NGWA GROUNDWATER WEEK AT A GLANCE
When: December 9-11, 2025
Where: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans
Website: www.groundwaterweek.com
The National Ground Water Association (NGWA) and Irrigation Association partner to offer education, exhibits, and networking for industry professionals from around the world during Groundwater Week 2025. The event is heading to New Orleans, Louisiana, and its attendees will have double the opportunity to impact their professional careers. The groundwater industry’s flagship event once again co-locates with the Irrigation Association’s Irrigation Show, giving attendees access to two expansive exhibit halls and even more opportunities to connect with peers, explore new technologies, and learn from industry leaders, all under one roof in the heart of The Big Easy.
Taking place December 9 through 11, 2025, Groundwater Week will bring together professionals from around the world—contractors, scientists, engineers, manufacturers, and suppliers—for three days of hands-on learning, networking, and celebration.
AN EXHIBIT HALL THAT HAS IT ALL
Once again, the Groundwater Week exhibition space has sold out, ensuring attendees can survey the full breadth of the groundwater industry. Exhibitors will be displaying their latest product releases as well as providing one-on-one time with subject matter experts from one end of the hall to the other.
CONTINUING EDUCATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Groundwater Week 2025 will be offering a full lineup of educational offerings. To facilitate attendees’ learning experience, all continuing education hours can be tracked virtually through the Groundwater Week app, plus an NGWA staff member will scan the QR code on attendees’ nametags as they enter each workshop.
In addition to earning continuing education credits that may apply toward a state’s licensing requirements, continuing education points (CEPs) for renewal in the NGWA Voluntary Certification Program can be earned by attending any of the educational programming offerings at Groundwater Week 2025. In addition, participants may receive one CEP in recognition of time spent learning about new technologies and services on the trade show floor.
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
NGWA Groundwater Week is also an opportune time to explore the industry’s future. The University of Wisconsin’s Steven Loheide will be presenting his feature talk, “Groundwater Recharge Regimes Are In Flux,” to kick off the science and engineering section meetings. Groundwater provides drinking water for people, supports agriculture, and sustains healthy ecosystems, but has been depleted in some regions due to overuse. Groundwater is replenished through the process of groundwater recharge. After precipitation infiltrates into the soil, a portion is returned to the atmosphere through evapotranspiration, but some may percolate downward until it reaches the water table and recharges the aquifer.
The process of groundwater recharge varies substantially in space and through time due to soil type, weather conditions, and vegetation. Case studies will be used to illustrate how groundwater recharge regimes are altered by changes in climate and shifts in land use. Groundwater level responses to recharge events were used to quantify groundwater recharge rate differences at locations with different land cover. Numerical modeling was used to diagnose the causes of changing recharge rates and predict the consequences of these changes across a range of environmental settings. A process-based understanding of the factors that drive changes in groundwater regimes is critical to sustainable management of groundwater resources under environmental change and avoiding or minimizing unintended consequences of human activities.
