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Choice of two lectures presented by Todd Halihan Ph.D., P.Gp
Australian Tour Dates:
Melbourne: July 10
Hobart: July 11
Adelaide: July 13
Perth: July 17
Darwin: July 19
Townsville: July 23
Brisbane: July 25
Canberra: July 27
Sydney: July 30
NGWA McEllhiney Lecture Series in Water Well Technology
Choice of two lectures:
- Electrical Hydrogeology: A Picture Is Worth 1000 Wells
- The Future of Water: Data or Instincts?
Todd Halihan, Ph.D., P.Gp., is a Professor of Geology at Oklahoma State University and Chief Technical Officer for Aestus LLC. Halihan has been an associate editor for Groundwater and has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the U.S. Chapter of the IAH. He served as Chair of the Hydrogeology Division and the South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America. He serves on the Oklahoma governor’s Coordinating Council on Seismic Activity.
Halihan has worked on over 200 different research and commercial sites in more than 30 U.S. states and overseas. His international research work has occurred in Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa along with a number of other countries on a commercial basis. He has also spent a significant amount of time in Oklahoma evaluating the Arbuckle Group of carbonates and associated springs.
Presented by Dr Jennifer Stauber, Chief Research Scientist - CSIRO Land & Water
Australian Tour Dates:
Perth: Oct 23
Adelaide: Oct 24
Brisbane: Oct 30
Darwin: Nov 13
Sydney: Nov 27
Melbourne: Nov 28
Canberra: Dec 4
2018 IAH / NCGRT Distinguished Lecture Series
Groundwater Quality: An Ecotoxicology Perspective
Groundwater ecosystems contain a unique suite of microbes and invertebrates that provide valuable ecosystem services, including maintenance of aquifer porosity and flow, and breakdown of many contaminants. Regulation of groundwater systems has previously focused on the effects of groundwater extraction on beneficial uses, or as a source of contaminants to surface waters, rather than on the protection of groundwater ecosystems themselves. Gaps in our knowledge of groundwater processes and ecology have hampered our understanding of what governs groundwater quality, i.e. its physical, chemical and biological properties, at various scales. Major contaminant threats to groundwater quality include increased levels of salinity, nutrients, acidity, metals, pesticides and other organic chemicals, from both diffuse and point sources.
Melbourne: August 20-23 2018
Brisbane: November 5-8 2018
Includes networking drinks, tutorials & case studies.
IAH, AWA, WIA, SCPA member discount 10%. 20% discount for groups and students. Contact us for more information
2018 Australian Groundwater Schools Melbourne & Brisbane
NCGRT's flagship course, and the premier course of its type in Australasia, the Australian Groundwater School provides participants with a broad but rigorous introduction to groundwater.
The Australian Groundwater School provides participants with a broad but rigorous introduction to groundwater. Introducing hydrogeology, assessment methods, modelling, managed aquifer recharge, management, governance and more, the course truly encompasses the fundamentals of groundwater.
Adelaide: July 16-19 2018
Flinders University Victoria Square Campus
Presented by
Dr Michael Teubner, Consultant
IAH, AWA, WIA, SCPA member discount 10% 20% discount for groups and students. Contact us for more information
Australian Groundwater Modelling School - Excellent introductory course
An intensive 4-day groundwater modelling course, the Australian Groundwater Modelling School is coming to Adelaide in July.
This School will introduce attendees to the art and science of groundwater modelling. It will include a brief discussion of groundwater flow before examining the details of the process of modelling. Each step in the process will be thoroughly examined with practical applications as the focus. Extensive tutorials will allow attendees the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with using MODFLOW, the industry-standard groundwater modelling code. Other codes will be introduced and discussed.
Stay posted for the annoucement of the Advanced Australian Groundwater Modelling School that will build on the introductory course.
October 14-18th, Adelaide will be playing host to the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC). This multi-disciplinary conference will focus on the Big Issues and Ideas in Geoscience. For folk interested in groundwater, there are 5 sessions planned:
- Groundwater challenges and opportunities
- New groundwater technologies and approaches
- Pre-competitive geoscience data and information to understand groundwater systems
- Evaluating the potential impacts to groundwater from resource development
- Groundwater science for policy development and decision making
AGCC 2018 is proudly supported by Geoscience Australia. Abstracts are due by June 16th!
The IAH Congress Daejeon, Korea, 9-14 Sept 2018 has the theme: Groundwater and Life: Science and Technology into Action. Pre-congress training courses and excursions are being planned. Early bird discounts are available before 15 June 2018.
Keep the 9-12 September 2019 free! The 10th International Groundwater Quality Conference (GQ 2019) will be held in Liège (Belgium).
What happens to small towns whose water becomes big business for bottled brands?
"The Conversation" article by Rebecca Nelson and Emma White
Groundwater being pumped from a highland aquifer, only to be whisked away in tankers and sold in little plastic bottles by a multinational corporation – it’s a difficult concept for a small farming town to swallow.
Just ask the residents of Stanley, Victoria, whose four-year court battle to stop a farmer bottling local groundwater for Japanese beverage giant Asahi ended in failure last month. They were left with a A$90,000 bill for legal costs.
Locals have clashed with the bottled water industry in many parts of the world, including the United States and Canada, and perhaps most famously in the French spa town of Vittel, where residents have accused Nestlé of selling so much of their water to the rest of the world that they barely have enough left for themselves.
Free Resource: Groundwater Around the World
The book presents a unique and up-to-date summary of what is known about groundwater on our planet, from a global perspective and in terms of area-specific factual information.
Unlike most textbooks on groundwater, it does not deal with theoretical principles, but rather with the overall picture that emerges as a result of countless observations, studies and other activities related to groundwater in all parts of the world. The focus is on showing the role and geographical diversity of groundwater—a natural resource of great importance in daily life, but poorly understood by the general public and even by many water sector professionals. Now available as a free PDF file!
Gallagher Fellowship
Applicants are encouraged to apply by 1st of June 2018
This opportunity could enable scholars who are on leave (i.e. sabbatical) from their home institution to come to the
University of Calgary to
• engage in collaborative research,
• form research networks,
• develop geoscience curricula,
• engage with our students,
• initiate larger research grant applications,
• deliver public presentations, and
• produce peer reviewed publications.
Other Job Opportunities
Assistant Professor in experimental Rock Physics, Rock Mechanics and Geology, University of Cergy- France
Two Postdoctoral Research Fellow Positions at Hohai University, China
