Abstract: GroundwaterVolume 53, Issue 1 p. 19-28 Groundwater News & Views/ News & Views Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, Vicki Kretsinger Grabert [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorDawn Samara Kaback, Dawn Samara Kaback [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorJeanne Briskin, Corresponding Author Jeanne Briskin Corresponding author: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; (202)564-4583; [email protected] Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Department of Geosciences, 2217 EES Building, Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Pk, PA 16802; (814) 865-1619; fax: (814) 865-3191; [email protected] Divisions of Solid Earth Dynamics and Water, Climate and the Environment, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; (614) 688-2132; fax: (614) 292-7688; [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSusan L. Brantley, Corresponding Author Susan L. Brantley Corresponding author: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; (202)564-4583; [email protected] Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Department of Geosciences, 2217 EES Building, Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Pk, PA 16802; (814) 865-1619; fax: (814) 865-3191; [email protected] Divisions of Solid Earth Dynamics and Water, Climate and the Environment, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; (614) 688-2132; fax: (614) 292-7688; [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorThomas H. Darrah, Corresponding Author Thomas H. Darrah Corresponding author: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; (202)564-4583; [email protected] Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Department of Geosciences, 2217 EES Building, Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Pk, PA 16802; (814) 865-1619; fax: (814) 865-3191; [email protected] Divisions of Solid Earth Dynamics and Water, Climate and the Environment, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; (614) 688-2132; fax: (614) 292-7688; [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorRobert B. Jackson, Robert B. Jackson School of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305Search for more papers by this authorAvner Vengosh, Avner Vengosh Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708Search for more papers by this authorNathaniel R. Warner, Nathaniel R. Warner Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Poreda, Robert J. Poreda Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627Search for more papers by this author Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, Vicki Kretsinger Grabert [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorDawn Samara Kaback, Dawn Samara Kaback [email protected] Search for more papers by this authorJeanne Briskin, Corresponding Author Jeanne Briskin Corresponding author: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; (202)564-4583; [email protected] Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Department of Geosciences, 2217 EES Building, Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Pk, PA 16802; (814) 865-1619; fax: (814) 865-3191; [email protected] Divisions of Solid Earth Dynamics and Water, Climate and the Environment, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; (614) 688-2132; fax: (614) 292-7688; [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSusan L. Brantley, Corresponding Author Susan L. Brantley Corresponding author: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; (202)564-4583; [email protected] Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Department of Geosciences, 2217 EES Building, Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Pk, PA 16802; (814) 865-1619; fax: (814) 865-3191; [email protected] Divisions of Solid Earth Dynamics and Water, Climate and the Environment, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; (614) 688-2132; fax: (614) 292-7688; [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorThomas H. Darrah, Corresponding Author Thomas H. Darrah Corresponding author: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; (202)564-4583; [email protected] Earth and Environmental Systems Institute and Department of Geosciences, 2217 EES Building, Pennsylvania State University, Univ. Pk, PA 16802; (814) 865-1619; fax: (814) 865-3191; [email protected] Divisions of Solid Earth Dynamics and Water, Climate and the Environment, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210; (614) 688-2132; fax: (614) 292-7688; [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorRobert B. Jackson, Robert B. Jackson School of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment, and Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305Search for more papers by this authorAvner Vengosh, Avner Vengosh Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708Search for more papers by this authorNathaniel R. Warner, Nathaniel R. Warner Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Poreda, Robert J. 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