In celebration of National Drinking Water Week, Penn State Extension and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection along with numerous other sponsors invite you to submit abstracts for the 2013 Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium at Penn State University in University Park, PA.

The daylong symposium will begin at 9:00 a.m. on May 8 with several keynote speakers focusing on emerging groundwater issues in the Commonwealth.

The Symposium theme: Emerging Issues in a Changing Landscape will provide a forum for researchers, students, professionals and educators working in the groundwater field to exchange information and promote protection of groundwater resources throughout the state.

The remainder of the day will feature a poster session, buffet lunch and numerous presentations covering a wide range of groundwater resources topics relevant to Pennsylvania including groundwater processes, wellhead protection, water well studies, emerging contaminants, data availability, groundwater monitoring, aquifer studies, groundwater/surface water interactions, issues related to energy extraction, and education/outreach

Thanks to generous support from sponsors, we currently expect a nominal registration fee of approximately $25 for this symposium. Online registration will open in February 2013.

Abstracts for presentations and posters will be accepted online through December 3.

Questions about the Pennsylvania Water Symposium can be directed to Bryan Swistock by sending email to: brs@psu.edu.

(Reprinted from Penn State Extension’s Watershed Winds online newsletter.)

10/22/2012