Groundwater is a major component of the Nation’s water supply, and groundwater monitoring is an essential tool for characterizing and managing this vital resource. The goal of this conference is to showcase recent developments in all phases of groundwater monitoring, including the design of monitoring networks, the analysis and interpretation of monitoring data, the communication of monitoring findings, and the role of monitoring in groundwater management and groundwater policy. The Conference will address such topics as:

• Design of groundwater quality monitoring networks on multiple scales, from detailed monitoring of contaminant sites to water-quality assessment on a statewide or national scale;
  
• Monitoring for assessing groundwater supplies and forecasting changes in basin storage;
  
• Role of monitoring in protecting and managing groundwater resources;
  
• Integration of monitoring with groundwater policy development;
  
• Statistical techniques for analyzing and interpreting monitoring data;
  
• Role of monitoring in groundwater modeling and model calibration;
  
• California’s Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) program and the USGS’s National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program;
  
• Monitoring approaches for non-point source pollutants;
  
• Strategies for monitoring hydrologic processes in the vadose zone;
  
• Methods for collecting and managing groundwater data; and
  
• Communication of groundwater monitoring findings to the public and to policy makers.

Abstracts are invited for oral or poster presentations relevant to the topics listed above. Submissions describing monitoring case studies are welcome. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Conference co-chairs, Eric Reichard (egreich@usgs.gov) or Brian Wagner (bjwagner@usgs.gov).

Exhibitors:
Flexible Liner Underground Technologies | Hach Environmental | In-Situ Inc. | Solinst Canada Ltd.

Sponsors and Exhibitors: GRA is pleased to invite participants to sponsor Conference functions or to exhibit at the Conference. Please contact Mary Megarry at mmegarry@nossaman.com or 916-446-3626 for more information.

Sponsorship and Exhibitor Information Packet