@igrac.bsky.social
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.
🇮🇳 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
#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....
Send all your pictures to info@un-igrac.org 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)
🏗 Groundwater for #Industry or #Mining
11.11.2025 12:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
⚡ Groundwater for #Energy (Geothermal Energy or Cooling Nuclear Plants and Data Centres)
( @iaeaorg.bsky.social)
🥕 Groundwater for #Agriculture, Livestock Farming or #Fisheries
( @fao.org @ifad.org @faoenespanol.bsky.social)
🪴 Groundwater for #Ecosystems (= #Springs, #Rivers, #Peatlands or Phreatophyte Vegetation)
(@ramsar.org @wetlandsint.bsky.social)
🌱 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)
💧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
🇦🇺 #Australia 🇧🇪 #Belgium 🇧🇷 #Brazil 🇨🇴 #Colombia
🇪🇬 #Egypt 🇬🇭 #Ghana 🇮🇳 #India 🇮🇶 #Iraq
🇰🇪 #Kenya 🇲🇼 #Malawi 🇲🇽 #Mexico 🇳🇵 #Nepal
🇳🇪 #Niger 🇳🇬 #Nigeria 🇿🇦 #SouthAfrica 🇸🇪 #Sweden
🇹🇿 #Tanzania 🇺🇬 #Uganda 🇺🇸 #UnitedStates #USA
🇿🇼 #Zimbabwe
📣 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
Got inspired by Zoubida's talk? Read her award-winning story. un-igrac.org/latest/stori...
15.10.2025 12:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🙌 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
@iahgroundwater.bsky.social @un-water.bsky.social @unesconl.bsky.social
19.09.2025 08:49 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🌍 #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
