Perchlorate, Aquifer Storage Among Topics at NGWA Southwest Focus Conference
Protecting and carefully managing ground water supplies is an increasingly crucial matter in the Southwest as its water supply challenges grow. The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) will bring together leading scientists and engineers to discuss key regional ground water issues, including perchlorate, clean-up technologies and aquifer storage and recovery at its Southwest Focus Conference, Feb. 20-21 in Phoenix.
Keynote speaker Herman Bouwer, retired chief engineer for the U.S. Water Conservation Lab, will speak on "Accumulation and Management of Salt in South Central Arizona." He will discuss some of the potential problems associated with the use of municipal sewage effluent for irrigation water and its possible impact on ground water.