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a:25:{s:11:"event_start";s:4:"1600";s:9:"event_end";s:4:"1800";s:13:"display_start";s:4:"1600";s:11:"display_end";s:4:"1800";s:14:"start_unixtime";i:1360188000;s:12:"end_unixtime";i:1360195200;s:10:"event_text";s:64:"NGWREF+Darcy+Distinguished+Lecture+Series+in+Groundwater+Science";s:12:"event_length";i:7200;s:13:"event_overlap";i:2;s:11:"description";s:1922:"The+Global+Institute+for+Water+Security+invites+you+to+join+us+for+the+Darcy+Distinguished+Lecture%2A+in+Groundwater+Science+by+guest+Dr.+David+Rudolph.%0A%0ADr.+Rudolph+is+a+Professor+in+the+Department+of+Earth+Sciences+at+the+University+of+Waterloo+specializing+in+regional+hydrogeology+and+groundwater+protection+and+management.+Specific+research+interests+include+field+investigation+and+numerical+modeling+related+to+groundwater+flow+and+contaminant+transport+with+a+specific+focus+on+regional+groundwater+flow+systems%2C+recharge+dynamics+and+vadose+zone+processes.+He+has+participated+extensively+with+municipal+authorities+both+nationally+and+internationally+in+groundwater+development+and+management.+Research+applications+have+focused+on+assessing+the+impacts+to+water+quality+from+agricultural+land-use+practices+and+he+heads+a+Canada-wide+research+team+working+on+prioritizing+risk+to+water+quality+from+various+agricultural+practices+and+evaluating+performance+of+Beneficial+Management+Practices.%0A%0AHis+lecture+%28titled+Managing+Groundwater+Beneath+the+Agricultural+Landscape%29+explores+the+spatial+complexities+of+nutrient+mass+loading%2C+with+the+role+of+the+vadose+zone+in+redistribution+and+as+an+archive+of+past+land-use+activities+being+considered.%0A%0A%0A%2A+This+lecture+series+is+facilitated+by+the+National+Ground+Water+Research+and+Educational+Foundation+%28NGWREF%29%2C+a+public+charity+established+by+the+National+Ground+Water+Association+%28NGWA%29.+To+foster+interest+and+excellence+in+groundwater+science+and+technology%2C+the+Henry+Darcy+Distinguished+Lecture+Series+in+Ground+Water+Science+was+established+in+1986.+The+series%2C+which+has+reached+more+than+70%2C000+groundwater+students%2C+faculty+members+and+professionals%2C+honours+Henry+Darcy+of+France+for+his+1856+investigations+that+established+the+physical+basis+upon+which+groundwater+hydrogeology+has+been+studied+ever+since.";s:6:"status";s:0:"";s:5:"class";s:0:"";s:9:"spans_day";b:0;s:8:"location";s:15:"Thorvaldson+271";s:10:"categories";s:0:"";s:9:"organizer";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:8:"attendee";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:9:"calnumber";i:1;s:7:"calname";s:13:"U of S Events";s:8:"timezone";s:19:"Canada/Saskatchewan";s:5:"other";s:0:"";s:3:"geo";s:0:"";s:3:"url";s:26:" http://www.usask.ca/water";s:8:"sequence";i:0;s:5:"recur";s:0:"";}
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