🇮🇳 Commons or Commerce: Who Owns Groundwater in Villages of #Kalimpong? 🤔 Our #India Correspondent Jayesh Desai decided to go to West Bengal and look for an answer. 🔗 See what he discovered: un-igrac.org/latest/stori... #WestBengal #springs #groundwater #watersupply #SDG6 #himalaya

#30DayMapChallenge Day 17: A New Tool Tried #JupyterGIS, a #Python-based mapping tool in #JupyterLab, for mapping transboundary aquifers using open data from @igrac.bsky.social + #HydroSHEDS. Real-time map+code collaboration, live annotations, and reproducible workflows.

🎥 LIGHTS! CAMERA! WATER ACTION! 🇦🇷 Live from Buenos Aires online with Robert Strand from World Water Film Festival and Veronica Lutri, our former Groundwater Correspondent of #Argentina and current Regional Coordinator for the Americas! 🔗 events.zoom.us/ev/AgmLpQB_v....

💧After part 1 on #DiscoverGroundwater series on the Beauty of Groundwater (un-igrac.org/latest/stori...) we now have part 2 on the History of Groundwater (un-igrac.org/latest/stori...) for you. 📷 And you can now become part of the next on 'Groundwater Use'! Find out how! 👇

🌏 #Qanat, #Karez, #Kanerjing, #Foggara, #Khettara, #ViajeDeAgua, #GaleríasFiltrantes, #Puqui or #Socavón. 🔗 In part 2 of the Discover Groundwater series, we explore The History of Groundwater. You can read all about it here: un-igrac.org/latest/stori.... 🤝 @iahgroundwater.bsky.social #groundwater

📣 We welcome 20(!) new Groundwater Correspondents to our storytelling volunteer (training) programme! Find out which countries are added and who represent them. 🔗 bit.ly/47w6H4D #groundwater #correspondents #water #journalism #sciencecommunication #fieldreport #network

💧Saline intrusion, land #subsidence, #water quality and access challenges. Let's look at #Groundwater in a Drying World. 🗞️ Cahal McQuillan interviewed our Director for @thelancetplanet.bsky.social. 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori.... #sinkingcities #depletion #drought #climatechange #salineintrusion

💧To set the scene for this Salinity Magazine fully dedicated to #groundwater, IGRAC contributed to the article 'Overview of Global Groundwater Salinisation', including the world #salinity map. 🔗 www.netherlandswaterpartnership.com/market-intel.... #saline #subsidence #water #ecosystems #foodsecurity

🇪🇬 Every year, the water world gathers at #CairoWaterWeek. This time, IGRAC was there too. #Groundwater Specialist Elie Gerges promoted data sharing👇 📈Groundwater level trends 🔍Groundwater #monitoring 🗺️New transboundary aquifer map 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #CairoWaterWeek2025 #Arab #water #GGMN

🗞Our newsletter 'The Underground Update' is now also available on #Substack. 📰Receive the latest stories from our correspondents, newly added #groundwater country profiles, interesting reports, event updates and open access publications. All straight in your inbox! 🔗 #SubscribeNow igrac.substack.com

🙌 IGRAC's Algeria Correspondent, Groundwater Correspondent of the Year winner and now also TEDx Talker! Big round of applause for Zoubida Nemer! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWBo... #Foggara #Algeria #groundwater #ancestralwisdom #qanat #TEDtalks #TEDx

🇨🇦Oh #Canada. Home to over 20%(!) of all freshwater in the world. So, not really the first place you'd link to #groundwater problems. However.. 👇 🔗 This story shares a different reality: un-igrac.org/latest/stori... #timeline #indigenous #water #governance #hydrogeology #algalblooms

🇲🇺 This week's Groundwater Country Profile is #Mauritius 🚰 #Groundwater provides 57% of the island’s potable water. 🥬 Key resource for residential use, #industry and #agriculture. 🔗 un-igrac.org/data/country.... #coastal #water #country #countryprofile #SDG6

🏅 Our #Bolivia Correspondent Mónica Guzmán Rojo, from the Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo" was awarded the Marie Curie Award 2025 by the National Academy of Sciences of #Bolivia. 🇧🇴 Curious about her work? Read her recently published story here: un-igrac.org/latest/stori...

💧'A Groundwater Story in the Egyptian Desert' walks you through the last #GWSSENCE project workshop. 🌊The project focuses on #coastal aquifers in #Egypt 🇪🇬, #Kenya 🇰🇪and #Nigeria 🇳🇬. At this workshop in Egypt, all teams gave progress updates. 🔗 gws-sence.medium.com/a-groundwate.... #groundwater #water

🎬 Stream #OnDemand: How To Poison A Planet, with @markruffalo.bsky.social 🌎. Shared by World Water Film Festival during this New York Climate Week. kinema.com/events/Clima... #ClimateWeekNYC #PFAS #film #moviesthatmatter #groundwater #pollution

📸 Grab your camera, send your pictures and become part of the ‘Discover Groundwater’ GeoStory series! Find out how 👇 💧Part 1 (of 5) on the Beauty of #Groundwater is already online. 🔗Find out more: un-igrac.org/latest/news/.... #photocontest #water #GeoStory #IAH2025

🌏 #IAH2025 is finished and a special week coming to an end. #Newsletter with 3 launches in 1 week: 📸'Beauty of Groundwater' is online with call-to-action 📊Groundwater level data from 47 countries in #StateOfWater 🗺️Transboundary Aquifers of the World Map 2025 🔓 #OpenAccess #Article 🔗 bit.ly/4nhCPQm

🌍 #NEW: Transboundary Aquifers of the World 2025 #map. Just presented at #IAH2025 and now available for #download. Explore what's new! 🔗 #Download: un-igrac.org/latest/news/.... #groundwater #SDG6 #SDG652 #GlobalGoals #Cartography #water #hydrogeology #IAHCongress #hydrodiplomacy @unesco.org

💧 #Launch: The WMO #StateOfWater #pressconference starts right now and the 2024 report is available for download. 📊Groundwater level data from 37,406 monitoring wells across 47 countries. 🔗Our #groundwater analysis for #StateOfWater Report 2024: un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #water #drought #data

📢 #Launch at #IAH2025. IAH & IGRAC just launched the 'Discover Groundwater' series. 📸 Grab your camera and become part of it! The series of 5 parts will show the beauty, history, use, challenges and protection of groundwater. 🔗See part 1: un-igrac.org/latest/stori.... #IAHCongress #Hydrogeology

🗓️ Attending the #IAH2025 ? Mark this in your agendas! 👇 📉 #Research on 20-year #groundwater level trends. (16 Sep - 10:30) 🗺️ Transboundary Aquifers #map #launch (19 Sep - Poster Board P047) 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #IAHCongress #water #data #datascience #GroundwaterMatters #hydrogeology

Meet us at #IAH2025 for the launch of the #new Transboundary Aquifers of the World #map! In this month's #newsletter: 🇯🇴 @UNESCWA workshop. 🇲🇾IGM conference in #Malaysia. 🇧🇴Story from our #Bolivia correspondent 🇩🇿🇸🇳Country profiles #Algeria & #Senegal. www.linkedin.com/pulse/vol-10...

Can you guess the #groundwater country profile based on the hints?👇 - Most #recharge comes from rainfall and snowmelt. - Covered by #volcanic rocks, mainly #basalt, atop layers of sedimentary formations. - Completely surrounded by one single country. 🔗 bit.ly/4p8oXJh.

📢 Attending #WWWeek2025 in #Stockholm? Come to the Netherlands booth at 11:00 and see the NEW Transboundary Aquifers Map! Starting in 40 min! 🗺️ Elisabeth Lictevout will present the latest update, including two new thematic maps. #WWWeek #worldwaterweek #worldwaterweek2025 #water #groundwater

🇸🇳 Another #new Groundwater Country Profile: #Senegal! 🌍 #Groundwater is the backbone of the nation’s drinking #watersupply, providing around 85%(!), and it is also fundamental for most industrial activities. 🔗 un-igrac.org/data/country... #agriculture #surfacewater #overextraction #pollution

📢In the past months, we have worked on the development of the new Transboundary Aquifers of the World #Map and #WWWeek is the first moment we show the results. Meet our director Elisabeth Lictevout in Stockholm (or online) at these two events: un-igrac.org/latest/event... #WorldWaterWeek #WWWeek2025

🇩🇿 #NEW Groundwater Country Profile: #Algeria! 🌍 This time we are looking at the #hydrogeology, groundwater use and groundwater monitoring network of the largest country of #Africa. 🔗 un-igrac.org/data/country... #arid #semiarid #salinity #coastal #water #MAR #aquifer #recharge #foggara

🇧🇴 How do you explain #hydrogeology? #Bolivia Correspondent Mónica Guzmán Rojo used the local legend of #Gueebi as metaphor. 🌧️ #Gueebi (Son of Rain) fell from the sky, stayed among people, and revealed #water in times of #drought. Gueebi sounds like #groundwater, right? 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori...

🤔 What is the 'water table'? What is the difference between the saturated and unsaturated zone? Are #groundwater and surface water connected? 🔗 This #OpenAccess #animation, and more, is available on our 'Groundwater Basics' page: un-igrac.org/why-groundwa.... #graphicdesign #water #watertable

🇷🇼 #New Groundwater Country Profile: #Rwanda. 🔗 On this profile, we tell you more about Rwanda's groundwater use, #hydrogeology, #opendata and monitoring network. Click & explore (and share with others 😉): un-igrac.org/data/country... #ecosystems #water #EaternAfrica#groundwater #CountryProfile

📣 #New is the common thread in this #newsletter. New staff members, new country profiles for #Ghana & #Rwanda, a new story on #Corsica’s fragile #wetlands from our #France Correspondent and the brand new 'Global #Groundwater Data Catalogue'. 🔗 linkedin.com/pulse/vol-09... @xanderhuggins.bsky.social

Excited to share this latest paper📃, reviewing and providing a searchable catalogue of >200 open access global datasets to study groundwater in social-ecological systems. paper in ERL: tinyurl.com/55vtb8tb The searchable catalogue is available thx to @igrac.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/yjdtd5bx

📣 #MeetTheTeam: Xin Tian joins us as Visiting Senior Data Specialist for one year. 🤝 He combines this with his role at KWR Water. 🔗 Read the interview: un-igrac.org/latest/news/.... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #water #groundwater #datascience #data #dataresearch #machinelearning

🇬🇭 #NEW Groundwater Country Profile: #Ghana! 🔗 Information about #groundwater use, #hydrogeology, monitoring network and #OpenData: un-igrac.org/data/country.... 🖋️ Profile written by our intern Emmanuel Sagoe 🎵 'Unlock me | Amapiano Music', by: Prazkhanal #BlackStar #water

🎨 Created by us, but available to all! Short animations and nice illustrations to explain #groundwater. 🔗 This animation explains the difference between confined and unconfined aquifers: un-igrac.org/why-groundwa.... ✏️ This is only a start.. Stay tuned! #openaccess #animation #graphicdesign

🦩 What’s happening beneath the surface of #Corsica’s #Biguglia #Lagoon? 🦐Invasive species 💧Disrupted water flows 🐟A collapsing traditional fishery 🌱A system reaching a tipping point 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori... #groundwater #wetlands #ClimateAdaptation #Biodiversity #Resilience #lagoon #France

📣 #meettheteam: Recently, Kaixin Chen joined IGRAC as our Junior Graphic Designer & Multimedia Editor. 💬 Time to sit down for an #interview and hear what drives her and why she chose to join IGRAC: un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #sciencecommunication #designforgood #water

🌍 New project: Groundwater for Advancing Resilience in Africa (#G4DR), which aims to boost water security & climate resilience across Africa. 🔗 Learn more: un-igrac.org/our-work/act... 🤝 @thegef.bsky.social @fao.org @iwmi.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at

🎥 #JoinOnline at 11:00! On the 3rd and last day of the UNESCO #IHP anniversary, it's time to look back on 50 years of #groundwater activities. 🔗 Register here and attend the session from 11:00 to 12:30: unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... #water #registernow #hydrogeology #hydrology

📣 Starting now: The UNESCO #IHP Seminar on Open Hydrology, with Elisabeth Lictevout. #JoinOnline 👇 🔓 It's a full day programme on #OpenScience, #OpenAccess and #OpenData, as part of IHP's 50th anniversary. Don't miss anything: 🔗 www.unesco.org/en/articles/... @unesco.org @unesconl.bsky.social

💧 #JoinOnline: It's the 50th anniversary of #UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme. #RegisterNow and don't miss any celebrations! 🔗 Full programme and online participation: www.unesco.org/en/articles/.... @unesco.org #hydrology #hydrogeology #water #openscience @unesconl.bsky.social

🗺️ Is your country still missing on the map? #ApplyNow to become our new Groundwater Correspondent! (#Deadline: Tomorrow) 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #volunteer #volunteerjobs #learningopportunities #personaldevelopment #groundwater #training

🗞️ #Newsletter | In the May #UndergroundUpdate: Last Chance to become our Groundwater Correspondent(!), a panel discussion as closing of the #Regulate Project, interview with our new staff member and a new Commission Chair for #GroundwaterQuality. 🔗 bit.ly/4k5HYt0 @iahgroundwater.bsky.social

📢IGRAC Groundwater Specialist Claudia Ruz Vargas is the new chair of IAH Commission on Groundwater Quality. 🔗Curious about their? Visit the commission website: gwquality.iah.org/commission-c.... #FriendsOfGroundwater #groundwater #groundwaterquality #contamination #pollution #PFAS

🕊️ #RegisterNow for the forum: Valuing water from a #humanrights perspective with #UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo!! 🗓️ Tomorrow at 16:00 - 17:30 (GMT+02:00) at IHE Delft. 🔗 Register here: www.un-ihe.org/events/forum.... #water #peace #event #groundwater

🌱 Panel discussion in Brussels concludes #Regulate Project, linking #groundwater to #society and #ecology. 🇧🇪 🗣️ "Effective policies for groundwater management exist but often lack impact.” 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/... 🤝 @isoe-institut.bsky.social, @goetheuni.bsky.social, @unitrier.bsky.social.

📢 Only 10 more days to register! Will we see you in Delft or #online during our session at the 7th International #Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the #Water Sector taking place from 2-4 July 2025? #RegisterNow! 👇 🔗 www.un-ihe.org/diversity-an...

🗣️ "Football gave me the world – now it’s time we give something back", says #football legend Dimitar Berbatov at the Football for Peace Water Gala, which united the worlds of football, #entertainment, #privatesector, #government and #water in #London. 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/...

🎬 Loved #DarkWaters? Don’t miss 'How to Poison a Planet', an award-winning doc on #PFAS featuring @markruffalo.bsky.social. 🎟️ Join the #Chicago screening May 5 w/ a panel including real heroes behind the film: Robert Bilott, Gary Douglas & more: worldwaterff.org! #groundwater #ForeverChemicals