43rd IAH Congress – Montpellier, 25-29 September 2016

The 43rd IAH Congress took place in Montpellier, France from 25-29 September 2016. Organised jointly by the IAH Chapters in France and Germany, the conference was very successful, with over 760 participants from almost 90 countries. The abstracts from the Congress are now available to download at http://www.60iah2016.org/upload/programme/IAH2016_AbstractBOOK.pdf

Groundwater – Our Hidden Asset – Sept 13-14 – Birmingham

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…

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…

2015 Ineson and Darcy Lectures

A joint all-day meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) and the Hydrogeological Group of the Geological Society, including both the 2015 Darcy and 2015 Ineson Lectures and supporting speakers. Keeping groundwater sustainable under multi-functional pressures Monday 5 October 2015 Geological Society, Burlington House, London   Darcy Lecture 2015 (National Ground Water Association) :…

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…

Dick Downing Memorial Lecture rescheduled – 8th July 2015, GeolSoc, London

Groundwater: Our Hidden Asset. Recent developments in hydrogeology, built upon the legacy of Dick Downing 8 July 2015 – The Geological Society, Burlington House, London Richard Allen (‘Dick’) Downing, who died in 2013, was a geological polymath who worked for most of career as a hydrogeologist, making contributions on almost every aspect of the science.…