Just launched at IWA's #WorldWaterCongress and now available for download! 📖 'Groundwater monitoring in humanitarian contexts: a guide for practitioners and decision makers' 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/.... #groundwater #humanitarian #WASH #water #SDG6 #guidelines @actioncontrelafaim.bsky.social

🗞️ Major MAR Portal update with 3,640 #MAR sites, a new guide for groundwater in #humanitarian contexts, the recent European #drought and 51 countries sharing #groundwater data for WMO Report. 📰 Read all September news in Volume 16 of #UndergroundUpdate! 🔗 igrac.substack.com/p/the-underg...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Attending the #WorldWaterCongress? Join the #groundwater reception and #book launch on Monday at the @grundfos.bsky.social pavilion! 📖 'Groundwater Monitoring in #Humanitarian Contexts' is a guide for practitioners and decision makers. #worldwatercongress2026 @actioncontrelafaim.bsky.social

💧 WMO just launched its annual #StateOfWater report, which takes stock of the world's water resources. IGRAC was again responsible for the #groundwater chapter. 🔗 Explore the main outcomes here: un-igrac.org/latest/news/.... #StateofWater2025 #water #maps #datascience @wmo-global.bsky.social

📢Just presented at #IAH2026 and now accessible to all! 🌍An updated #MARportal with 3,640 #MAR sites across 97 countries. 🔓 #OpenAccess illustrations & animations explaining all 17 MAR techniques. 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #AquiferRecharge #DataScience #Groundwater @iahgroundwater.bsky.social

Major Update of MAR Portal With 3,640 Managed Aquifer Recharge Sites Across 97 Countries - IGRAC

Explore 3,640 Managed Aquifer Recharge sites across 97 countries in our MAR Portal and download free awareness-raising materials.

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🇭🇺 Are you attending #IAH2026 next week? Meet our staff in #Budapest! 💧 Our Director Elisabeth Lictevout and Senior Groundwater Specialist Andy Pearson will share some exciting updates. Find out where to find them: un-igrac.org/latest/event...! #IAHCongress #groundwater @iahgroundwater.bsky.social

🇿🇦 Are you attending the IAH-SA Symposium this week? Meet our Senior Groundwater Specialist Feifei Cao. 👇 🔗 Find out when and where you can find IGRAC in Stellenbosch: un-igrac.org/latest/event.... #groundwater #water #southafrica #IAHSA2026

IAH-SA Symposium 2026 | Stellenbosch, South Africa - IGRAC

The IAH-SA Flagship Symposium 2026, titled will take place on 26–28 August 2026 at STIAS, Stellenbosch University. Meet IGRAC there!

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🇪🇺 #Wildfires in #Spain, heat records in the UK and rivers reaching historical lows. But #Europe's #drought is not the cause but exacerbator of today's problems. It’s time to look at longer #groundwater trends! 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori... #Hungary #France #wildfire #Rhine #Rijn

How the Current Drought Reveals Europe’s Long-Term Groundwater Issues - IGRAC

Let's explain how the current drought reveals Europe’s long-term groundwater issues. From drying rivers to halting industry or failing crops.

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🎬Excited to be part of the World Water Film #Festival in Delft, The #Netherlands! Full month of films, all around a different topic: #Water & War/Conflict: Sept 4 Water & #Gender: Sept 10 Water & #Biodiversity: Sept 17 Water & #ClimateChange: Sept 25 🔗 www.worldwaterff.org/events #groundwater #film

Events — World Water Film Festival

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🇸🇳 In her new field report, our Groundwater Correspondent Mame Diarra Bousso Diouf shows how salinity is affecting coastal communities. 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori.... #Senegal #groundwater #water #salinity #saline #coastal #agriculture #farming #wateraccess

The Three Faces of Groundwater in Senegal: Burden, Threat and Hope - IGRAC

This groundwater salinity story from our Senegal Correspondent shows the three faces of groundwater in Senegal: Burden, Threat and Hope.

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🗞️ IGRAC’s recent study that revealed 20 years of groundwater imbalance, has also been picked up by some mass media. Find out what they say about it! 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #groundwater #datascience #trends #water @lemonde.fr @dailymaverick.co.za

🇲🇽 From Tenochtitlán to Mexico City. Read how a 'Meso-American Venice' turned into a megacity with mega droughts. From our #Mexico Correspondent Alejandra Partida Vital 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori... #MexicoCity #groundwater #water #drought #depletion #Tenochtitlan #Xochimilco #altepetl #chinampas

From Altepetl to Aquifer: Mexico City’s Long Struggle for Water Balance - IGRAC

In this story, you see Mexico City’s long struggle for water balance, turning from a 'Mesoamerican Venice' to a megacity with mega droughts.

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📣 Extended Deadline! You still have till 19 July to apply and potentially become one of our next Groundwater Correspondents! Find out how👇 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #groundwater #water #correspondent #volunteeropportunity #volunteer #training #webinar #storytelling #applynow

Will You Be Our Next Groundwater Correspondent and Represent Your Country? - IGRAC

Are you just as passionate about groundwater as we are? Apply and maybe you'll be our new groundwater correspondent!

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🇵🇭 In "Who Are the Tiny Creatures Living in Philippine Groundwater and Why Do They Matter?", Groundwater Correspondent Ashemir Velasco takes you to the fascinating underground world of #stygofauna 🦐 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori... #ThePhilippines #Philippines #groundwater #styg #water

🏆 And the winners of the Groundwater Story of Year 2025 Awards are... 🌏We decided to surprise the winners. See their reactions in the video! 🔗 Read all the stories and jury reports for all nominees: un-igrac.org/latest/news/.... 🇧🇴 #Bolivia 🇨🇦 #Canada 🇫🇷 #France 🇮🇳 #India 🇪🇸 #Spain

These Are the Winners of the Groundwater Story of the Year Award 2025 - IGRAC

Find out who are the winners of the Jury and People's Choice award of IGRAC's Groundwater Story of the Year Award 2025!

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You can still register for next week's webinar "Groundwater matters for cooperation and in multilateral processes" with our Director Elisabeth Lictevout. 📅17 June | 14:00–15:30 CEST 🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @un-water.bsky.social @iahgroundwater.bsky.social @wmo-global.bsky.social

🗞️ Search for groundwater correspondents, call for MAR Portal submissions and an interesting groundwater flooding story in Florida. #UndergroundUpdate 🔗 igrac.substack.com/p/the-underg... #groundwater #volunteeropportunity #water #flood #Florida #USA #MAR #substack #newsletter

The Underground Update Vol.15 - June 2026

Search for groundwater correspondents, call for MAR Portal submissions and an interesting groundwater flooding story in Florida.

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🇺🇸 Saline intrusion or #groundwater flooding? #Florida is facing this "Sophie’s Choice" and our #US Groundwater Correspondent Jesse Ferraioli explains why. 🔗 Read her story: un-igrac.org/latest/stori... #UnitedStates #USA #flood #salinity #seawaterrise #floods #flooding #water #Miami

💧 Working with Managed Aquifer Recharge (#MAR)? Then we need your help! Submit MAR sites to the MAR Portal and help the groundwater community. 💻 The global MAR inventory already contains 1,200 case studies from over 50 countries. 🔗 Submit yours: un-igrac.org/latest/news/... @inowas.bsky.social

Submit Your MAR Scheme to the MAR Portal! - IGRAC

Submit your Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) scheme to the MAR Portal through the form and help the groundwater community!

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🌏 Is your country still blank on the map? Then we may be looking for you as our next Groundwater Correspondent! 👇 🔗 Interested? Apply by 30 June: un-igrac.org/latest/news/... #groundwater #storytelling #volunteer #volunteeropportunity #applynow #water #sciencecommunication

Will You Be Our Next Groundwater Correspondent and Represent Your Country? - IGRAC

Are you just as passionate about groundwater as we are? Apply and maybe you'll be our new groundwater correspondent!

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"New Study Reveals 20 Years of #Groundwater Imbalance: Why the results of this groundwater level trends research across 47 countries should alarm us all" 📊 #Openaccess publication + story about some of the 28 hotspots and are now available online! 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori...

New Study Reveals 20 Years of Groundwater Imbalance - IGRAC

New IGRAC study reveals 20 years of groundwater imbalance and the results of this groundwater level trends research should alarm us all!

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🌱 What do wetlands, rivers, springs, lakes, caves, oases and salt flats have in common? #Ecosystems often depend on #groundwater! 💧 But how are groundwater and ecosystems connected? We'll answer this question.. and many more! ⏯️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbws... #GroundwaterExplained #wetlands

Groundwater Explained: Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems

YouTube video by IGRAC - International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre

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🎬 Our partner World Water Film Festival has something special for you. Six water films available as FREE streams from #WorldWaterDay2026 to April 5th! 🔗 Start streaming: www.worldwaterff.org/wwff-events/... #groundwater #water #film #moviesthatmatter

World Water Day Film Festival — World Water Film Festival

2026: World Water Day | Water and Gender Celebrate World Water Day with the World Water Film Festival , streaming free worldwide Saturday, March 21st, through Sunday, April 5 at 11:59 PM EST.

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🌱 After the beauty (part 1), history (2), use (3) and challenges (4) of #groundwater, it's time for protecting groundwater. 💧 Curious about Managed Aquifer Recharge sites around the world? 🔗 Part 5 of #DiscoverGroundwater: un-igrac.org/latest/stori... 🤝 @iahgroundwater.bsky.social #water #MAR

Protecting Groundwater - IGRAC

Fifth part in the Discover Groundwater series of 5 chapters, this time about protecting groundwater with Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR).

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From hydrogeologists to you! Celebrate #WorldWaterDay with the #DiscoverGroundwater series: 1: Beauty of Groundwater bit.ly/3NmsO7M 2: History of Groundwater bit.ly/47cN5Dp 3: Groundwater Use bit.ly/4lNs7RA 4: Groundwater Warnings bit.ly/4bD9f30 @iahgroundwater.bsky.social #WorldWaterDay2026

🚨 Part 4 of the #DiscoverGroundwater series is a warning! In this 4th GeoStory we analyse the following challenges: 🚱 #Depletion 🏚️ #Subsidence 🕳️ #Sinkholes 🌊 #Floods 🧪 #Contamination 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori... 🤝 An initiative with @iahgroundwater.bsky.social #groundwater #geostory #pollution

Warning! Groundwater Equilibrium in Danger! - IGRAC

In a series of 5 chapters, we're trying to show the importance and beauty of groundwater. The 4th is a warning: Groundwater Equilibrium in danger!

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🗞️ #newsletter: Call for #MAR, protection & reduction photos, 'Groundwater Use' GeoStory, #Doñana long-read, study visit of Tajik delegation and 20 new correspondents! 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/vol-13... #AquiferRecharge #groundwater #Tajikistan #wetlands #WorldWetlandsDay @iahgroundwater.bsky.social

📸 Raise awareness about how to protect and restore #groundwater by sharing your pictures of.. 🌧️ Managed #AquiferRecharge #MAR 🌱 Groundwater protection zones 🚫 Reduction of groundwater extraction ⏳ Deadline: 18 March! 🤝 @iahgroundwater.bsky.social #water #recharge #photocontest #geostory #ISMAR

💧 #Groundwater use around the world, captures in pictures that were shared by you! Part 3 of the 'Discover Groundwater' series is now available. 🔗 un-igrac.org/latest/stori... 🤝Discover Groundwater is an initiative with @iahgroundwater.bsky.social 🇧🇩🇧🇯🇧🇴🇨🇱🇭🇷🇬🇫🇮🇳🇮🇩🇮🇪🇰🇪🇲🇬🇵🇹🇸🇦🇿🇦🇸🇩🇸🇪🇹🇯🇹🇿🇬🇧🇺🇸🇿🇲

Groundwater Use Around the World - IGRAC

In a series of 5 chapters, we are trying to show the importance and beauty of groundwater. This third is on groundwater use around the world.

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🌊We often talk about depletion, but in some places it's #groundwater #floods that cause issues. 💧Help raising awareness about this underreported problem by sharing your pictures. You can be part of our groundwater warnings Geostory. #water #flood #logging #SDG6 #warning @iahgroundwater.bsky.social