IGWC 2019 — 8th International Ground Water Conference

The international conferences in IGWC series are the meeting point for groundwater professionals and researchers, bringing together experts in the various inter-related disciplines in the field of groundwater hydrology. Groundwater has emerged as a major resource in safeguarding agriculture and drinking water security in many parts of the globe. India is at present the largest and fastest consumer of groundwater in the world. The role of groundwater in contributing to water security and searching solutions for its conservation and sustainable management at present will play a crucial role to meet water demands of the population in future against the backdrop of climate change and to ensure food and water security for both the developed and developing countries. The aim of IGWC 2019 is to provide a common platform for researchers, academicians, water managers, industrialists and technocrats to discuss and present their vision for Sustainable management of soil-water resources to face the growing challenges of the needs of rising population and anticipated impacts of land use and climate change.

Topics: Groundwater resource: characterization, quantification, abstraction, and monitoring Soil-water pollution: sources, vulnerability and environmental impacts, source identification through tracers & Isotopes Soil water flow & solute transport, Virus and colloidal transport, inverse & stochastic modeling, dual porosity/permeability, mobile-immobile approaches Remediation of contaminated soil-water: emerging techniques, wetlands, phyto/bio-remediation, PRB, etc. Rainwater harvesting, Managed aquifers recharge and river-bank filtration, stream-aquifer interaction. Multiphase flow, carbon sequestration assessment, CO2 geo-sequestration, Reservoir simulation and EOR Plant-soil-atmospheric continuum, Root water and solute uptake analysis, water use efficiency, water footprint assessment Climate dynamics and its impacts on soil water resources. GIS and Remote sensing applications in hydrological and hydro-geological studies Integrated watershed management: hydrology of springs, watershed development, conjunctive use, impacts of land use pattern, water logging and drainage network. Sustainable water management in rural, urban & smart cities, Baseflow, Environment flows, Ecosystem services, restoration potential. Soil-water resource governance, regulations and policy frameworks.