IAH (Irish Group) run an annual conference, meetings, seminars, webinars and field trips throughout the year for both IAH members and people with an interest in hydrogeology. Further details, including past conference proceedings and some TDM presentations, are provided under the Events and Training sections of the website.

16th and 17th April 2024

2024 Annual Conference Details

Full details available here; Annual Conference – International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Irish Chapter (iah-ireland.org)

The theme for the 2024 IAH (Irish Group) Annual Conference is ‘Groundwater & Nature Based Solutions’.

The conference will be held on the 16th and 17th April 2024 at the Tullamore Court Hotel.

The Eventbrite link for the conference is now openhttps://www.eventbrite.ie/e/44th-annual-iah-irish-group-conference-tickets-852208437377

5th of December 2023

IAH (Irish Group) December TDM | tomorrow – 5th of December @6pm.

David Ball (Independent hydrogeologist), Cian Buckley (Senior Flood Engineer, ARUP), and Gerry Baker (Associate Hydrogeologist, ARUP) will be giving a talk on “Developing a new irrigation groundwater supply from marine sands & gravels while improving course drainage and flood protection in the context of rising sea levels”.

In person attendance at the Royal Dublin Golf Club, Bull island.
Lecture: 6pm- 7pm, followed by refreshments at the RDGC Bar.

Online attendance via Zoom. Register for Zoom option here: https://lnkd.in/enVrianT

21st November 2023

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting & Annual General Meeting

Injecting CO2 in a historical lime deposit for sequestration/remediation – Matteo Viganotti (AECOM) 

Time:        18:00 – 19:00 TDM presentation & Discussion

19:00 – 20:00 Annual General Meeting

Venue:     Zoom, please register in advance at: https://tinyurl.com/IAHTDM

Event Flyer : https://www.iah-ireland.org/TDMs/IAH TDM and AGM – 21st November 2023_v2.pdf

Previous events hosted by IAH (Irish Group)

7th March 2023

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting – Three talks from Early Careers Hydrogeologists

There will be three talks from Early Careers Hydrogeologists:

  • “Hydrology of humid dune slacks at the Maharees, Co. Kerry” Jennifer Law (UCC, now Hydro-Environmental Services Ltd.)
  • “An Inception Framework Hypothesis as applied to karst development in the Burren, Ireland”  Rob Watson (UCD)
  • “Impact of heterogeneity on the thermal and hydraulic properties of the Sherwood Sandstone”  Karina O’Donnell (QUB/GSI)

Time:        18:00 – 19:00 TDM presentation

19:00 – 19:30 Discussion

Venue:     Zoom

7th February 2023

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting – The David Burdon Memorial Lecture

“The roles of early career hydrogeologists in international groundwater development and meeting the SDGs”

Dr. Jared van Rooyen – Eawag (Switzerland) & Chair of the IAH Early Career Hydrogeologist Network (ECHN).

Time:        18:00 – 19:00 TDM presentation

19:00 – 19:30 Discussion

Venue:     Zoom

6th December 2022

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting 

“GQ Toolbox – A New Geological Survey Ireland Application for Aqueous Geochemistry Analysis”

Shane Carey (MapTech Solutions) and Seán Wheeler (Tobin Consulting Engineers)

Time:        18:00 – 19:00 TDM presentation

19:00 – 19:30 Discussion

Venue:     Zoom

8th November 2022

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting 

‘Danish challenges on connecting groundwater to surface waters and GWDTE areas on a national scale related to the WFD’

Bertel Nilsson and Jacob Kidmose, Senior Scientists, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Followed by Annual General Meeting

Time:        18:00 – 18:45 TDM presentation

18:45 – 19:00 Refreshments

19:00 – 20:00 IAH Irish Group AGM

Venue:      Room XG15 in the Lonsdale Building, 592, 628 Collins Avenue Ext, Whitehall, Dublin 9, D09 E432

                    or via

Zoom

5th October 2022

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting 

Monitoring the impact of climate change on groundwater quantity across Europe

Conor Quinlan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Time: 18:00 – 19:30  Presentation & discussion

Venue: Online

1st March 2022

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting – Early Career Hydrogeologists

Impact of dike intrusion on wells productivity: A case study in the Ponta Grossa dike swarm, Brazil

Felipe Lisbona Cavalcante, PhD Candidate, University of São Paulo (USP) – Brazil

Time: 18:00 – 19:30  Presentation & discussion

Venue: Online

Event Flyer: https://www.iah-ireland.org/TDMs/IAH_March_2022_TDM_Flyer.pdf

1st February 2022

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting – The David Burdon Memorial Lecture

Stopping the rot: Taking action to ensure handpump and borehole quality

Dr. Kerstin Danert – Water Specialist, Researcher and Facilitator and Director of Ask for Water NGO

Time: 18:00 – 19:30  Presentation & discussion

Venue: Online

Event Flyer: https://www.iah-ireland.org/TDMs/IAH%20Burdon%20Lecture_1st_February_2022.pdf

7th December 2021

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting

  1.  Groundwater and nutrient dynamics in hydrogeologically heterogeneous catchments of Northeast Scotland and Ireland: initial groundwater conceptual models. Hamish Johnson, Jean-Christophe Comte (U Aberdeen), Ulrich Ofterdinger (QUB), Rachel Cassidy (afbi), Mads Troldborg (The James Hutton Institute)
  2.  “Sulphur Slime Surprise” – a story of strange bacteria in a water well. George Reynolds (Metric Consulting)

Time: 18:00 – 19:30  Presentation & discussion

Venue: Online

Event Flyer: https://www.iah-ireland.org/TDMs/Dec_2021 IAH TDM Strange waters + GW catchment nutrient dyamics.pdf

9th November 2021

IAH Technical Discussion Meeting – soils and contaminated land

  1. “Mapping Peatland Boundaries using Radiometric Data and Machine Learning” Dave O’Leary, Earth and Ocean Sciences (NUIG)
  2. “Systematic review of metal contamination in European soils: progress and future directions” Hannah Binner, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (UCC)
  3. “Development of a Remedial Action Plan for TCE in a Fractured Limestone Aquifer” Sonya O’Loughlin, Geosyntec Consultants Ltd, Dublin

Time: 18:00 – 19:30  Presentation & discussion

Venue: Online

Event Flyer: https://www.iah-ireland.org/TDMs/Nov 2021 IAH TDM -soils and contaminated land.pdf