Tom Gleeson's Groundwater Science and Sustainability Research Group
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We want to live in a world that uses groundwater sustainably. What about you?

Find out how we are connecting with the world at large!


I. the water underground blog   

​Tom founded and currently leads this groundwater-nerd-blog written by a global collective of hydroegologic researchers for water resource professionals, academics and anyone interested in groundwater research, teaching and supervision. water underground was the first first blog hosts on both AGU and EGU blog platforms.
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II. invited talks    

Tom gives 5-10 invited talks per year at conferences such as AGU, EGU and GSA and other venues including in the past: the National Academy of Sciences, Harvard University, ETH Zurich, MIT and Columbia.
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III. research project website   

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For some research projects, we develop a specific website for community outreach such as for the ​Champlain Thrust project in Vermont.


IV. plain language summaries   

Students and collaborators often write plain language summaries of their research which sometimes end up on water underground.
Click on the screengrab's below to see the full blog posts.

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V. research videos   

In both graduate classes and for research projects we sometimes make research videos ... Take a look for yourself!
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VI. creative & community events   

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We have led and organized a number of creative and community events related to water such as:
#h2flow (water, sustainability, and dialogue through the medium and expression of art, which is where the header video of this page comes from).
Goute d'eau (a water tasting to encourage dialogue on water, sustainability, city water infrastructure, and the environment facilitated by water scientists and professionals, as well as a sommelier and taster.)
#FlushGate: 100 days later (a panel discussion of those directly involved in decisions related to Flush Gate and those actively present in the media)

VII. collaborate with and support governments and NGOs

We routinely interact with governments and NGOs through reviewing reports, participating in workshops, presenting at forums with organizations such as Ceres, Canadian Council for Ministers of the Environment, and water leaders of BC (POLIS water sustainability project). We also provide occasional technical support to NGOs such at Living Lakes Canada.
Dept. of
Civil Engineering
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
tgleeson@uvic.ca
250.853.3934
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