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National PhD Positions in Groundwater - EOI closing 31 August

Break ground in Groundwater Research!

The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) is seeking Expressions of Interest from the brightest minds from a wide range of science, engineering and social science disciplines to undertake a variety of groundwater PhDs across the country. NCGRT headquartered at Flinders University has 13 University partners who are in the top echelons of university rankings for water resources in the world. The PhD research positions offer a once in a lifetime opportunity to learn and work alongside some of the worlds most revered groundwater scholars and renowned influential thinkers. You will conduct innovative research addressing the most pressing contemporary issues in groundwater science, management and policy. More information on this fantastic opportunity can be found below. 

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October 15  - 17 
Adelaide


$2,200.00 incl. GST

IAH, AWA, WIA, SCPA member discount 10%. Enter promo code "Association". 20% discount for groups and students. Contact us for details.

Course presenters:

Dr Glenn Harrington
Hydrogeologist
Innovative Groundwater Solutions

Dr Andrew Herczeg
Geochemical Solutions

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Environmental Tracers in Groundwater Hydrology: Tools for Improved Process Understanding

Tired of attending courses crammed full of theory, only to return to your daily work and struggle to remember what you learnt or how to apply it?

This course will help you to use appropriate sampling methodologies to acquire reliable data, as well as how to interpret and model analytical results. The knowledge will lead to you making meaningful improvements in your understanding of hydrogeological processes and conceptual groundwater models. The course will review the basic principles of environmental chemistry and tracer hydrology, and is aimed primarily at hydrogeologists and environmental scientists in the public and private sectors. It assumes prior knowledge of the basics of groundwater hydrology, and will include numerous case studies and worked examples, including many local studies that have been conducted by the internationally recognised presenters.

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November 5 - 8 
Brisbane

$2,500.00 incl. GST

Includes networking drinks, tutorials & case studies.

IAH, AWA, WIA, SCPA member discount 10%. 20% discount for groups and students. Contact us for more information

Australian Groundwater School
Brisbane 2018

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.

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November 15 - 16
Adelaide

AU $1,025 incl. GST

IAH, AWA, WIA, SCPA member discount 10%. Enter promo code "Association". 20% discount for groups and students. Contact us for details.

Course presenters:

Mike Dudding 
Principal Hydrogeologist, mdGroundwater. Read full bio 
here.

Paul Howe 
Principal Hydrogeologist / Managing Principal, CDM Smith.

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Introduction to Aquifer Pump Test Analysis 

An introduction to the essential basics of conducting an aquifer test and analysing the testing data.

It will teach you very important background information to allow defendable interpretations of aquifer testing data using traditional methods and state-of-the-art software. A hands-on application of skills learnt is also part of this course. The course will be given in three components:

  1. Introduction pumping test fundamentals, types of aquifer tests, parameters, aquifer conceptual models
  2. The pumping test: design, undertaking, data preparation and management
  3. Analysis: identify conceptual model, pracs, case studies
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Thursday, 6 September 2018

Time: 1:30pm 
(Adelaide)

Format: Presentation, Discussion + Q&A (up to 60mins)

Cost: Free

Chair: Trevor Pillar

Free Webinar: The Australian Groundwater Explorer

Access a wide range of Australian groundwater data without specialised software

Publicly available through the Bureau of Meteorology website, the Australian Groundwater Explorer is a web-based mapping application that allows you to visualise, analyse and download groundwater information for an area of interest without needing specialised software. The Explorer ensures that nationally consistent data is freely available online so that better informed decisions can be made around how we manage vital groundwater resources.

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OCTOBER WEBINARS

October 3

Groundwater for Sustainable Development – Where are we?

October 17

The Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice

October 31

Controlling Groundwater through Smart Card Machines: The Case of Water Quotas and Pricing Mechanisms in Gansu Province, China.

Groundwater for Sustainable Development

Groundwater is the world’s largest store of unfrozen freshwater. It underpins a vast set of ecosystem services on which nature and people depend.

ICE WaRM has brought together Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) and the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) to provide an interactive webinar series on Groundwater for Sustainable Development.

In 2018, the series will discuss the global significance of groundwater in sustainable development through the topics below and explore innovative groundwater solutions with wider applicability.

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AGC19

Theme: Groundwater in a Changing World: Resources, Infrastructure and Environment 

Hosted by the QLD Chapter of the IAH and the NCGRT; the AGC19 promises to be an exciting conference filled with informative presentations, entertaining networking events and stunning field trips exploring the sights and sounds of this sub-tropical dynamic region.

Lock this date into your 2019 diary and stay tuned for more details! (Welcome reception and early registration Sunday 24 November)

Venue 
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 
Southbank 
South Brisbane QLD 

 

Presented by Dr Jenny 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.

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SOIL: The key to the Past, the Present and the Future

PFAS in soils workshop – behaviour, fate, risks and remediation

Date: Wednesday 21 November 2018
Location: Park Hyatt Canberra

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What's In Our Water 2018 Symposium

Date: 29 October - 1 November 2018
Location: Canberra

Early bird registrations close 10 September 2018.

 
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National Centre for Groundwater
Research and Training

Flinders University of South Australia,
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE SA 5001
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