GRA 19th Annual Conference and Meeting

The Groundwater Resources Association of California is hosting its 19th Annual Conference and Meeting on September 15-16, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency at the San Francisco Airport in Burlingame, California.

This year's Annual Meeting will explore many topics, but will focus on Water Recycling, Conservation, and Water Use Efficiency.

Water recycling, conservation, and water use efficiency are key tools to help California deal with several crises, including:

• A collapsing Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem,
• A continuously growing population, and
• Effects of climate change on future water resources.

In addition, California has goals to reduce per capita water use by 20 percent conservation by 2020, and increase recycled water use by two million acre-feet per year by 2030.

Specific topics that will be discussed at the conference:

• SWRCB recycled water policy
• Effects of recycled water irrigation on groundwater
• Intrinsic tracer study for seawater intrusion barrier using recycled water
• Conservation and Water Use Efficiency
• Estimating rates and distribution of residential irrigation
• Regional conservation planning in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Conservation, energy, and air quality

Click here for the registration form.

Nanotechnology for Environmental Cleanup and Pollution Control - November 3, 2009

The Groundwater Resources Association of California (GRA) is offering the symposium "Nanotechnology for Environmental Cleanup and Pollution Control" on November 3, 2009, in Burlingame, California. The Symposium is a forum for leading nanotechnology researchers, practitioners, and policy and regulatory experts to share and express the latest research findings, case studies, and regulatory issues of nanotechnology. The focus of the Symposium will be on the application of nanotechnology for groundwater remediation, surface water treatment, and pollution control.

Sessions will include the following:

• Nanotechnology for Groundwater Remediation
• Nanotechnology for Surface Water Treatment and Pollution Control
• Delivery/Application Methods of Nanomaterials for Water Treatment
• Regulatory Issues with Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
• Case Studies

Confirmed speakers include:

• Martha Otto, Environmental Engineer in the U.S. EPA's Technology Innovation and Field Services Division
• Wei-xian Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University
• Paul G. Tratnyek, Ph.D., Professor in the Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Oregon Health & Science University
• David L. Sedlak, Ph.D., Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
• Dongye (Don) Zhao, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Auburn University
• David M. Cwiertny, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UC Riverside
• Denis M. O’Carroll, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Western Ontario
• Todd H. Rees, Ph.D., Principal Engineer, Golder Associates

The program agenda and registration is available now.