EDWARDS AQUIFER RESEARCH & DATA CENTER
Welcome to the Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center (EARDC). We are a NELAC certified lab and research center found within the College of Science & Engineering. EARDC was established in 1979 with special funding for Texas State University to provide a public service in the study, understanding and use of the very fragile natural resource, the Edwards Aquifer.
EARDC takes an active role in water education issues and works daily with public schools as well as institutions of higher education. The Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center has been providing water analysis services since 1979. Samples are analyzed from wells, springs, rivers, municipalities, and wastewater treatment facilities for a variety of chemical and biological constituents.
The Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center is organized around four different areas; Data Center, Technical Center, Education Center and Research Center.
NELAC Accredited Lab Services
EARDC Laboratory offers different types of water quality analysis and services. (Click Here)
**Announcements**
DATE & LOCATION
Friday, Sept 26, 2014 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
Southwest Research Institute
6220 Culebra
San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Brinkmann
Dr. Brinkmann will be speaking on Sustainability, Water, and Karst. Attendees will learn how sustainability concepts influence current environmental decision making on issues as far afield as karst management, water resources, economic development, and environmental justice.He is the Director of Sustainability Studies at Hofstra and the Director of Sustainability Research at the National Center for Suburban Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and holds an MS and BS in Geology.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
-Defining sustainability
-Applications of sustainability in water resource management
-Application of sustainability in cave and karst resources
-Understanding international, national, regional, and local sustainability benchmarking
-The connections among energy, water, climate change, sustainability and ethics
-Science and policy of sinkholes and implication for sustainability
Please see the attached flyer for more information and how to register or go directly to the Eventzilla registration web page at http://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139036614
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Dr. Robert Brinkmann is Professor of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability at Hofstra University. He is also e Director of Sustainability Studies at Hofstra and the Director of Sustainability Research at the National Center for Suburban Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and holds an MS and BS in Geology. Prior to his current position, he was a Professor at the University of South Florida for 23 years. Dr. Brinkmann also works to consult with the United Nations and other organizations on sustainability and environmental issues. He has written widely on issues of sustainability, karst, water, and the environment. His most recent book on Florida sinkholes came out last year. Dr. Brinkmann has also written the only book on the science and policy of urban street sweeping. He is the editor of Suburban Sustainability and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Cave Karst Studies. He just took on editorial duties with John Wiley Publishers for a new series of books on sustainability. His new textbook on sustainability (to be published by John Wiley) will be the first college level text that covers the field. He is the Chair of the Board of the National Cave and Karst Research Institute. His blog, On the Brink (at www.bobbrinkmann.blogspot.com)is one of the most popular sustainability blogs on the internet.
SPONSORS
Southwest Research Institute
South Texas Geological Society
Texas Water Development Board
UTSA – Center for Water Research
Texas Bureau of Economic Geology
Texas Groundwater Association
Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center
UT- Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences
Texas Water Conservation Association
River Systems Institute, Texas State University
National Cave and Karst Research Institute
Edwards Aquifer Authority
TEXAS CLIIMATE: DROUGHT, VARIABILITY, AND LONG-TERM CHANGE
Dr. Katherine Hayhoe
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas Tech University
