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Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Seminar with Ray Ison: "Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, A systemic governance approach."

Environment 2, Room 2006, University of Waterloo

The Murray-Darling River Basin (MDB) is Australia's most economically
and culturally significant river system. In 2007 a new Water Act
was introduced that was seen by many to be the harbinger of a Commonwealth-led basin-saving era. In this presentation I will use recent
research from the Systemic Governance Research Program based
within the Monash Sustainability Institute to explore why the hopes
of many were quickly dashed. Drawing on our overall approach the

Friday, September 28, 2012 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Logan Day, 2012!

BARBEQUE AND AFTERNOON OF GAMES

1:00 - 6:00 p.m. at North Campus Field 4

Barbeque (1:00-3:00) Great Food and Refreshments

Games (1:00 - 6:00) Piezometer Throw; Rock Hammer Toss; Dunk Tank!

EVENING SOCIAL

7:00 p.m. onwards at the Huether Hotel (59 King Street North, Waterloo)

Great food and awesome door prizes.

COST

Friday, October 19, 2012 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Farvolden Lecture Series and Symposium 2012

The Farvolden Lecture Series, hosted by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, was initiated in 1996 as an annual celebration in honour of Dr. Robert N. Farvolden.  The Lecture Series fosters interaction and communication between the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the alumni of the hydrogeology program and the groundwater community at large.

2012 Farvolden Lecture

This year's lecture features Andre Beland (Vice President Engineering and Construction SNC-Lavlin, Libya Branch).

Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:30 am - 11:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Water Institute Seminar: International Water Law

International Water Law with Michael Azulay

February 28, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. in J.R. Coutts Engineering Lecture Hall (RCH), Room 211

The management and use of water resources within a province and country is usually regulated by water laws set by that province and country. However, what happens when the water resource is international in nature and therefore governed by international water law?
Monday, March 11, 2013 10:30 am - 10:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Xu Zhang MSc Thesis Defense

Xu Zhang MSc Thesis Defense

We are please to announce that Ecohydrology group member Xu Zhang will defend his MSc thesis titled, Aqueous Speciation of Selenium during its uptake by Green Algae Chlamdomanas Reinhardtii

Thursday, April 4, 2013 (all day)

Symposium on plastics in the Great Lakes

The Ecohydrology Research Group at the University of Waterloo is embarking on a feasibility study to assess the potential for using remote sensing and/or autonomous infrared sensors to monitor the distributions of microplastics in the oceans and large lakes. Field trials will focus on the Great Lakes.