PROGRAMME of roundwater modeling for arid and semi-arid areas
G-WADI workshop, Lanzhou, China
11-15 June 2007

DAY 1 (Monday)
9.00
Welcome, Introduction to Workshop, Introduction to participants
30 mins Howard Wheater, Xin Li
Discussion on use of models with workshop participants
30 mins Howard Wheater
Hydrological processes, recharge and surface water-groundwater interactions in arid and semi arid areas
30 mins Howard Wheater
Tea/Coffee break

11.00
Groundwater modeling and management in arid and semi-arid environments 1
1 hr 30 mins Wolfgang Kinzelbach
Lunch

13.30
Groundwater modeling and management in arid and semi-arid environments 2
1 hr 30 mins Wolfgang Kinzelbach
Tea/Coffee break

15.30
Geochemical and isotopic tracers as tools for groundwater systems analysis
2 hrs Mike Edmunds

17.30
Case Study: The Heihe river basin, China
45mins Wang Xusheng
Dinner

DAY 2 (Tuesday)
9.00
Part 1: Variable density groundwater modelling: Approaches, Challenges and Resolutions
1 hr 30 mins Craig Simmons
Tea/Coffee break

11.00
Part 2: Variable density groundwater modelling: Case studies and applications
1 hr 30 mins Craig Simmons
Lunch

14.00
Development and Application of seawater intrusion models: theory, development of the model, benchmarking, and
applications
1 hr 30mins Abdelkader Larabi
Tea/Coffee break

16.00
Case Study: A full detailed seawater intrusion case study in Morocco
45 mins Abdelkader Larabi

16.45
Making models unbiased – applications of geostatistics; Case Studies from semi-arid granitic aquifers in India
1 hr Shakeel Ahmed
Dinner

DAY 3 (Wednesday)
9.00
Stochastic methods in groundwater modelling 1
1.5 hrs Jesus Carrera
Tea/Coffee break

11.00
Stochastic methods in groundwater modelling 2
1.5 hrs Jesus Carrera
Lunch

13.30
Stochastic methods for aquifer protection and management
2 hrs Adrian Butler
Tea/Coffee break

15.30
Go back Hotel to prepare for field trip
Dinner

21.00
Take train
TRAVEL TO BLACK RIVER VALLEY – FIELD TRIP

Day 4 (Thursday)
Black River Valley – field trip and return

Day 5 (Friday)
9.00
Short presentations of case studies from participants
1.5 hrs As offered…..
General discussion 30mins
Tea/Coffee break

11.30
Break-out groups – workshop conclusions
All
Lunch

13.30
Break-out groups – workshop conclusions All

14.30
Break-out groups report
Workshop closure
Tea/Coffee break

16.00
Speakers meeting – meeting review/web publication/book publication/discussion of
next steps
Dinner

Asian G-WADI Meeting Network meeting

Day 1 (Saturday)
09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony
09:30-10:45 Asian G-WADI Network Chairman Report
Executive Committee Members Report
10:45-11:00 Tea/Coffee break
11:00-11:30 Country report from Afghanistan
11:30-12:00 Country Report from China
12:00-12:30 Country report from India
12:30-13:00 Country Report from Iran
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:30 Country report from Kazakhstan
14:30-15:00 Country report from Kyrgyzstan
15:00-15:30 Country report from Mongolia
15:30-16:00 Tea/Coffee break
16:00-16:30 Country report from Pakistan
16:30-17:00 Country report from Tajikistan
17:00-17:30 Country report from Turkmenistan
17:30-18:00 Country report from Uzbekistan

Day 2 (Sunday)
09:00-10:45 Discussion: On possible cooperation, exchange of information, joint pilot initiatives
on G-WADI Asia pilot Basins
10:45-11:00 Tea/Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Discussion: On possible funding option to carry out comparative research projects
on Asian G-WADI basins
Initiation of pilot projects through Shanghai Cooperation organization –
Prof. Xin Li
Initiation of pilot projects through SAARC agreement – Dr. K. D. Sharma /
Dr. Muhammad Akram Kahlown
Initiation of pilot project through ISESCO – Dr. Abdin Salih or expert from
Iran
All the experts indicated above can make a brief presentation on the possible funding
with donor agencies
Formulation of working group to prepare the draft proposal
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Discussion continues
15:00-16:00 Discussion:
Any other matters
(do we need to keep the Asian G-WADI secretariat on rotation basis with other
participating countries to keep the momentum of the network)
Venue for the next network meeting
16:00-16:15 Tea/Coffee break
16:15-17:00 Adaptation of resolution and closing of the meeting