Record Breaking Webinar Attendance – Congratulations Allison Reynolds

A huge thank you to Allison Reynolds who joined us to present on “Finding Value in Undervalued Data – Using Field Parameters to Identify Groundwater and Surface Water Interactions”. This topic is by far our most popular with a record breaking 500 + registrants.

Top takeaways from the session include:

Field parameters matter – Routine measurements like pH, dissolved oxygen, oxidation-reduction potential, electrical conductivity, and temperature are foundational for understanding hydrogeochemical processes and contaminant pathways.

• Equipment and calibration are crucial – Reliable data depends on the right probe selection, careful calibration, and proper maintenance to avoid skewed results.
• Groundwater–surface water interactions – Field parameters help distinguish gaining and losing stream reaches, revealing important recharge and discharge dynamics.
• Cost-effective insights from major ion chemistry – Simple cation and anion analysis, visualised through Piper or Stiff diagrams, provides powerful interpretations at relatively low cost.
• Iterative Conceptual Site Models (CSMs) – Updating CSMs with new field and lab data improves risk assessment, remediation design, and communication with stakeholders.
• Smarter monitoring with technology – Remote sensors and auto-samplers capture real-time changes, improving efficiency and revealing temporal variations often missed with manual sampling.
• Case study in action – At the Monticello uranium mill site (Utah, USA), combining field parameters with major ion chemistry demonstrated how undervalued data can clarify contaminant transport and support long-term management.

In summary, Field data may seem routine, but when collected carefully and interpreted thoughtfully, it provides high-value insights that strengthen environmental assessments, monitoring, and remediation outcomes.

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