[ RadSafe ] Call for Papers: 2007 NGWA Naturally Occurring Contaminants Conference

[Susan Gawarecki]

Call for Papers: 2007 NGWA Naturally Occurring Contaminants Conference: 
Arsenic, Radium, Radon, and Uranium

NGWA is now accepting papers for the 2007 NGWA Naturally Occurring 
Contaminants Conference: Arsenic, Radium, Radon, and Uranium, March 
22-23, 2007, in Charleston, South Carolina. The conference will feature 
papers and workshops on these four naturally occurring elements that can 
pose problems to municipal and private water wells. Training on topics 
ranging from geochemistry to treatment technologies will be addressed 
throughout the conference.

The following topics are being considered for this conference:

    *      Drinking water treatment for arsenic, radium, radon, and uranium
    *      Occurrence and geochemistry
    *      Point-of-use and point-of-entry treatment equipment
    *      Community system design options
    *      Capital and operating costs
    *      Risk assessment and disposal issues related to treatment options
    *      Human health effects
    *      Global perspective
    *      Analytical advances
    *      Regulatory issues
    *      Case studies.

Abstracts for the 2007 NGWA Naturally Occurring Contaminants Conference: 
Arsenic, Radium, Radon, and Uranium need to be submitted online. 
Abstracts are limited to a maximum of 300 words. Biographical sketches 
need to be in paragraph form and are limited to 100 words per author. 
Abstracts are due September 7.

To submit your abstract, please visit 
http://ngwa.confex.com/ngwa/2007nocc/cfp.cgi and follow the instructions.