| Wednesday, April 2, 2008: 8:00 a.m.-10:20 a.m. | |||
| Cotton Row (Memphis Cook Convention Center) | |||
| Ground Water in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities I | |||
| The goal of this session is to bring together hydrogeologists working in developing countries to present papers on a broad range of topics, including local- to-regional scale ground water resource evaluation, potential effects of climate change on ground water supply, ground water quality studies, and the development/application of new techniques with a special emphasis on sustainable solutions. We seek presenters from universities, nongovernmental and private voluntary organizations, consulting firms, and both local and federal government agencies. We would like to hear about research efforts from around the world that will educate us about meeting water resource challenges while advancing us toward the United Nations' millennium goal of ensuring environmentally sustainable access to safe drinking water. We plan to end the session with a discussion on the future coordination of resources and the possible formation of a consortium between these groups in order to identify future collaborative possibilities and synergies. | |||
| Moderators: | Victor M. Heilweil, USGS David K. Kreamer, University of Nevada-Las Vegas | ||
| 8:00 a.m. | Alicante Declaration:Next Steps in Plans for its Implementation Stephen E. Ragone, Ph.D., Consultant for the National Ground Water Association | ||
| 8:20 a.m. | Assessing Global Ground-Water Resources under the Pressures of Climate Change and Linked Human Activities Jason J. Gurdak, U.S. Geological Survey, Makoto Taniguchi, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature; GRAPHIC, Jose Luis Martin, UNESCO - Division of Water Sciences, Timothy R. Green, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Henk Kooi, Vrije Universiteit, Kevin Hiscock, University of East Anglia, Richard G. Taylor, University College London and Breton W. Bruce, US Geological Survey | ||
| 8:40 a.m. | Fuzzy Pattern Recognition Model for Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment using GIS-based DRASTIC System Dhundi Raj Pathak, Akira Hiratsuka, Ph.D., Isao Awata, Ph.D. and Luonan Chen, Ph.D., Osaka Sangyo University | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | A Technologically Appropriate Method for Measuring the Specific Capacity of Rope-Pump Wells John S. Gierke1, Essa L. Gross2, Antoinette Kome3 and Elizabeth A. Myre1, (1)Michigan Technological University, (2)Michigan Tech University, (3)SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation | ||
| 9:20 a.m. | Sustainable Technologies and an Implementation Strategy for Arsenic and Fluoride Removal in Developing Areas Laura R. Brunson, BBA, David A. Sabatini, Ph.D. and Thabani Mlilo, MS, University of Oklahoma | ||
| 9:40 a.m. | Transboundary Aquifers of the AmericasProgram—U.S.-Mexico Border Jim Stefanov, U.S. Geological Survey WRD | ||
| 10:00 a.m. | Discussion | ||