The National Ground Water Association—dedicated to advancing the expertise of all ground water professionals and to furthering ground water awareness and protection through education and outreach.

• Thank you to the 6,618 attendees who helped make the 2006 NGWA Ground Water Expo that took place December 5-8 in Las Vegas a record-setting event! In addition to the highest ever attendance, a couple of other record highs included 110-plus hours of educational programming and 76,500 square feet of exhibit space occupied by a record 315 exhibitors—50 of which were at Expo for the first time. If you have any comments or thoughts to share on the 2006 Expo—or suggestions for future Expos—please send an e-mail to plevak@ngwa.org. We look forward to hearing from you!

And be sure to mark your calendar now for the 2007 NGWA Ground Water Expo that will "Soar to Success" in Orlando, Florida, December 4-7.

• Safety Harbor, Florida will be hosting the 4th Conference on Hydrogeology, Ecology, Monitoring, and Management of Ground Water in Karst Terrains scheduled to take place February 27-28, 2007.

• The 10th Annual Ground Water Industry Legislative Conference/NGWA Fly-in takes place March 5-6, 2007 in Washington, DC. Don't pass up this opportunity to have your voice heard on Capitol Hill.

• A collaborative endeavor designed to cultivate the critical skills you need to stay competitive in today's marketplace, the NGWA/Clemson Construction Management Academy will take place March 19-21, 2007.

• The 2007 NGWA Naturally Occurring Contaminants Conference: Arsenic, Radium, Radon, and Uranium is scheduled to take place March 22-23 in Charleston, South Carolina.

• Albuquerque, New Mexico, will host the 2007 Ground Water Summit taking place April 29-May 3.

Call for Papers

• We are now accepting abstracts for the 2007 NGWA Ground Water and Environmental Law Conference taking place July 24-25 in Dublin, Ohio. The deadline for submissions, which must be made online, is January 26.

• Abstracts for the 2007 NGWA/U.S. EPA Fractured Rock Conference: State of the Science and Measuring Success in Remediation being held September 24-27 in Portland, Maine, are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions, which must be made online, is April 10.