Groundwater is one of the most important resources for human survival. Nowadays groundwater pollution is one serious environmental problem among the biggest concerns. Since 1993, the International Association of Hydrological Sciences has successfully held eight “Underwater Quality” International Academic Conferences throughout the world. In 2016 the meeting will be held in Asia and China for the first time. President Zheng Chunmiao from the Environmental Science and Engineering College of SUSTC will be the chairman of the conference.

The meeting will gather high-level experts in the field of groundwater research, and exchange successful experience on the groundwater quality monitoring, simulation and management, and explore new ways.

The meeting has invited John Cherry, Steven Gorelick, Jean Bahr, famous scholars at home and abroad who expertise in groundwater pollution, as members of International Steering Committee and specially invited to make a report. For more information on the meeting, please pay close attention to the website: http://www.gq16.org/.