Nadine Romero, Thurston County Hydrogeologist, will be the keynote speaker.  LOTT Clean Water Alliance staff will also give a brief update on its multi-year Reclaimed Water Infiltration Study.

A dynamic speaker, Romero will present her latest research on local groundwater, stream flow distribution, and sea level rise issues. She spends much of her time quantifying the hydrologic cycle of Thurston County and building numerical models for prediction in contaminant chemistry, land use and climate. Romero recently presented her cutting edge information on Thurston County’s groundwater extremes and distribution in Denver at the 125th annual conference of the Geological Society of America. Romero has been practicing physical and chemical hydrogeology for the past 30 years for state, federal, tribes, and local government. Currently, she works for Thurston County and is an adjunct faculty in physical geology at St. Martin’s University.

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