy” in cooperation with the American Groundwater Trust and the Hydrogeology Consortium. He received his Doctoral degree in geology from Florida State University.
DENISE FORT is a faculty member at the University of New Mexico’s School of Law. She has been a member of the New Mexico Bar since 1976. Ms. Fort has extensive experience in environmental and natural resources law and policy. She served as chair of the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission, a Presidential Commission that prepared a report on western water policy concerns. In earlier positions, she served as director of New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Division, as a staff representative to the National Governors Association, as an environmental attorney, and in other capacities concerned with environmental and natural resource matters. She received her B.A. from St. John’s College and her J.D. from the Catholic University of America’s School of Law.
CATHERINE J. SHRIER is President of Watercat Consulting LLC, Washington, DC. Previously, she was a senior water resources engineer with Golder Associates, Inc. in Denver, Colorado. In 2001, she completed a nationwide survey and analysis of ASR practice and regulations for the American Water Works Association. In 1998, while with the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, she reviewed regulations for water use in an overstressed aquifer system, and reviewed the state's laws and regulations impacting the development of that state's first ASR system. Dr. Shrier has also worked extensively with water users and habitat organizations in Colorado regarding the development of decision support tools to assess potential sites for groundwater recharge ponds for augmentation of stream flows and to provide waterfowl habitat. She holds a doctorate in civil engineering/water resources planning and management from Colorado State University, an M.S. in environmental science and engineering/environmental management and policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a B.S. in geology from North Carolina State University and government from Dartmouth College.