Acknowledgments

We appreciate the thorough and useful reviews of and contributions to this book by the following individuals:

• Xiaolang Zhang, PhD student at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong;
• Jimmy Jiao Professor at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong;
• Kamini Singha, Professor, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA;
• Alain Rouleau, University of Québec in Chicoutimi, Saguenay, Canada;
• Barret Kurlyk, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Coastal Water Resources, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, Sexton Campus, Halifax, Canada;
• Allan Freeze, Emeritus Professor, Geological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and,
• Xiao-Wei Jiang, Professor of Hydrogeology, School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences, Beijing China.

We are grateful for Amanda Sills’ oversight and production of this book and to Elhana Dyck for copyediting, both of the Groundwater Project, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. We appreciate the guidance and contributions of Everton de Oliveira, Diego Nogueira and Bruna Soldera of the Groundwater Project, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, as we fostered this book to completion.

Eileen Poeter
Paul Hsieh