Workshop Information

Past Well Water Workshop Presentations

Well Contamination Seminar
May 16, 2017 
Elaine Hassinger, Tri-County Health Dept. Water Specialist, discussed the sources of, and solutions to, well water contamination.

Adjudication Workshop
November 15, 2016
Sara Klahn, Esq., presented the pros and cons of well water adjudication.

Rainwater Harvesting Workshop
June 8, 2013
Detailed information on Rainwater Collection can be found under the Resources tab.


Well Owners Workshop
 May 2, 2012

In response to well owner requests for an educational program covering key topics of interest, the RWADC invited expert speakers to participate. The speakers, their backgrounds, recordings of their talks, and their PowerPoint presentations, when available, can be accessed using the hotlinks under each topic listed below.

Groundwater Availability of the Denver Basin Aquifer System
Dr. Suzanne Paschke, Associate Director for Hydrologic Studies, USGS Colorado Water Science Center

Paschke Bio                  Recording                 (ppt not available)

Adjudication: What It Is and Isn’t
Kevin Rein, P.E., Deputy State Engineer, Colorado Division of Water Resources

 Rein Bio                   Recording                 PowerPoint

Extending the Lifetime of Your Well & Well Replacement
Nolan Lloyd, Chief Well Inspector, Colorado Division of Water Resources

Lloyd Bio                  Recording                PowerPoint

Why Should I Test Water from My Domestic Well?
Water quality parameters, analyses and laboratories

Richard J. Hirsch, P.G., Hirsch Gibney, Inc. – Hydrogeologists, Engineers and Applied Scientists

Hirsch Bio                   Recording                PowerPoint  (in pdf format)

Any comments may be addressed to info@rwadc.org.