Melinda L Erickson, PhD, PE

Abstracts and Presentations

• Erickson, ML, CJ Brown, EJ Tomaszewski, JD Ayotte, DB Kent, JK Böhlke, and S Qi. Prioritizing Water Availability Study Settings to Address Geogenic Contaminants, Domestic Well Water Use, and Other Societal Factors. Invited presentation at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1265381), December 11 – 15, 2023. San Francisco, CA.

• Erickson ML, O Miller, M Cashman, J Degnan, E Stets. Groundwater Quality Across the United States: Water Availability Implications. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1265036), December 11 – 15, 2023. San Francisco, CA.

• Erickson, ML. Private Domestic Wells: Challenges to Equity in Drinking Water Quality. Invited presentation at the Minnesota Groundwater Association Fall Conference (https://www.mgwa.org/conferences/mgwa-2023-fall-conference/), November 14, 2023. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Erickson, ML. Incorporating historical disparities into national prioritization of geogenic constituent water quality studies. Invited presentation at a joint meeting of the MN Section of American Institute of Professional Geologists and the MN Chapter of the Association for Women Geoscientists, April 18, 2023.

• Erickson, ML and EC Berquist. What have we learned from 60,000 arsenic measurements in new wells? A lot!  Invited presentation at Minnesota Department of Health, October 12, 2022.

• Erickson, ML. 2021. “Arsenic in Minnesota groundwater: What can we do about it?” Invited presentation to the Minnesota Legislative Subcommittee on Water Policy, November 22, 2021.

• Erickson, ML. 2021. What have we learned from 60,000 arsenic measurements in new wells? A lot!  Invited presentation at Minnesota Groundwater Association Spring Conference, April 27, 2021.

• Erickson, ML. 2020. Drinking Water Quality Across the Glacial Aquifer System, Northern US: Measured and Modeled Concentrations of Arsenic and Manganese. Invited presentation at the MN chapter of American Institute of Professional Geologists meeting. January 7, 2020, St. Paul, MN.

• Erickson, ML. 2020. Drinking Water Quality Across the Glacial Aquifer System, Northern US: Measured and Modeled Concentrations of Arsenic and Manganese. Invited presentation at the MN chapter of AIPG monthly meeting. January 7, 2020, St. Paul, MN.

• Erickson, ML, SM Elliott, CJ Brown, PE Stackelberg, KM Ransom, 2019. Modeling and mapping high arsenic and manganese concentrations in the glacial aquifer system, northern USA. Invited presentation (https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/485927) at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, December 9 – 13, 2019. San Francisco, CA.

• Erickson, ML, SM Elliott, CJ Brown, PE Stackelberg, KM Ransom, 2019. Modeling and mapping high arsenic and manganese concentrations in the glacial aquifer system, northern USA: Using machine learning methods to predict water quality conditions in an extensive, stratigraphically complex, unconsolidated drinking water aquifer system. Invited presentation at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meet

• Erickson, ML, HR Malenda, EC Berquist, JD Ayotte. 2018. Geochemical evolution of groundwater after drinking water well installation: effects on arsenic mobilization. Invited presentation at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, November 4-7, 2018. Indianapolis, IN.

• Erickson, ML, HR Malenda, EC Berquist, JD Ayotte. 2018. Geochemical evolution of groundwater after drinking water well installation: effects on arsenic mobilization. Invited presentation at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, November 4-7, 2018. Indianapolis, IN.

• Erickson, ML. 2018. Arsenic and manganese in glacial aquifers: Results for Minnesota and plans for coast-to-coast modeling and mapping, Invited presentation to the Iowa Association of Water Agencies, January 18, 2018, Ankeny, IA.