Scientific Lectures

The Distinguished Lecture Series features guest lectures by scientists addressing technically oriented karst-related topics as well as other periodic events where invited speakers address a more general range of topics such as hydrogeology, karst landscapes, groundwater issues and the various attributes of the aquifer system.

• Distinguished Lecture Series - Dr. Ron Green, SWRI to speak on October 4, 2019
  
• A Voice for the Aquifer: What Carbonate Aquifers Have to Say
  Dr. Todd Halihan. Oklahoma State University. October 5, 2018 (PDF)
• Who done it? Investigative Insights and Answers to Three Groundwater Mysteries
  Dr. Scott Bair. Ohio State University. May 19, 2017
• Fractures – They Mess up Your Flow System (and They Are Everywhere)
  Dr. Maureen Muldoon. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. September 30, 2016
• A Water Wonk’s World
  Dr. Michael E. Campana. Oregon State University. April 08, 2016
• Hydrogeology, Management and Engineering Controls in Karst
  Dr. Zoran P. Stevanovic. Univerity of Belgrade. October 16, 2015
• Wither Wellspring
  Dr. Abe Springer. Sorthern Arizona University. April 23, 2015
• Sustainability, Water, and Karst
  Dr. Robert Brinkmann, Geology, Environment, and Sustainability. Hofstra University. September 26, 2014
• Dr. Ira D. Sasowsky
  Department of Geosciences. University of Akron, Ohio. April 18, 2014
• Karst Geomorphology with Special Focus on Dinaric Karst
  Dr. Andrej Mihevc. Slovenian Karst Research Institute. Postojna, Slovenia. November 15, 2013
• Groundwater—Texas style
  Understanding and utilizing geology, hydrology, and environmental concerns for groundwater resources in a place of critical socioeconomics, law, and politics.
  Dr. John "Jack" Sharp. Jackson School of Geosciences. UT Austin - Austin, Texas. June 21, 2013
• Exploration and Protection of Karst Groundwater Resources: Experiences from Alpine Karst Aquifer Systems
  Dr. Prof. Nico Goldscheider. University of Karlsruhe. Karlsruhe, Germany. September 26, 2012
• Understanding Karst Challenges
  Dr. John Van Brahana. Department of Geosciences. University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, Arkansas. March 2, 2012
• Developing Water Resources in Karst – Engineering and Modeling Challenges
  Dr. Petar Milanovic. Belgrade, Serbia. July 13, 2011
  
  Dr. Neven Kresic. AMEC. Ashburn, Virginia. July 13, 2011
• The Spectrum of Karst: Rock, Climate, and Hydrology as Cave Controls
  Dr. John Mylroie. Department of Geology. Mississippi State University - Starkville, Mississippi. April 13, 2011
  
  Dr. Ralph Ewers. Professor Emeritus. Eastern Kentucky University - Richmond, Kentucky
  September 17, 2010
• Recent Advances in Understanding Flow and Transport in Carbonate Aquifers
  Dr. Stephen Worthington. Worthington Groundwater. Dundas - Ontario, Canada. March 19, 2010
• Karst Science in the 21st Century: Accomplishments and Directions
  Dr. William White & Dr. Elizabeth White. Professor Emeritus. Department of Geological Sciences. Pennsylvania State University. October 9, 2009
• The Scope of Karst Studies
  Dr. Derek Ford. Professor Emeritus - School of Geography and Geology. McMaster University - Hamilton, Canada. March 20, 2009
• Types of Karst in the Context of Geological Evolution
  Dr. Alexander Klimchouk, Jr. Ukrainian Institute of Speleology and Karstology - Simferopol, Ukraine. October 15, 2008
• Origin and Pattern of Solutional Porosity — The Importance of Karst Processes in the Hydrology of Soluble Rocks
  Dr. Arthur N. Palmer. Professor Emeritus of Hydrology and Geochemistry. State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta. May 1, 2008
• Investigating and Managing Karst and Karst Aquifers
  Dr. E. Calvin Alexander, Jr. Professor of Geology and Geophysics. University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, Minnesota. October 19, 2007
  
  Dr. John Gunn. Director of the Limestone Research Group. University of Birmingham, England. March 5, 2007
  
  Dr. Nicholas Crawford. Center for Cave and Karst Studies. Department of Geography and Geology. Western Kentucky University

The South Central Texas Water Research Interest Group (SCTWRIG) was started in 2013 by the Edwards Aquifer Authority as a forum to foster inter-agency collaboration in water science throughout the region. Since then, the informal meeting has been held every six months in different locations, hosted by various entities, including: The Cibolo Nature Center, Blanco Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District, Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District, Nueces River Authority, Texas A & M – San Antonio, United States Geological Survey, Texas Water Development Board, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, and Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. The meeting consists of 8-9 technical or topical presentations of 20 minutes each, and is intended to help raise awareness of the various water science projects undertaken in the region.

• December 3, 2019
  Edwards Aquifer Authority
• June 3, 2019
  Blanco Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District
• December 4, 2018
  Southwest Research Institute
• June 6, 2018
  Comal-Trinity Groundwater Conservation District
• December 6, 2017
  Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
• June 2, 2017
  Texas Water Development Board
• December 1, 2016
  Texas A&M – San Antonio
• June 9, 2016
  Nueces River Authority
• December 3, 2015
  Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District
• June 4, 2015
  U.S. Geological Survey-Austin Office
• December 4, 2014
  Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District and Blanco/Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District
• June 4, 2014
  Cibolo Nature Center
• December 12, 2013
  Edwards Aquifer Authority