Curriculum Vitae

E. SCOTT BAIR

October 2003

 

Address

 

231 Mendenhall Lab                                                      telephone  (614) 761-1536 [home]

Department of Geological Sciences                                telephone  (614) 292-6197 [office]

The Ohio State University                                              fax  (614) 292-7688

Columbus, OH  43210                                                    e-mail:  bair.1@osu.edu

 

Education

 

Ph.D., Geology, specializing in hydrogeology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1980

M.S., Geology, specializing in hydrogeology, The Pennsylvania State University, 1976

B.A., with Honors in Geology, College of Wooster, 1973

 

Continuing Education

 

U.S. Geological Survey, 1994, Training Course - Modeling Transport of Ground Water Solutes

E3 Inc., 1994, Short Course - Mathematical Modeling of Ground Water

Princeton University, 1982, Short Course - Concepts in Modeling Fluid Flow and Solute Transport

University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1981, Short Course - Pollutant Movement in Groundwater

University of Missouri, 1980, Short Course - Design of Dewatering and Depressurizing Systems

University of Illinois, 1971, Geology Summer Field Camp, Sheridan, Wyoming

 

Employment

 

The Ohio State University, Department of Geological Sciences, Columbus, Ohio

Chair: June 1999 to present

Full Professor: October 1997 –

Associate Professor: October 1991 – September 1997

Assistant Professor: September 1985 – September 1991

[joint appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering]

 

U.S. Geological Survey-Water Resources Division, Columbus, Ohio; 1986 to 1999 -- Hydrologist (WAE)

 

Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts; December 1979 to August 1985 -- Senior Geologist, Geotechnical Engineering Division

 

Honors and Awards

 

2000 – Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, Geological Society of America, Hydrogeology Division

1998 – Fellow, Geological Society of America

1997 – Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University

1993 – Sabbatical leave from The Ohio State University to the U.S. Geological Survey

1991 – University’s Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award, The Ohio State University

1988 – Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University

1973 – B.A. with Honors in Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

1973 – Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio

1972 – U.S. Geological Survey/National Association of Geology Teachers Summer Fellowship

 

Professional Affiliations

 

Certified Professional Geologist - Indiana, #515

Geological Society of America - Hydrogeology Section

American Geophysical Union - Hydrology Section          

Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers

 

Grants and Contracts

 

1999 – U.S. DOE, “Hydrologic Testing and Ground Water Flow and Contaminant Transport Modeling of the Roberts-Dawson Mine/FGD Grout Injection Site,” U.S. DOE Federal Technology Center, Pittsburgh, PA, $50,000.  (Co-PI)

 

1997 - Ohio Coal Development Office/American Electric Power, "Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring Program: Use of FGD Material to Mitigate Acid Mine Drainage," $294,664 (Co-PI)

 

1996 - U.S. EPA Region V/Ohio DNR-Oil & Gas, "Assessment of Ground-Water Quality Impacts Caused by Recycling and Landfarming of Solid Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Wastes," $24,900 (PI)

 

1995 - Village of Plain City, "Delineation of Capture Zones of the Plain City, Ohio, Wellfield Using Computer Simulation," $18,294 (PI)

 

1994 - U.S. Department of Agriculture, "The Ohio Buried Valley Aquifer Management Systems Evaluation Area, Pike County, Ohio," project extension, $400,000 (Co-PI)

 

1993 - U.S. Geological Survey, "Use of Chlorofluorocarbons to Validate Predictive Groundwater Flow Models," $21,000 (PI)

 

1993 - U.S. Department of Agriculture, "The Ohio Buried Valley Aquifer Management Systems Evaluation Area," $360,000, interdisciplinary, multi-federal agency project in Pike County, Ohio (Co-PI)

 

1991 - U.S. EPA Region V/Ohio EPA, "User's Guide, Documentation, and Example Study for CAPZONE: An Analytical Flow Model used in Delineating Traveltime-Related Wellhead Protection Areas," $23,226 (PI)

 

1991 - National Science Foundation, "Solute Transport with Convective Instability in Groundwater," $166,109 (Co-PI)

 

1990 - U.S. Geological Survey/Ohio Water Resources Center, 1990, "Development of a Buried Valley Aquifer Management Model - Phase II," $16,123 (Co-PI)

 

1990 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service, "The Ohio Buried Valley Aquifer Management Systems Evaluation Area," $1,600,000 over a five-year period as part of a $6,000,000 interdisciplinary, multi-federal agency project in Pike County, Ohio (Co-PI)

 

1990 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research Service, "Assessing and Modeling Water Quality Benefits of Water Table Management Systems," $100,000 (Co-PI)

 

1990 - Circleville Water Authority, "Delineation of Traveltime-Related Capture Zones Surrounding the Circleville, Ohio, Wellfield Using Numerical Simulation and Particle Tracking," $23,956 (PI)

 

1989 - U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Ohio Water Resources Center, "Development of a Buried Valley Aquifer Management Model - Phase I," $13,654 (Co-PI)

 

1989 - U.S. EPA Region V, "The Effectiveness of Methods Used to Delineate Wellhead Protection Areas for Municipal Wells Using Common Hydrogeologic Settings in Ohio," $41,028 (PI)

 

1988 - Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, "Evaluation of Ground-Water Quality Changes Caused by Brine Spreading for Dust and Ice Control - II," $9,600 (PI)

 

1987 - Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, "Evaluation of Ground-Water Quality Changes Caused by Brine Spreading for Dust and Ice Control - I," $32,133 (PI)

 

1986 - Ohio State University, "Evaluation of Ground-Water Quality Changes Caused by Brine Spreading for Dust and Ice Control," $19,733 (PI)

  

Publications - Refereed Papers and Books

 

Bair, E.S., and M.A. Metheny, 2002. Remediation of the Wells G & H Superfund Site, Woburn, Massachusetts, Ground Water, vol. 40, no 6, p. 657-668.

 

Metheny, M.A., and E.S. Bair, 2001. The Science Behind A Civil Action – The Hydrogeology of the Aberjona River, Wetland and Woburn Wells G and H, West, D.P. and R.H. Bailey, eds., in Guidebook for the Geological Field Trips in New England, 2001 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, p. D1-D25, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Metheny, M.A., E.S. Bair, and D.K. Solomon, 2001. Applying variable recharge to a 19-year simulation of groundwater flow in Woburn, Massachusetts and comparing model results to 3H/3He ages, Seo, H.S., E. Poeter, C. Zheng, and O. Poeter, eds., in MODFLOW 2001 and Other Modeling Odysseys – Conference Proceedings, vol. 2, p. 783-789, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.

 

Anderson, M.P., and E.S. Bair, 2001. The power of spreadsheet models, Seo, H.S., E. Poeter, C. Zheng, and O. Poeter, eds., in MODFLOW 2001 and Other Modeling Odysseys – Conference Proceedings, p. 815-822, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.

 

Bair, E.S., 2001. Models in the Courtroom, M.G. Anderson and P.D. Bates eds., in Model Validation: Perspectives in Hydrological Science, John-Wiley & Sons, Ltd., London, p. 57-77.

 

Lahm, T.D. and E.S. Bair, 2000. Regional depressurization and its impact on the sustainability of freshwater resources in an extensive midcontinent variable-density aquifer. Water Resources Research, vol. 36, no. 11, p. 3167-3177.

 

Bair, E.S., 2000. Developing analytical and communication skills in a mock trial course based on the famous Woburn, Massachusetts, case. Journal of Geosciences Education, vol. 48, p. 450-454.

 

Bair, E.S., and W.W. Wood, 1999. A Civil Action – What will be the legacy of Woburn wells G and H?, Ground Water, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 161-162.

 

 

Springer, A.E., and E.S. Bair, 1998. Natural-gradient transport of bromide, atrazine, and alachlor in an organic carbon-rich aquifer. Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 27, no. 5, p. 1200-1208.

 

Lahm, T.D., and E.S. Bair, and J. VanderKwaak. 1998. Role of salinity-derived variable-density flow in the displacement of brine from a shallow, regionally extensive aquifer. Water Resources Research, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 1469-1480.

 

Sheets, R.A., E.S. Bair, and G.L. Rowe, 1998. Use of 3H/3He ages to evaluate and improve groundwater flow models in a complex buried-valley aquifer. Water Resources Research, vol. 34, no. 5, p. 1077-1089.

 

Gupta, N., and E.S. Bair, 1997. Variable-density flow in the midcontinent basins and arches region: Water Resources Research, vol. 33, no. 8, p. 1785-1802.

 

Springer, A.E., E.S. Bair, and D. Beak, 1996. Surface-applied tracer test at the Ohio Management Systems Evaluation Area: Environmental & Engineering Geosciences, vol. 2, np. 4, pp. 453-464.

 

Bair, E.S., and T.D. Lahm, 1996. Variations in capture-zone geometry of partially penetrating wells in unconfined aquifers: Ground Water, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 842-852.

 

Cunningham, W.L., E.S. Bair, and W.P. Yost, 1996. Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow at the South Well Field, Columbus, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Invest. Report 95-4279, 56 pp.

 

Jagucki, M.L., C.D. Finton, A.E. Springer, and E.S. Bair, 1995. Hydrology and water quality of the Management Systems Evaluation Area near Piketon, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 95-4139, 117 pp.

 

Bair, E.S., 1995. Chapter 9 - Hydrogeology, in Environmental Hydrology, eds. A. Ward and W. Elliot, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, p. 285-310.

 

Lahm, T.D., E.S. Bair, and F.W. Schwartz, 1995. Use of stochastic simulation and geophysical logs to characterize spatial heterogeneity in hydrogeologic parameters: Math. Geology, vol. 27, no. 2, p. 259-278.

 

Dumouchelle, D.H., and E.S. Bair, 1994. Ground-water levels and directions of flow near the Industrial Excess Landfill, Uniontown, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 94-4136, 17 pp.

 

Nortz, P.E., E.S. Bair, A. Ward, and D. White, 1994. Interactions between an alluvial-aquifer wellfield and the Scioto River, Ohio, USA: Applied Hydrogeology, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 23-33.

 

Bair, E.S., 1994. Model (in)validation -- a view from the courtroom: Ground Water, vol. 32, no. 4, p. 530-531.

 

Bair, E.S., A.E. Springer, and G.S. Roadcap, 1992. CAPZONE - An Analytical Flow Model for Simulating Confined, Leaky Confined, and Unconfined Flow to Wells with Superposition of Regional Water Levels: International Ground Water Modeling Centers, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 193 pp.

 

Chapman M.J., and E.S. Bair, 1992. Mapping a brine plume using surface geophysical methods in conjunction with ground-water-quality data: Ground Water Monitoring Review, vol. 12, no. 3, p. 203-209.

 

Springer, A.E., and E.S. Bair, 1992. Comparison of methods used to delineate capture zones of wells: 2. confined/unconfined stratified-drift aquifer: Ground Water, vol. 30, no. 5, p. 908-917.

 

Bair, E.S., and G.S. Roadcap, 1992. Comparison of methods used to delineate capture zones of wells: 1. leaky-confined fractured-carbonate aquifer: Ground Water, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 199-211.

 

Gupta, N., and E.S. Bair, 1992. Regional variable-density flow in the Mt. Simon waste injection reservoir: Proceedings, Fifth International Conference - Solving Ground Water Problems with Models, IGWMC-NGWA, Dallas, TX, p. 497-510.

 

Bair, E.S., C.M. Safreed, and E.A. Stasny, 1991. A Monte-Carlo-based strategy for determination of traveltime-related capture zones of wells using convex hulls as confidence regions: Ground Water, vol. 29, no. 6, p. 849-855.

 

Bair, E.S., A.E. Springer, and G.S. Roadcap, 1991. Delineation of traveltime-related capture areas of wells using semianalytical flow models and particle-tracking analysis: Ground Water, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 387-397.

 

Childress, C.J.O., R.A. Sheets, and E.S. Bair, 1991. Hydrology and water quality near the South Welll Field, Southern Franklin County, Ohio, with emphasis on the simulation of ground-water flow and transport of Scioto River: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4080, 78 pp.

 

Bair, E.S., R.A. Sheets, and S.M. Eberts, 1990. Particle-tracking analysis of flow paths and traveltimes from hypothetical spill sites within the capture zone of a well field: Ground Water, vol. 28, no. 6, p. 884-892.

 

Eberts, S.M., E.S. Bair, and J.T. de Roche, 1990. Geohydrology, ground-water quality, and simulated ground-water flow, Geauga County, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Invest. Report 90-4026, 117 pp.

 

Bair, E.S., and S.E. Norris, 1990. Expert testimony for the plaintiffs in the case that brought Ohio ground-water law into the 20th century: Ground Water, vol. 28, no. 5, p. 767-774.

 

Eberts, S.M., and E.S. Bair, 1990. Simulated effects of quarry dewatering near a municipal well field: Ground Water, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 37-47.

 

Bair, E.S., and R.K. Digel, 1990. Subsurface transport of inorganic and organic solutes from experimental road spreading of oil-field brine: Ground Water Monitoring Review, vol 10, no. 3, p. 94-105.

 

Dorsey, J.D., A.D. Ward, N.R. Fausey, and E.S. Bair, 1990. A comparison of four field methods for measuring saturated hydraulic conductivity: Transactions American Society of Agricultural Engineers, vol. 33, no. 6, p. 1925-1931.

 

Sedam, A.C., S.M. Eberts, and E.S. Bair, 1989. Ground-water levels, water quality, and potential effects of toxic-substance spills or cessation of quarry dewatering near a municipal ground-water supply, southern Franklin County, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4138, 111 pp.

 

Bair, E.S., and S.E. Norris. 1989. Ground-water levels and flow near the Industrial Excess Landfill, Uniontown, Ohio: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-272, 11 pp.

 

Bair, E.S., 1987. Analysis of hydraulic gradients across the host rock at the proposed Texas Panhandle nuclear-waste repository site: Ground Water, vol. 25, no. 4, p. 440-447.

 

Bair, E.S., 1987. Regional hydrodynamics of the proposed high-level nuclear-waste repository sites in the Texas Panhandle: Journal of Hydrology, vol. 92, p. 146-179.

 

Bair, E.S., T.P. O'Donnell, and L.W. Picking, 1985. Potentiometric mapping from incomplete drill-stem test data: Palo Duro Basin Area, Texas and New Mexico:  Ground Water, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 198-211.

 

Bair, E.S., and T.P. O'Donnell, 1985. Hydrodynamics of aquifers and aquitards at proposed high-level nuclear-waste repository sites, Palo Duro Basin, Texas, USA: Proceedings, 17th Congress of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Tucson, AZ, p. 596-611.

 

Bair, E.S., 1984. Impact of deep mining and strip mining on aquifer recharge rates, southern anthracite field, Pennsylvania: Proceedings, National Water Well Association Conference on the Impact of Mining on Ground Water, Denver, CO, p. 165-178.

 

Bair, E.S., and T.P. O'Donnell, 1983. Uses of numerical modeling in the design and licensing of dewatering and depressurizing systems: Ground Water, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 411-420.

 

Bair, E.S., and R.R. Parizek, 1982. Predicting dewatering rates and designing deep-well dewatering systems for surface mines: Transactions, Society of Mining Engineers of the American Association of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, vol. 270, p. 1951-1957.

 

Bair, E.S. and R.R. Parizek, 1981. Numerical simulation of potentiometric surface changes caused by a proposed open-pit anthracite mine: Ground Water, vol. 19, no. 2, p. 190-200.

 

Bair, E.S., and R.R. Parizek, 1976. Detection of permeability variations revealed by a shallow geothermal technique: Ground Water, vol. 16, no. 5, p. 254-263.

 

Publications - Reviews Published in Refereed Journals

 

Anderson, M.P., and W.W. Woessner, 1992. Applied Groundwater Modeling -- Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport, Academic Press, San Diego, CA: Ground Water, vol. 30, no. 4, p. 645.

 

Wolman, M.G., and H.C. Riggs, editors, 1991. Surface Water Hydrology, The Geological Society of America, Inc., Geology of North America, vol. O-1: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 55, no. 3, p. 1171.

 

Kruseman, G.P., N.A. de Ridder, and J.M. Verweij, 1991. Analysis and Evaluation of Pumping Test Data, Institute of Land Reclamation and Improvement, The Netherlands: Ground Water, vol. 29, no. 2, p. 287.

 

Bonn, B. and S. Rounds, 1991. DREAM - Analytical Ground-Water Flow Programs: Lewis Publishers, Inc., Chelsea, MI., Ground Water, vol. 29, no. 1, p. 130.

 

Mercer, J.W., S.D. Thomas, and B. Ross, 1982. Parameters and Variables Appearing in Repository Siting Models: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission., NUREG/CR-3066, Washington, D.C., Ground Water, vol. 21, no. 5, p. 631.

 

Publications - Refereed Abstracts

 

E.S. Bair, and M.A. Metheny, 2002. Remediation of the Wells G & H Superfund Site, Woburn, Massachusetts, Abstracts with Program, Geological Society of America Meeting, vol. 34, no. 6, p. 527, Denver, CO.

 

M.A. Metheny, and E.S. Bair, 2002. Injection of FGD grout to mitigate acidic mine drainage in Ohio, a numerical groundwater and transport model, Abstracts with Program, North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, Lexington, KY.

 

Beanland, S, M.A. Metheny, G. Allen, and E.S. Bair, 2002. Inquiry-based exercise in hydrogeology using GIS and analytical models: why did groundwater levels decline in Sterling, Ohio. Abstracts with Program, North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, Lexington, KY.

 

Riker-Coleman, K., and E.S. Bair, 2001. Hydrologic and water-quality impacts of urbanization on tributary streams: North-Central Geological Society of America meeting, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 33, no. 4, Normal, IL.

 

Bair, E.S., 2000. Remediation at the Wells G & H Superfund Site, Woburn, Massachusetts: 2000 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Abstracts with Program, Tokyo, Japan.

 

Bair, E.S., 1999. Science in the courtroom: developing science and communication skills in a mock trial course based on the famous Woburn case: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Denver, CO.

 

Bair, E.S., and M.A. Metheny, 1999. The role of in-screen mixing in the analysis of flow contributions to Woburn wells G & H. American Geophysical Union, abstracts of Spring Meeting, Boston, MA.

 

Bair, E.S., and M.A. Metheny, 1998. The Role of Heterogeneities in the Determination of Flowpath and Contaminant Movement to Municipal Wells G and H by the Expert Witnesses in the Woburn Toxic Trial, Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers Technical Education Session, NGWA National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, Abstract volume, p. 56-57.

 

Bair, E.S., and E. Myer, 1998. Sustainability of Ground-Water Resources in Humid Regions. Geological Society of America Meeting, Toronto, Abstracts with Programs, p. A-67.

 

Bair, E.S., and M.A. Metheny, 1998. Testing the Testimony of the Expert Witnesses in the Famous Woburn, Massachusetts, Toxic Trial, Geological Society of America Meeting, Toronto, Abstracts with Prog., p. A-276.

 

Metheny, M.A., and E.S. Bair, 1998. Numerical Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport: Wells G & H Superfund Site, Woburn, Massachusetts. Geological Society of America Meeting, Toronto, Abstracts with Programs, p. A-276.

 

Lahm, T.D., and E.S. Bair, 1998. Use of Computer Spreadsheets and Multimedia in Teaching Quantitative Aspects of Hydrogeology. Geological Society of America Meeting, Toronto, Abstracts with Prog., p. A-306.

 

Hammer, M., and S. Bair, 1998. Hydrogeological effects of grout injection into an abandoned underground coal mine. North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, Columbus, OH, Abstracts with Program, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 55, March.

 

Metheny, M.A., E.S. Bair, and L.A. Krissek, 1998. Sedimentologic model used for the construction of a ground-water flow model at Woburn, Massachusetts: North-Central Section Meeting, Geological Society of America, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 46.

 

Hammer M. and E.S. Bair, 1998. Hydrogeological effects of grout injection into an abandoned underground coal mine: North-Central Section Meeting, Geological Society of America, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 55.

 

Barton, D.A., E.S. Bair, S.R. Kell, and D. Hodges, 1997. Assessment of ground-water quality impacts caused by land spreading of oil & gas exploration and production solid wastes: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 81, no. 9, p. 1545.

 

Lahm, T.D., and E.S. Bair, 1997. The role of salinity-derived variable-density fluid flow in the displacement of brine from a shallow, regionally extensive aquifer: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, p. P-60.

 

Lahm, T.D., and E.S. Bair, 1997. The influence of regional depressurization in a salinity-derived variable-density groundwater environment: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, p. P-60.

 

Gupta, N., and E.S. Bair, 1997. The role of variable-fluid density in the regional hydrodynamics in the midwestern United States: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, p. P-60.

 

Sminchak, J. R., and E.S. Bair, 1997. A study of seasonal water-level variations in Ohio's aquifers: 106th Annual Meeting, Ohio Academy of Science, vol. 97, no. 2, Bowling Green, OH.

 

Bair E.S., C.D. Finton, T.D. Lahm, and L.M. McClenahen, 1996. On the scale dependency of permeability and anisotropy: Geological Soc. America, Abs. with Program, vol. 28, no. 7, p. 286.

 

Lahm, T.D., and E.S. Bair, 1996. The role of variable-density fluid flow in regional hydrodynamics of mid-continent sedimentary basins: Geological Soc. America, Abs. with Program, vol. 28, no. 7, p. 286.

 

Rowe, G.L., S.D. Shapiro, P. Schlosser, R.A. Sheets, and E.S. Bair, 1996. Use of tritium and helium isotopes to evaluate ground-water age and flow model calibration in a buried-valley aquifer near Dayton, Ohio: Geological Soc. America, Abs. with Program, vol. 28, no. 7, p. 293.

 

Bair, S., G. Rowe, R. Sheets, and R. McCready, 1995. Evaluating the calibration of a ground-water flow model by use of environmental tracers: Geological Soc. America Abs. with Program, vol. 27, no. 6, p. A260.

 

Bair, E.S., and T.D. Lahm, 1995. Variations in capture-zone geometry of partially-penetrating wells in unconfined aquifers: Geological Soc. America Abs. with Programs, vol. 27, no. 6, p. A104.

 

Nortz, P. E., E.S. Bair, and A. Ward, 1995. Quantifying interactions between an alluvial valley aquifer wellfield and the Scioto River at Piketon, Ohio: Ohio Academy of Science, April, Westerville, OH.

 

Bair, E.S., 1993. Geostatistical solutions to the hydrogeologist's conundrum: (keynote address) Abstracts with Program, 38th Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference, Champaign, IL, October, p. 11.

 

Finton, C.D., A.E. Springer, E.S. Bair, and M.J. Jagucki, 1993. Estimating arrival of natural recharge at the water table using specific conductance, temperature, and the detection of a conservative tracer: Geological Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 25, no. 6, p. A-377.

 

Gupta, N. and E.S. Bair, 1993. Factors governing regional hydrodynamics in the Cincinnati Arch region: Abstract with Program, 38th Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference, Champaign, IL, p. 42.

 

Springer, A.E., E.S. Bair, and D. Beak, 1993. Agricultural chemical transport relative to a tracer under natural recharge conditions in an alluvial valley aquifer: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 74, no. 16, p. 129.

 

Lahm, T.D., E.S. Bair, and F.W. Schwartz, 1993. Determination of the hydraulic conductivity distribution in the Milk River aquifer, Alberta, Canada, using two-dimensional stochastic simulation: EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 74, no. 16, p. 153-154.

 

Finton, C.D., and E.S. Bair, 1993. The effects of scale-dependent permeability values on the characterization of advective transport of solutes at the Ohio MSEA: Proceedings, Agricultural Research to Protect Water Quality, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Minneapolis, MN, p. 215-218.

 

Springer, A.E., E.S. Bair, and D. Beak, 1993. Transport of atrazine, alachlor, and nitrate relative to the tracer bromide at the Ohio Management Systems Evaluation Area: Proceedings, Agricultural Research to Protect Water Quality, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Minneapolis, MN,  p. 102-104.

 

Ward, A., S. Bair, W. Elliot, and L. Brown, 1993. How to conduct an interdisciplinary water resources study and prepare a technical report: American Water Resources Association 28th Annual Conference and Symposia, Managing Water Resources During Global Change, Reno, NV.

 

Gupta, N., and E.S. Bair, 1992. Structural and fluid-density controls on the flow system in the Paleozoic arches and basin of the Midwest: Geological Soc. America Abs. with Program, p. A282.

 

Springer, A.E., and E.S. Bair, 1992.  Agricultural water quality: pesticides and nitrate in ground water at the Ohio Buried Valley Aquifer Management Systems Evaluation Area: Geological Soc. America Abs. with Program, p. A283.

 

Gupta, N., and E.S. Bair, 1992. Influence of variable fluid density on regional flow patterns in the Mt. Simon Sandstone waste-injection reservoir, USA: 29th International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan.

 

Springer, A.E., and E.S. Bair, 1991. Distribution of agricultural chemicals relative to bromide at the Ohio Management Systems Evaluation Area," 36th Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

 

Cunningham, W.L., and E.S. Bair, 1991. Description of ground-water/surface-water interactions near a wellfield by use of numerical modeling and particle tracking: 36th Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

 

Springer, A.E., and E.S. Bair, 1991. Comparison of methods used to delineate traveltime-related capture zones of wells in a stratified-drift buried-valley aquifer: EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, vol. 72, no. 17, p. 111.

 

Mayhew, J.R., and E.S. Bair, 1991. The significance of upland sources of recharge to the hydrologic budget of aquifers in low-relief buried-valley settings: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Program, vol. 23, no. 3, p. 47. 

 

Payne, C.A., and E.S. Bair, 1991. Computation of traveltime-related capture zones  surrounding a municipal wellfield adjacent to a partially penetrating stream: Geol. Soc. America Abs. with Program, vol. 23, no. 3, p. 53.

 

Safreed, C.M., E.S. Bair, and E.A. Stasny, 1991. Monte-Carlo simulation of traveltime-related capture zones of advective contaminant transport to wells: Geological Soc. America Abs. with Program, vol. 23, no. 3, p. 57.

 

S. Workman, M. Jagucki, S. Bair, and A. Ward, 1990. Monitoring the space-time distribution of agrichemicals in the Ohio buried valley aquifer MSEA: EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, vol. 71, no. 43.

 

S.E. Nokes, N.R. Fausey, T.J. Logan, and E.S. Bair, 1990. An overview of the Ohio buried valley aquifer Management System Evaluation Area: EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union, vol. 71, no. 43.

 

Digel, M.K., and E.S. Bair, 1989. Subsurface transport of inorganic and organic solutes from surface application of brine: 1989 Mid‑West Ground Water Conference, Kalamazoo, MI.

 

Springer, A.E., and E.S. Bair, 1989. The importance of non‑contiguous recharge areas to wellhead protection strategies in stratified‑drift buried‑valley aquifers: Mid‑West Ground Water Conference, Kalamazoo, MI.

 

Roadcap, G.S., and E.S. Bair, 1989. The dilemma of traveltime‑related wellhead protection areas in a fractured limestone terrain: Mid‑West Ground Water Conference, Kalamazoo, MI.

 

Sheets, R.A., E.S. Bair, and S.M. Eberts, 1988. Determination of flowpaths and traveltimes from hypothetical spill sites surrounding a municipal well field: Mid-West Ground Water Conference, Columbus, OH.

 

Springfield, M.J., E.S. Bair, and D.A. Hodges, 1988. A comparison of surface geophysical methods used to delineate a brine plume produced by road spreading: Mid-West Ground Water Conference, Columbus, OH.

 

Beard, T.A., and E.S. Bair, 1988. Numerical simulation of an influent/effluent stream/aquifer system: Mid-West Ground Water Conference, Columbus, OH.

 

Eberts, S.M., and E.S. Bair, 1987. Assessment of quarry dewatering and landfill leachate migration on the municipal water supply of Columbus, Ohio:  Mid-West Ground Water Conference, Madison, WI.     

 

Bair, E.S., and T.P. O'Donnell, 1985. Flow directions and hydraulic gradients in the variable density flow system at the proposed high-level nuclear-waste repository site in the Texas panhandle: Geological Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 17, no. 7, p. 517.

 

Bair, E.S., T.P. O'Donnell, L.W. Picking, and P.G. Smith, 1983. Topographic and geologic controls of deep-basin fluid potential patterns, Palo Duro Basin, Texas:  Geological Soc. America Abs. with Programs, vol. 15, no. 6, p. 519.

 

Bair, E.S., and R.R. Parizek, 1979. Numerical simulation of the effects of open-pit anthracite mining on the ground-water flow system in part of the southern anthracite coal field, Pennsylvania:  Proceedings, Association of Engineering Geologists Conference, Chicago, IL.

 

Bair, E.S., and R.R. Parizek, 1979. Hydrogeologic ramifications of open-pit anthracite mining:  Proc. NWWA Symposium: Impact of Energy Fuels Development on Ground-Water Resources, Oklahoma City, OK.

 

Bair, E.S., and R.G. Osgood, 1973. Conodont biostratigraphy of the Spechts Ferry Shale Member of the Decorah Formation in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin: Ohio Academy of Sciences Meeting, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH.

 

 

Publications - Invited Papers

 

Bair, E.S., 2000. Beyond the Woburn Toxic Trial: International Symposium on Groundwater Contamination, Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrologists, Program and Proceedings, Rissho University, Tokyo, Japan, p. 9-13.

 

Bair, E.S., 1993. Geostatistical Approaches to the Hydrogeologists Conundrum: Plenary Session Speaker, 38th Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference, Champaign, IL.

 

Bair, E.S., 1991. Comparison of Analytical, Semianalytical, and Numerical Methods of Delineating Capture Zones of Wells: Plenary Session Speaker, 36th Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

 

Bair, E.S., 1991. Defining the Protection Area: Workshop on "Ground Water Management for Aquifer and Wellhead Protection in Ohio, sponsored by the Water Management Association of Ohio, April 1991, Dayton.

 

Bair, E.S., C.M. Safreed, and E.A. Stasny, 1990. A Monte Carlo Modeling Technique For Capture Zone Analysis. Proceedings, 14th Annual Inland Spills Conference, Columbus, OH, September.

 

Kelley, M.E., and E.S. Bair, 1988. Differences in Hydrodynamic Interpretations Between Equivalent Freshwater and Variable-Density Heads: South-Central Geological Soc. America Meeting, Lawrence, KS.

 

 

Publications - Government Reports

 

U.S. EPA, 2001, “Study of the Risks Associated with Class I Underground Injection Wells, Class I UIC Program,” Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water Report to Congress, 77 p. (panel member)

 

Bair, E.S., R.K. Digel, and M.S. Chapman, 1989. Ground-Water Quality Changes Resulting from Surface Application of Oil-Field Brine: Ohio Dept. Natural Resources, Brine Management Research Report, 69 p.

 

Report of the State of Ohio Oil and Gas Regulatory Review Commission, pursuant to Executive Order 86-35, submitted to Governor Richard Celeste.

 

 

 

Presentations - Invited Colloquia, Seminars, and Talks

 

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virgina, GeoHealth Seminar Series, “How Much Contamination was Delivered to Residents of Woburn from Wells G & H: Results from Linked Transport and Water-Distribution Models,” September 2003.

 

Keynote Speaker, NGWA Ground Water Expo 2002, “Intoxicating Cases of Ground Water under the Influence of Surface Water,” Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2002.

 

Université Lavalle, Quebec, “Exposure to TCE and Other Toxics in the Municipal Water Supply of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1964-1979: Implications to Health Effects Including Childhood Leukemia,” March 2003.

 

Brandeis University, “Contamination of Wells G & H: Who, When, How Much, and Where,” March 2003.

 

U.S. EPA Region I, Boston, Massachusetts, “Contamination of Woburn Wells G & H: Implicati