Conference Organizers
Giovanni Barrocu
Jacob Bear
Alexander H.-D. Cheng
Leonard F. Konikow
Driss Ouazar
Clifford I. Voss
Conference Chairmen
Driss Ouazar
Alexander H.-D. Cheng
Advisory Board
Rachid Ababou
Mohamed Amara
Albert Casas
Emilio Custodio
Fadi Dabaghi
Driss Esslaoui
Angelos Findikakis
(IAHR Representative)
Giuseppe Gambolati
Reinhard Hinkelmann (IAHR Representative)
Andrew G. Hughes
(BGS Representative)
Kenji Jinno
Claudio Paniconi
George F. Pinder
Andrzej Sadurski
Abdin Salih
(UNESCO Representative)
Mohsen Sherif
Bouhlassa Sidati
Shaul Sorek
Edward Sudicky
(IAHS Representative)
Claude Thirriot
Ting-Kuei Tsay
Luiz Wrobel
Gour-Tsyh Yeh
Yuecel Yurtsever
(IAEA Representative)
Local Committee
Driss Ben Sari (Chair)
Lahcen Bahi
Rachid El Bayad
Abdelhadi El Haydi
Khalid El Harrouni
Ahmed Naji
Benyounes Haddouchi
Driss Ouazar
Purpose
A large proportion of the world's population (about 70%) dwells in coastal zones. In the last half-century, population and economic growth have greatly increased freshwater demands. The lack of good management schemes for coastal water resources has led to the over-exploitation of groundwater in many parts of the world. The encroachment of seawater into coastal aquifers has become a common problem. The objectives of this conference are to bring together researchers, practitioners, and water resources managers from all over the world to exchange the state-of-the-art knowledge and to propagate technology. It is intended to be a multidisciplinary meeting that gathers hydrogeologists, geophysicists, geochemists, numerical modelers, managers, and policy makers in the same room. The idea is to promote integrated approaches that can bridge monitoring, modeling, and management aspects. To achieve these goals, this conference provides not only regular sessions of scientific presentations, but also keynote lectures aimed at an interdisciplinary audience. Prior to the conference, two 2-day tutorial workshops will provide training on fundamental theories as well as hands-on sessions on computer modeling. In addition to the conference proceedings, a selected number of papers will be published as a special issue in the journal of Transport in Porous Media.
Conference Themes
Geophysics
Geochemistry
Hydrogeological Processes
Isotope Studies
Coastal Seawater Intrusion and Upconing
Groundwater Salinization in Non-Marine Systems
Socio-Economic Aspects
Control and Remediation
Optimization and Management
Policy
Monitoring
In situ and Laboratory Measurements
Numerical Methods
Modeling and Simulation
Information Technologies
Data Bases
Geographic Information Systems
Software
Case Studies
