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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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🇮🇳 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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🎥 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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Send all your pictures to [email protected] before 1 December 2025.

1⃣ Short description (max. 200 words) of what you captured in your photo,
2⃣ The location of the picture (coordinates or town/city + country), and
3⃣ Your name (so that we can credit you properly)
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🏗 Groundwater for #Industry or #Mining
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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⚡ Groundwater for #Energy (Geothermal Energy or Cooling Nuclear Plants and Data Centres)

( @iaeaorg.bsky.social)
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🥕 Groundwater for #Agriculture, Livestock Farming or #Fisheries

( @fao.org @ifad.org @faoenespanol.bsky.social)
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🪴 Groundwater for #Ecosystems (= #Springs, #Rivers, #Peatlands or Phreatophyte Vegetation)

(@ramsar.org @wetlandsint.bsky.social)
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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🌱 And we need you for part 3 about Groundwater Use Around the World! Do you have any pictures that show any of the following topics?

🚰 Groundwater for #Drinking and Living (= Shallow Wells, Deep Wells, Springs or Ponds)
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 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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💧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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🇨🇦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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🏅 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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📸 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 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
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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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.
September 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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📢 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
August 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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📢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
August 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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🇧🇴 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...
August 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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🤔 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
August 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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🇬🇭 #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
August 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🎨 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
July 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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🎥 #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
June 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM