1. Water-resource issues in the United States and the changing focus on groundwater / A. Stone -- 2. The challenges of municipal groundwater supply from private land / H. Seyler, A. Mlisa & K. Riemann -- 3. When are groundwater data enough for decision-making? / J.J.P. Vivier & I.J. Van Der Walt -- 4. Development of emergency water supplies for the drought-impacted southern Cape coastal region of South Africa : observations while abstracting saline water for desalination / R. Parsons -- 5. Guidelines for integrated catchment monitoring : ICM mind-map development and example of application / N. Jovanovic, S. Israel, C. Petersen, R.D.H. Bugan, G. Tredoux, W.P. de Clercq, R. Rose, J. Conrad & M. Demlie -- 6. Socio-economic aspects of groundwater demand : Franschhoek case study / D. Pearce, Y. Xu, E. Makaudze & L. Brendonck -- 7. Using numerical modelling to cope with uncertainty in the real world : examples from various models in the Western Cape / H. Seyler & E.R. Hay -- 8. Numerical modelling techniques for fractured aquifers and flooding of mines / K.T. Witth¿ser & C.M. Kn̲ig -- 9. Assessing uncertainties in surface-water and groundwater interaction modelling : a case study from South Africa using the Pitman model / J.L. Tanner & D.A. Hughes -- 10. Groundwater extractions in Flanders : an enforcement review (2005-2009) / J. November, R. Baert & M. Blondeel -- 11. The impact of climate transitions on the radionuclide transport through a sedimentary aquifer / J. Fl¿gge, M. Stockmann, A. Schneider & U. Noseck -- 12. Identification and management of strategic groundwater bodies for emergency situations in Bratislava District, Slovak Republic / J. Michalko, J. Kordk̕, D. Bodi?, P. Malk̕ R.?ernk̀, F. Bottlik, P. Veis & Z. Grolmusov ̀-- 13. A model of long-term catchment-scale nitrate transport in a UK Chalk catchment / N.J.K. Howden, S.A. Mathias, M.J. Whelan, T.P. Burt & F. Worrall -- 14. Hydrogeological study for sustainable water-resource exploitation : Ibo Island, Mozambique / E. Vilanova, E. Docampo, C. Mecerreyes & J. Molinero -- 15. In situ nitrate removal from groundwater using freely available carbon material at an industrially polluted site / S. Israel, A. Rosenov, G. Tredoux & N. Jovanovic -- 16. Classification of surface-water : groundwater interaction of the Mokolo and Lephalala River systems in the Limpopo WMA / T.G. Rossouw, M. Holland & N. Motebe -- 17. Is the Precambrian basement aquifer in Malawi up to the job? / J. Davies, J.L. Farr & N.S. Robins -- 18. Preliminary assessment of water-supply availability with regard to potential shale-gas development in the Karoo region of South Africa / P.D. Vermeulen -- 19. Compiling the South African development community hydrogeological map and atlas : opportunities for the future / K. Pietersen, N. Kellgren & M. Roos.