Posted 9 April 2009
Sydney - August 4 to August 5 2009
Conference Convenor
The NSW Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-NSW) is convening a symposium on Groundwater in the Sydney Basin. The Symposium has been prompted by a great deal of recent activity at an investigation and policy level that is happening within the Sydney basin due to drought and conflicting water uses.
Why now?
Interest and investment in groundwater resources has signficantly increased across the Sydney Basin from the Hunter to the Illawarra areas, as growing urban areas seek to secure and protect future water supplies. Pressure on the groundwater resources of the Sydney Basin will increase as the population of Sydney and its surrounds expands from 4 million to an estimated 6 million over the next three decades. As Sydney expands there will be conflict between the protection of groundwater for Sydney's drinking water supply and the extraction of groundwater during coal mining operations which our water legislators will need to address. This event will highlight our growing understanding of groundwater resources in the porous and fractured rocks of the Sydney Basin, by providing a forum to bring together the considerable body of research and investigation performed by various universities, consultants and government agencies active in this area.
Symposium Delegates will
The themes that will be covered are groundwater related
Further details including a full conference programme will be available in due course.
Who will attend?
Anyone who has an interest in groundwater science and engineering, management and policy development in the Sydney Geological Basin: Consulting hydrogeologists, mining and water engineers, hydrologists and ecologists, environmental assessors, government agencies and regulators, policy makers, exploration geologists, researchers and students.
For more information go to the Groundwater in the Sydney Basin - Symposium web site
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