Groundwater Restoration and Management
Groundwater, defined as any water present beneath the earth’s surface, is a major source of water for a wide range of beneficial uses. In many countries, groundwater provides more than 50 percent of the water used for potable purposes. It is also widely recognized that groundwater is a threatened resource and widespread water quality degradation and/or contamination has been reported in most countries.
From a watershed perspective, all human activities can negatively impact water quality in aquifers and the consequences of these impacts can result in the temporary or permanent loss of the resource, significant expenditures to remediate the aquifer and /or to remove the hazardous materials from the water prior to use. Resolution of these conflicting resource uses requires collaboration of both the impacted parties and those responsible for the impacts.
In this context, the Groundwater Management and Remediation Specialist Group will provide a unique forum within IWA to address the full range of scientific, technological, managerial and regulatory policy issues that have arisen over the last two decades in many countries regarding protection, remediation and use of the groundwater resource. We will focus on the causes of anthropogenic threats and impacts to groundwater quality, mitigation measures to reduce these threats and remediate impacts, and managerial strategies to ensure that sustainable use of the groundwater resource can be assured. The Group will address issues of concern to professionals involved with groundwater management and groundwater remediation, as well as issues associated with the use of the subsurface environment for aquifer storage and recovery.
The last IWA Specialist Conference on Groundwater was held 8-10 September 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. For more information, please visit the conference website (www.jcerni.org/activities/conferences/iwa_specialist_groundwater_conference_2011).
Chair
Dr. Shafick Adams
13 Olympus Country Estate
Ajax Street, Olympus, Pretoria, 0081
South Africa
Tel (O): 013 330 0340 / 9071 [direct]
Fax: 013 331 2565
Cell: 083 268 7945
Co-Chair
Prof. Milan Dimkic
Director
Institute Jaroslav Cerni
80 Jarosav Cerni
Belgrade, Serbia
Tel. 381 113906462
Fax. 381 113906481
Management Committee
see committee members here
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