12th International UFZ-Deltares Conference on Groundwater-Soil-Systems and Water Resource Management

AquaConSoil 2012 will continue the tradition of Europe´s largest conference on applied-knowledge of the management of  soil-water systems*. 

AquaConSoil is expecting 1,000 delegates from research institutes and universities, governmental and consultant organizations and from industry. AquaConSoil 2013 provides great opportunities for scientists, companies and policy makers:

1. To be informed of and inspired by the latest developments in the fields of

2. •sustainable use of soil-water systems,

3. •resource-management with a special focus on arid and semiarid regions,

4. •monitoring and assessment,

5. •remediation of contaminated water, soil and sediment

6. •concepts and policies for sustainable management of soil-water systems and resource efficiency

7. ★To extend and enforce their network and start new cooperation activities

AquaConSoil 2013 themes:

Please download TopicsACS2013.pdf for more detailed topic information.

A. Using functions of soil-water systems

1. •    Soil, sediment and groundwater as resource of valuable materials (and waste cycles)

2. •    Urban (ground)water management

3. •    Thermal energy in soil-water systems

4. •    Role of soil-water systems in climate change adaptation and mitigation

5. •    Eco-engineering

B. Soil and water resources management in water scarcity regions

1. •    Assessment of quantity, quality and vulnerability

2. •    Solutions for salinization of soil-water systems

C. Assessment and monitoring

1. •    Fate, transport and risks

2. •    Developments in site investigation and monitoring

3. •    Effects of climate change and/or groundwater management

4. •    Ecosystem services assessment and monitoring

D. Remediation technologies for soil, groundwater and sediment

1. •    Technologies for (in situ) remediation and management of soil contamination

2. •    Costs and management

3. •    Sustainable remediation / Environmental footprint

4. •    Sector specific cases of remediation and soil contamination management

E. Concepts and policies

1. •    Soil-water systems policy and regulation

2. •    Regional management of soil-water systems

3. •    Sustainable use of the subsurface

4. •    Resource efficiency

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Other conference activities: With the AquaConSoil conference in Barcelona in April 2013, organizers UFZ and Deltares will continue the tradition of Europe´s largest conference on applied-knowledge of the management of soil-water systems*. AquaConSoil is expecting 1,000 delegates from research institutes and universities, governmental and consultant organizations and from industry. AquaConSoil 2013 provides great opportunities for scientists, companies and policy makers: o be informed of and inspired by the latest developments in the fields of • sustainable use of soil-water systems, • resource-management with a special focus on arid and semiarid regions, • monitoring and assessment, • remediation of contaminated water, soil and sediment • concepts and policies for sustainable management of soil-water systems and resource efficiency ★ To extend and enforce their network and start new cooperation activities.