Ground water industry calendar of events

This calendar of ground water industry-related events—NGWA events shaded in blue—is posted as a benefit to the entire ground water community. If you would like to have your event listed here, please send it to the Web editor. Include the dates, event title, location, and contact information that is to be posted.

2008

JULY

1-7. 21st International Activated Carbon Conference & Courses Program. Madrid, Spain. Send e-mail. View Web site.

14-16. CUAHSI Biennial Colloquium on Hydrologic Science and Engineering: Resilience & Vulnerability of Natural and Managed Hydrologic Systems. Boulder, Colorado. View Web site.

22-24. Accredited Installer Certification: Installation 101. Chicago, Illinois. View Web site.

22-24. NALBOH's 16th Annual Conference. Madison, Wisconsin. NGWA is presenting. View Web site.

22-26. 2008 National Conference of State Legislators Legislative Summit. New Orleans, Louisiana. View Web site.

26-28. South Atlantic Well Drillers Jubilee Conference & Trade Show. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. NGWA is exhibiting. Includes the 2008 NGWREF McEllhiney Lecture (underwritten by Franklin Electric Co.). Cain Associates, 540 740.3329. Send e-mail.

AUGUST

6-14. 33rd International Geological Congress. Oslo, Norway. NGWA is presenting. View Web site.

12-14. Accredited [Geothermal] Installer Certification Training. White Plains, New York. View Web site.

19. NJ Wetlands Manual Training Workshop: Regionalized Water Budget Manual for Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Sites in New Jersey. Bordentown, New Jersey. View Web site.

19-20. Monitored Natural Attenuation: Mechanisms, Site Characterization, Evaluation, and Monitoring (short course #147). Chicago, Illinois.

21-22. Advanced Techniques for Evaluating and Quantifying Natural Attenuation (short course #579). Chicago, Illinois.

25-26. 2008 NGWA Geothermal and Horizontal Drilling Forum: Diversification and Cross-training Strategies (#5112). Columbus, Ohio.

26. NJ Wetlands Manual Training Workshop: Regionalized Water Budget Manual for Compensatory Wetland Mitigation Sites in New Jersey. Bordentown, New Jersey. View Web site.

26-28. Accredited [Geothermal] Installer Certification Training. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. View Web site.

SEPTEMBER

9. Regulatory Training in Underground Storage Tanks. New Brunswick, New Jersey. View Web site.

9-11. Accredited [Geothermal] Installer Certification Training. Washington, DC. View Web site.

10. Science and Myths of Indoor Inhalation Pathway (short course #343). Costa Mesa, California.

11-12. Introductory Statistics for Environmental Professionals (short course #176). Costa Mesa, California.

11-12. Vegetation Identification for Wetland Delineation. Basking Ridge, New Jersey. View Web site.

15-16. Fundamentals of Ground Water Geochemistry (short course #235). Denver, Colorado.

15-16. Isotopic and Hydrogeological Characertization of Fractured Rock Settings: Current and Novel Approaches (short course #395). Denver, Colorado.

16-18. Freshwater Wetland Construction Techniques. Location TBD. View Web site.

17-18. Applications of Ground Water Geochemistry (short course #485). Denver, Colorado.

20. Georgia Drillers Association Annual Well Show and Exhibit. Jekyll Island, Georgia. Bruce Widener, 678.0369. Send e-mail.

20-24. AIPG-AHS 3rd International Professional Geologic Conference: Changing Waterscaps and Water Ethics for the 21st Century and Global Geoscience Practice, Standards, Ethics, and Accountability. Flagstaff, Arizona. View Web site.

23-25. Understanding Migration, Assessment, and Remediation of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (LNAPLs and DNAPLs) (short course #311). Baltimore, Maryland.

23-25. Hydric Soils Short Course: Specialized Training for Wetland Speciaists. Gainesville, Florida. View Web site.

24-25. Environmental Isotopes in Ground Water Resources and Contaminant Hydrogeology (short course #394). Baltimore, Maryland.

24-26. Groundwater Resources Association of California 17th Annual Conference and Meeting -- Groundwater: Challenges to Meeting Our Future Needs. Costa Mesa, California. NGWA is a conference cosponsor. View Web site.

29-October 2. Midwest Ground Water Conference. Dubuque, Iowa. NGWA is presenting. Includes the 2008 NGWREF McEllhiney Lecture (underwritten by Franklin Electric Co.) and the 2008 NGWREF Darcy Lecture. View Web site.

30. Introdution to Membrane Technology. Eagle Pass, Texas. View Web site.

OCTOBER

1-2. IGSHPA Technical Conference and Expo 2008. Nashville, Tennessee. View Web site.

1-4. Methodology for Delineating Wetlands. Basking Ridge, New Jersey. View Web site.

1-14. 22nd International Activated Carbon Conference & Courses Program. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Send e-mail. View Web site.

2. Introduction to Wetlands Identification. Basking Ridge, New Jersey. View Web site.

2-3. 2008 NGWA/U.S. EPA: Remediation of Abandoned Mine Lands Conference (#5019). Denver, Colorado.

5-9. 2008 Joint Meeting: Celebrating the International Year of the Planet Earth—Geological Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM, hosted by the Houston Geological Society. Houston, Texas. NGWA is presenting and exhibiting. View Web site.

6-7, 14 (south), and 15 (north). Soil & Site Evaluations for Septic Disposal Systems. New Brunswick, New Lisbon, and Hackettstown, New Jersey. View Web site.

7-10. The New MODFLOW Course: Theory and Hands-on Applications Using MODFLOW-2000, MODPATH, ZoneBudget, MT3D, and WinPEST (#259). Princeton, New Jersey.

8-10. 8th Hydrogeological International Congress of Greece and 3rd MEM Workshop on Fissured Rocks Hydrology. Athens, Greece. Send e-mail. View Web site.

13-14. NGWA International Conference on Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources—Sociotechnological Aspects of Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources: Half-Empty, Half-Full, Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Some Paths Forward (#5055). Portland, Oregon.

14-16. Accredited [Geothermal] Installer Certification Training. Boston, Massachusetts. View Web site.

16-18. Accredited [Geothermal] Installer Certification Training. Columbus, Ohio. View Web site.

20-21. Construction Dewatering and Ground Water Control: Design and Application (short course #351). Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

21-23. Hydric Soils Short Course: Specialized Training for Wetland Speciaists. Gainesville, Florida. View Web site.

27-28. 2008 (Fourth) International Exhibition on Water Treatment Chemicals and Water-Soluble Polymer. Shanghai, China. View Web site.

27-29. South Central Membrane Association 2008 Annual Conference and Membership Meeting — Troubleshooting & Problem Solving in Membrane Treatment Facilities: Tools, Tactics & Techniques. Austin, Texas. View Web site.

28-30. Accredited [Geothermal] Installer Certification Training. Orlando, Florida. View Web site.

30-November 1. California Groundwater Association Annual Convention. Sparks, Nevada. Includes the 2008 NGWREF McEllhiney Lecture (underwritten by Franklin Electric Co.). Mike Mortensson, 707 578.4408. Send e-mail.

NOVEMBER

3-4. Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation Conference (#5040). Houston, Texas.

5. Approaches to Predicting NAPL Behavior to Improve Characterization and Lower Remediation Costs (short course #312). Houston, Texas.

5. Evaluating Ground Water Flow and Transport Modeling: Guidelines for Hydrogeologists Who Don't Model (short course #188). Houston, Texas.

6-7. Vegetation Identification for Wetland Delineation. Basking Ridge, New Jersey. View Web site.

16-19. The 3rd International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Envrionments (2008) and The 1st Arab Water Forum. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. View Web site.

18. Ground Water Flow and Chemical Transport in Fractured Rock: From Cores to Kilometers Webinar (#821). Online.

18-20. Hydric Soils Short Course: Specialized Training for Wetland Speciaists. Gainesville, Florida. View Web site.

DECEMBER

1. Introduction to Ground Water Geochemistry and Reaction Modeling (short course #239). Las Vegas, Nevada.

1-2. Artificial Recharge of Ground Water (short course #124). Las Vegas, Nevada.

1-3. Springs Ecosystem Inventory, Monitoring, and Assessment (short course #357). Las Vegas, Nevada.

2-5. 2008 NGWA Ground Water Expo and Annual Meeting (#6010). Includes the 2008 NGWREF Darcy Lecture. Las Vegas, Nevada.

3-5. Wetland Construction Design. Location TBD. View Web site.

8-10. NOWRA 4th Annual Installer Academy. Las Vegas, Nevada. View Web site.

14-17. International Symposium in Hydrogelogy: Hydrogeology of volcanic rocks. Djibouti. View Web site.

2009

JANUARY

25-27. 2009 AWWA Water Resources Symposium: Managing in Times of Change and Uncertainty. Portland, Oregon. View Web site.

FEBRUARY

16-20. International Groundwater Symposium 2009—Efficient Groundwater Resources Management: The Challenge of Quantity and Quality for Sustainable Future. Bangkok, Thailand. Send e-mail.

19-20. Oklahoma Ground Water Association 7th Annual Tradeshow and Conference. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Beth Vannoy, 888 884.6492. Send e-mail. View Web site.

23-24. 5th Conference on Hydrogeology, Ecology, Monitoring, and Management of Ground Water in Karst Terrains (#5018). Safety Harbor, Florida.

23-26. International Conference on Implementing Environmental Water Allocations. Port Elizabeth, South Africa. View Web site.

MARCH

16-22. 5th World Water Forum: Bridging Divides for Water. Istanbul, Turkey. View Web site.

23-24. 12th Annual Ground Water Industry Legislative Conference: NGWA Washington Fly-in (#5090). Washington, DC.

APRIL

19-23. 2009 Ground Water Summit—The Science Conference: Adapting to Increasing Demands in a Changing Climate (#5095). Tucson, Arizona.

JUNE

8-10. Groundwater for the Americas. Panama City, Panama.

SEPTEMBER

7-9. River Basin Management 2009: Fifth International Conference on River Basin Management including all aspects of Hydrology, Ecology, Environmental Management, Flood Plains and Wetlands. Malta. View Web site.

9-11. Water Resources Management 2009: Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management. Malta. View Web site.

DECEMBER

10-13. 2009 NGWA Ground Water Expo and Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.

2010

DECEMBER

7-10. 2010 NGWA Ground Water Expo and Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, Nevada.

2011

DECEMBER

6-9. 2011 NGWA Ground Water Expo and Annual Meeting. Memphis, Tennessee.

Events and dates are subject to change. Non-NGWA events are listed as provided to the Web editor as a courtesy and do not carry any endorsement by NGWA.