January 27-30, 2025 | Sparks, NV

Join the industry’s leading experts at the 2025 Mine Water Management & 20 Years of Pit Lakes Science Symposium for an opportunity to discover the latest solutions and strategies for understanding mine water and pit lake challenges. The Symposium will highlight topics such as pit lakes, mine closure strategies, water rights, environmental sustainability, and case studies from leading mining projects. 

The Symposium will also commemorate the 20-year anniversary of Pit Lakes 2004. Hosted by United States Environmental Protection Agency, Pit Lakes 2004 was held in Reno and remains the single largest gathering of pit lake practitioners held to date with over 220 pit lake researchers, consultants and regulators in attendance from around the world. The Symposium will host four sessions highlighting advances in pit lake prediction, management and closure with speakers from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States, plus a panel session with global subject matter experts.

• Networking with Friends & Exhibitors
• Panel Discussions
• Technical Talks
• Professional & Student 
• Poster Presentations
• Raffle FUN!

• 20 Years of Pit Lake Science
•  Water Rights, Regulations, and Environmental Impact
•  Pit Lake Prediction and Case Studies
•  Technological Solutions for Mine Water Management
• Pit Lake Monitoring, Closure and Re-Use
• Pit Lakes and Tailings: Risk, Modeling, and Climate Change

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Justice Ron Parraguirre

Nevada Supreme Court

“Nevada’s New Approach to Adjudication of Water Law Cases”

Professor Burke Griggs

Director of Environmental & Energy Program and Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law

"The Duty of Candor in Water Law"

Norman Semanko

Attorney at Law, Parsons Behle & Latimer

"Living with Conjunctive Management: The Legal and Practical Consequences of Managing Surface Water and Groundwater Together"

•  “Use It or Lose It: Be There or Be Square at the NWRA Speakeasy!”
• Scholarship awards
• Student Poster Competition
• Board Elections 
• Professional Poster Presentations 
•  Lifetime Achievement Award
• Exhibitors! Exhibitors! Exhibitors!

• Municipal Conservation
• Agriculture Amidst Water Scarcity 
• Groundwater & Conjunctive Management
• Truckee River Operating Agreement Updates 
• Community Engagement & Conservation 
• Groundwater Rights Retirement in Nevada 
• Water Rights Administration in Nevada
• Integrated Water Management & New Data Applications

Nevada Water Resources Association has many opportunities for you or your organization to receive sponsorship or exhibit recognition during the 2025 Annual Conference Week!

NWRA is a not-for-profit organization and seeks out knowledgeable professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to provide educational and informative presentations. NWRA strives to ensure topics are current and address educational needs; however, topics and issues presented and addressed are the opinion and ownership of the presenter, person or agency presenting the information. NWRA does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or validity of the content and cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions. NWRA assumes no liability or responsibility for the content of a presentation, educational instruction, or the opinions expressed by the presenters. Advertisements posted on www.nvwra.org, e-mailed, or presented via other formats do not constitute an endorsement by NWRA in any manner.

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