Previous Conferences

 

DATEVENUETITLETHEMES
1980PretoriaGround Water '80Ground water chemistry and pollution, Geophysical applications, ground water modelling, regional investigations, testing and development, legal aspect of ground water.
1982JohannesburgGround Water '82Resource evaluation and management, hydrogeochemistry and pollution, modelling, mining and geotechnical aspects.
1985PretoriaGround Water '85Resource assessment, Management and Conservation
1987GrahamstownHydrological SciencesSouthern Africa Water Resources.
1989RandburgGround Water '89Groundwater and Mining.
1991MidrandBiennial Ground Water ConventionGroundwater quality and pollution.
1993JohannesburgAfrica needs Ground Water. International Symposium jointly organised by the Division and the Borehole Water Association of Southern AfricaGeohydrology of Africa.
1995MidrandGround Water '95Groundwater Recharge and Rural Water Supply.
2005Pretoria CSIR ICCBiennial Ground Water Conference: Stretching our visionQuantification and characterisation of ground water resources; Policy, management and monitoring; Ground water-surface water interaction; ground water contamination.
2007BloemfonteinBiennial Groundwater ConferenceA wide variety of papers were delivered on topics
including groundwater regulation and governance, aquifer characterisation, surface/ groundwater interaction and groundwater pollution and quality.
2009Somerset WestBiennial Groundwater Conference. Groundwater - Pushing the LimitsRelevant and current issues relating to the limits of groundwater management and research in Southern Africa. These include issues limiting our understanding of resource development and depletion, groundwater and the environment, climate change, scarce skills etc.
2011Pretoria CSIR ICCInternational Conference on Groundwater: Our source of security in an uncertain future. In association with the IAH.Climate change and drought, dealing with uncertainty, getting the message across, exploration and water supply, reserve and lisencing, case studies, mapping and data, water and energy, water quality- changing trends and AMD, groundwater and the environment, merging science and policy.
2013To be announced.

 

 

 

Congratulations to the following AWARD WINNERS at the recent 2011 Conference:

  • The best oral presenter: Prof Kai Witthueser & Mr Nicholas Holden
    Best oral STUDENT presenter: Mr Darian Pearce
    Best poster: Paul Auckamp & Dr Martin Holland
    Best STUDENT poster: Evan Swartbooi
    Best Exhibition: Incledon