National Ground Water Association

Event #	5022
​Date	​October 10-11, 2013
​Location	Dallas, Texas

 

 

Conference overview

Share your knowledge and gain insight from fellow groundwater professionals, those involved in food and beverage production, and government officials and policymakers at this two-day conference that explores potential solutions to the question:

• How will we use new and existing tools and technology to plan, manage, protect, and allocate increasingly stressed groundwater resources to provide adequate food and drinking water supplies to nourish more than seven billion people as we move through the 21st century?
  

Potential topic areas to be explored include, but are not limited to, agricultural wells, aquaculture, biofuels, CAFOs, climate change, drought mitigation, emerging contaminants, groundwater sustainability, and pesticides. A current call is underway seeking abstracts in these areas and others. Click on the “Call for abstracts” tab above for more information and to submit your abstract today.

Who should attend?

• Agricultural planners and operations managers
  
• Beverage, brewing, and bottling company officials
  
• Dairy operators
  
• Food producers (grain, livestock, dairy, fish)
  
• Groundwater consultants and engineers
  
• Local and state land-use planners
  
• Water management and land-use policymakers
  
• Water management district officials.
  

Sponsors

For information on sponsorships, please contact Vickie Wiles at vwiles@ngwa.org.

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Information current as of 4-2-2013. For further information or help, e-mail customerservice@ngwa.org or call 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791).​​​​

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dallas — Market Center
2015 Market Center Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75207
214 741.7481

Accommodations: NGWA has secured a limited block of rooms on a first come, first served basis at the group rate of $109 per night single/double occupancy for October 9 and 10, and $159 single/double occupancy for October 11. These rates apply to the NGWA room block and are valid until the September 9 cutoff, unless our block has been filled before that date. Remember, you are responsible for securing your own reservations. For guest check-in and checkout times, please contact the hotel directly.​ Click here to view a map and directions.​

For information on what to see and do while in town, visit the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau Web site. For a listing of more “offbeat” offerings, visit the Roadside America Web site​.

Four easy ways to register:

• Register online​ through our secure registration system.
• Register by phone at 800 551.7379 (614 898.7791). Customer service hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. ET.
• Register by fax. Print the registration form, fill it in, and fax it to 614 898.7786. Our fax line is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Register by mail. Print the registration form​, fill it in, and return it with your payment to: NGWA Registrations, PO Box 715435, Columbus, OH 43271-5435 USA.
  

Registration fees:

EARLY RATE — on/before August 30:

     Member — $295
     Nonmember — $445

STANDARD RATE — starting August 31:

     Member — $395
     Nonmember — $545

LATE RATE —​ starting October 5:

     Member — $445
     Nonmember — $595​