2014 NGWA Groundwater Summit

May 04 - 07, 2014

Alfonso Rivera studies the nature, the dynamics, and the extent of aquifer systems in Canada to inventory its groundwater resources. He and his team are mapping Canada’s most significant aquifers to determine their size, location, natural groundwater quality and sustainability. Mapping is being done through remote sensing technologies such as gravity measurements to interpret changes in groundwater, geological characterization, and geophysical methods to define an aquifer’s geometry (porous or fractured aquifer) and hydro-geochemistry to characterize the quality of groundwater influences (land subsidence).