The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a partner in the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) and one of the largest non-profit conservation organizations in the world operating in 72 countries, has developed a new web-based app that provides groundwater managers in California, USA, with easy access to satellite data…
The Shire Aquifer and River Basin system, shared between Malawi and Mozambique in Southern Africa, is a unique system in that the river basin and the underlying aquifer largely coincide. It is also a basin with many water issues, especially floods and droughts, and the growth of water hyacinth. Groundwater…
Many of the world’s major aquifers are under severe stress as a result of deficits created by large imbalances between inflows and outflows. These deficits have led to widespread depletion and, in some areas, degradation of groundwater resources, which is of particular concern in areas where alternative water supplies are…
Several GRIPP partners came together in Madrid, Spain at the triennial international symposium on managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the tenth (ISMAR10), held at La Nave, 20-24 May, 2019. The symposium, organized by Grupo Tragsa and Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), and convened by Enrique Fernández Escalante from Grupo…
Invitation for pre-conference workshop at 46th IAH International Congress, Malaga, Spain International work on transboundary aquifers is reaching a noteworthy nominal 20-year anniversary. Around the turn of this century, the Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) programme set out to elucidate the prevalence and facts of transboundary aquifers globally. These…
The National Groundwater Association (NGWA), a GRIPP partner, has provided a recent review of the book ‘Advances in Groundwater Governance’ in their Wiley journal Groundwater. Some excerpts from the review by Robert E. Mace and Todd H. Votteler, in: Groundwater, Vol 57, No. 2, March-April 2019: “Through 28 chapters, in…
The International Water Association (IWA) has for many years been bringing together diverse water professionals to share knowledge and experience about pressing water challenges and innovative solutions. One of the key platforms that IWA has created are its “specialist groups,” where members can gain professional and leadership opportunities. The IWA…
Partners in the RAMOTSWA Transboundary Aquifer Project have come together for a workshop to mark the project’s official close. Held at the Avani Hotel in Gaborone, Botswana, on April 9-11, 2019, the event drew delegates from the governments of Botswana and South Africa: the Southern Africa Development Community – Groundwater…
Land use and other activities are putting greater pressure on groundwater in vulnerable but highly productive karst aquifers, such as the Ramotswa Aquifer, which is shared between Botswana and South Africa. This aquifer is representative of similar karst aquifers in Southern Africa, which generally provide a reliable supply of good…
By Viviana Re, IAH-BGID The Burdon Groundwater Network for International Development of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-BGID) is launching a call for contributions to a new book “Groundwater, Resilient Livelihoods and Equitable Growth,” to be published in the IAH Book Series. With this book, we aim to provide a…
