Given in honor of the late Dr. Robert Farvolden, former senior science counsel for the National Ground Water Association, the $500 scholarships are awarded based on the quality of the presentation, content (including contribution to ground water science, engineering, management or policy), and demonstrated insight on the chosen topic.
The winners:
- Rory Cowie, University of Colorado at
Boulder, "Use of Isotopic and Geochemical Tracers to Identify Source
Waters and Subsurface Residence Times Within Headwater Catchments in Boulder
Creek Watershed, Colorado" (paper);
- Kristin Mikkelson,
Colorado School of Mines, "Preliminary
Investigations Into the Impact on Metal and Cationic Surface and
Groundwater Fluxes Due to the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic: Summit County, Colorado"
(poster);
- Michelle Miro, University
of Texas at Austin,
"Rural Water Supply in Tamil,
India: A Provider-Based
Approach" (poster);
- Stephanie Wong, Baylor University, "Quantifying Groundwater Resources in Alluvial Aquifers Using GIS" (poster).
