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CATEGORIES:College of Engineering,Lectures and Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Groundwater Resilience Under Environmental and Human Pressures:
  From PFAS Contamination to Post-Hurricane Recovery Groundwater systems ar
 e increasingly threatened by the combined effects of human activities, cli
 mate variability, and extreme events. This presentation examines two compl
 ementary research efforts focused on groundwater contamination and aquifer
  recovery under different environmental and climatic conditions. The first
  project investigates the long-term behavior of per- and polyfluoroalkyl s
 ubstances (PFAS) released from historical firefighting activities in Killi
 ngworth, Connecticut. Through field characterization, laboratory adsorptio
 n experiments, and numerical modeling, the study evaluates PFAS retention 
 in the vadose zone, leaching to groundwater, and the factors controlling c
 ontaminant persistence and plume evolution under changing precipitation an
 d pumping conditions. The second project examines the recovery of groundwa
 ter resources on Grand Bahama following saltwater intrusion associated wit
 h Hurricane Dorian. Field observations, infiltration experiments, and grou
 ndwater flow and salt transport modeling are being used to assess the hydr
 ologic controls on aquifer recovery. The project further integrates social
 -science methods to investigate how post-disaster decisions, stakeholder r
 elationships, and community pressures influence long-term water-resource r
 ecovery. Together, these projects demonstrate the importance of integratin
 g field data, experimental methods, numerical modeling, and stakeholder kn
 owledge to understand groundwater vulnerability and improve resilience. Th
 e findings contribute to improved prediction of contaminant movement and a
 quifer recovery and support the development of scientifically informed and
  locally appropriate strategies for groundwater management under changing 
 environmental and societal conditions.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu
 /events/cms/10-21-26-cen-graduate-seminar-presentation-dr-dokou.php
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><body><p>Groundwater Resilience Under En
 vironmental and Human Pressures: From PFAS Contamination to Post-Hurricane
  Recovery</p>\n<p>Groundwater systems are increasingly threatened by the c
 ombined effects of human activities\, climate variability\, and extreme ev
 ents. This presentation examines two complementary research efforts focuse
 d on groundwater contamination and aquifer recovery under different enviro
 nmental and climatic conditions. The first project investigates the long-t
 erm behavior of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) released from h
 istorical firefighting activities in Killingworth\, Connecticut. Through f
 ield characterization\, laboratory adsorption experiments\, and numerical 
 modeling\, the study evaluates PFAS retention in the vadose zone\, leachin
 g to groundwater\, and the factors controlling contaminant persistence and
  plume evolution under changing precipitation and pumping conditions. The 
 second project examines the recovery of groundwater resources on Grand Bah
 ama following saltwater intrusion associated with Hurricane Dorian. Field 
 observations\, infiltration experiments\, and groundwater flow and salt tr
 ansport modeling are being used to assess the hydrologic controls on aquif
 er recovery. The project further integrates social-science methods to inve
 stigate how post-disaster decisions\, stakeholder relationships\, and comm
 unity pressures influence long-term water-resource recovery.</p>\n<p>Toget
 her\, these projects demonstrate the importance of integrating field data\
 , experimental methods\, numerical modeling\, and stakeholder knowledge to
  understand groundwater vulnerability and improve resilience. The findings
  contribute to improved prediction of contaminant movement and aquifer rec
 overy and support the development of scientifically informed and locally a
 ppropriate strategies for groundwater management under changing environmen
 tal and societal conditions.</p><p>Event page: <a href="https://www.umassd
 .edu/events/cms/10-21-26-cen-graduate-seminar-presentation-dr-dokou.php">h
 ttps://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/10-21-26-cen-graduate-seminar-presentatio
 n-dr-dokou.php</a></a></p></body></html>
DTSTAMP:20261019T185330
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T115000
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:CEN Graduate Seminar Presentation Dr. Dokou
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