The worldwide International Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) Initiative, led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), is a multi-agency effort aimed at improving the understanding of scientific, socioeconomic, legal, institutional and environmental issues related to the management of transboundary aquifers.…
The 8th Africa Water Week (AWW8) and the 6th Africa Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene (AfricaSan6) are being held together as one virtual conference this year – the Africa Water and Sanitation Week 2021 (AWSW). The conference, convened by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) and the African Union…
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is seeking applications from enthusiastic students to assist with a groundwater modeling project at its office in Lahore, Pakistan. For more information and to apply for the internship, click here. View details of the vacancy Sign up for GRIPP news and updates Sign up…
Research conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI) in Lao PDR found that commercial banana farming in northern parts of the country was contaminating soil and water resources, which could lead to potentially detrimental impacts on human health and the environment.…
The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 1–12, 2021. For the first time ever, a targeted forum for water, the Water Pavilion, will be hosted at the conference. Broadly…
Skat Foundation, a partner in the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), is a core member of a new consortium led by the Aquaya Institute, which has been awarded a five-year USD 18.9 million cooperative agreement from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the Rural…
Groundwater – the world’s largest freshwater store – is a life-sustaining resource that supplies water to billions of people, plays a central part in irrigated agriculture, and influences the health of humans and ecosystems. Water Underground is a European Geosciences Union (EGU) blog written by a global collective of hydrogeology…
Dryland regions, such as the Ramotswa Transboundary Aquifer Area (shared by Botswana and South Africa), experience water scarcity and variability in water availability which is exacerbated by climate change. Therefore, conventional methods of irrigation scheduling – based on intuition or experience – may no longer be adequate. It is critical…
Groundwater is increasingly seen as a key component of water security, driven by the mounting evidence of compounding factors of climate change, which will increase temperatures and lead to higher demands for water, especially for irrigated agriculture and in dry areas and during dry seasons. As dry areas get even…
This webinar series is a simulation game of negotiations between two ‘countries’ over their transboundary river-aquifer system. The simulations are carried out by highly qualified lawyers and hydrogeologists, drawing on their expertise on transboundary water resources and international water law. The webinars are held on September 15, 2021, from 15:00…
