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Does looking at a citation or reference seem like a black box at times? So many different styles, with so many different meanings! For example, many scientific publications—books and journal articles included—use a format called the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, or simply APA. It’s now in its 7th edition (APA, 2020). The Groundwater […]

Today we are putting the spotlight on Dr. William (Bill) Woessner, a renowned hydrogeologist and volunteer author with The Groundwater Project. Dr. Woessner has written many high-quality books for The Groundwater Project. These books, Hydrogeologic Properties of Earth Materials and Principles of Groundwater Flow and Groundwater-Surface Water Exchange, focus on big picture principles of groundwater

  The Groundwater Project will be attending the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York! To set up a meeting with Dr. John Cherry while he is in New York please contact Amanda Sills. About This Event: This event is an extremely important when it comes to the Sustainable Development Goals as water is intrinsically

The Groundwater Project is currently searching for volunteers to translate many of our books into French. The following books are currently in need of volunteers to write French translations: A Conceptual Overview of Surface and Near Surface Brines and Evaporite Minerals Dissolved Organic Carbon in Groundwater Systems Distributed Fiber-Optic Hydrogeophysics Domestic Wells – Introduction and Overview

Dr. Emil Frind passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2022, at the age of 90. The groundwater community mourns the passing of an exceptional scientist who was a pioneer in the field of quantitative groundwater science. Dr. Frind immigrated to Canada in 1955 from Germany and completed his education at the University of Toronto. Receiving

The Groundwater Project invites you to sit down and join John Cherry as he takes a deep dive into the crucial question, “Is groundwater important? And if so, how and why?”. In this hour-long lecture, John Cherry discusses the importance of groundwater and the different influences this resource has on the global food system, poverty,

The Groundwater Project is currently searching for volunteers to translate many of our books into Spanish. The following books are currently in need of volunteers to write Spanish translations: A Conceptual Overview of Surface and Near Surface Brines and Evaporite Minerals Dissolved Organic Carbon in Groundwater Systems Distributed Fiber-Optic Hydrogeophysics Domestic Wells – Introduction and Overview

Dr. Atilla Aydin was born on August 4, 1944, in the village of Yoncali, in eastern Turkey. He started his career in Istanbul where he moved to attend high school. In 1968, Atilla graduated from geological engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He then moved to North America, where he received his M.Sc. (1974) and Ph.D.

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