Co-sponsored by IAH and FH-DGGV
In the European Union, 38 billion m3 of groundwater are extracted every year for municipal water supply, contributing 2/3 of the drinking-water supply. Industrial groundwater extractions are on the same order of magnitude, whereas the groundwater demand for irrigation agriculture is about 15 billion m3 (1, 2). The main threats for groundwater resources are overexploitation and contamination, with strong regional differences: Groundwater resources in the Mediterranean are affected the most by unsustainable extraction for agriculture, whereas regions with poor chemical status of groundwater coincide with those of intensive agriculture (modulated by soil type) or a long history of industry. Climate change and population growth increase the pressure on water resources. A comprehensive understanding of groundwater resources and competing usages is of crucial importance for its sustainable management, and thus for future water supply and ecosystem functioning.
The proposed session will cover current developments and innovations on the assessment of groundwater resources, projections of future supply and demand, and strategies for sustainable groundwater management. The session will address all aspects of groundwater quantity and quality, ideally with its coupling, relevant for long-term management. Contributions may focus on integrative assessing that includes specific threats (e.g. agricultural contamination, excessive withdrawals, pathogens, seawater intrusion), future projections, the challenges of allocating water to different purposes (municipal water supply, industry, agriculture, ecology). We also welcome contributions on assessing emerging demands (e.g., thermal use of aquifers) and on method developments (e.g., integrative modelling, new monitoring approaches, bio-indicators, isotopic tracers). Technical solutions (e.g., artificial groundwater recharge, in situ treatment ) and management strategies including stakeholder involvement, participatory approaches and the consideration of governance and economic requirements are also welcome.
Integrative contributions will be given preference.
(1) European Environment Agency (EEA), 2022, Europe’s groundwater - a key resource under pressure, doi: 10.2800/629513
(2) https://data.apps.fao.org/aquastat, data for 2021
Speakers
- Agnès Rivière, Mines Paris PSL, France
- Kathrin Menberg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
- Tibor Ridavits, IWW Water Research Insitute, Germany
- Cristina Corradin, University of Trieste, Italy
- Ilaria Delfini, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italy
- Jiazhi Sun, Hohai University, China
- Saman Moghimi Benhangi, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
- Felicia Linke, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Loganathan Krishnamoorthy, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
- Jessica Landgraf, Federal Institute of Hydrology, Germany
- Gustavo Athayde, UFPR, Brazil
- Robin Voland, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Josip Terzić, Croatian Geological Survey, Croatia
- Stephan Schulz, TU Darmstadt, Germany
- Martin Sauter, Leibniz-Institut für Angewandte Geophysik, Germany
- Jan Görtz, University of Hohenheim, Germany
- Zhenghui Xie, Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Szilvia Simon, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- Yuvraj Dhivar, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
- Maximilian Winderl, DHI WASY GmbH, Germany
- Payal Waindeshkar, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
- Zihan Ling, Hohai University (Nanjing, China), China
- Vikas Kumar, Banaras Hindu University, India
- Camila de Vasconcelos Müller Athayde, UFPR, Brazil
- Heinke Paulsen, Universität Freiburg, Germany
- Carlos Baquedano-Estévez, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
- Mekuanent Muluneh Finsa, Charles University, Czechia
- Anne Schultze, TU Munich, Germany
- Mina Yazdani, KWR Water Research Institute, Netherlands
- Muhammad Sufyan, University of Udine, Italy
- Stefan Broda, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany
- Kerstin Stahl, University of Freiburg, Germany
- Nuria Ferrer, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
- Martin Maranon, Stockholm University, Sweden
- CHI-FENG LIN, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
- Frederick Höckh, Tübingen, Germany
- Jorge Martínez León, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España - Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IGME-CSIC), Spain
- Elisabetta Preziosi
- Syrine Ghannem, Technical University of Valencia, Spain
- Danilo Veskov, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- Adrian Simon Seeholzer, Technische Universität München, Germany
- Carlos Felipe Marin Rivera, Université de Bordeaux - Bordeaux INP, France
- Adrien Claveau, Université Paris-Saclay, France
- Akhil Jnanadevan, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
- Aixala Gaillard, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg, Germany
- Deepanshi Tanwar, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India
- Alper Elci, Dokuz Eylül University, Türkiye
- Manish Kumar, Tec de Monterrey