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The Karst Waters Institute (KWI) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit institution whose mission is to improve the fundamental understanding of karst water systems through sound scientific research and the education of professionals and the public. The institute is governed by a Board of Directors and does not have or issue memberships. Institute activities include the initiation, coordination, and conduct of research, the sponsorship of conferences and workshops, and occasional publication of scientific works. KWI supports these activities by acting as a coordinating agency for funding and personnel, but does not supply direct funding or grants to individual researchers. KWI News: PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT: KWI Special Publication 13, Frontiers of Karst Research, is now available. Currently available for download! This Special Publication is from the Frontiers of Karst Research workshop held in May, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas.  The report contains three main parts:  Part 1 is the overview summary of the Opportunities & Recommendations, The Future Frontier; Part II contains seven state-of-the-art, Today’s Frontier, papers presented by breakout leaders at the workshop; and Part III consists of the seven reports, Findings and Recommendations, from the workshop focus groups. PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT: KWI Special Publication 14, Karst from Recent to Reservoirs, is available. CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: Interntational Conference "Hypogene Speleogenesis and Karst Hydrogeology of Artesian Basins, May 12-17, 2009 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas (USA), July 19-26, 2009 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: Anchialine Ecosystems - Mallorca, Spain, November 18-20, 2009. KWI ANNUAL BANQUET: March 21, 2009 The 2009 Karst Waters Institute Award dinner in honor of Professor Janet Herman from the University of Virginia will be at 6:30 PM, March 21, 2009 at the Homestead Preserve "Old Dairy Barn" in Warm Springs, Virginia.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE KWI Special Publication 13 Frontiers of Karst Research Download Opportunities & Recommendation: The New Frontier (front of the book)   KWI Special Publication 14 Karst from Recent to Reservoirs Symposium Proceedings