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Contaminant Fate and Transport in Fractured Rock Course - Midwest GeoSciences Group
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 8:00 AM to Friday, May 15, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
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Title:   Contaminant Fate and Transport in Fractured Rock
     
Date:   Thursday & Friday May 14-15, 2026
     
Location:   The Alumnae House
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
     
Instructors:   • Matt Reeves, PhD, Hydrogeologist,

Presidential Innovation Professor and Associate Professor,
Director of the Hydrogeology Field Course,
Western Michigan University

• Martin Helmke, PG, PhD, Hydrogeologist, Professor, and
   Department Chair, West Chester University
     
Continuing Education:   This course has been approved for 16 NYS Professional Development Hours.
     
Description   The hydrogeologic complexity of fractured rock aquifers has often led to frustration and significant expenditure of resources in characterizing groundwater and predicting contamination. It is not uncommon to experience persistent contamination at fractured rock sites subjected to long-term pump and treat remedial technologies.

Fluid flow and contaminant transport in fractured rock fundamentally differs from granular porous media as fractures serve as interconnected and spatially discontinuous preferential pathways. Given the high degree of heterogeneity, fractured rock hydrogeology is very challenging but not impossible if site-specific data on physical and hydraulic fracture properties are used to properly develop conceptual models of fluid flow and contaminant transport.

In this course, participants will learn step-wise procedures to develop professional level conceptualizations of fracture networks for a variety of rock types, fracture patterns, and tectonic settings for application to field-scale transport problems and the assessment and design of remedial strategies.
     
Registration:   Register at Midwest GeoScience's Website. 
Registration discounts are available, please see complete information at Midwestgeo.com.