News
-
UNECE has opened a public consultation on the draft supplemental specifications for groundwater resources for the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources (UNFC), which aim to provide a common and consistent framework for assessing, classifying and reporting groundwater resources. The public consultation will run until 31 December 2023 and is open... read more...
-
About half the groundwater wells across New Zealand monitored long-term are contaminated with E. coli. The agency Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) said that E. coli levels, and those of nitrates, exceeded drinking water standards at a minority of wells. The report drew on data and information from about 1000 wells,... read more...
-
Hydrogeology Journal (HJ) publishes articles about prominent men and women in the field of hydrogeology, in a type of article called ‘Profile of eminent hydrogeologist’. The subject of such an article has essentially completed their active participation due to retirement, or they are deceased. The article focuses on their achievements... read more...
-
In an age when sustainable water sources are paramount, the IAEA has unveiled an ambitious strategy to delve deeper into groundwater research. The Agency’s new coordinated research project on “Modelling and isotope-based age for assessment of fossil GW resources” focuses on tightening the integration of environmental tracer data with numerical... read more...
-
The IAH was well represented in the recent UN ECE event on conjunctive management of water resources. read more...
-
At this year’s IAH World Groundwater Congress in Cape Town, we took a further step towards setting up an ‘Education and Outreach Working Group’. The WG once fully in place will be able to set out a strategy for delivering more support to members, taking account of different needs from... read more...
-
The IAH World Groundwater Congress 2024 will be held from 8 to 13 September 2024 at the renowned Davos Congress Centre, Switzerland. We invite you to participate in the organisation of the scientific programme by proposing a session by 26 November. Find out more www.iah2024davos.org/session read more...
-
During the last 60 years, geostatistics has been increasingly used in hydrogeology to understand aquifers, model them more accurately and quantify uncertainty. A Hydrogeology Journal special issue (Sept 2023) provides an overview of typical applications of geostatistical methods used in hydrogeology, but it also highlights some novel ideas and developments... read more...
-
With its low quantities of rain and soaring high temperatures, the Sahara Desert is often regarded as one of the most extreme and least habitable environments on Earth. While the Sahara was periodically much greener in the distant past, an ancient society living in a climate very similar to today’s... read more...
-
Potentially harmful synthetic chemicals known as PFAS, or forever chemicals, have been found at almost half of the 500 groundwater monitoring sites in Switzerland. But Swiss limit values were only exceeded at one station, according to the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). Find out more https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/-forever-chemicals–detected-at-half-of-swiss-groundwater-sites/48884684 read more...
National Chapters
Local professional, scientific and social benefits and promotion of sustainable groundwater use
Commissions & Networks
Contributing to the science of groundwater and undertaking outreach, education and training
Publications
Information about IAH’s Hydrogeology Journal and books
Education
Resources, materials and links for the general public, students and professionals
