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No PDH Credit- April 2026 Meeting: Emily Baker, Ph.D. (Hamilton College) - "Comparing Regional Groundwater Travel Time Distributions: A Central Wisconsin Case Study"

When
Wednesday, April 01, 2026
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 246 W. Willow St., Syracuse, NY 13202

Registration

Dinner Meeting - Member - No PDH Credit – $25.00
This category is for members attending the dinner meeting who DO NOT want to collect a PDH credit
Dinner Meeting - Non-Member - No PDH Credit – $35.00
This category is for non-members attending the dinner meeting who DO NOT want to collect a PDH credit
Dinner Meeting - Speaker - No PDH Credit
Reserved for a speaker who DOES NOT want PDH credit(s) for the presentation
Dinner Meeting - Student Member - No PDH Credit – $10.00
Reserved for a student member of CNYAPG
Dinner Meeting - Student Non-Member - No PDH Credit – $15.00
Reserved for a student that is not a member of CNYAPG
Dinner Meeting - Student w/Free Dinner - No PDH Credit
Reserved for a college or university student that would like to have their dinner cost covered by CNYAPG (limit of four students based solely on the order in which requests are received)
Virtual Meeting - Member or Non-Member - No PDH Credit
This category is for any non-student person attending the virtual meeting who DOES NOT want to collect a PDH
Virtual Meeting - Student Member or Non-Member - No PDH Credit
This category is reserved for any member or non-member student that would like to attend the virtual meeting

Participants will acquire knowledge of the strengths and limitations of MODPATH and MT3D to model groundwater travel times through a regional aquifer system, while also learning about the geologic setting of the Wisconsin Central Sands Region and how MODPATH particle paths can help us better understand the relationship between land use and nitrate concentrations in streams. At the completion of this course, participants will:

1. Be familiar with the geologic setting of the Wisconsin Central Sands Region and how this impacts the regional groundwater system.

2. Discuss the strengths and limitations of using either MODPATH or MT3D to simulate travel time distributions through a regional aquifer system.

3. List various modeling decisions that can impact the results of MODPATH and MT3D simulations and resulting travel time distributions.

4. Describe how particle tracking is being coupled with in-stream nitrate measurements to relate observed nitrate concentrations to regional land use.