Water Futures

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Pressures on groundwater are ever increasing in terms of resources and quality, particularly from population increases and demographics, new technologies, pollutants and climate change. The interdependency between groundwater behaviour and a broad spectrum of earth system processes of significance to environmental scientists is throwing a spotlight on the interfaces between hydrogeology and its neighbouring Earth Science disciplines. This two day conference will follow four broad themes which aim to address interactions and influences between groundwater and the wider Earth Science environment:

• Groundwater and Energy
• Groundwater and Climate
• Groundwater and Basin Scale Processes
• Future Directions and Societal Challenges

Keynote speakers:

Reed Maxwell - Colorado School of Mines, USA (Groundwater and Climate)
Grant Garven - Tufts University, USA (Groundwater and Basin Scale Processes)
Johannes Grath - Austrian Environment Agency, Austrian (Future Directions and Societal Challenges)

Invited speakers:

Jon Finch - Centre of Ecology and Hydrology, UK (Groundwater and Energy)
Kevin Hiscock - UEA, 2011 Whitaker Medallist, UK (Groundwater and Climate)
Holly Michael - University of Delaware, US (Groundwater and Basin Scale Processes)
Jacob Tompkins – Waterwise, UK (Future Directions and Societal Challenges)
Rob Ward – British Geological Survey, UK (Future Directions and Societal Challenges)