A two-day conference to celebrate the International Association of Hydrogeologists 60th anniversary and the Geological Society Year of Water, hosted by the University of Birmingham. The conference will incorporate the Ineson Lecture and re-launch of Groundwater our Hidden Asset supported by the Groundwater Forum. The conference has four broad topic areas: Groundwater and energy Groundwater…
Winner – John Day Award 2016
David Walker from the University of Newcastle is the recipient of the John Day Award 2016. The bursary will support his project “The vulnerability of the shallow groundwater resource in Molototsi catchment, Limpopo Province, South Africa”. David will be presenting a poster on his fieldwork at the upcoming Groundwater: Our hidden asset conference to…
The Hydrogeology of Peat – 7th July, Birmingham
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John Day Bursary 2016
Applications for the John Day Bursary are now open for 2016. The £750 John Day bursary is open to postgraduate students studying at any university in Great Britain. The bursary is to support students undertaking hydrogeology-related fieldwork outside Great Britain as part of their postgraduate studies. It reflects John Day’s commitment to the need for the science…
Early Career Hydrogeologists’ Conference 2015 – Call for Abstracts
8-9th July 2015, Newcastle University Hydrogeology may be underground but it’s not out of sight and a new generation hydrogeologists will be tackling a new set of problems including: fracking, nuclear waste storage, groundwater flooding, increasing demand on water resources, the impact of climate change, and new pollution risks. This two-day conference provides an opportunity…
Winner – John Day Award Bursary 2015
Helen Robinson from the University of Glasgow is the recipient of the John Day Bursary 2015. The bursary will support her fieldwork at the Menengai Caldera in the East African Rift Valley, Kenya. Competition between applicants was close however it was felt that her proposal presented an interesting and worthwhile research topic which matches the association’s…
Dick Downing Memorial Lecture 12th Nov 2014
Hydrogeological Legacy: A Celebration & Continuation of the Work of Dick Downing (1928-2013) Venue: The Geological Society, Burlington House, London Date: 12th November 2014 Time: 12:45 for 13:15 Richard Allen (‘Dick’) Downing, who died in 2013, was a geological polymath whose early work and interests ranged from field mapping for the Geological Survey to studying…
Characterization and Engineering of Karst Aquifers
International Course and Field Seminar: Characterization and Engineering of Karst Aquifers This international course and field seminar will take place the week before the International Karst Conference which will also be held in Trebinje. The technical sessions will emphasise practical aspects and engineering applications in karst hydrogeology. Some experience in karst hydrogeology would be helpful…
June 2015 Karst Meeting Birmingham
GROUNDWATER IN KARST With optional pre- and post-conference field trips: 20-26 June 2015, Birmingham, UK PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT The word “karst” is a germanization of the place name for a region in the northwest Dinaric area that is commonly referred to as “the Classic Karst”. The word has passed into the scientific vocabulary to describe a…