The 8th International Groundwater Quality Conference (GQ13) April 21-26, 2013 - Gainesville, Florida

 

8th IAHS GROUNDWATER QUALITY CONFERENCE (GQ13)

Managing Groundwater Quality to Support Competing Human and Ecological Needs April 21-26, 2013 University of Florida  |  Gainesville, Florida, USA

 

 

 

 

Mark Your Calendar for April 21-26, 2013!

 

The Conference Organizing Committee from the University of Florida is pleased to welcome you to the Eighth IAHS Groundwater Quality Conference (GQ13) to be held at the University of Florida’s J. Wayne Reitz Union.  The conference is being hosted in the U.S. for the first time, and only the second time in North America. Previous GQ Conferences were held in Tallinn, Estonia (1993), Prague, Czech Republic (1995), Tübingen, Germany (1998), Sheffield, United Kingdom (2001), Waterloo, Canada (2004), Fremantle, Australia (2007), and most recently in Zurich, Switzerland (2010).

 

 

Overall Theme and Objectives:

 

The conference theme is Managing Groundwater Quality to Support Competing Human and Ecological Needs, and will focus on sustainable management and protection of groundwater quality in an effort to meet the needs of both human and ecological systems. This challenge is magnified by stresses on water resources changing with climatic conditions. This conference will include traditional areas of emphasis such as contaminated site management and advanced modeling capabilities but will also expand to include groundwater quality problems and challenges at larger scales and at the ecological interface. Groundwater is a vital component of the hydrologic cycle and a major global water reservoir. Groundwater movement is of interest on timescales from days to millennia and provides critical exchanges with surface water and the atmosphere. Water quality in groundwater and across these interface is critical to understand and will also be a focus of this conference.

 

The conference will bring together researchers, industry, regulators, contractors, consultants, planners and water supply agencies to address important issues related to groundwater quality.

Important Dates to Remember

·         Abstracts are due October 15, 2012

·         Notification of acceptance is November 15, 2012

·         Registration is opening soon!

·         Early Registration Deadline is February 15, 2013

·         The Reitz Union Hotel Reservation Deadline is March 21, 2013

·         Holiday Inn University Center Hotel Reservation Deadline is March 31, 2013

 

For detailed information, please visit the conference website at:  http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/GQ13   

 

 

Please help us out by forwarding this email to others that may be interested in attending.  Thank you! 

 

Sincerely,

Sharon

 

 

Sharon Borneman, CGMP | Conference Coordinator | University of Florida | IFAS
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