Thanks to Water Wired for the update on the upcoming conference about global nonrenewable groundwater resources:

International Conference on Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources: Sociotechnological Aspects of Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources: Half-Empty, Half-Full, Top-Down, Bottom-Up, and Some Paths Forward

The National Ground Water Association (NGWA), in cooperation with the Institute for Water and Watersheds (IWW) at Oregon State University, UNESCO-International Hydrological Programme (IHP), and the World Bank, will present an International Conference on Nonrenewable Ground Water Resources, 13-14 October 2008, in Portland, OR.

Abstracts are currently being accepted for the conference by February 4, 2008.

For more information, please contact aquadoc@oregonstate.edu or Todd.Jarvis@oregonstate.edu at Oregon State University, if you have questions about the topics.