Following the successful 2016 Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) – Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) Open House, and based on feedback from participants, this year has been expanded to two days and incorporates an expanded role for Conservation Authorities. The Conservation Authorities participation has been coordinated by Conservation Ontario’s Geoscience Group (COGG). The first day of the open house continues to profile OGS and GSC research with an attempt to integrate perspectives from the USGS and other provincial ministries. Day two focuses on work completed by, and in collaboration with Conservation Authorities in Southern and Eastern Ontario. Talks on the two days continue to be 20 minutes in length; however, there is an expanded time frame during the health breaks and at the end of the day to network and also interact with authors who decided to have poster presentations. Poster presentations will be on display for the complete two days.
In 2016 four key issues were identified as being the focus of presentations. This year we continue to emphasize:
As in 2016, the 2017 open house builds upon the issue of outreach and communications identified in the 2012-2015 OGS Gaps analyses1 . It is the second in a series of annual open houses planned for March to connect with groundwater practitioners and policy makers in southern Ontario, and share updates on OGS-GSC geoscience activities. Following each open house the organizers will complete an evaluation of the success of the open house and refine the format and content for the following year. The OGS and GSC are committed to developing this open house for a four year period till March 2019 when the exercise will be re-evaluated.
Abstracts in this volume have not been edited. The information presented is the responsibility of the respective authors and agencies.
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| March 1st | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 am | Registration/Networking | Russell/Priebe |
| 9:00 am | Welcome/Introduction | Parker/Michaud |
| 9:10 am | An Overview of the Ontario Geological Survey’s Groundwater Initiative   |
Priebe |
| 9:30 am | Highlights of OGS – GSC Collaboration on Regional Groundwater Studies: 2016 – 2017 |
Russell |
| 9:50 am | Break | |
| 10:30 am | U.S. Geological Survey Groundwater Research in the Great Lakes Basin |
Eberts |
| 10:55 am | Lithostratigraphic Compilation of Phanerozoic Bedrock Units and 3D Geological Model of Southern Ontario |
Brunton |
| 11:20 am | Developments in a Surficial Stratigraphic Framework for 3D Geological Modelling |
Sharpe |
| 11:40 am | Near Surface Hydro-Geophysics in Southern Ontario |
Pugin |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm | Niagara 3D Sediment Mapping |
Burt |
| 1:20 pm | Geochemical Characterization of Southwestern Ontario’s Breathing Well Region |
Freckelton |
| 1:40 pm | GW/SW interaction: Development of a Conceptual Framework |
Conant |
| 2:00 pm | Mapping of Buried, Surface-Connected, Karstic Groundwater Systems Using Dissolved Gases and Hydrochemical Tracers |
Hamilton |
| 2:20 pm | Break | |
| 2:50 pm | Water Well Record Data Enhancement Project |
Carr |
| 3:10 pm | Directional Geostatistical Simulation for Regional Hydrostratigraphy |
Benoit |
| 3:30 pm | Improving the Spatial Density of a Regional Hydraulic Conductivity Dataset with Estimates Made from Domestic Water Well Information |
Priebe |
| 3:50 pm | WRAP-UP | Priebe/Russell |
| March 2nd | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 am | Registration/Networking | |
| 9:00 am | Welcome | CO Geoscientists |
| 9:10 am | Recharge Offsetting – Maintaining Recharge in an Urban Environment |
Cuddy |
| 9:30 am | Clarence-Rockland Groundwater Study – Aquifer Capability Screening Tool Pilot Study, Prescott-Russell, Ontario |
Di Iorio |
| 9:50 am | Break | |
| 10:35 am | Development of Groundwater Vulnerability Guidelines in Thin-Drift and Paleozoic Bedrock Terrains, Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, Southeastern Ontario |
Evans |
| 10:55 am | Wetland Surface and Groundwater Interactions Monitoring Program |
Strakowski |
| 11:15 am | Wetland Ecohydrology Monitoring at TRCA: Insights and Lessons Learned |
Taylor |
| 11:35 am | Hydrogeological Tools for Characterizing Groundwater Discharges to Surface Water: Advantages, Disadvantages, and the Importance of Proper Timing |
Conant |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm | Insights from a “One Water” Integrated Approach to Tier 3 Water Budget Analysis |
Kassenaar |
| 1:20 pm | Application of the Tracer Radon-222 to Identify Groundwater Discharge Hotspots Along the Lake Simcoe Shoreline |
Robinson |
| 1:40 pm | Implementing Drinking Water Source Protection – Conservation Authority Perspective |
Ford |
| 2:00 pm | Modelling Advancements from Source Water Protection |
Van Vliet |
| 2:20 pm | Break | |
| 2:50 pm | Municipal Water Well Efficiency Programs – a Fresh Approach in Peel Region; the Good, the Bad and the Imminent |
Lasso |
| 3:10 pm | Access to High Quality Groundwater Data – a Geoportal for Central Ontario |
Gerber/Holysh |
| 3:30 pm | OGS Client Survey Feedback – Presentation on 2015/2016 Survey and Feedback Request | Parker |
| 3:50 pm | WRAP-UP | Russell/Priebe/Ford |
| Posters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Presenter | Topic/Title | Affiliation |
| 1 | Brunton | Karst and Hazards Lands Mitigation: Some Guidelines for Geological and Geotechnical Investigations in Ontario Karst Terrains |
Ontario Geological Survey |
| 2 | Burt | Results of the Orangeville-Fergus 3D Sediment Mapping Project |
Ontario Geological Survey |
| 3 | Cushman | Agriculture Actions to Reduce Phosphorus to Lake Erie |
Ministry Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs |
| 4 | de Jong | Anticipating Demand for Groundwater Geoscience: Groundwater Risk Information Seeking Behavior Among Stakeholders in Southern Ontario |
Laurentian University |
| 5 | Ford | How to Build a Living City – Balancing the Needs of Human Development and Ecosystems |
Toronto and Region Conservation |
| 6 | Kjarsgaard | Newmarket Till Aquitard: Optimum Grain Packing with a Pore-filling Calcite-Rich Cement |
Geological Survey of Canada |
| 7 | Knight | Chemostratigraphy in Southern Ontario by pXRF Spectrometry |
Geological Survey of Canada |
| 8 | Milloy | Ottawa Harvested Hydrogeological Information Geodatabase |
Rideau Valley Conservation |
| 9 | Milloy | Barometric Pressure Responses in Groundwater Level Time Series Data, A Literature Review |
Rideau Valley Conservation |
| 10 | Mulligan | New Insights on Regional Stratigraphy and Hydrogeology Based on Surficial and Subsurface Sediment Mapping in Simcoe County, Southern Ontario |
Ontario Geological Survey |
| 11 | Wang | Downscaling SMOS/SMAP Soil Moisture Product Using High Resolution Radarsat-2 SAR Data: A Case Study in Southern Ontario |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Groundwater Information Network