Ideas including but not limited to:

• Cross program coordination within and among state agencies
• State groundwater protection committees or similar
• Emerging challenges in groundwater quality and availability
• Stakeholder and public communication
• Groundwater as a component of state water plans
• Effects of statewide or agency reorganization

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Addressing PFAS In You Source Water, Formation, or Native Groundwater
• Geochemical Compatibility of Source Water, Formation, or Native Groundwater
• Capturing Stormwater and/or Peak Flows
• Case Studies – Successes and Failures
• Long-Range Operation and Maintenance
• Regulatory Issues and Proposed Solutions
• Funding Sources for Projects, Small to Very Large

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Groundwater Monitoring
• Water Quantity
• Field and Lab Data
• Oil & Gas Regulatory Data Management

Ideas including but not limited to:

• How States have Incorporated EJ into Regulatory Programs
• Utilizing EJ Screen and other EJ related tools
• Community Engagement
• Practical Implementation of EJ on applications and permitting

Ideas including by not limited to:

• Technical Advances and Priorities: Source Water Assessments, Data Sharing, and Engaging Partners to Advance Source Water Protection
• Establishing and Maintaining a State Source Water Collaborative
• Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds: Impact on State Source Water Protection Programs
• Water Reuse and Source Water Protection
• Leveraging BIL* and IRA** Funds for Source Water Protection (*Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; ** Inflation Reduction Act)

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Remediation and Disposal
• Impacts to Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDWs)
• Navigating the New Proposed Federal Regulations for PFAS: MCLs and Hazardous Substance Designations
• Management Efforts
• UIC Class V Injection Wells and the Practicality of Regulating Water Quality Down to Parts Per Trillion
• Changes in Delegated State Environmental Regulatory Programs
• Laboratory Testing
• Delegated State Program Funding Enhancements to Address PFAS in UIC Class V Programs
• Considerations & Strategies to Protect Drinking Water Sources
• Data Management and Reporting

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Advances in Produced Water Management
• Produced Water’s Role in Water Planning – When Does PW Stop Being a Waste and Become a Resource?
• Data Management
• Produced Water Disposal Challenges
• Oil & Gas Field Water Infrastructure
• National Water Reuse Action Plan
• Recovery of Critical Minerals
• Pilot Studies for Produced Water Reuse Beyond the Oilfield

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Current and Future Projects
• Industry Forecasting
• Regulatory Considerations
• State Agency Preparedness
• Federal & National Initiatives
• Applied Research
• Tapping Geothermal Resources for Power Generation
• Concurrent Production of Geothermal Energy and Rare Earth Minerals
• Concurrent Production of Geothermal Energy and CO2 Sequestration
• Emerging Technologies
• Geothermal Energy Using Class V Injection Wells

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Disposal of PFAS Wastes in the Deep Subsurface
• Waste Plume and Pressure Build-Up Modeling – (Permitting and Annual Re-evaluations of Artificial Penetrations and Reservoir Pressure in the AOR)
• Mechanical Integrity Testing
• Inspections, Compliance, and Enforcement Trends and Issues
• Pore Space Occupancy and Pressure Influences from Other Injectors
• Operation & Maintenance, Aging Injection Wells, and Workovers
• Land Disposal Restrictions and the No-Migration Petition Process
• Digitizing Historical UIC Class I Well Data and Records (including locations of waste plumes)

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Reservoir Pressure Management to Avoid or Alleviate Over-Pressurization
• Treatment and Reuse of Produced Water, Including Pilot Studies
• Induced Seismicity
• Cross Border Disposal
• Cement Bond log Interpretation
• Step Rate Test Interpretation
• Prioritizing Inspections in Drinking Water Source Water Protection and other Priority Areas

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Federal Agencies July 2020 MOU and In-Situ Uranium Mining Rules
• In-Situ Uranium Mining
• In-Situ Copper Mining
• Aquifer Exemptions
• Creating Storage Cavities in Bedded and Domal Salt (shallow and deep containment, short- and long-term storage.)
• Other Resource Mining Issues

Ideas including but not limited to:

• UIC Class V in the Age of PFAS: Impacts to Stormwater Drainage Wells, On-site Wastewater Disposal, Pump-and-treat Remediation Systems, etc.
• Stormwater Management, Green Infrastructure & Avoiding Impacts to Groundwater Quality
• Disposal of Drinking Water Treatment Residuals
• Class V Wells and PFAS Health Advisories/Proposed MCLs
• Hydrogen Storage and Other Unconventional Uses of Class V Wells
• Geo-Pressure Energy Storage Wells

Ideas including but not limited to:

• Applied Research
• Regulatory Elements/Requirements
• Permit Process and Public Participation (including EJ)
• Modeling 3D and 4D
• Monitoring Plans, Networks and Trend Analysis, Changes in Groundwater Chemistry
• Measurement of CO2 in the Injection Zone: Phase Changes, Liberation/Mobilization of Trace Elements
• Well Construction
• Operational Issues
• Operational Monitoring and Maintenance Requirements/Recommendations
• Staff Training for Class VI and Retaining Trained and Experienced Staff
• Primacy
• Timing and Capitalization of Financial Responsibility for UIC Class VI
• Use of Infrastructure Funds
• Pore Space Rights
• Pressure-Based Capacity and Addressing Pressure Space Challenges 
• Addressing Water Production Associated with Class VI/CCUS
• Addressing Conflicts of Pore Space Rights with Other UIC Well Operations
• Environmental Justice & Community Engagement Efforts

We want to hear your ideas! If you feel you have a presentation that would benefit our attendees focusing on a topic not listed, please submit it under Other.

• Public Participation in Permitting
• Water/Energy Nexus
• Emerging Groundwater Issues
• Mining and Groundwater Protection
• Strategies to Communicate Environmental and Public Health Benefits to Decision Makers and Stakeholders
• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Regulatory Agencies