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In a recently published episode of the Podcast What About Water? Jay Famiglietti sat down with the leader of The Groundwater Project and the father of contaminant hydrogeology, Dr. John Cherry to discuss groundwater and contaminant monitoring. More than half of the globe’s population depends on groundwater for their drinking water – and as dangerous […]

Don’t miss out on this year’s Best Management Practices Summit for Water & Wastewater utilities, taking place virtually on the mornings of February 22 & 23, 2023. 100% of registration fees are fundraising for The Groundwater Project and Safe Water Social Ventures. The Best Management Practices Summit for Water & Wastewater utilities is a wonderful opportunity

A Tribute to John D. Bredehoeft (1933-2023), Pioneer and Leader in Groundwater Science On January 1, 2023, John Bredehoeft died quietly at home in Sausalito, California, with family members at his side. The world of groundwater science lost a pioneer and leader who laid the foundations of knowledge and techniques that are routinely used today.

These Groundwater Project blogs provide tips and tools to help readers get the most out of Groundwater Project books in both PDF and webbook formats. How To Search Groundwater Project Webbooks by Keyword  How To Use the Navigation Pane of Groundwater Project PDF Books How To Use Advanced Searches in Groundwater Project PDF Books How To Search Multiple

Happy New Year From The Groundwater Project! The Groundwater Project is ringing in the New Year with an exciting and innovative in person lecture presented by distinguished University of Waterloo Professor Emeritus, and leader of our project, John Cherry. This lecture is presented in collaboration with The University of Waterloo Department of Earth and Environmental

Many of the Groundwater Project books provide links to related educational videos. The videos are tools to provide further learning on groundwater related topics. The Groundwater Project now has a list of these videos available on the site in both spreadsheet and PDF format. Instructors are welcome to download it and add or delete lines

Did you know that the Groundwater Project provides a linked reading list to common topics in introductory groundwater courses? This is a valuable tool for groundwater educators and professors. The list is available on the Groundwater Project website and provides links to both webbook sections and PDFs for topics commonly addressed by introductory groundwater courses. The list is

Today we spotlight Alfonso Rivera, a dedicated volunteer and contributor to The Groundwater Project. Alfonso makes time in his busy schedule to act as the topic leader for all Groundwater Project books focusing on important aquifers around the world. These books can be regional (The Edwards Aquifer) or global in scale (Large Aquifers of the

Contaminant Transport Through Aquitards: A State of the Science Review and Contaminant Transport Through Aquitards: Technical Guidance for Aquitard Assessment are now available for free on The Groundwater Project website. These books provide important information for groundwater managers to improve their understanding of aquitards. This book set communicates technical guidance for evaluating aquitard integrity and

Often it is several months before a recently published Groundwater Project PDF book is made available as webbook. In the meantime, readers may want to simultaneously search a number of PDFs for a specific term. This can be accomplished by following these steps: First all the GW-Project PDFs you want to search must be downloaded

If you would like to search a PDF for all occurrences of a term or phrase, select Edit from the top menu, then move down the list and select Advanced Search. This opens a box that allows you to type in any term, or phrase, to search for in the book. Check boxes located below the search window

Did you know that once you have downloaded and opened a Groundwater Project pdf you can navigate the book more conveniently by using the bookmark navigation page? To open the navigation pane, select View on the top menu, then hover over Show/Hide> Navigation Panes and select Bookmarks. This opens the navigation pane along the left side of the

Did you know you can search all of the Groundwater Project webbooks for a topic by specifying the site URL in the Google search? To search the Groundwater Project (GW-Project) webbooks for a specific term, open a Google search engine and type in the term followed by site:books.gw-project.org. Some of the most common groundwater related

IAH Australia is part of an international not-for-profit association with the mission to further the understanding, wise use, sustainability and protection of groundwater resources throughout the world. IAH Australia supports the development of members and promotes technical excellence within the hydrogeology profession. IAH Australia acknowledges the importance of groundwater for First Nations people and their

This multilingual, online version of the classic hydrogeology textbook, Groundwater by Freeze and Cherry (1979), is now maintained and developed by The Groundwater Project. The online book was originally created by Hydrogeologists Without Borders (HWB) beginning in 2016 (see history below). The online book was moved from HWB’s website to GW-P’s website to better consolidate

Everton de Oliveira and Bruna C. Soldera A survey published by Mapbiomas in 2021 showed that the amount of land surface covered by water (surface water) in Brazil has decreased 15.7% in the last 36 years (an estimated area that is almost the size of Belgium). This study however only investigated surface water which is

The Groundwater Project is pleased to announce a new collaboration with GroundwaterU, an online library of high-quality educational videos related to all things groundwater: from science and engineering to law and policy, for all interest and learning levels, and in multiple languages. These videos can be viewed by anyone at no cost. The video library

While adults may think of themselves as the custodians of groundwater, it is children who are the true guardians of water. They are the ones who will take action for the conservation of groundwater in the future! Perhaps our greatest responsibility as adults is to inspire an interest in groundwater in children and adolescents. This

On March 30th our II Making Groundwater Visible Event ended with +1600 subscribers on the YouTube channel and over 1700 views of the talks until now. All because the excellent speakers had the dexterity to involve the public with stories and passion about groundwater. On March 23rd we had the Rising Venice panel, Dr. Giuseppe

On March 9, 2022 we had the first talk of the II Making Groundwater Visible Event! The event started off with great success, with 1269 subscribers on the event, 1620 subscribers on the YouTube channel and over 1212 views on the talks until now. It could not have been different, as it has a team

1. Complex geological settings and hydrogeology The complex geology of Serbia and adjacent areas has produced hydrogeological heterogeneity and considerable variety in aquifer systems and groundwater distribution. Paleozoic formations, magmatic and metamorphic rocks, Jurassic and Cretaceous flysch or deeper and thick sedimentary complexes mostly represent aquitards or aquicludes. In contrast, the Mesozoic carbonate rocks, and

Let’s get together to raise awareness about the fundamental role of professional women in groundwater management in Central America! The “Women and Groundwater in Central America” live event will be held in Spanish and the recording will be available with English subtitles right after the live broadcast. The event is organized by the Groundwater Project

On February 26th our 1st Groundwater Project Event: Making Groundwater Visible ended with 1517 subscribers on the event, +1000 subscribers on the YouTube channel and over 4000 views on the talks until now. All because the excellent speakers had the dexterity to involve the public with stories of their careers and the passion for groundwater.

On February 3, 2021 we had the first talk of the 1st Groundwater Project Event: Making Groundwater Visible! The event started off with great success, with 1517 subscribers on the event, 847 subscribers on the YouTube channel and over 2000 views on the talks until now. It could not have been different, as it has