Thanks again to all those who attended and expressed interest in the IAH Victoria field trip to the City West Water ASR Trial, special thanks to Matt Hudson for arranging […]
Category: VIC
IAH submission to Victorian CSG Inquiry
The Victorian branch of IAH Australia has made a submission to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into unconventional gas. The submission can be downloaded from the IAH website. […]
2015 Darcy Lecture in Victoria – What Happens in the Pore, No Longer Stays in the Pore: Opportunities Limitations for Porous Media Characterisation and Process Quantification Using X-ray Tomography
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 […]
Victorian IAH Branch December Presentation and Christmas Function
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 […]
IAH/AIG 2014 Fieldtrip: Ballarat Area
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 […]
IAH Submission – Victoria Water Law Review
The Victorian Government is undertaking a comprehensive review of Victoria’s water laws to deliver a streamlined and effective legislative framework for water management and use in Victoria. […]
IAH 2014 Inaugural Presentation: Hydrogeological constraints on remediation of contaminants
Jeff Paul has almost 40 years of professional experience in the field of environmental remediation. Specialising in non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL) he has directed, performed, reviewed and optimised site closure […]
IAH VIC – 2013 Darcy Lecture: Managing Groundwater Beneath the Agricultural Landscape
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, […]
The use and abuse of the precautionary principle
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 […]
McEllhiney Lecture – Keeping the Pump Primed: Aquifer Sustainability
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 […]
Recharging potable aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin using treated coal seam gas water
Santos GLNG Project is a pioneering project to convert coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas for export to global markets, representing a major investment in a cleaner energy […]
Landfill gas effects on groundwater
In the United States, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are commonly monitored at landfill sites because they are indicators of impacts on groundwater . Groundwater impacts at landfills can result from […]
IAH Victorian Chapter Christmas Party and Progress of the Murray Darling Basin Plan – Victoria’s Perspective Presentation
The Murray Darling Basin Plan will see the biggest changes to water management in the Basin since Federation. The Basin Plan aims to deliver a “healthy working basin” in which […]
Call for abstracts: 2013 IAH Congress
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 […]
Groundwater Issues Associated with Coal Seam Gas Development
A forum exploring groundwater issues associated with CSG development and ways that they can be managed. Tuesday 21 August 2012 5.30pm meet and greet for 6pm start (refreshments provided) Fritz […]
Sustainability of groundwater usage in northern China – insights from hydrogeochemistry
Northern China is one of the most densely populated and agriculturally productive regions of the world, but also one of its driest and most water-stressed. The productivity of this region […]
Geostatistics and water table mapping/time series analysis
This presentation will detail two new statistical tools for shallow hydrogeology, both of which will soon be freely available. The first tool is for time-series modelling of unconfined groundwater hydrographs. […]
Groundwater Regulation and Mining in Victoria
Once a mineral resource has been identified considerations turn to technical constraints, economic feasibility and environmental and regulatory approvals to advance the project. Extractive industries often encounter groundwater as one […]