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Commissions and Networks

About our commissions and networks

The activities of IAH’s commissions and networks include contributing to the science of groundwater and undertaking outreach, education and training. They run sessions at IAH congresses, co-convene technical meetings and field excursions with other societies, host workshops and training courses and prepare educational and outreach publications. We welcome suggestions for new topics or activities – email ideas and comments to [email protected].

You do not have to be an IAH member to participate. In fact we encourage wide involvement from the groundwater community, as this will help the groups to thrive and give greater authority to their work.

Use the listings below to find out more about IAH’s commissions and networks and to make contact with them.

Read the IAH Rules of the Association here for the definition of a Commission, Network and Working Group, and how they are distinguished from one another (Section 9).

Commissions

Commission on Groundwater and Climate Change

Chair: Dr Tibor Stigter (Netherlands) ([email protected])
Co-Chair: Saulo Vieira, Jianyao Chen

Commission on Groundwater Quality

Chair: Claudia Ruz Vargas ([email protected])
Co-Chair: Dan Lapworth, Thomas Boving

Commission on Karst Hydrogeology

Co-Chair: Natasa Ravbar, Pu Junbing, Abner Patton ([email protected])

Commission on Managing Aquifer Recharge

Co-Chair: (in alphabetical order): Enrique Fernández Escalante, Catalin Stefan and Yan Zheng ([email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected])

Commission on Mineral and Thermal Waters

Chair: Dr Jim Lamoreaux (USA) ([email protected])
Co-Chair: Dr Adam Porowski (Poland) ([email protected])

Commission on Regional Groundwater Flow

Chair: Judit Mádl-Szőnyi (Hungary) ([email protected])
Co-Chair: Okke Batelaan (Australia), Xiao-Wei Jiang (China), Hanneke Verweij (the Netherlands), Fadoua Hamzaoui Azaza (Tunisia), René Lebvre - John Molson (Canada) ([email protected] (secretary))

Transboundary Aquifers Commission

Chair: Alfonso Rivera ([email protected])
Co-Chair: Rosario Sanchez, Arnaud Sterckx and Kevin Pietersen ([email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected])

Networks

Burdon Groundwater Network for International Development

Director: Kirsty Upton ([email protected], [email protected])
Co-Director: Viviana Re, Alan MacDonald, Cynthia Laar, Farida Boube Dobi ([email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected])

Coastal Groundwater Network (CGN)

Director: Maurizio Polemio ([email protected])
Co-Director: Albert Folch and Gualbert Oude Essink ([email protected]; [email protected])

Early Career Hydrogeologists’ Network

Director: Aqeela Parker ([email protected])
Co-Director: Isadora Aumond Kuhn, Eileen Villaseñor ([email protected], [email protected])

Liaison with UN Activities (LUNA)

Director: Marie-Amélie Pétré ([email protected])
Co-Director: Kevin Pietersen, Jane Dottridge ([email protected])

Socio-Hydrogeology Network

Director: Viviana Re (Italy) ([email protected])
Co-Director: Shrikant Limaye (India); Theresa Frommen (Germany)

Urban Groundwater Network

Director: Radu Gogu ([email protected])
Co-Director: Helen Fallas, Ken Howard and Steven Foster. Deputy Director: Julia Gathu