White Papers

A white paper is an authoritative report or guide written for industry audiences that addresses issues and possibly options as to how to solve them. White papers are useful in educating readers and helping people make decisions for themselves.

The following NGWA white papers have been drafted as resources for information.

• Business Development for Consulting Groundwater Professionals
• Cost Comparisons of Local Groundwater Sources to Regional Waterlines
• NEW! — Evaluating Groundwater Conveyance of Point Source Pollution to a Navigable Water as Functionally Equivalent to Direct Discharge
• Groundwater Sustainability
• Grouting Variables and their Contribution to the Diameter of Ground Source Heat Pump Loop Wells​
• Groundwater and PFAS: State of Knowledge and Practice​
• Groundwater Modeling​, prepared by the NGWA Groundwater Modeling Advisory Panel, it addresses the following topics: 
  • How should decision-makers consider groundwater modeling in project development and solution? 
  • How should the complexity of the subsurface be considered in developing groundwater models? 
  • What consideration should be made in moving from a simple to more complex model development? 
  • How can uncertainly be included in modeling to inform decisions for groundwater supply and remediation? 
  • What approaches can be followed to address interaction of groundwater/surface water decisions?
• NGWA Groundwater Modeling Advisory Panel Survey on the Use of Uncertainty Analysis in Groundwater Modeling
• PFAS Fate and Transport 2021
• NEW! — Practical Guide for PFAS Sampling
• Remediation Site Resiliency: Planning and Implementation Strategies
  
• Well Owner Disinfection Decisions Affected by Pathogenic Contamination