The Karst Waters Institute (KWI) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit institution whose mission is to improve the fundamental understanding of karst water systems through sound scientific research and the education of professionals and the public. The institute is governed by a Board of Directors and does not have or issue memberships.

Institute activities include the initiation, coordination, and conduct of research, the sponsorship of conferences and workshops, and occasional publication of scientific works. KWI supports these activities by acting as a coordinating agency for funding and personnel, but does not supply direct funding or grants to individual researchers.

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    KWI News:

  • New Conduit, Volume 11 Issue 2

    January 9, 2012

    (Download newsletter) December 2011


  • Karst Award Dinner - Jim Goodbar, Honoree

    January 9, 2012

    2012 Karst Award Dinner

    March 3, 2012

    The 2012 KWI Karst Award banquet will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the evening of March 3, 2012,on the University of New Mexico campus in the Science and Mathematics building. This is a link to a map with directions.

    This year’s honoree is Jim Goodbar, and he will speak on the topic of “There and Back Again (well not quite): A Cavers Tale.”  ...read full article


  • NEW PUBLICATION

    August 6, 2011


  • NEW CONFERENCE: Carbon and Boundaries in Karst

    July 11, 2011

    A Karst Waters Institute Symposium on Carbon and Boundaries in Karst

    January 7 to 11, 2013

    Carlsbad, New Mexico

    There is growing interest in the dynamics of both inorganic and organic carbon in karst systems, and especially in the flux of carbon and nutrients between surface and subsurface and between different components in the subsurface of karst.

    This symposium will highlight  ...read full article