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IGRAC provides groundwater data, information, knowledge and wisdom to support decision-making on all levels and to work towards a sustainable and equitable groundwater future.

Under auspices of @unesconow.bsky.social and
@wmo-global.bsky.social.
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🇹🇯🤝🇳🇱 We ended last year with a successful study visit of our key partners from #Tajikistan to the Netherlands. This knowledge exchange was part of the Groundwater Management Project, led by @helvetas-ch.bsky.social.

🔗 Learn all about the visit and the project: un-igrac.org/latest/news/...
Exchanging Groundwater Knowledge During Tajik Study Visit to The Netherlands - IGRAC
IGRAC and IHE Delft organised a study visit for a delegation from Tajikistan, as part of the Groundwater Management Project (GWMP).
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January 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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🥬 About 70% of all #groundwater withdrawals are used for #agriculture. Get your camera and show the important role of groundwater for food! 📸

💧From agriculture or #livestock farming to groundwater-fed #fisheries.

🤝 @iahgroundwater.bsky.social

#water #waterforfood #irrigation #foodproduction
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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🌿No #ecosystems without #groundwater! Help us raising awareness about this connection and share your most beautiful ecosystems pictures! 📸
💧Get out there and capture your favourite #springs, #ponds, #wetlands, #river, #peatlands or phreatophyte vegetation!
#photocontest 🤝 @iahgroundwater.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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📸 Is your New Year's resolution to create more #groundwater awareness? Excellent!! Grab your camera and share your pictures!

💧IGRAC and @iahgroundwater.bsky.social call upon all groundwater enthusiasts to help putting a spotlight on groundwater wells!

#water #borehole #photocontest #waterwell
January 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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🎄An early Christmas gift from the Hydrogeocenter: The Applied Groundwater Modelling course is now available for #FREE! 🎁

🔗 hydrogeocenter.com/courses/.

🤝 Thanks to Neven Kresic & Nenad Maric.

#groundwater #modelling #Modflow #Modflow8 #water #course #onlinecourse #OpenAccess
COURSES - HydroGeoCenter
Explore HydroGeoCenter’s course catalog for expert-led training in groundwater modeling and hydrogeology. Enhance your skills with online courses designed for professionals and students.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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🇮🇳 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
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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#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.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 17: A new tool
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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🎥 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....
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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💧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! 👇
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🌏 #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
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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📣 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
Meet the 20 New Groundwater Correspondents - IGRAC
Home AustraliaBelgiumBrazilColombiaEgyptGhanaIndiaIraqKenyaMalawiMexicoNepalNigerNigeriaSouth AfricaSwedenTanzaniaUgandaUSAZimbabwe Network & PartnershipsProject UpdateTraining Our 2025-2026 Group Hom...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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💧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
Groundwater Depletion in a Drying World - IGRAC
Aquifer depletion has led to widespread consequences globally. Find out which ones in 'Groundwater Depletion in a Drying World'.
un-igrac.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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💧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
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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🇪🇬 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
Promoting Groundwater Data Sharing at Cairo Water Week 2025 - IGRAC
IGRAC was present at Cairo Water Week 2025 to promote groundwater data sharing in general and our GGMN in specific.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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🗞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
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October 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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🙌 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
The Forgotten Wisdom of Water | Zoubida Nemer | TEDxBratislava
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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October 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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🇨🇦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
October 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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🇲🇺 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
Mauritius - IGRAC
Explore all about the Mauritian hydrogeology, monitoring network and (open) data in the groundwater country profile of Mauritius.
un-igrac.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🏅 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...
October 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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💧'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
A Groundwater Story in the Egyptian Desert
Prepared by Dr. Mohammed Anwar Shaheen (Heliopolis University)
gws-sence.medium.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🎬 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
Climate Week NYC: HOW TO POISON A PLANET with Panel Livestream on Tuesday Sept. 23
Get tickets for the virtual screening of HOW TO POISON A PLANET
kinema.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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📸 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
September 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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🌏 #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
September 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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🌍 #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
September 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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💧 #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
Groundwater level data from 47 countries in the State of Global Water Resources Report 2024 - IGRAC
For the groundwater level data from 47(!) countries, read this recently published State of Global Water Resources Report 2024 of WMO.
un-igrac.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM