Cities on Volcanoes 6 - Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) from May 31 to June 4, 2010   
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Management and exploitation of undergroundwater resources in an active volcanic island: Tenerife.

Leaders Juan Jesús Coello Bravo
  Email:  juanjc.cia@cabtfe.es

Ricardo Balcells Herrera e Isabel Farrujia de la Rosa
  Consejo Insular de Aguas de Tenerife — Tenerife Water Council —


Dates may 28-29, 2010 (pre-conference field trip)
Number of participants 20 minimum - 30 maximum
Cost 73 €/person. Includes transport by bus, picnic the first day and lunch on route in a restaurant the second one. It doesn’t include accommodation. Departure and arrival point is Puerto de la Cruz.

Program May 28

Geohidrology of volcanic edifices and structures I: The central edifice and the Las Cañadas Caldera (Panoramic view from Mirador de la Ruleta-Teide National Park).
Monitoring and control of a volcanic aquifer: the central aquifer (Montaña Majúa borehole monitoring station, Teide National Park).
Geohidrology of volcanic edifices and structures II: La Orotava Valley gravitational landslide (Panoramic view from Mirador de la Tarta).
Geohidrology of volcanic edifices and structures III: the NE volcanic rift (Panoramic from Mirador de Chipeque).
Tapping underground water I: La Atalaya water-tunnel (La Matanza de Acentejo).

May 29

Quality and treatment of undergroundwater in Tenerife: Cruz de Tarife_La Guancha Brakish Water Treatment Plant.
Tapping undergroundwater II / undergroundwater management I: water uses assignment (El Pinalete water-tunnel, La Guancha).
Under groundwater management II: storage and distribution (Balsa de Taco, Buenavista del Norte).

Registration deadline: April 15, 2010.

Accomodation for the nights of may 27, 28 and 29 are not included. Please, refer to the hotel list of CoV6 and make your own reservation. Meeting point to start the filed trip will be always at the Taoro Conference Center.


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