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 PGWA 2009 Winter
Conference Program
( Revised January 5, 2009)
Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey in Grantville, PA
For a general registration form,
click
here.
Exhibitors
click here for your registration form.
For hotel room booking information
and a map to the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey,
click here.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
- Note there are
concurrent sessions shown by shading
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8:00 a.m. to 12 noon |
Registration
and Trade Show Setup |
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12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. |
Geothermal Opportunities for Water Well Drillers: A Perfect Storm
by
Todd Giddings, Education Committee Chairman, PGWA
Description Link |
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12:30 p.m. to
?? |
Ladies
Program |
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1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
Selling the “Black Box” Variable Speed Hydraulics
by
Kyle Schoenheit, ITT Corporation |
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1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
The
Three Types of Wells That Make Geothermal Systems Work
by
Todd Giddings, Education Committee Chairman, PGWA
Description Link |
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2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Diesel
Engine Preventive Maintenance
by
Dustin Hoffman, Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company, Inc. |
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2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
Conclusions
from the Penn State Survey of Water Wells in PA
by Brian
Swistock, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University |
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3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
PGWA
2009 Education Programs Supporting the New State Water Plan
by
Todd Giddings, Education Committee Chairman, PGWA |
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4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. |
Reception /
Cocktails / Silent Auction to benefit PGWA Scholarship Fund |
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7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. |
Banquet
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Award Presentations will be made at the banquet. |
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9:00 p.m. to ??? |
Hospitality
Room |
Friday,
January 30, 2009
- Note there are concurrent sessions
shown by shading
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7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast /
General Membership Meeting |
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9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. |
Meeting of the
Manufacturer’s & Supplier’s Divisions |
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9:00 a.m. to
noon |
NGWA Well Construction and Pump
Installation Certification Exams |
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9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. |
Smart
Business Moves in a Slowing Economy
by Smith Elliott Kearns & Company, LLC |
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10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. |
How to Read
A Pump Curve
by Cindy
Martin, Pentair Water |
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10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. |
Geothermal
Boreholes vs. Water Wells: More Differences Than You Think
by Todd Giddings, Education Committee Chairman, PGWA
Description Link |
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11:00 a.m. to 12 noon |
Boring
Logs: What’s Important and What’s Not: A Scientific Viewpoint
by W.
Richard Laton, PhD., PG, 2009 McEllhineny Lecturer |
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12
noon to 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch
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1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
Principles of Sand-Enhanced Geothermal Grout
by Todd Tannehill, CETCO Inc. |
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1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
NGWA
Pump Cost Calculator
by
NGWA |
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2:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
From
Bedrock to Production Well
by Toby
J. Kessler, P.G., Gilmore & Associates, Inc. |
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2:30 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. |
Proper
Well Grouting Techniques
by Mike
West, Halliburton Baroid
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4:00 p.m. |
The 2009 PGWA Winter Conference
adjourns |
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