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  • United Nations World Water Development Report

    The 2024 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report highlights how developing and maintaining water security and equitable access to water services is essential to ensuring peace and prosperity for all. Equitable access to water resources, to safe and affordable water supply and sanitation services, and to the multiple... read more...

  • Groundwater: A resilient resource for climate change adaptation in displacement and migration situations

    The global WASH Support Unit and Environmental Sustainability Unit, in collaboration with International Groundwater Resources Assessment Center (IGRAC) and Groundwater Relief (GWR), have prepared a position paper that supports IOM staff and decision-makers. The paper aims to facilitate effective WASH programming that optimizes groundwater usage, minimizes adverse impacts on natural... read more...

  • Invitation to join the IAH Regional Groundwater Flow Commission

    The IAH Regional Groundwater Flow Commission (RGFC-IAH) are recruiting new members to join their commission. See below a letter from the RGFC-IAH Board. Dear Members of the IAH, Students and Professionals from all over the world, We address you as representatives and board members of the IAH Regional Groundwater Flow... read more...

  • Pollution Threat To Groundwater in Southern Africa

    The consumption of contaminated groundwater can lead to a host of health issues, including gastrointestinal infections, cholera, dysentery, and other serious illnesses. Pollution occurs when substances such as pathogens, chemicals, and heavy metals seep into underground aquifers, the primary source of drinking water for approximately 70% of the 250 million... read more...

  • Declining Texas springs – risks for water supplies

    Many of the underground water stores often critical to life in Texas, where rain is rare and the sun beats out of a pitiless sky, are running dry. Across the state, water gushes out of nearly 300 springs — a hidden array of reservoirs that creates creeks, rivers and swimming... read more...

  • IAH Applied Hydrogeology Award – Call for nominations

    We are pleased to call for nominations for the 2024 ‘Applied Hydrogeology Award’. read more...

  • Arsenic in landfills is leaching into groundwater

    Arsenic is found in many household and industrial products, from pesticides and food additives to semiconductor chips and pharmaceuticals. And when disposed of, the arsenic in the products can leach from the landfill into the soil and groundwater. Landfills in the U.S., Europe and around the world are important potential... read more...

  • How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater

    Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe. Find out more https://e360.yale.edu/features/solar-water-pumps-groundwater-crops read more...

  • Little groundwater recharge in ancient Mars aquifer, according to new models

    Mars was once a wet world. The geological record of the Red Planet shows evidence for water flowing on the surface – from river deltas to valleys carved by massive flash floods. But a new study shows that no matter how much rainfall fell on the surface of ancient Mars, very... read more...

  • Hydrogeology Journal – Editors’ Choice articles for 2023

    The 2023 Editors’ Choice articles have been announced for Hydrogeology Journal. There are 5 articles that the Editors think will be of particular interest to readers. Four of them are open access and one has been granted free access by our publisher (Springer Nature) until 12 April 2024. Details can... read more...

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