Water Well Journal

December 2016

Water Well Journal

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First UP HAPPY HOLIDAYS, DRILLER STYLE! T he staff at Freeman Well Drillers Inc. in Fernandina Beach, Florida, decorates an area leading into their company's town each holiday season. They do so in honor of a mother who passed away and loved angels. The "tree" on this rig—complete with an angel on top— is more than 75 feet high. The rig is decorated on the weekend following Thanksgiving and remains until after New Year's Day. Photo submitted by George Freeman, vice president of Freeman Well Drillers. First Up is a page of Water Well Journal that showcases— you! Please send in photos and brief descriptions and you just may be "first up" in an issue of WWJ ! And remember, if your photo is selected for the cover of WWJ, you'll receive $250. If your photos are selected, you will be asked to fill out a photo disclaimer form that grants the National Ground Water Association the royalty-free right to display the photos. Please send high resolution digital photos to tplumley@ngwa.org. Sustainability, resilience terms defined by NGWA volunteers Groundwater sustainability and groundwater resilience were designated a major programming focus over the next several years by the NGWA Board of Directors in June 2015. As part of that effort, the organization reached a consensus understanding of the terms for NGWA's consistent use. The definitions are: Groundwater sustainability is the development and use of groundwater resources to meet current and future beneficial uses without causing unacceptable environmental or socioeconomic consequences. (USGS Circular 1186) Resilience is the capacity of a groundwater (or water-resources) system to withstand either short-term "shocks" (e.g., drought) or longer-term change (e.g., climate change). When discussing resilience, the timeframe under consideration should be defined. Resilience applies to both water quantity and quality and may be an important concept as part of groundwater sustainability. Adaptive management is a staged decision-making approach to long-term groundwater (water-resources) management with an aim to reducing uncertainty over time via system monitoring. The Groundwater NGWA Association waterwelljournal.com 6 December 2016 WWJ

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