International Conference on Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources, 13-14 October 2008

The National Ground Water Association (NGWA), in cooperation with the Institute for Water and Waterhseds (IWW) at Oregon State University, UNESCO-International Hydrological Programme (IHP), and the World Bank, will present an International Conference on Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources, 13-14 October 2008, in Portland, OR. 

Nonrenewable ground water resources are those that are exploited at rates in excess of natural replenishment, such that the water is being withdrawn unsustainably. The term "fossil ground water" is sometimes used instead of "nonrenewable".

The conference's long title is:

International Conference on Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources: Sociotechnologcal Aspects of Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources: Half-Empoty, Half-Full, Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Some Paths Forward

There will also be a one-day optional field trip on 15 october 2008, likely to the Mosier Creek Basin, site of the USGS's Mosier Valley Ground-Water Sustainability Study, just east of Hood River, OR (shown below).

Abstracts are due on 7 March 2008 and must be submitted online here. No papers will be required.

We seek presentations (oral and poster) on the following aspects of nonrenewable ground water

• social
• legal
• economic
• institutional
• policy
• management
• governance
• scientific/engineering

See the conference WWW site for more information. Ignore the statement that abstracts are due 4 February 2008; we extended it to 7 March 2008.

Here is our international Program Committee:

Michael E. Campana, Co-Chair, IWW
Todd Jarvis, Co-Chair, IWW
Alice Aureli, UNESCO-IHP
Raya Marina Stephan, UNESCO-IHP
M. Ramon Llamas, Royal Academy of Sciences, Spain
Beverly L. Herzog, Illinois State Geological Survey
Robert Masters, NGWA
Stephen E. Ragone, NGWA
Karin E. Kemper, The World Bank
Erick R. Burns, U.S. Geological Survey
Kate Ely, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Email me (Michael E. Campana; aquadoc@oregonstate.edu) or Todd Jarvis (Todd.Jarvis@oregonstate.edu) if you have questions about the topics. See you in Portland next autumn!

"When the well runs dry we know the worth of water." -- Ben Franklin

Comments

[Michael]

Hi, Abby.

Thanks for the kind words about WaterWired and for posting the conference. I really like your blog!

[Abby Brown]

This conference looks very interesting, and I am excited that it will be taking place only an hour from my home in Olympia, WA. The management of groundwater globally is an important issue because groundwater resources are becoming increasingly utilized, and usually not in a sustainable manner (tube wells, aquifer mining, aquifer exploitation...).

Anyhow, thanks for the notice of this event. I am going to post it on my international water web-log, Water For The Ages. Thanks for hosting Water Wired, it is really nice.