HydroNews - HydroWeb newsletter No. 15 (03.02.04)

Brought to you by IAEH - the International Association
for Environmental Hydrology

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---- In This Issue -----

1 - Iraq water resources - geology information needed!
2 - British Hydrological Society International Conference
3 - Model calibration using PEST - short course
4 - Water Resources Management 2005 - Algarve, Portugal
5 - FEM, MODFLOW and More, Prague, Sept 2004
6 - Geophysics in the karst South Havana Basin, Cuba
7 - Watershed Modeling, Shiyang River Basin, China
8 - International course - Rabat, Morocco - 5/2004
9 - MODFLOW, HEC hydrology software kits updated Feb 04!
10 - Send YOUR news! Send CONFERENCE announcements!

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1 - Iraq water resources - geology information needed!
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Barney Popkin is looking for geology information
at the Al Fathah bridge over the Tigris River south of
Kirkuk.

See his post at:

http://www.hydroforum.com/dcforum/DCForumID13/45.html#

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2 - British Hydrological Society International Conference
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British Hydrological Society International Conference,
Imperial College London, 12-16 July 2004.

"Hydrology: Science and Practice for the 21st Century"

This conference will bring together hydrologists
involved in scientific research and operational
practice in order to address key issues affecting
hydrology in the new century.

See the information here:

http://www.hydroforum.com/dcforum/DCForumID2/92.html#

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3 - Model calibration using PEST - short course
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Model Calibration and Predictive Uncertainty
Analysis using PEST, April 19 - April 21, 2003,
Santa Ana, California.

Principal Instructor:

Dr. John Doherty - author of PEST

This short course will focus upon the use of PEST
(Parameter Estimation), the most advanced technology
available for groundwater and surface water model
calibration and uncertainty analysis.

Read more here:

http://www.hydroforum.com/dcforum/DCForumID2/89.html#

Note: Free PEST is now available on the new version of
Modflokit 2000.

http://www.hydroweb.com/modflow-2000-kit.html

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4 - Water Resources Management 2005 - Algarve, Portugal
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CALL FOR PAPERS

Water Resources Management 2005
11 - 13 April 2005, Algarve, Portugal

The third International conference on Water Resources
Management will present the more recent technological
and scientific developments associated with the
management of surface and sub-surface water
resources.

More information:

http://www.hydroforum.com/dcforum/DCForumID2/90.html#

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5 - FEM, MODFLOW and More, Prague, Sept 2004
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International Conference on Finite-Element Methods,
MODFLOW and More 2004

Abstracts due February 29

Conference dates: 13-16 September, 2004

Web site:

http://www.natur.cuni.cz/utf8/fem_modflow/

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6 - Geophysics in the karst South Havana Basin, Cuba
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Rosa María Valcarce Ortega and Willy Rodríguez Miranda of
the Geosciences Department, CUJAE, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba,
have contributed a paper presenting relationships between
geophysical log parameters and hydraulic parameters in
the South Havana Basin karst aquifer, Cuba.

http://www.hydroweb.com/jehabs/valcabs.html

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7 - Watershed Modeling, Shiyang River Basin, China
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He Chen, Zhen-yao Shen, and Zhi-feng Yang of the
State Key Laboratory of Environment Simulation and
Pollution, Control Institute of Environmental Sciences,
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China report on
GIS-aided inland watershed modeling,
Shiyang River Basin, China

http://www.hydroweb.com/jehabs/heabs.html

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8 - International course - Rabat, Morocco - 5/2004
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International Course on Anaerobic Treatment of Sewage
and Agricultural Use of Treated Effluents,
Rabat, Morocco May 10 to 21, 2004.

Course objective: to transfer knowledge and
share experience in the field of wastewater
treatment and reuse between professionals from
Morocco (central government administration,
municipalities, engineering firms, and academics)
and experts from UE, Canada, Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine.

http://www.hydroweb.com/atau-course-announcement.html

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9 - MODFLOW, HEC hydrology software kits updated Feb 04!
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Both HEC Kit (US Army Corps of Engineers HEC models)
and Modflokit 2000 (USGS MODFLOW and supporting models)
have been upgraded this month (Feb 04). Modflokit now
includes Free PEST!

Join IAEH and get one CD for free!

http://www.hydroweb.com/hydrology-software.html

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10 - Send YOUR news! Send CONFERENCE announcements!
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Do you want to get the word out to all your colleagues?

Send your news to

hydronews@hydroweb.com

and you will see it here in our next issue!

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The HydroWeb Team

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(03.02.04)