Call for Papers

2016 NGWA Groundwater Summit

Denver, CO
April 24-27, 2016

Groundwater is a resource to be protected. It ignores political boundaries, transports contaminants, floods mine and construction sites, spins communities into an uproar, and can’t be found when you need it. Model, explore, characterize, bank, inject, extract, treat, and predict all your subsurface needs with everything groundwater at the 2016 NGWA Groundwater Summit: Solving Groundwater Challenges Through Research and Practice.

NGWA seeks abstracts on any topic related to groundwater science, practice, and technology. Submissions may address either broad or niche areas, research projects or case studies, management and policy challenges, and local to transboundary groundwater issues.

Sessions on these specific topics are already planned:

  • Groundwater Monitoring
  • Groundwater Modeling
  • Groundwater and Energy
  • Groundwater Remediation

Abstracts addressing practical application and cutting-edge research are welcome, but not limited to the following topics as well:

  • Climate Change and Groundwater
  • Water Rights/Water Law
  • Groundwater Withdrawals and Resiliency
  • Mining Hydrology
  • Groundwater in Cold Climates
  • Combined Remedies
  • Groundwater/Surface Water Interaction
  • Anything Else Groundwater

Abstracts must be accompanied by complete presenter information including full name, complete mailing address, telephone number, fax number, email address, and a bio of 100 words or less. A frequently used email address is extremely important since this is the primary means of communication between NGWA and submitters/presenters.

All accepted presenters are required to register for the event by March 18, 2016. NGWA is unable to offer travel funding or waive registration fees.

Abstracts must be submitted in sentence form and without bullet points by

Titles should be limited to 100 characters or less and abstracts should be limited to 300 words or less.

Steps and Instructions:

  1. Enter Title

    Titles should be limited to 100 characters.
  2. Enter Authors

    Enter author name, affiliation, and contact information.
  3. Enter Abstract Text

    You will be able to copy/paste your abstract into a text box.
  4. Confirmation

    You will have a chance to look over the submission to make sure all is complete.
  5. General Instructions

    No names or titles should be included in the abstract text. Names will be automatically hidden during the abstract review process and will be automatically inserted and properly formatted upon publication.

    Presenting authors will be automatically informed of the unique ID numbers and passwords assigned to their abstracts. Abstracts may be viewed and modified at any time between submission and the deadline, using the assigned ID# and password.

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