- IAH - CMTW Meeting 2019
The annual Session of the Commission on Mineral and thermal waters of the International association of hydrogeologists (CMTW IAH) has been held in October 2 - 5, 2019 in Pyatigorsk, Russia. The participants took part in the plenary meeting of the conference "Groundwater - 2019", had two scientific sessions and a business-meeting. Some presentations and abstracts are available at Groundwater - 2019.
After the scientific program, a very interesting fieldtrip was organized by the North-Caucasian branch of the State Commission on Reserves of Russia. Hydrogeological program included visits to the famous mineral water spas of the region - Pyatigorsk, Zheleznovodsk, Essentuki and Kislovodsk. It was guided by very experienced local hydrogeologist Evgeny Potapov. The last day of the fieldtrip was very exciting - the international delegation visited Dombay and rose to the height of 3200 m by cable cars. The photos are available at photos.
The CMTW IAH meeting was organized by the IAH Russian Chapter and Centre of Geology of St.Petersburg State University, LLC. The main organizers are Mr Alexey Tudvachev (Deputy director of the Centre of Geology of St.Petersburg State University, LLC - IAH Corporate member) and Dr Natalia Vinograd - IAH Vice-President and CMTW member, Associate professor of t.Petersburg State University.