The theme of the conference was "It's TIME to talk about groundwater: understanding groundwater age, methods, and implications for resources management."

 

Over 240 groundwater scientists attended the conference, which featured a series of platform presentations, lightning talks, a poster session, and a student networking lunch.

 

Laura Schachter (Hydrologist, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Madison, WI) gave a platform presentation titled "A Nitrate Decision Support Tool that incorporates groundwater lag times to wells and streams" and Bryant Jurgens (Research Hydrologist, California Water Science Center, Sacramento, CA) gave a platform presentation titled "Using Groundwater Age to Guide Long-Term Groundwater Quality Management".

 

Jared Trost (Hydrologist, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, St. Paul, MN) is the current president of MGWA and presided over the conference.