M&A Professionals Present at 2026 Water Congress, Santiago

Montgomery & Associates will be well represented at the 2026 Water Congress in Santiago, Chile, October 27-29. Now in its 14^th year, Water Congress includes nearly 150 technical presentations on water management in mining and industrial processes.

Jesús Sajama from our Salta office will present Ecohidrología de vegas: respuesta de vegetación asociada al nivel freático (Ecohydrology of wetlands: response of vegetation associated with the water table). Co-authors on this work include Salta colleagues Viviana Berrios, Ph.D., Leonardo Malsenido, Laura Martinez, and José Ferretti.

Dan Graf from our Salt Lake City office will present Uncertainty-Informed Machine Learning Guided Optimization (MLGO) of a mine dewatering wellfield design. Co-authors on this work include Patrick Wickham, P.G., C.Hg., Pasadena; Greg Nelson, P.G., Salt Lake City; Chris Cottingham, Reno; and Tim Bayley, Ph.D., Tucson.

Vanessa Valderrama and Brandon Schneider from our Santiago office will present Litio en salares: transición de polígonos a modelos de bloques 3D (Lithium in salt flats: transition from polygons to 3D block models).

Mijal Baron and Luis de la Fuente will also present independent research.

M&A is proud to serve as a gold sponsor for this event that enables staff to share their experiences with 500 water professionals from 18 countries.

For more information on M&A and our services, please visit our website or contact Chris Cottingham or Mike Rosko.

Jesús Sajama

Dan Graf

Vanessa Valderrama