IAH NSW is pleased to announce that our next meeting on Tuesday 14 May 2019 features a talk by Dr Hamid Roshan, Senior Lecturer at the UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering. Physics-based measurement of formation permeability using widely available downhole logging data Formation permeability is of fundamental importance in many engineering disciplines […]
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IAH NSW is pleased to announce that our next meeting on Tuesday 9 April 2019 features talks by Brendan Dimech and Dr Andrew Frost (Bureau of Meteorology). A presentation on Bureau of Meteorology’s suite of national groundwater products – Brendan Dimech Brendan is a Hydrogeologist at the Groundwater Unit with the Bureau of Meteorology. He will […]
IAH NSW is pleased to announce that our next meeting features a talk by Dr John Bradd, Principal Hydrogeologist at GHD. He will discuss some key observations and developments in hydrogeology throughout his 30 year career and the influences that have shaped his personal journey to where he is today. Venue: WSP office Level 27, 680 George […]
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IAH NSW is pleased to announce that our next meeting features a talk by Dr Richard Evans, Principal Hydrogeologist at Jacobs, entitled Hydrogeological basics and lessons learnt from tunneling in Australia. Please click here for the event flyer. AGM and Committee appointments The NSW and Federal IAH AGM is taking place prior to the talk from […]
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IAH NSW is pleased to announce that our next meeting features the 2018 NCGRT Distinguished Lecture Series talk by Dr Jennifer Stauber, Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Land & Water, entitled Groundwater Quality: An Ecotoxicology Perspective. Dr Stauber is a Chief Research Scientist at the Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water in Sydney […]
IAH NSW is pleased to announce that this year’s regional meeting will be held in Mildura, with the following proposed itinerary: Tuesday 13 November 5.30pm: Presentation by Asitha Katupitiya (Director – Water Quality and Salinity Management MDBA) on the Basin Salinity Management Strategy. Wednesday 14 November morning: Field trip to the Salt Interception Schemes (SIS) that […]
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It is with great pleasure that we announce the early-bird registrations for the 2015 Seminar – Water Management for Shale and Tight Gas Resources are now open!!! This seminar will be held on June, 8-9 at the Parmelia Hilton in the Perth CBD. Program, more information and registration details can be found at https://www.iah.org.au/events/watershale2015/ Co-convened by […]
Abstract: During this presentation, you will receive an overview of the current state of imaging of porous media systems—and processes taking place within them—using x-ray tomography, a technique that allows for three-dimensional observation and measurement of variables internal to an otherwise opaque object. Gain insight on how x-ray tomography has advanced to the point where […]
In April 2015 the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) will launch an online service to apply for domestic and stock, investigation and observation water bore construction and decommission licences and have them issued on the spot in most cases. This service is designed for use by the general public as well as […]
Salinity in the Murray-Darling Basin: mirage or sleeping dragon? Abstract The salinity threat posed to land and water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin was at the forefront of water policy and management initiatives throughout much of the second half of the 20th Century. In response to the salinity threat, monitoring and works programs have […]
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AIG and IAH invite you to attend this year’s joint field trip to be held on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th November 2014. The trip will examine aspects of the hydrogeology, geology and mine and municipal water management in the Ballarat area. There will be a combination of all four topics on each day and […]
This three-day course will review and provide participants with hands-on experience in a selection of common and novel techniques used to monitor and characterise groundwater systems. Short presentations and reading material will provide a theoretical background, after which the techniques will be applied in a series of informative, practical field trips. The course will cover: […]
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IAH Australia and the NCGRT have joined together to present a series of groundwater modelling forums. This series is an opportunity for Adelaide’s groundwater modellers to come together and discuss a host of issues relevant to consultancies, agencies and researchers. THE ANALYTIC ELEMENT FOR SOLVING GROUNDWATER PROBLEMS The analytic element method is a numerical method […]
The Geological Society of Australia presents the Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2014. AESC 2014 will be held in Newcastle, based around the themes of energy, basin geology, geodynamics, resources the environment, the geological record of life, and the role of the Earth Sciences in the community. Dedicated symposia include the 39th Symposium on the Advances in […]
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Agricultural land use represents the largest nonpoint source threat to groundwater quality on a global scale. As a result of decades of fertilizer application and surface spreading of animal manure, chronic increases in nutrient concentrations have been documented in both private and municipal well systems. The occurrence of pathogenic microbes in groundwater supply wells has […]
The NSW Protection of the Environment Administration Act (PEAA) 1991, provides the following definition of the Precautionary Principle (PP): “If there are threats of serious or irreversible environmental damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reasoning for postponing measures to prevent environmental degradation.” The PP is routinely applied in Groundwater […]
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How will your groundwater resources fare in the future and how will that affect your business? How can we ensure the sustainability of our aquifers through sound science? How should groundwater contractors and scientists confront economic and political challenges affecting the resource that is pivotal to the success of their businesses? How is “sustainability” defined […]
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This series is an opportunity for Adelaide’s groundwater modellers to come together and discuss a host of issues relevant to consultancies, agencies and researchers. BEYOND MODFLOW? This forum will present examples of modelling applications using a variety of different modelling software packages. Three modellers will each give a 15 minute presentation giving examples of how […]
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Dear IAH members and friends, The annual ‘Elders Q&A Night’ event will be held on Tuesday 4 June 2013. This year’s panellists are Peter Dundon, George Gates and Ross Best. They will share their experience and their life story with us. We will also present the Woolley award (our lifetime achievement award) to an experienced […]
Origin, the NCGRT and Sustainable Minerals Institute are working together to present this internationally renowned course on advanced aquifer testing. This three-day course incorporates all aspects of devising aquifer pumping tests, and emphasises the connection between pumping test design and different hydrogeological scenarios. It will use AQTESOLV software and be based on common Australian hydrogeologic […]
The NCGRT Distinguished Lecturer series is set to tour in April. This year’s distinguished lecturer, Professor Andrew Boulton will be speaking on integrating river ecology and groundwater linkages. In recent years, river ecologists have made several significant conceptual advances that have changed the way we view river ecosystems […]
The National Centre for Groundwater Resrach and Training (NCGRT) are working in colloboration with the US based National Groundwater Association to offer a course on Fractured Rock Hydrogeology. Dr Fred Paillet from the University of Arkansas, USA is leading the course together with Doug Weatherill, SKM and Dr Andrew Love, NCGRT. Fred has spent the majority of […]
The forum aims to have regular meetings of groundwater modellers here in Adelaide to discuss a host of issues relevant to consultancies, agencies and researchers. Agenda Welcome and Introduction (Steve Barnett & Peter Cook) Modelling Guidelines – First Version (Hugh Middlemis) Modelling Guidelines – Second Version (Doug Weatherill) Discussion DEWNR Model Warehouse (Wei Yan) Where […]
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The School is an intensive 4-day course. This course acts as a bridge for scientific, engineering, technical, policy and management personnel to gain a broad groundwater education. The week will cover the fundamentals of hydrogeology, assessment methods, applications and management. The course is aimed at professional and technical staff who are involved in groundwater managment, […]
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The IAH invite all members to attend a jointly sponsored (AIG, GSA, ASEG, AusIMM and IAH) presentation of findings of investigations in to unravelling the hidden groundwater resources of the Paterson and Murchison provinces of Western Australia. Pauline English of Geoscience Australia will discuss the application of diverse techniques including gravity, AEM, radiometrics, topographic models, […]
The IAH invite all members to attend a jointly sponsored (AIG, GSA, ASEG, AusIMM and IAH) presentation of findings of investigations in to unravelling the hidden groundwater resources of the Paterson and Murchison provinces of Western Australia. Pauline English of Geoscience Australia will discuss the application of diverse techniques including gravity, AEM, radiometrics, topographic models, drilling, bore installation and water […]
The 40th International Congress of the IAH will be hosted in Perth between 15 and 20 September, 2013. Themed ‘Solving the Groundwater Challenges of the 21st Century’, the 2013 Congress will provide a showcase for the international groundwater industry. Globally, the groundwater industry will face substantial challenges this century. These issues need solutions and in many […]
The IAH invite all members and interested parties to attend a presentation designed to provide a high level introduction to centrifugal pumping technologies, detailing a number of specific case studies where deployment of such systems in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea has provided enhanced performance, improved reliability and extended runlife in some of the most challenging […]
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The Western Australian IAH Chapter is pleased to announce our annual social meeting to be held on Thursday, 28 June between 5:30 and 8pm. The event is a highlight on the WA event calendar and represents a fantastic networking opportunity for members and industry counterparts alike. […]
The Australia Drilling Industry Association (ADIA), together with the IAH invite all members to attend “Something Old, Something New”, the launching of the 3rd edition of “Minimum Construction Requirements for Water Bores in Australia” released in February this year. Central to the focus of the guideline was to establish minimum requirements for constructing, maintaining, rehabilitating, and decommissioning water bores in […]
As Western Australia’s mining boom continues, it is incumbent upon us, as hydrogeological practitioners, and key decision makers in the water and mining process that we not only focus ‘on the here and now’ but that we also have ethical and moral obligations to consider the long term residual social and environmental impacts on the […]
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The Australian Geoscience Council invites you to the 34th Session of the International Geological Congress (IGC), in Brisbane, in August 2012 for what promises to be an intellectually stimulating and socially memorable Congress. The IGC was first held in 1878, and the Oceania region has only hosted the event once in its prestigious history. High level political and scientific […]
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