GOwen Environmental Limited is an internationally recognized source for environmental consulting, specializing in strategic planning, environmental management, performance improvement and management support. GOwen is an integrated professional management consulting practice providing business leaders and their management teams, with advisory and consulting services to successfully address the opportunities and challenges of today's demanding, highly competitive marketplace and, to thrive in an ever-changing business environment. The GOwen process and style of thinking is acceptable to our public and private sector clients who want more than two-dimensional solutions. They recognize the value in developing in-house resources through the procurement process and involving employees in project teams to increase their skill sets, networks, knowledge and experience via direct interaction with the GOwen Teams.

Management activities have included consulting in North and South America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Australia. The company is represented in Asia, Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, Canada, Europe, and the United States.

GOwen provides high-level management support services to individuals managing or impacted by environmental issues. Teams are developed to work with in-house resources of corporations and agencies to expedite the environmental management process. GOwen also manages teams of senior professionals from the environmental field, including finance, legal, engineering, and other technical support services.

The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) is the WorldWide Groundwater Organisation.

Since 1956 an international forum on the management of groundwater for the benefit of mankind and the environment

IAH is a scientific and educational organisation whose aims are to promote research into and understanding of the proper management and protection of groundwater for the common good throughout the world.

IAH has over 3500 members in 135 countries and welcomes all who support our objectives to join our Association. You can follow the links below to find out more about groundwater and groundwater events, about the benefits of membership of IAH , how the Association is run and about our activities.

IAH works to promote awareness of groundwater with these organisations

Affiliated to the International Union of Geological Sciences Partner in the International Hydrological Programme of UNESCO Partner organisation of UN-Water Member of the World Water Council
Member Organisation of the Global Water Partnership

IAH Canada 2012 Congress

Confronting Global Change
The Canadian National Chapter of IAH would like to celebrate its 40th Anniversary by welcoming you to the 2012 IAH Congress in Niagara Falls!

Join Us! September 16 - 23, 2012

The 39th IAH Congress in September 2012 will be an exciting conference and gathering of people interested in hydrogeology from around the world.

2012 Congress will allow the presentation of a wide variety of new and evolving hydrogeological issues and opportunities that include:

" Energy and Climate Change
" Groundwater Resource Management
" Groundwater / Surface Water Interaction
" Groundwater Resource Analysis
" Groundwater Quality
" General Hydrogeology

Sub-themes are outlined in the Science Program (add hyper link to Science Program page). The conference organizers will be seeking abstracts and papers that fall under these themes.

A variety of field trips will be available to participants both on the mid-week field trip day as well as post conference.
To be added to our Congress Updates via email or for more information contact: Steve Holysh or Ken Howard at: info@iah2012.org