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The Future of Groundwater: Challenges and Opportunities

Explore the current state of groundwater resources and the potential strategies to ensure sustainable management in the future. This session highlights the importance of education, governance, technological advancements, and the integration of big data in groundwater research.

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The Future of Groundwater: Challenges and Opportunities

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  1. Groundwater: Quo Vadis?Michael E. Campana2014 AWRA Annual Conference Session 25 AWRA @ 50: The Future of Water Resources Research in the USwww.waterwired.org

  2. How Many Times Have You Heard…. ‘20% of Earth’s freshwater is contained in the North American Great Lakes’ or ’Russia’s Lake Baikal contains 20% of Earth’s freshwater’

  3. No, Silly! They Should Read…. ‘20% of Earth’s unfrozen freshwater is contained in the North American Great Lakes’ or ’Russia’s Lake Baikal contains 20% of Earth’s unfrozen freshwater’ Right? No - still incorrect!

  4. They Should Read…. ‘20% of Earth’s unfrozensurfacefreshwater is contained in the North American Great Lakes’ or ’Russia’s Lake Baikal contains 20% of Earth’s unfrozen surface freshwater’

  5. See: http://is.gd/7ZLv0u & http://is.gd/WZRD7C

  6. Groundwater: the Rodney Dangerfield of the Hydrologic Cycle! http://is.gd/DjzT2w

  7. Surface water is sexy. http://www.water.ca.gov/groundwater/wells.cfm Groundwater...not so much.

  8. Available at: http://bit.ly/1zsZ4HB

  9. Groundwater in the Future • Better educated public and others • Knowledge of recoverable groundwater in storage (stocks) and flows • Governance and management • Nanosensors, smart tracers, satellites,drones • BIG DATA! (including biophysicochemical and other properties) • Fully-integrated models (and I mean FULLY–not just biophysicochemical systems)

  10. 5 MB Hard Drive, 1956

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