Workshop on Groundwater Data Framework and Hydrogeology Model, Southern Ontario

Logistics

Where: Grand River Conservation Authority
Date: November 24th, 2015

Meeting Objectives

Explore three major challenges facing the Ontario groundwater community:
  • Data management and dissemination
  • Groundwater modelling and stakeholder access to model results
  • Regional groundwater model platform for southern Ontario

Agenda

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9:00 am Round Table Introduction
9:10 amIntroductionJack Parker (OGS) and Yves Michaud (GSC)
9:15 amContext Hazen Russell, Geological Survey of Canada
9:35 amNear Real-Time Water Monitoring Data Assets Collected,
Managed, Analyzed and Disseminated by Ontario’s Surface Water Monitoring Centre 		Frank Kenny, Gordon Gallant, Brent Smith and Scott MacRitchie,
Surface Water Monitoring Centre, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
9:55 amGroundwater Data Management within the Grand River Watershed and
Lake Erie Source Protection Region: Challenges and Gaps 		Sonja Strynatka, Grand River Conservation Authority
10:15 amDiscussion
10:25 am Health Break
10:35 amModel Management – Moving Forward in Ontario Steve Holysh, Conservation Authority Moraine Coalition
10:55 amFacilitating the processing, visualization and sharing of geoscience time-series data
through a cloud-based platform 		David L. Rudolph, Odum Idika and Mike Skeen,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Waterloo
11:15 amLarge-scale Water Resource System Modelling Using Integrated Physics-based Approaches:
Data Needs and Sample Applications 		Steven Frey, Aquanty Inc
11:35 amLarge-scale Water Resource System Modelling Using Integrated Physics-based Approaches:
The State of the Science and Future Directions 		Edward Sudicky,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Waterloo / Aquanty Inc
11:50 amDiscussion
12:00 am Lunch on site (compliments of GRCA)
1:00 pmData Storage, Standardization and Accessibility
1:50 pmOnline – Web Based Data Analysis and Interrogation
2:40 pmRegional Model Platform Development
3:40 pmWrap-up