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Issue 4 - September 28, 2001

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o Message from the Editor

o WaterCom Engineering
-- FREE! Downloable Software

o Flinders University of South Australia
-- Centre for Groundwater Studies - Short Courses

o World Health Organization
-- Water - Too Much Or Too Little - The Foremost Cause Of Natural
Disasters

o Environmental Education Enterprises
-- Practical Karst Hydrogeology with Emphasis on Groundwater
Monitoring

o National Institute of Hydrology
-- Ground Water Modelling Discussion Group

o How to subscribe / unsubscribe

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Message from the Editor - WaterCom Engineering
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Flinders University of South Australia
Centre for Groundwater Studies - Short Courses
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22ND AUSTRALIAN GROUNDWATER SCHOOL - SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA
Fundamentals of Groundwater Science, Technology and
Management for graduates and postgraduates

Introduction
Established in 1965, the Australian Groundwater School is
Australia's primary groundwater training program, offering a 5 day
program of lectures, tutorials and field studies. It is a broad
overview of groundwater led by, addressing the fundamentals of
groundwater science, technology and management.

Presenters
Presenters at the Australian Groundwater School include a
distinguished group of professionals and practicing hydrogeologists
who have hands-on experience in groundwater management. They
come from industry, universities and research agencies such as
CSIRO.

Attendees
People attending the Australian Groundwater School come from a
diversity of natural resource backgrounds including: research;
engineering; groundwater policy and management; environment
consulting; mining; hydrogeology; agriculture; planning; landcare;
environmental science; education.

Program
The School is an intensive 5-day course that acts as a bridge for
scientific, engineering and technical personnel to gain a broad
groundwater education. The week will cover the fundamentals of
hydrogeology, assessment methods, applications and
management.
4TH GETTING TO KNOW GROUNDWATER, SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA
A practical and field-oriented course for non-specialists.

A growing interest in groundwater issues has led to a rising
demand for groundwater education among people involved in natural
resource management. For many people whose work requires a
basic understanding of groundwater processes there has been little
opportunity for professional development. Getting to Know
Groundwater is a new initiative by the Centre for Groundwater
Studies to bridge this gap.

Getting to Know Groundwater is designed for:
o Technicians and environmental extension officers who require
hands-on field-oriented skills for investigation and management of
groundwater and associated environments.
o Non-specialists who require a basic understanding of
groundwater processes, behaviour and management.
People from a diversity of natural resource backgrounds including:
groundwater policy and management; environment consulting,
mining; agriculture; planning; landcare; environmental science;
community environment groups; farming; education.


Trevor Pillar
Manager, Communication and Industry Education
Centre for Groundwater Studies

Email : trevor@...
Telephone : 61 8 8201 5634
Fax : 61 8 8201 5635
Web : http://www.groundwater.com.au

Postal Address:
CENTRE for GROUNDWATER STUDIES
C/- Flinders University of South Australia
GPO Box 2100, SA 5001, AUSTRALIA

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World Health Organization
Water - Too Much Or Too Little - The Foremost Cause Of Natural
Disasters
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Almost two billion people - one-third of humanity -were affected by
natural disasters in the last decade of the 20th century. Floods and
droughts accounted for 86% of them.

Quick-onset disasters like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and
landslides may be more dramatic and take a very high toll in
human lives. But floods and droughts - too much water or too little -
often have longer lasting and more far-reaching effects on the
health of their victims.

"The most vulnerable victims are the poor and the marginalized,
most of whom live in low-quality housing in flood-prone or drought-
prone regions," says Jamie Bartram, Coordinator of the World
Health Organization's Water, Sanitation and Health Programme. "In
periods of drought, their desperate search for water leads them to
drink contaminated water and fail to exercise personal hygiene.
And those fleeing floods often drink unclean water too.

"If the drinking water supply and the sanitation systems are already
inadequate, flooding poses a major health threat. Inundated
industrial waste, such as used engine oil and refuse dumps add to
health risks. People who have lost everything in the flood - their
homes, their food, their livelihood - are all the more vulnerable to
disease."

Floods are the second most frequent cause of natural disaster after
windstorms, but affect more regions and more people than any
other phenomenon. Drought is the largest cause of death because
it often leads to famine.

"Statistical studies indicate that floods are becoming more
frequent," says Jamie Bartram. "From 66 major floods in 1990 the
number rose in 1999 to 110. The number of people who died in
floods in 1999 was more than double the number killed by floods in
any other year in the decade of the 1990s. All this is happening on
an increasingly crowded planet. And while the world's leaders
continue to debate long-term solutions, related, for example, to
climate change, what are most needed are better preparedness
and better prevention measures, especially in the Least Developed
Countries (LDCs), and more generally for the vulnerable poor."

Dick de Jong jong@... (for WHO Water, Health and Sanitation
Unit)
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

Features as well as other information on this subject can be
obtained on Internet on the WHO home page http://www.who.int/
and on www.worldwaterday.org

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Environmental Education Enterprises
Practical Karst Hydrogeology with Emphasis on Groundwater
Monitoring
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Tuesday, October 9 - Friday, October 12, 2001

Course Instructors:
o Ralph Ewers, Professor of Geology, Eastern Kentucky
University; President, Ewers Water Consultants, Richmond, KY
o Thomas Aley, President, Ozark Underground Laboratory, Inc.,
Protem, MO
o Peter Huntoon, Chair, Dept.of Environmental Studies, UNLV, Las
Vegas, NV (by videotape)

Location: Eastern Kentucky University, Perkins Building,
Richmond KY

Hotel Accommodations:
Holiday Inn, 100 Eastern by-pass Exit 87 Richmond KY, (606)623-
9220
Quality Quarters, 105 Killarney, Richmond KY (606)624-3600

Registration fee: $1200.00 28 hours CEU's TNRCC Approved

Approximately 20 percent of the United States and 40 percent of
its area east of Tulsa is underlain by limestone or dolomite.
Groundwater flow in most of these carbonates is radically different
from flow in porous media, and flow in Tertiary-age carbonates is
different in some ways from flow in Paleozoic carbonates. The flow
in both carbonates, however, is generally faster and more sensitive
to the effects of pollutants. The consequences of leakage or a spill
can be felt miles away in less than 24 hours. Many professionals
and administrators consider the flow of water in karst terrains to be
mysterious, capricious, and unpredictable. The flow is predictable,
but no textbook adequately describes the spectrum of
environmental problems in karst terrains and offers practical,
experience-based insights into solving them. This unique course
does. It is enhanced by a full day in the field at relevant sites.

Objective

Develop a practical understanding of groundwater movement,
monitoring, and protection in carbonate rocks. Achievement of this
objective will be made more permanent by the ability of each
attendee to refer to his/her extensive notebook that is a
compendium of the world's literature.

Emphasis

Emphasis will be on the use of tracers to identify ground-water flow
paths at appropriate groundwater points. Practical methods of
tracing will be demonstrated in the field and analytical procedures
will be demonstrated in the groundwater research laboratory at
Eastern Kentucky University Geology Department. We will do three
dye injections on the field trip, will be recovering a second round
of
dye background detectors, and will also be injecting tracers into a
well, a sinkhole, and an underground stream. You will also look
into the subsurface at several caves.

Instructors

Dr. Ralph O. Ewers, Eastern Kentucky University; Tom Aley,
Ozark Underground Laboratory; and Dr. Peter Huntoon, University
of Wyoming (appearing on videotape). This faculty includes some
of America's leading karst hydrogeologic consultants and
academicians. They are distinguished speakers, with a combined
total of nearly 100 years of practical experience in the United
States and abroad. They have written more than 200 publications,
which are widely cited in textbooks and regulatory documents.

Prerequisite: Basic geology and hydrology
Preparation: None

MA HWSP and TNRCC and CT LEP Approved courses
Register on-line or by phone or fax

Registration fee of: $1200.00

Environmental Education Enterprises
T:740.368.9393 F:740.368.9494
http://www.e3power.com

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