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Safe Drinking Water is Essential
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Announcements - Activities - News

UNESCO has posted the post of Director (D-2) of the Division of Water Sciences, Secretary of the International Hydrological Programme and Deputy Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences. The closing date for this vacancy announcement is January 23, 2010.

UNESCO has posted the vacancy announcement for the Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences position. The closing date for this vacancy announcement is December 27, 2009. Applications must reach UNESCO via online application before then.

Eighth International Symposium on Land Subsidence, October 17-22, 2010 Queretaro, Mexico - The symposium will provide a forum for scientists from all over the world to review advances achieved in the field of land subsidence, to present new research ideas and discuss problems related to land subsidence.

Schedule of National Ground Water Association (NGWA) conferences slated for the remainder of the 2009.

NGWA Ground Water Technology Field Experience, October 26-28, 2009, Summit, Mississippi - This event provides classroom instruction and field training in comprehensive drilling operations and well construction.
Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and Remediation® Conference, November 2-3, 2009, Costa Mesa, California - This conference addresses ground water and petroleum product contamination.
2009 NGWA Geodrilling Forum, December 9-10, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana - This forum addresses implications of geothermal energy for the ground water industry.
2009 NGWA Ground Water Expo and Annual Meeting, December 10-13, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana - The NGWA Expo, a conference as well as a trade show, brings together professionals from all sectors of the ground water industry in one location to explore new solutions to new challenges.

The 4th International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management was held 15th - 18th October 2008, Thessaloniki, Greece. Presentations and Thessaloniki Statement are available on-line.

The June 27, 2008 Water Sciences Forum hosted at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., brought together more than 100 participants, including U.S. government water and water policy technical experts, academics, and representatives from UNESCO’s International Hydrological Program (IHP), the U.S. National Committee for the IHP, NGO's, and foreign embassies. The Forum’s purpose was to review water-related technologies and identify areas where U.S. expertise is applicable to the freshwater challenges facing African countries.

The Safe Drinking Water is Essential website, is designed to examine the state of the world's water supply and provide information on what can be done to improve it. The site is "a production of the National Academy of Sciences' Koshland Science Museum, in cooperation with the Water Science and Technology Board and the Office of International Programs" and "was made possible by generous funding from Kenneth E. Behring, founder of the Global Health and Education Foundation."